December 21, 2011 – Paul's Tech Talk

The LG 620g!

I had LG 620g Prepaid Slider Phone (Straight Talk) (Affiliate link) for quite some time. So I know a lot about it and wanted to talk about it. Before I start talking about it lets at least get the spec’s out of the way:

Stylish Slider Phone Design

1.3 Megapixel Camera and Video Recorder

MP3 Player (cable and SD card not included)

Mobile Web Services

Bluetooth® Wireless Technology

FM Radio

MMS picture messaging

Text Messaging

Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) Rating: M3/T3

Hands-free Speaker

Voice Recorder

Voicemail and Call Waiting

Key Pad Lock and Alarm Clock

Phonebook with up to 1.000 entries

Downloadable ringtones and graphics

Vibration Alert

Polyphonic Ringtones

Battery Talk Time up to 5 hours

Standby Time up to 9 days

Includes Charger and Services Guide

The Break down of the Phone!

Pro’s for the Phone:

Hands-free Speaker — I used this alot while driving and it worked pretty good when needed. I had no problem talking to my family or friends .

The sliding Phone design — I like that it was slim and made it quite useful because it minimized the surface area of the phone when not in used.

Alarm Clock — Used this to help wake me up in the mornings and had no problems selecting the alarm type and when to go off. Great morning wake up for me since I am a light sleeper anyways.

Vibration alert — This was also very useful when you have voicemail or text messages and don’t want anyone to know you had a alert go off.

Mobile Web Services — Great plus because I good use all my Google accounts with the phone and check my emails and also use my Google voice service with the phone.

Bluetooth — Worked great with my bluetooth headset and you can use any blue tooth headset you have with it and not have any major problems.

MicroSD card — I used this with my 32 gb Micro SD card and it worked flawlessly to backup contacts and text messages to the SD card. I can even play MP3 files on it.

External Antenna — I used the Wp-359921 cable to extend the range of the antenna and not worry about antenna strength. The antenna connector is located under the battery cover. You don’t have to take the batter y out to use an antenna with it. It makes it just that much more useful. You can also use the mobile web with an external antenna.

The Con’s:

Nine day standby time — It claims to have a 9 standby time but I seriously doubt that. I can’t be for sure because I used it off and on but know it wouldn’t last more than 3 days without needing to be charged while in use.

Text Messaging — Once you get to the 100% filled in text messages you just have to start deleting them but it should have a setting to delete the old messages first as new ones come in. I don’t know if this is something they could implement but It is a pain to go through you text messages and have to manually do it to everyone of them.

MMS Picture Messaging — I loved having a decent camera but the bad part of it is that I couldn’t send to anyone. I don’t know if I just did it wrong or not but it never really worked for me.

The Conclusion!

I had this phone but the screen broke. I would recommend this phone to anyone who might need a cheap Straight Talk phone (Affiliate link). I guess I should of kept better care of it. I ordered a Straight Talk Samsung T404G (Affiliate link) and am waiting for it to come in the mail as we speak. I will give you a better overview of the new phone next month sometime. I like that it can do everyone the 620g can do but also has a sliding keyboard for texting.