Mossberg's Views on the LG Chocolate Phone

Filed in archive LG , Opinion , Smartphones by Rico Mossesgeld on August 6, 2006

LG's Chocolate was released last week in the US, exclusively through Verizon Wireless. Walter S. Mossberg, the respected technology columnist of the Wall Street Journal, has posted a critical review of the smartphone on his online column.

Much like the stereotypical sexy but dumb blonde, the Chocolate looks good, but suffers from a lack of substance. For a multimedia phone, users have to endure a minimal internal memory (64MB), poor controls, and the difficulty to play media not bought from Verizon's online content services.

It looks like another case of companies trying to dictate what customers can do, instead of adapting to their needs. Much like the intentionally broken RAZR V3 from Verizon.

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Response from: Rico (08/14/06 8:55am)

Hey Fernando, thanks for your comment.

I think I'll only buy an "music phone" if it has lots of memory (at 4GB BUILT-IN would be nice), and its player interface is easy to use. These are things the Chocolate phone unfortunately lacks. :)

I'd really like to look at the phone you're featuring, but I get a 404 when I try your link. Maybe it's somewhere else?

And fugly? Is that f*cking ugly? lol.

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