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A quick messaging phone boasting a full keyboard for text messaging beneath its vibrant colors, the stylish blue-and-gray LG Neon helps you stay connected whenever and wherever you roam with its bright touchscreen-enabled LCD screen (for dialing only) and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. You'll be able to keep up with friends and family while on the go using text messaging, mobile e-mail, and instant messaging via popular services including AOL, Yahoo! and Windows Live (messaging charges apply).
The LG Neon with a 2.4-inch touchscreen with vibrating feedback… With AT&T's GoPhone pay-as-you-go service, you pay for just the minutes you use without having to sign up for an annual contract–this phone even comes with $50 of airtime included (see more details below). You can easily refill your minutes via prepaid cards or the Internet, or choose to prepay each month and roll over unused minutes. Other features inc… More >>
- Affordable smartphone in blue/gray with 2.4-inch touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard–includes $50 airtime credit with AT&T's GoPhone service
- Pay for just the minutes you use with no annual contract–easy refill via Internet or prepaid cards
- 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; microSD expansion to 4 GB; digital audio player
- Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 244 hours (10+ days) of standby time
- What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, quick reference guide
LG Neon GT365 Prepaid GoPhone with $50 Airtime Credit
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The phone is reasonable priced but the minutes can start to get expensive. Another option i would consider is the new straight talk, like prepaid there is no contract and for 45 you get unlimited talk and text a month. Its the best deal out there and the service is on the verizon network so is pretty good.
Rating: 2 / 5
The navigability of this phone is super clumsy. AT&T masterfully designates the main select key on the outside of the phone to log on to their ‘media net,’ which will suck up GoPhone account balance quite quickly, not to mention how of much of a nuisance it is to log back off the internet once it is engaged (accidentally hitting this button will cost you 15 cents and 20 seconds – such a cheap scam on the part of AT&T).
My particular Neon will randomly select 30 of my contacts from my AIM list when I log onto the instant messenger – same for MSN IM. None of the other contacts are reachable. What is criminal is that the person I spoke with at tech support could not tell me if that was a limitation of the phone or if it was a malfunction, it was offered to me to come out of pocket for a second one and I could send back my faulty phone (maybe faulty, maybe not, the AT&T tech did not know, I would just have to find out by getting a second one).
Switching to AT&T’s bargain GoPhone plan from my Verizon plan has proven to be a huge mistake, they have no sense of accountability.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a GREAT phone. It is very nice to have a full qwerty keyboard, and a touch screen for dialing. The other reviews may tell you to stay away due to the phone plan. I find that this plan works very well, and you can choose your type of prepaid plan. This is by far the best “go phone” out there and I recommend it to anyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this phone. I had a samsung black jack and couldn’t get the most out of that phone for many reasons. The LG Neon GT365 cell phone was easier to text from because it had a larger keyboard surface. There haven’t been any accidental redials due to inadvertently pressing a key. The keyboard is hidden under the cover. The faceplate slides to the side to reveal the keyboard.
The only negative that I have to report is with Amazon, not the actual phone. Unfortunately, once you buy 1 phone, you are not allowed to buy anymore. I spent 45 minutes with various Amazon customer support personnel trying to be able to purchase a second phone as a Christmas gift for someone. The Amazon customer service staff (four different people)could not override a software issue that wouldn’t allow another phone to be purchased a few weeks after the first purchase. They even transferred me to their wireless site. Same problem. Alas, I was forced to buy it at Walmart. It’s a great deal but it’s not really widely available for purchase. I referred a friend to the site in order to purchase the phone as gifts and he was able to purchase 2. It’s unclear why I was not allowed to purchase 2, but he was.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’m a long-time att customer whose old phone went bad. Instead of going to the ATT/ripoff artists, I bought this LG Neon GT365 GoPhone. I swapped my old phone’s sim card into this GoPhone, turned it on and WOW!!! It instantly hooked up with the ATT network and worked perfectly from the beginning. I received an automated text from ATT that informed me of my existing account being credited with the $50 airtime credit!!! When I went to my account at att, I found that my device had been updated to this phone and a note was on my account explaining the new credit that had been added to my account.
As for the phone itself: The camera works perfectly; the cell’s audio is perfect; the bluetooth works perfectly; the slide-out QWERTY keyboard works really well, even with my big, stubby fingers; the phone and its capabilities are very easy to figure out and use – very intuitive; the battery life is exceptionally good – 3 days between charges; the screen is touch with vibration feedback WHEN YOU DIAL and works really well. To top it all off, I put in a 2GB microSD card and now can store a gazillion pics and tunes.
The thing I can’t figure out is the criticism of the battery life that I’ve read in reviews elsewhere. I text with my kids and wife constantly, usually with a picture going or coming; I bluetooth constantly; I make loads of calls a day to/from my customers yet I am only charging this phone every three days or so?!?!? HAH!!! And when this battery starts going bad, I’ll go to the net and pick up a new one for next to nothing – what’s so hard about that?
My only knock would be the unbelievably cheesy battery/back cover. It is a really flimsy, cheap, thin piece of molded plastic that took several careful attempts to snap it in place. That being said, I’ve had no problems with it since. Go figure…
Lastly – I HIGHLY recommend this LG Neon GT365 GoPhone to anybody and everybody! And, FYI, Amazon has the lowest price anywhere! Period! As to the problems someone else reviewing this product had, I have NEVER had a single problem with ANY product that I bought on Amazon that wasn’t quickly and fairly resolved by Amazon or the vendors that sell through them.
I highly recommend the phone AND Amazon.com.
Rating: 5 / 5