LG Rumor2 Review April 27th, 2009 | by Stewart Wolpin

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The Rumor2 is slightly superior to the Samsung Rant in three prime areas, but is that enough to set it apart...


Highs: Excellent sound quality; wide four-row QWERTY keyboard; quality LCD screen; full SMS, email and IM functions; threaded text messaging; bluetooth 2.1

Lows: No video recording; oddly-placed period and shift keys; fuzzy pictures; no EV-DO connectivity; slow to initialize MP3 player; overly quiet ringers

Introduction

LG consistently produces some of the best-sounding, most intuitively ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing cell phones available. But for some reason, the company has failed to bring the revised Rumor 2 completely up-to-par with its most immediate Sprint competitor, the nearly identical Samsung Rant. Most notably, it lacks both 3G connectivity, and video recording. But while suffering in a side-by-side spec comparison, Rumor2 offers slightly better voice quality, and healthier talk-time battery life (two prime cell-phone purchase considerations).




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