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LG GS170 cell phone
LG GS170
 
 
 
 
 
Last updated on 05/24/13 00:38:29
 
 
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• Mobile Phone • Folder type phone • GSM • 0.3 Megapixel Camera Resolution
 
 
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EXPERT REVIEWS (4)
 
Published
Feb 11, 2011
Editor Rating
3.0/5
LG GS170 (T-Mobile) Review & Rating | PCMag.com
Fantastic call quality...Simple...Inexpensive....Poor multimedia features...No voice dialing...No 3G....The LG GS170 is a nearly perfect simple voice phone, but its features are all pretty much from 2004...We say "nearly" because it lacks 3G and voice dialing, which would have made the GS170 the ultimate T-Mobile talker...But at $9.99 with a two-year contract, the GS170...
Published
Sep 8, 2010
Editor Rating
3.5/5
LG GS170 Review - Watch CNET's Video Review
The LG GS170 has a compact and slim design, and the call quality is very good...It's also very affordable....The LG GS170 has no real music player, and photo quality is poor....Whereas the Sentio and dLite touted interesting design and multimedia features, the GS170 is a decidedly entry-level phone...The LG GS170 is available for free with a new...
Editor Rating
4.0/10
LG GS170 Review
Inexpensive cost Great battery life...Cheap feeling Muddy images with its camera ...For those who don't fancy the glitzy features found on most cell phones, the LG GS170 might prove to be a relevant solution that won't burden your pockets with its free on-contract pricing...Overall,...
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USER REVIEWS (10)
 
Retrevo analyzed
55 user reviews
 
(3.25 out of 5)
Average rating
from 9
reviews
3.2/5
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: T-Mobile Prepaid LG GS170 No-Contract Mobile Phone...
"Texting/messaging is impossible because it has three letters to a button, so i would not recommend it if you are a texter..."

"But for a good/strong backup phone for just voice calling, this can be a good little phone..."

"If you want a phone you will use for a lot of texting, I would NOT recommend this thing..."

Average rating
from 28
reviews
3.9/5
T-Mobile LG GS170 Prepaid Cell Phone Customer Ratings & Reviews - Top & Best Rated...
"The phone also came with a good case for store pickup purchases, which added to the value of the purchase..."

"Overall, pleased with the purchase for our T-mobile pay-as-you-go plan..."

"Call qualities were great, text messages had about 1600 letters, vibration and soundings were loud, the battery life was even great! It was all good, until about 2 days ago..."

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Average rating
from 10
reviews
2.8/5
LG GS170 - red (T-Mobile) - Compare prices reviews user opinions - Shopper.com
"In this day and age, to put a camera and a usb port on a phone, but not make it usable as such is just not good..."

"No light on center tab, not good for theaters..."

"it was a Razr, and was a great phone for me and a shame to toss away, so kept the plan in effect and this elderly family member who does not have much income, made good use of it..."

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Published
Nov 3, 2010
 
 
LG GS170 - red (T-Mobile) Product Comparison Chart | ZDNet
The LG GS170 doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles, but it works as a good and affordable entry-level phone for T-Mobile...Despite a so-so design and similar performance, the Samsung SGH-T619 is still a decent mid-range cell phone, if you can find it at a good price...
Average rating
from 1
reviews
7.0/10
LG GS170 Cellular Phone review
"by dsiebrits TRUSTWORTHY I have never really favored LG’s products but their GS170 mobile phone changed that to some extent..."

"This wasn’t something I expected at first because the GS170 happens to only have a few features (fewer than your average mobile phone..."

"It is nevertheless still a pretty decent phone because it doesn’t have any noticeable defects regarding..."

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Average rating
from 3
reviews
1.0/5
Best Buy - LG GS170 Mobile Phone - Red customer reviews - product reviews - read...
"It takes an incredibly bad product to make me want to spend time reviewing it..."

"This is that incredibly bad product..."

"Bright Red Color Poor overall quality, esp back lighting Poor backlight, espicially the front of the flip, poor overall quality..."

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Average rating
from 1
reviews
5.0/5
LG GS170 Unlocked Red Phone Like New | Overstock.com
"needed a phone that has the capability of accepting a sim card..."

"found this one and liked the color..."

"it was a nice buy for the money..."

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Average rating
from 3
reviews
3.6/5
LG GS170 (T-Mobile) Cell Phone User Reviews
"Hard to hear incoming calls unless everything is quiet, the flip cover is hard to open, it's too narrow to open fast, the speaker sounds like the called person is too close to their phone..."

"Miss my Sammie 229, but the battery wouldn't last..."

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