Verizon LG Octane No Contract QWERTY 3G Cell Phone

I love this phone and would highly recommend it to anyone that's not ready to cross over to a smart phone yet. If you just want a great basic phone for texting & making calls this is your phone. The full flip Qwerty keyboard is great plus great camera and super long battery life. My original LG Octane got crushed and I was so bummed to learn that Verizon no longer carried it. They said my only hope was to find one for sale on the secondary market. I was glad to find one here on Amazon and gladly paid the $134 price to get it. I was a little worried buying one from an unknown seller due to a bad experience w/a phone purchase off ebay in the past but so far, so good. My only complaint is the protective film covering that comes on a new phone from the manufacturer was really scuffed up. The phone wasn't scratched or scuffed but the film was so scufffed up I had to peel it off in order to use the phone. My old phone still had its original film covers. I like to leave them on as long as possible for added protection. Otherwise it arrived on time and no problems with the phone itself. Again, this is a great phone. Best I've ever owned.

After my past phone expired I searched all over Verizon for a new "non smart phone". Much to my dismay , I noticed that Verizon gives "dumb phone" users about 4 choice, all of which are pieces of junk. A relative showed me their Octane and the 1st thing I noticed was that the buttons are big. My fingers are big so I can't text on keys the size of pin heads.After reading some reviews and noticing the price of a "used" phone on ebay and Amazon, this caught my attention.The phone is basically a smart phone without the $220 per year upgrade fee, mandatory data package etc.In one phrase, it is awesome. By far the best phone I have ever used. Tons of features, big keys, cool pad, flip open features on and on.If you're buying a used one, be careful. Don't buy on Ebay, which is about the worst place you can buy electronics. The return policies are shady and the vendors are straight up theives, protected by Ebay, who is also one big thief. With Amazon, if you buy a used one and it is "too used", you can return it with no hassle. You won't find that on Ebay.I "moderately used" LG Octane can be interpreted as "beat to heck and back".I had to return my 1st phone because it was heavily used, and then the vendor sent me an awesome one. So in short, if you want a good one, pay for it, or get ready to play the return game.

This phone arrived with minor issues that turned into a useless paperweight. I bought it, knowing it was used, so did not expect perfection. The screen would at first occasionally not work correctly, but would either reset with closing and re-opening or a power cycle. I was ok with that, as it was maybe once per week. After about 45 days it got horrendous where the inside screen would only WORK correctly once every 2 days. Contacted seller and they were not interested in helping, even though I paid over 80 bucks for a phone on it's last legs. Live and learn I guess.As for the phone, even when new I think there is a volume issue. The ringer is very quiet, which appears to be the result of only having speakers on the inside of the phone, so when it is closed it is rather muted.

Phone works well, but was either refurbished instead of new; or it had a defective camera. One of the reasons for ordering this particular "basic" cell phone was the supposedly outstanding (for a basic cellphone) camera. The phone was ordered NEW and appeared to be new; however, the camera does not take clear pictures, and there is no ability to edit or fine tune the pictures that are taken. So, either the camera in this phone is defective, or the phone was refurbished, but the camera was overlooked. I did not contact company or return phone, because my husband needed this phone for basic communications and the supposedly "excellent" camera would have beenI the icing on the cake. We were very disappointed with the very low quality camera, which was clearly not as described. We didn't want to pay the data charges the smart phones incur; nor do we need a smart phone. So we were glad to at least get a basic cell phone that's easy to text on, and the audio quality is good as well.

I've had my old Octane for as long as they've been out. I had the Envy before that and would have kept it, if it hadn't fallen apart on me. I love, love, love the Octane. Unfortunately, mine had a run-in with an unsupervised child. Long story short, my keypad was torn out. I ordered one from Ebay because Verizon said that was the only place they knew of to get them. Apparentely Verizon doesn't manufacture them anymore. The phone I got from Ebay was scratched all over, the battery would not charge, and the charger that came with it wasn't the right one. It was my first time using Ebay and I didn't realize that not everybody does returns. This seller didn't. So on a whim I decided to try my faithful Amazon. The phone was a little more expensive, but when I got it I felt vindicated. It looks brand new. There's not a scratch or smudge on it. It was fully charged when it arrived. The charger was the right one. The buttons all work just fine. I was ecstatic. I don't want a smart phone or touch screen phone, which is inevitable I'm afraid, but for now Amazon has my back.

The LG Octane is a very tough phone, very will made and takes a beating. The main reason I went to this phone was to prevent the "butt" calls I was getting on the slider phones. The phone is easy to operate, the earpiece is loud and clear. The speakers are nice in a pinch when you want music but would have been a lot better if they were put on the outside of the phone. As a basic text phone, this is a very good phone, I am on my second LG Octane (went swimming with the 1st one) and would buy another.