Verizon Wireless Prepaid - LG Extravert VN271 No-Contract Mobile Phone - Black LG VN271

alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the portability and reception. The camera and battery also get good opinions, but there are some less positive opinions about the reliability and build quality.

usability, battery, camera, reception, portability

build quality, reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Verizon Wireless Prepaid - LG Extravert VN271 No-Contract Mobile Phone - Black LG VN271 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 84/100 = Very good quality.

Review analysis

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Great Phone

 

I bought this phone last month & I had to get it exchanged 5 times due to the Battery not staying Charged. But other then that This phone woks Great & I get great service without having any Dropped Calls.This product is... Tough/durableAbout me... Use...

Easy to Use & Great Service

Short Battery Life

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Good phone for just calling and texting

 

I had this phone for not even a year and im having problems. Im just a broke college kid that texts alot. I have to charge my phone every night because he dies through the day. If you accidently drop it in water, don't bother trying to fix it the...

Texting is easy, keeps messages organized, easy to learn functions

If your a chronic texted you have to charge the phone every night, easy to slip out of hands

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Freeze Up

 

Overall, the phone is average. It freezes up tremendously. In the middle of texting the phone frezzes and you have to take the battery out to restart the phone.This product is... Tough/durableAbout me... Heavy texter

Battery Life

The phone freezes up

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good deal on prepaid phone

 

I enjoy the ease of use on my new prepaid phone. My reception is much better than with my old phone.About me... ready when i need it

reception in more locations, easy to use

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Good phone

 

I like the phone at first it was perfect now you have to push hard on the touch screen to get it to go. Sometimes pushing hard still don't work. overall good phone.This product is... replaced broken phoneAbout me... Heavy texter

touch screen response slow

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The touch screen doesn't work well

 

The phone was great at the beginning, very easy to use although I never knew how to cut people off my 3way calling. I like the slider and touch screen. I'm bitter because the touch screen stop working, I don't know if dropping the phone on the rug...

The price

it only worked well for 5 months

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Great for a basic prepaid

 

My husband had this phone for almost a year. For a basic phone. It did its job. The screen you have to push a little bit harder then normal. Would send mms really fast. Internet was not that great but it did have opera mini on it so it did help...

Everything

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Don't waste your money!

 

Only had for a few months and the screen just stopped working. Can't make calls or anything just a black screen. When it did work I would Have to tap screen several times to do what I wanted it to do. The alarm will go off sometimes on the am time...

Not much

piece of junk

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Great camera for anyone

 

I just got my Verizon last week and I'm so thrilled to have one of these. I had a Tracphone and had a very bad time with it, so I wanted something else, but I didn't want to get trapped into any contracts. Set-up was as easy as walking down a dirt...

Great battery life; easy to set-up; easy to use; perfect for reception

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Good Basic Phone

 

This phone is not a 3G phone as I have seen it described in some of Best Buy's print advertising. It's 1X data speed though is pretty fast considering. The phone has a resistive touch screen , forcing you to apply a bit of pressure for it to register,...

Great for texters, pretty fast 1X data speeds

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