Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #17017 in Office Product
- Color: Dark Grey
- Brand: LG
- Model: P509
- Dimensions: .80 pounds
Features
- This product has been carefully audited and is certified to be 100% functional.
- This offer includes the following accessories 1. Battery 2. Battery Cover (if applicable) 3. Wall Charger
Lg P509 Optimus T 3g Gsm Smartphone Android 3.2mp Camera Gps Wifi Color: Titanium
Product Description
LG's first Android phone for T-Mobile. This smartphone is notable for including a mobile hotspot feature that lets nearby Wi-Fi devices share the phone's Internet connection. Other features are par for Android phones, including 3G data, turn-by-turn GPS navigation, 3-megapixel camera, video capture, 3.5mm audio jack, and memory card slot.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Great as a first Android phone
By Panther
This phone is an entry-level Android device that will be a best fit for those making a transition from a regular phone to a smartphone. Had it for four months and recently traded it up for Samsung Exhibit II, which actually doesn't feel as convenient as Optimus.The phone supports most of the tasks you'd expect from a smartphone. Processor is rather slow, so be sure not to overload it with multiple widgets running on the home screen.Supports tethering (i.e. using it as a USB hi-speed internet modem) as well as portable WiFi hotspot. No need to pay extra to the provider for these features. Need to install a whole bunch of drivers from LG web site before you can connect it to a PC.Comes with a lot of useless demo software and games pre-installed, removing which requires rooting - again, a good exercise that helps to embrace the full power of Android.If you go out of country with this phone, T-Mobile provides a priceless WiFi calling app for this. No more international roaming fees as long as you have WiFi access.A few disadvantages: no camera flash; no front-facing camera (only matters for video chat e.g. Skype); screen resolution good but not great (480x320 pixels); internal memory rather limited so most of the apps need to be moved to the included microSD card; can't support Adobe Flash player (YouTube still works). The phone is not future proof - no software updates from LG or T-Mobile are expected.Various versions of this phone are available from all major carriers under different names (LG Optimus One, LG Phoenix, LG Thrive, Optimus S, Optimus V).Currently (January 2012) the Amazon prices are way higher than at major retailers. This phone usually sells new for $130 at BestBuy, Walmart, RadioShack, etc. Often it can be found for $100 on sale. With a 2-year contract, it's free.If you haven't had T-Mobile before and not sure about the coverage in your area I recommend purchasing it in a regular store where you can return it without a hassle and trying it out for a couple of weeks. T-Mobile coverage can be spotty especially in rural areas. Keep in mind that even though they provide free roaming within the US, as soon as you start to roam you lose 3G data speed and drop to slower 2G speed.I would recommend this phone as a quality value smartphone.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Battery life is one day or less, pocket-dials 911, freezes all the time
By Niki
This phone... I bought this phone seven months ago and can't wait to replace it. I've been waiting to replace it pretty much since day one. The first month I had the phone it would freeze all the time. I don't have a house phone and was living alone at the time so returning it was more of a hassle than keeping it. Wish I would have returned it. It was a great upgrade from my MetroPCS phone that wasn't a smart phone, but the excitement seriously died down in a few weeks. Here's why:I have to charge the battery every night. Most days I don't talk on the phone, just text. Maybe read a news article and check my email. Sometimes, the phone doesn't even make it through the day because the apps stay on in the background if you don't go to the settings screen and manually turn them off. All you need is one app running in the background to kill your battery before the day ends.It freezes. It's too slow. It can't handle anything. My boyfriend's Droid is three years old and works better and faster than mine.It pocket-dials 911 waaay too easily. When you lock the phone, it allows you to call 911 by touching two buttons, one to activate the screen and one to call.This phone has all these great features, but what good are they when the phone can't handle them, or when the battery is dead?! I'm seriously not even in to the latest technology and the most exciting phones and I still would not recommend this phone, to anyone!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
NO memory makes this one painful to own!
By AlexJouJou
As others have noted this phone has less than adequate memory internally - I'm not sure what the amount is you can use but right now ALL I have on it are Kindle and Dropbox. That's it. It's FULL. No space. Phone storage space low. So if I want to ride a train I have to delete off the Kindle App and put on the Metro App. Then when finished I have to delete off the Metro App and put on the Kindle App. I put the Kindle App on the SD card - still no good. My experience has been even with a SD Card you will only get 1-4 Apps on it because many of the Apps cannot be put on the SD card. It comes pre loaded with a bunch of bloated Apps such as youtube, twitter, and facebook that you *cannot* get rid of. I am serious that I get a phone storage space full about every 5 days and end up constantly deleting one app to use another then reinstalling it later. It is a bat you-know-what crazy way to have to live in 2012 with a Smartphone!The battery seldom lasts a day. If I don't even use it I HAVE to charge it every night or it is dead by morning.Don't even get me started on the swipe (which worked great on my Droid and barely works at all on this one!) or the keyboard which is awful and either too sensitive or not sensitive enough. I spend so much time backspacing and deleting on this every time I have to use the keyboard that I'd rather do ANYTHING than use it!Additionally the camera is flat out awful. You might as well not bother at all. I know this is considered an entry level phone but I'm not sure who would enjoy it. Even entry level people deserve a camera that actually takes a non fuzzy picture and a phone that can have more than 2-3 apps installed at a time to be used! Highly unrecommended! I am actually paying to get out of my contract early just to get a phone that actually works that will perform to 2012 standards!
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