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View Best Sellers   Release Date: Q1 2005 Released For: Sprint - Discontinued Released for Sprint PCS, the LG VI-125 offers consumers all the features they're looking for in a mobile phone, wrapped up in one of the sleekest, most compact handsets that LG has ever come out with. The VI-125 comes with advanced functionalities, including full duplex speakerphone and voice-activated dialing for hands-free use and email capability, as well as fun extras to personalize the phone, including customizable avatars for Caller ID, recordable voice ringers and voice memo recording capabilities.

• Large 65,536 color STN LCD and external caller ID LCD
• Customizable avatars for caller ID (customizable face, clothes, deco, hair)
• Personal tools and planner including Calendar with Scheduler, Alarm Clock, Notepad, Calculator, Ez Tip Calc, and World Clock
• Full-duplex speakerphone and CMX 3.0 32-chord polyphonic sound support
• Recordable voice ringers and Voice Memo Recorder for up to 30 memos up to 3 total minutes
• Openwave WAP 2.0 browser including JPEG, BMP, WBMP, GIF, PNG and WPNG image support
• Download Pictures, Ringers & J2ME Games with Sprint PCS Vision
• Send and receive e-mail and text messages (SMS)
• Airplane Mode (RF Off)

Technical Specifications
Network:	AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor:	Clamshell
Dimensions:	90 x 45 x 24 mm
Weight:	95 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	5-Way Keypad
Battery Type:	1000 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	3.50
Standby Time:	150
Memory:	1 MB
Expandable Memory:
Imaging
Main Screen:	65000 colors (STN) 128 x 160 px
External Screen:	2 colors (LCD) 96 x 64 px
Camera:
Audio
MP3 Player:
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	128 x 160 px
Screen Savers:	128 x 160 px
Ring Tones:	32 chord
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	PCS Mail
Chat:	PCS Vision
Predictive Text:	T9
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:	200
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	2.0 / Openwave 6.2
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	cdma2000 1xRTT
Wi-Fi:
GPS:
PC Sync:
More Information
Website:	LG VI-125 Website
Discussion:	LG Forum

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Cool toy for kids, but not usable as a phone.

The VI-125 is small, has no pointy antenna sticking out and has a speaker phone. Those features definately sold me.

When I got the phone, I noticed that you can record sounds with the phone and make them distinctive rings for certain phone numbers. For example, I hear a recording of my girlfriend saying "pick up the phone." as a ring when she calls. Pretty cool.

First problem: sometimes alarms fail. There's a nice feature of setting an alarm for an appointment. It makes a good wake-up alarm when on the road or camping. However, sometimes the alarm will not work. I had a recurring alarm once a week around noon and suddenly it stopped working. It didn't get deleted and everything looked okay, but the alarm suddenly stopped working. This happened for about three different alarms that I set.

Second problem: difficult to unsnooze an alarm. In order to turn off an alarm without it "snoozing", you must open the flip and press a certain button. There are buttons at the side of the phone. If the side buttons are pressed before the alarm is stopped, the alarm will snooze and will sound again in five minutes. Unfortunately, there's no way to turn off the snooze, so if the snooze buttons were touched just before a meeting, guess what? You annoy all with a jingle during the meeting and each time you try to turn it off and accidently bump the buttons on the side, it resets itself for five minutes!!!

Third problem: battery life. There's something wrong with the calibration of the battery indicator. When on the phone, it starts beeping and interrupting the conversation warning me that my battery is dying. Then, when the conversation is over, the battery will show at least one full bar and will stay that way for the rest of the day.

Final problem: reception. The reception often claims to be two bars before the call, but as soon as the person on the other end picks up the phone, the call drops. This "feature" not only annoys me but also the person I am calling. If I'm lucky enough to get a hold of someone, then the phone will drop the call at some random part of the conversation about half the time. This is not good when talking to clients.

Overall, this phone is nothing but a children's toy. It has some cool features, when they work, but it's not dependable enough to use as a phone. I've owned cell phones for about 7 years. This phone is the worst I've owned. I'd gladly trade for a bulkier phone that actually works.

Pros:
-Speaker Phone
-Distinctive Rings
-Small

Cons:
-Reception
-Dropped Calls
-Battery Indicator
-Alarm failures

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