LG Chocolate

The Verizon LG Chocolate is a slider cell phone and MP3 player with touch buttons and a scroll wheel similar to an iPod. The Chocolate has also been upgraded to a VX8550 version, which boasts improved accuracy and power.

Fast Facts

1. Carrier: Verizon
2. Manufacturer: LG Group
3. Price: $79-$149
4. Debut: August 7, 2006
5. Specs: 3.80" (H) x 1.88" (W) x 0.69" (D)
6. Weight: 3.53 ounces
7. Memory: 128 MB
8. Connectivity: Bluetooth / USB
9. Ringtone: Polyphonic
10. Latest Version: VX8550
11. Talk Time: 3.5 Hours
12. Standby Time: 16 Days
13. Screen: LCD 320 x 240 pixels
14. Slide-out numeric keypad

Multimedia Uses

The Chocolate was designed as part MP3 player, part cell phone. The face of the model features iPod style music controls to start, stop and adjust music and video playback. The phone also contains a one megapixel digital camera with video capture capabilities.

Reviews

Users appreciate the MP3 player design of the phone, but are unimpressed with it's incompatibility with iTunes. Critics complain that the interface is tricky to get used to and although the phone has speakers, it does not support a speaker phone option.

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