LG 600G Prepaid Phone with Double Minutes for Life (Tracfone)
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LG 600G Prepaid Phone with Double Minutes for Life (Tracfone)

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Product Info

  • Brand: LG
  • Manufacturer: LGIC

Features

  • Prepaid flip phone provides double the amount of purchased minutes for the life of the phone
  • Pay for only the calling time you use with minutes purchased from Tracfone--no annual contract required
  • VGA camera for still photos, Bluetooth for handsfree devices, speakerphone, SMS and MMS messaging, dual LCD screens
  • Up to 6.5 hours of talk time, up to 312 hours (13 days) of standby time
  • What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, getting started guide, user manual

Editorial Reviews:

  • The perfect complement to Tracfone prepaid wireless service, the sleek, lightweight LG 600G offers an affordable way to stay in touch with family and friends across town and around the globe via voice communication and text messaging. And this phone offers Double Minutes for the life of the phone. That means when you add a 60, 120 or 200-minute card, or a 1 Year of Service Airtime Card (which adds 400 minutes), you'll receive double the airtime for the same low price. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for handsfree devices, a VGA camera for still photos, speakerphone, organizer tools, and up to 6.5 hours of talk time.

    Tracfone Service
    Tracfone provides nationwide prepaid wireless service using the nation's leading cellular providers to create a national footprint covering 99 percent of the U.S. population. This gives you connectivity everywhere cellular service is available. You can use your Tracfone across the U.S. and if you move, you can relocate your wireless number with just a phone call.

    You can buy bundles of minutes (which must be used within a set time limit of between 90 to 365 days) from the Tracfone web site on your home PC or directly from your phone's web browser. For example, if you purchase a block of 120 minutes of airtime, you'll need to use that within 90 days of your first use. When you buy additional airtime minutes, your Tracfone service is extended automatically by another 90 days. Tracfone also offers international long distance calling to over 60 international destinations (including Argentina, Brazil, China, Mexico, most European countries, and many more), which deducts the same amount of minutes from your phone as when you make calls to destinations within the U.S.

    This phone ships with a number of handy Tracfone services, including free voice mail, free caller ID, and free call waiting. And perhaps most importantly, the integrated TracFone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left, so you can control your costs. You must activate your cell phone before use either by calling the Tracfone toll-free number or going to the Tracfone web site.

    Phone Features
    The clamshell LG 600G has an internal LCD screen with a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and support for 65K colors, and it's complemented by an external screen (96 x 64 pixels, 65K colors) that displays current time, battery life, signal strength, and incoming calls. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contact entries, and it supports multiple numbers per contact entry as well as caller groups.

    Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset and handsfree car kits.

    Support for basic text messaging and multimedia messaging (MMS) are built into the 600G. When used in combination with the phone's built-in camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. The T9 predictive text entry technology is built into the unit, which makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

    Other features include:

    • Tracfone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left
    • VGA camera for still photos with multi-shot, self-timer, brightness, white balance functions
    • Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, calculator, stopwatch, world clock, notepad, unit converter, tip converter
    • 32-chord polyphonic ringtones plus vibrate mode
    • WAP 2.0 browser

    Vital Statistics
    The LG 600G weighs 3.17 ounces and measures 1.79 x 3.89 x 0.54 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6.5 hours of talk time, and up to 312 hours (13 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies.

Spotlight customer reviews:

  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Great Birthday Gift!
  • Comment: This prepaid phone made a great Birthday gift for my mom for her 51st a few weeks ago. She hated her expensive overcharged cell bills each month so switching her over to Tracfone was the smartest decision for her. It is saving her a tremendous amount each month AND she can stay connected with me and my siblings for a low price. She wanted me to review this phone and service for her to share her great experience with it and to reccommend it to everyone :)
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
  • Summary: Buyer Beware! Zero Stars If Possible!
  • Comment: I have been a Tracfone customer for many years and been through many different phones over the years. I usually upgrade about once a year max two years. I have always chosen the Motorola phones as they seemed to offer the best bang for the buck in my areas. This time that was not the case. This phone seemed to offer more of the features that I wanted so I decided to try something new. What a humongous mistake.

    I got the phone fully charged it and then proceeded to activate it online as I have done for so many phones. It would not allow me to activate online. I was told the phone required purchase of an airtime card in order to be "reactivated". The it asked if I was still in Florida. Huh??? This phone is brand new direct from Amazon in all the original retail packaging and including all the new package documents and coupons. There's also the fact I have never been to Florida. How incredibly annoying. For those who don't know each new Tracfone comes with ten minutes of airtime and sixty days of service. When you activate online you get an additional ten free minutes for a total of twenty free minutes.

    I would have had to call customer service anyway in order to transfer my remaining minutes to the new phone. I have always done this when upgrading phones. I only wanted to activate it online because I had moved since buying my previous phone and wanted a new local number for my current area. Tracfone customer service is tedious and slow but much better today than years ago. The second representative told me I would have to give them a phone number so they could call me back in twenty-four hours. Since it was Tuesday evening that actually meant waiting until Thursday to maybe get the problem fixed. My old phones service expired in five days so that was not an option.

    Finally I asked for a supervisor. I could not figure out why he just didn't go through the process of activating, transferring minutes and adding service days to my new phone. I have gone through that process numerous times. The supervisor got on the line, listened to what my problem was and what I needed done. She apologized for the inconvenience then started the process of setting up my new phone. When we were done, a total time of seventy-five minutes, I was told I should receive my phone number within one hour and my service days and minutes within no longer than 72 hours but most likely with the hour. Truthfully, based on prior experience it is usually instantaneous or happens within one hour unless a weekend or holiday. Finally I got the new number but no minutes and no service.

    Hours later nothing had changed. I logged into my Tracfone web account. I was immediately informed that there was a problem with my new phone. I followed the on screen prompts for multiple code entries and finally everything on the phone was updated and correct. I had my original leftover minutes plus twenty free minutes and sixty-four days of service (60 days for new phone + 4 days left on old phone). The nightmare was over. At least that's what I thought.

    This morning I began the tedious task of inputting my contacts into my phone. I hit the save button and was left with a swirling screen. The swirling screen usually lasts seconds, but this time it did not go away. After several minutes I tried powering it off hoping it would reset. It powered off. I waited about thirty seconds and powered it back on. It stopped at the LG boot screen and refused to go any further. Over the next hours I tried everything in the book to reset this phone. I took the battery out for one half hour before putting it back in. I searched the web and tried removing the battery and sim card, pressing power button continuously to drain remaining power, reinstalled sim and battery and powered back up after waiting about twenty minutes. You guessed it, still frozen on the boot screen.

    I was forced to call Tracfone technical support. After attempting to get it to reset via same method I tried and calling the number, they concluded something was wrong with the phone and they offered to replace it. I declined. I'll be returning this hunk of junk to Amazon as soon as I get another, non-LG phone to transfer my minutes and service to.

    The phone is very attractive, paired easily with my bluetooth headset, is lightweight and has a nice color display. Other thing I don't like are that I keep hitting the side volume control buttons by accident, there appears now way to assign the soft keys, web key or camera key or organize the menu. My Motorola phones had the Personalize menu which allowed me to choose what applications were accessed by the navigation pad and soft keys. I was also able to set up my menu in any order I wanted. I really hate that this phone does not do that and makes the mobile web button, which sucks units quickly, a one touch button. My husband liked the way the keypad feels, but I have long nails which make navigating any mobile phone difficult. I can not recommend a phone that has so many problems
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Simply The Best !
  • Comment: I have had this phone for a month now. It replaced a Verizon cell that was costing me $50.00 a month ($10.00 of which were Taxes), $600.00 a year.. I average 250 minutes a month useage. Now for $200.00 for the YEAR, I received 1500 minutes added with the Double Minutes for life totaled 3000 minutes. That is 250 minutes a month at less than $17.00 a month! The reception is good , the voice quality is good, the texting is good and the Bluetooth works with my U-Connect Bluetooth phone system built into my car's audio system (2010JEEP Wrangler). I can,using the U-Connect Bluetooth system, make VOICE ACTIVATED CALLS on this phone. It has a host of other features...calender, camera etc... This is a GREAT BUY.
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
  • Summary: LG 600G
  • Comment: Sorry I bought it. The features it's suppose to have always give me an error, but it does manage to use the minutes. I would not buy this particular phone again. I really thought being an LG it would be good, but to me it is below average. My volume shows it's at the highest level, but I can barely
    hear(my hearing is still pretty good)the person I have called, or who has called me.
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
  • Summary: decent for phone use
  • Comment: I used this phone in a rural Ky area and limited travel for about a year. Ironically, the only place I had problems was in my house, where I had problems getting a signal to place a call. I suspect this is related to something in my house (metal doors?), as I was fine if I stuck my arm outside the door and was fine in a number of other buildings. At home, once I placed the call and it started ringing, I could step back indoors and reception was fine. Note: see addition below

    I have found tracfone customer service spotty. I lost this phone a few days ago and called and asked if someone could buy minutes without a password using the phone (I have never done this, so didn't know); the customer service rep really didn't know--never answered my question--and I finally had him deactivate the phone. He claims I will not lose minutes when I get another one (we will see). I had a Motorola tracfone before this one and did have some problems trying to transfer minutes to the LG via the web, but the customer service was very helpful with this issue. This LG phone seemed to get better reception (signal) than the Motorola, which was one of the cheapest flip tracfones, I think it was a W260. I am subscribed to their monthly service at $10 for 100 minutes (after double), and I did once have a problem that they did not double the minutes, but one phone call to customer service cleared this up and it did not reoccur.


    The bluetooth feature is nice for ringtone transfer from a computer and photo transfer to a computer. I am not "into" ringtones, but kept finding that my phone would ring and I'd be waiting for someone to answer and finally my friends would say "answer it, it's yours". This may be because I didn't buy a cell phone for a long time after they got one! But having a unique ringtone (mine is a coyote howl) means I no longer do this. This phone lets you send photos to a PC via the bluetooth, which, according to some reviews, is unusual for tracfone (other models require sending by using minutes). I have done this transfer type once and it was no problem.

    Added note: Due to the loss of the other LG600, I ordered another one from the Tracfone site. It was a "remanufactured" one, but actually gets better signal inside my house than the other one did. Customer service took a long time on the phone to get my minutes switched to this phone, however, they constantly came back and checked with me--didn't leave me hanging on hold forever, wondering if they had forgotten me. When I deactivated the lost phone, the rep neglected to tell me that I'd lose my old phone number, however when I activated the new one, the rep arranged with another dept. to assign that number to the new phone as it had not been given out to anyone yet.

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