Sprint LG Rumor Touch

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

2

Pros:

Nice, well made phone, Full keyboard, Decent battery life
Well-designed touch UI. Roomy, five-row QWERTY keyboard. Good voice quality. E-mail and social networking built in.
Solid keyboard, good call quality, decent battery life

Cons:

Poor picture quality, Very glossy screen, not good in bright light, Interface is no fingerfriendly, Call quality was spotty, Fairly frustrating experience navigating the phone, Touchscreen isn’t as responsive as it should be
Subpar Web browser. No instant messaging client.

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Last revision on April 7, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Nice, well made phone, Full keyboard, Decent battery life
Well-designed touch UI. Roomy, five-row QWERTY keyboard. Good voice quality. E-mail and social networking built in
Solid keyboard, good call quality, decent battery life
Full 5line keyboard makes typing easier, Sprint services (Sprint TV, Navigation and Music) are on all here thanks to 3G
The LG Rumor Touch has a unique text-messaging-friendly interface, plus it has a five-row QWERTY keyboard. It also has EV-DO Rev. 0, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack, e-mail, and easy access to social network sites. Call quality is great as

Reviewers Didn't Like

Poor picture quality, Very glossy screen, not good in bright light, Interface is no fingerfriendly, Call quality was spotty, Fairly frustrating experience navigating the phone, Touchscreen isn’t as responsive as it should be
Subpar Web browser. No instant messaging client
Annoying user interface, poor web browser, slow data speeds, feels very dated
Phone’s styling shows its age as does the 2 megapixel camera
The LG Rumor Touch's keyboard layout could be improved, and the photo quality is average

Expert reviews and ratings

The LG Rumor Touch is just a very underwhelming phone overall, it’s a phone that I would not be happy with at all if I was to own it. The screen is big yes, but the interface and responsiveness of the touchscreen are just not that good. The...

By Testfreaks on June 02, 2010

LG scores with the Rumor Touch, a capable messaging device with plenty of thoughtful design touches that combine well with Sprint's reasonably-priced data...

By PC Mag on May 11, 2010

The LG Rumor Touch is the third Rumor phone from LG on Sprint, and it's the first to offer a full touchscreen display. While the phone worked well during my testing, I wholeheartedly thought it felt dated from the second I turned it on. Data speeds...

By MobileBurn on May 10, 2010

It’s good to see LG and Sprint add some 3G power to the Rumor line and the Rumor Touch offers competitive features such as a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3” touch screen, Sprint TV, GPS with Sprint Navigation and Sprint Music. The phone should...

By MobileTechReview on April 23, 2010

The LG Rumor Touch is a touch-screen messaging phone from Sprint with a user interface that makes text messaging a...

By cnet on April 02, 2010

As a strict improvement over the LG Rumor2, the LG Rumor Touch offers significant benefits, including faster networking, a larger keyboard and better social networking support built in. But it still falls behind with a lackluster, and occasionally...

By Phone Scoop on April 24, 2010