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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / February 2008LG TU500 Anyone had experiences with it??
Folks, Looks like the time is approaching for an upgrade from the Nokia 6385 that has it's fair share of emotional problems. Anyone using the LG TU500? It seems to be one of the few on the NextG network with a proper vehicle car kit available, which is pretty useful for where I live. ----------------- Cheers, Rod.....Out Back ================================================== For a selection of my pics from the past 12 months, visit the web site below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_outback/ >Folks, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >visit the web site below: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_outback/ I've got a TU500 here. The handset has been good, still waiting on the car kit. The biggest complaint I have about them (or all NextG phones atm) is they have crappy battery life. The LG on standby can get 1-2 days if not used, just left switched on, where my 6235 got a few days easily. The 6235 also had much better usage time in the battery. I'm still looking at dumping the 3G (will if my carkit doesn't get here VERY shortly) and going back to my CDMA. If dataplans for the NextG phones were reasonably priced with decent offers, then I would actually have a reason to have 3G. > I've got a TU500 here. The handset has been good, still waiting on the > car kit. The biggest complaint I have about them (or all NextG phones [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > NextG phones were reasonably priced with decent offers, then I would > actually have a reason to have 3G. The TU-500 (and CU-500 in the US) is notorious for awful battery life - it's unknown as to whether a very power hungry chipset is to blame or a poor battery capacity, but it certainly has much less run time than the other handsets. It does however have the best RF performance of the current crop of handsets. As for UMTS handset battery life in general - the UMTS standard does require far more communication with the network in standby than with the cdma2000 standard so a UMTS phone will always use more power over time compared to a CDMA handset with the same battery capacity. >> I've got a TU500 here. The handset has been good, still waiting on the >> car kit. The biggest complaint I have about them (or all NextG phones [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >cdma2000 standard so a UMTS phone will always use more power over time >compared to a CDMA handset with the same battery capacity. Thanks to Tsunami & Kubalister for that info. Might invest in a spare battery. Do you know if there's an option for a higher capacity battery, or does it have to fit under a cover in the phone(as with many Nokia models)? I see the glossy brochure mentions an optional accessory of a 'slim battery'. I wondered if that meant a heavier battery was a possibility. Thanks again for the info. Cheers, Rod.....Out Back >>> I've got a TU500 here. The handset has been good, still waiting on the >>> car kit. The biggest complaint I have about them (or all NextG phones [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >Rod.....Out Back There's no cover, it clips on externally, covering the sim etc. As for slim battery, anything sllimmer than the one it comes with would look stupid and have little life. I'm just wondering if any bigger batteries that may come out (if not already available) would stop the handset from fitting in the carkit. Hey, Some experiences for anyone thinking of purchasing the LG TU500. I purchased mine from a Telstra shop approx 12 months ago. I also purchased the LG "in Car" kit. The only reason I purchased the LG was because it was the only phone available with a hard wire in car kit. Two days after having the kit installed into my car I found you could not change the profiles of the phone, the phone was stuck on headset. To cut a long, (12 months long) story short....took the phone back to Telstra shop...have to return to LG...did that...returned 3 weeks later. This happened another three times...finally they gave me another phone. "NOTE WELL" I purchased the phone OUTRIGHT...NO CONTRACT. Telstra told me that had I purchased the phone on a contract they would have given me a new phone after the third time it needed to be returned for service. LG have a "repair only" warranty, they will not replace until you have had to return your phone at least four times. After I received my new handset from LG, (with the old battery on it), I did not use the in car kit for approx one week, the first time I used the kit, guess what, same old problem...took it back to the Telstra shop and young lady I had not delt with before said, "oh, this happens all the time, I think the in car kits are doing it" At the time of writing I am waiting for a decision from the shop re a new Nokia.. Cheers Fishingphilby  Signaturefishingphilby -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com fishingphilby wrote... > "NOTE WELL" I purchased the phone OUTRIGHT...NO CONTRACT. > Telstra told me that had I purchased the phone on a contract they would > have given me a new phone after the third time it needed to be returned > for service. LG have a "repair only" warranty, they will not replace > until you have had to return your phone at least four times. [chomp...] > At the time of writing I am waiting for a decision from the shop re a > new Nokia.. Whatever happened to the various consumer laws that allow for a full refund or exchange of product at the consumer's discretion? You know, the ones that come under the "fit for intended purpose" rule... SignatureA fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. > > At the time of writing I am waiting for a decision from the shop re > > a new Nokia.. > > Whatever happened to the various consumer laws that allow for a full > refund or exchange of product at the consumer's discretion? Nothing, but some manufacturers try to avoid this until spoken to by the authorities, at which stage they implement "appropriate retraining of our staff" sort of bullshit. I used one as we got them on the goverment telstra network for the emeregncy service they are crap i can not get telstra coverage where i live so they upgraded to the lg550 they same fone just upgraded and they still are sh.t...... please tell me that the goverment should change phones >> > At the time of writing I am waiting for a decision from the shop re >> > a new Nokia.. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the authorities, at which stage they implement "appropriate retraining > of our staff" sort of bullshit. Hey, Beware of the "incar" kit...it cooks the software of the phone...you can't change profiles etc. LG have "repair only" warranty and don't want to know about it. Cheers Fishingphilby Signaturefishingphilby -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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