LG 225 Prepaid Phone with Double Minutes for Life (Tracfone) | 
| Brand: LG
Category: Wireless
Buy New: $59.99
as of 7/31/2010 12:44 PDT details
Seller: Target.com/ITC
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 21455
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: CG225
UPC: 616960005209
ASIN: B000X9AM8I
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| 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, full-duplex speakerphone, SMS and MMS messaging, dual LCD screens | | • | Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 192 hours (8 days) of standby time | | • | What's in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, getting started guide, user manual |
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| Accessories:
Wireless Xcessories Car Charger for LG A7110, C1300, C1500, C2000, CE500, CG225, CG300, CU320, CU400, CU500, F7200, F9100, F9200, G4010, G4011, G4015, G4020, G4050, L1150, L1200, L1400 |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The perfect complement to Tracfone prepaid wireless service, the sleek, lightweight LG 225 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. Packaged within a sleek, black clamshell, the 225's VGA camera lets you take color photos, show them off on your rich color display, or send them to friends via MMS. With its full-duplex speakerphone you can talk hands-free while on-the-go. 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
Offering quad-band connectivity for global roaming, the LG 225 clamshell phone has a stubby antenna and dual LCD screens. The internal display measures 1.5 inches and has a 128 x 128-pixel resolution and support for 65K colors. The external monochrome screen has a fixed color background, and it measures 96 x 64 pixels. It displays date, time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID phone number (though no photo ID). You can also view the last 20 dialed/received calls for easy redialing. The internal phonebook can hold up to 255 contact entries (in addition to 250 contacts stored on your SIM card), and each contact has fields for three phone numbers and an email address. You can assign callers to groups and pair them with a picture for photo caller ID (viewed only on the internal screen). The phone features eight speed dial entries as well as a default voicemail speed dial. The VGA camera has three resolution options (640 x 480, 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 pixels) and it offers a 4x digital zoom, multi-shot capability (allowing you to take 9 pictures in fast succession), brightness and white balance controls, and a self timer. You'll be able to store up to 75 photos on the phone's internal memory at the lowest resolution setting, or seven photos at the highest setting. Support for basic text messaging and multimedia messaging (MMS) are built into the 225. 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
- Multi-lingual support (English, French, Spanish)
- Personal organizer (calendar with scheduler, alarm clock, notepad)
- Calculator, world clock, unit converter, tip calculator
- Preloaded games
- WAP 2.0 browser
- Full duplex speakerphone
- 8 unique ringtones with vibrate and silent modes
Vital Statistics
The LG 225 weighs 3.26 ounces and measures 1.89 x 3.36 x 0.9 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 8 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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 I Love my LG225 July 13, 2010
Southerngirl
I have used a trafone for about 10 years now and I am pleased with my service. I bought the LG-225 a little over two years and I have really enjoyed my phone. It's great for what I need; the ring volume could be a littler louder but overall it's a good phone.
If you are looking for fancy features Tracfone is not for you. However, if you are looking for the convenience of having access to a phone anywhere. Then this is the way to go; you can control the monthly cost. That was one of the features that caught my attention. I don't have to pay a monthly payment if I don't need to.
 good phone - HORRIBLE customer service March 7, 2010
Mr Geology
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this phone and it is just fine.
However, when I upgraded to a new phone through Tracfone, it took me over 5 hours of 'technical support' before they finally admitted the replacement phone was defective and agreed to send me a new one.
This was 5 hours over two days and was a horrible experience. I could hear the fourth agent helping other people while he told me to wait - he did this about 8 times. He made me give him my contact information at least 3 times. He refused to read the call notes from the other agents the previous day and made me repeat the exact same steps several times after the previous agents had made me repeat the same steps several times.
It appears that tracfone will do anything to avoid helping their customers and they seem to rely on customers giving up and going away. Such rudeness and incompetence are truly breathtaking in a company that relies on their customers for their income.
If the replacement phone does not work I am going to send it back to them rather than endure another excruciating ordeal such as I have gone through this time.
I would suggest that you do not use tracfone for anything but look for a better company.
Fuctional not fancy December 28, 2008
Felix Book Reader (Saginaw Valley, Michigan, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Excellent phone for a person that uses a phone for emergency purposes or doesn't spend hours talking hours about nothing. The phone itself has excellent battery life, very good coverage in the area I live in, good sound quality, and the small outside screen is a nice feature. I deducted one star because the ring tones are awful in my opinion. However, in all fairness it is possible to download better ringtones from the Tracfone website but, I'm too cheap to do so. Overall the LG225 phone and Tracfone is a great product for those people wanting an inexpensive cell phone. I have owned the phone for about 8 months.
My $8 per month cell phone December 18, 2008
jackzvt
I bought one of these Tracfone packages a couple years ago because I wanted a cell phone in the car when driving in case I ran into any problems. I did not previously use a cell phone and I researched what was the best-bang-for-the-buck for me and my usage. So I paid a few bucks for the LG200 DMFL phone bundle w/charge, car charger and case. For I got a "120 minute" card which upon activating becomes 240 minutes and I found a 60 minute bonus code on the internet so for under 50 bucks I had a cell phone and 300 minutes to burn. I spend about 10 cents per minute for air time and thats good for the USA. Each month your unused minutes rollover so I don't lose any. Now every 3 months you have to buy new mintes in order for the phone to stay active and for your minutes to rollover. What I love about the phone is no monthly bills, no extra charges, no gouging, unused mintes rollover and you pay for exactly what you use.
I only use it for a phone and don't text or anything else. After using it for a few months I dumped my landline phone because I didn't see the need to blow the money each year on it when the tracfone works just fine for my usage. Now I am not a heavy talker so I may only use 60 or 100 minutes per month so on an average month I am paying 8 bucks a month for the cell phone. One month I think I talked about 120 minutes and it cost me 12 bucks for that month. The major providers are not even in the ballpark. A plan with 400 minutes I just don't need. Most of my friends spend alotta bucks a month for their cell bills and I'm very happy at 8 bucks or so.
This is a very inexpensive phone but not everyone is going to like it. The volume is pretty low and the speakphone is quite low too. I don't like the old Motorola charger plug. It functions as a basic cell phone which for me was all I needed. Before you buy this cell or Tracfone you should first consider what your usage needs are.
If you need 400 or more minutes per month or need mobile internet this is not the phone for you. But if you want inexpensive basic cell phone for calling and receiving capability, check it out. The math is pretty simple. Also, Tracfone has been strong and clear everywhere I have been, they don't own the towers they lease time off the majors.
Great TracFone Deal - Yucky Charger November 18, 2008
C. Wiseman
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I also purchased the 'Ultimate Bundle'. Awesome deal - except the charger.
I was really SAD to see the old motorolla type of charger on it: you push a button on each side of the charging plug, insert the plug into your phone where it is connected and charges by 2 tiny metal pieces.
Problem: I've had 2 other phones with this type of plug.
BOTH began to malfunction and were ultimately useless because of the charger. Apparently the 'connection' would deteriorate over time, meaing you would need to 'jiggle the plug' to get it connected, until in the end the connection/charging failed to function at all.
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I decided to keep the phone, HOPE & PRAY the charger doesn't give out on it... and wait for a charger to come along that will charge the batteries OUTSIDE of the phone itself.
Be Blessed! Buy one. Give one away. :)
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