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CNET editors' review

for LG VX8500 Chocolate

Reviewed by: Kent German

Edited by: Jill Whelchel

Review date: 8/4/06

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Design

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Ratings explained

It's not uncommon for the introduction of a new cell phone to be preceded by a ton of hype. Take for instance, the LG VX85000. Otherwise known as the Chocolate, the VX8500 became the talk of the mobile world after its stateside debut last April at the annual CTIA show. Rumors flew back and forth regarding when we'd see it with a U.S. carrier, and finally this week, after being available in Europe and Asia for several months, the Chocolate has landed at Verizon Wireless. After so much speculation, we were eager to find out just what type of chocolate the Chocolate really is. Is it Hershey's or Godiva? The answer seems to lie somewhere in between. By all means, it's beautiful and offers decent call quality, but the keys and controls take some getting used to. And though it has stereo Bluetooth, a megapixel camera, a digital music player, and support for Verizon's 3G video and music services, it doesn't do much that other cell phones don't do already. And more to the point, it lacks a speakerphone, something even the most basic cell phones offer. On the upside, the Chocolate is fairly priced at $149 with service.

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Dudddee...the lg chocolate is like 150 dollars selling on august 7th...you know but the design is different from the ORIGINAL design..go check out the original design its soo much prettier...but they only sell it at cingular,t-mobile,sprint

the ipod look kind of ruins it.

The Chocolate is out online for new activation or buy it online. The wide release to stores are on August 7th.