LG Chocolate 3 (1 GB) Cell Phone

Pros: Great reception, great call clarity, lightweight, skinny, and plays mp3's superbly.
Cons: Verizon software is always a pain...Not meant for web browsing or chatting.  Poor FM transmitter.

Having been a previous owner of the original LG Chocolate, this phone is a vast improvement in terms of usability, reliability, and functionality.  Built as a clamshell, this strays from what you would normally expect from a Chocolate, but has a ...

Pros: Great music phone with nice camera and video.
Cons: Shows fingerprints and marks on the screen easily.

The LG 8560, otherwise known as the Chocolate 3, was first released in July 2008.  It is following after the LG8500 and the LG8550 phones.  Some people are confused on how this phone is a Chocolate though.  Obviously their confusion is ...

Pros: good call quality, loud speakerphone and music playing capabilities, large buttons, compact.
Cons: fingerprints show VERY easily, expensive hard to use verizon software, sub-par fm transmitter.

I bought this phone as an upgrade from my old Razor phone.  The first thing I noticed about this phone was its large buttons.  This allowed me to be able to text very quickly, which was a big deal for a slow texter like ...

Pros: Nice size, color, great features, a good buy for your money.
Cons: Lately it turns off and on randomly

Unlike LG's chocolate 1 and 2, the Chocolate 3 flips open insead of sliding. It's big screen and big buttons make it easy to text on and the images on the screen are very bright and easy to see and read. So with all the phone companies out there trying ...

Pros: Durable, 2.0MP camera, MP3 player, bluetooth compatible, 1GB internal storage, slot for extra memory
Cons: Rhapsody, VZ Nav, VZ Wireless, VZ Web too expensive

Last summer I upgraded my old Motorola "dinosa ur" phone to LG's Chocolate 3, based on three things:1. Price- Only $49.99 and I was eligible for a $50 rebate.  2. Camera- 2MP over the typical 1.5MP, small but ...

Pros: Very good music phone.  It has good voice quality and good signal strength.
Cons: Voice commands don't seem to work well.  Other than that a good buy.

The LG Chocolate 3 VX-8560 phone works just great as a phone, voice quality is just fine.  The voice command doesn't "name dial" at all.  My prior phone Motorola Razor V3m worked just fine for this feature.  The 4 navigation buttons can be ...

Pros: F.M. transmitter
MP3 player
3.5mm headphone jack
High-res Screens
Shiney
Rubber backing
Cons: Not enough features
F.M. Transmitter (certain cars)
Clock not displayed externally quick enough

I recently added my parents to my phone plan, and figured since I was paying for it, I may as well get the new phone.  They got my little old lg 4500, and I got myself a Chocolate 3.I've never been a fan of the previous Chocolate phones due ...

Pros: The only appealing thing to me about this phone is its sleek appearance.
Cons: This phone shuts itself off, is difficult to turn back on and loses service.

I bought the LG Chocolate 3 (1 GB) cell phone about four months ago and I started having problems with it about a month in. I purchased this phone because I was having issues with the Chocolate 2 and figured an upgrade would be an improvement. ...

Pros:  Has a very good memory usage, slim, rubber backing, 3.5mm headphone jack
Cons: Very prone to finger prints on the front besides that none

The LG Chocolate 3 is my very first phone. Many of my friends have the LG chocolate 2 which I never rely liked. It constantly broke and they always had to get another LG Chocolate 2, but when the LG chocolate 3 came out it gave chocolate an all new name. ...

Pros: It's a phone.  It works. 
Cons: Expect to pay $100 extra for no good reason, for proprietary accessories.

I'm posting this because LG has decided to use a power/data connector nearly identical to a microusb cable, but to flatten it a bit just to prevent the owner from being able to use their own usb power adapters and cables.  This user viscious decision means that I have to buy a whole new set of chargers (office, car, travel) and usb cables in addition to a nearly identical set that works on nearly everything else I own.

This is enough reason to buy the motorola instead of this phone.