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- First reviewJuly 26, 2016
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LG K3 Prepaid Cell Phone for Virgin Mobile: Stay connected with the LG K3 smartphone. This entry-level device has a 1.1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM so that you can do everything you need to do, and an 8GB hard drive lets you store plenty of data on it. Android 6 keeps this LG K3 smartphone running seamlessly.
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4
Good Phone
on July 26, 2016
Posted by: barfly
This is a good phone for $50 - but with (3) minor complaints. 1) It has too much bloatware, and you cannot delete it without rooting the phone. And no root exists for it - that I could find. My LG Tribute w/4 GB storage began to run out of space so I thought surely 8 GB would be enough. But the Marshmallow system + the pre-loaded apps take up about 6 GB of that. And most apps you cannot move to an SD card (that call is made by the app writer/author). So to maintain 1 GB+ of space I routinely reject app updates. (I've never understood why a factory installed app might use 6.5 MB, but the next upgrade uses 42.6 MB, or some big number#. 2) Only when my Compass app didn't work did I discover the phone has no magnetic field sensor. Not that I use it a lot, so it's no big deal - just disappointing. #Note: you can't hardly tell what sensors a phone comes with these days - but a free, excellent app CPU-Z will tell you all about your phone.) 3) I'm still working with the camera but I think maybe the LG Tribute's was a little better.
Most all other frustrations I've had would need be directed at the Android Marshmallow operating system. And I've figured most of that stuff out by now.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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LG K3 Prepaid Cell Phone for Virgin Mobile: Stay connected with the LG K3 smartphone. This entry-level device has a 1.1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM so that you can do everything you need to do, and an 8GB hard drive lets you store plenty of data on it. Android 6 keeps this LG K3 smartphone running seamlessly.
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4 out of 5Good Phone
By barfly
This is a good phone for $50 - but with (3) minor complaints. 1) It has too much bloatware, and you cannot delete it without rooting the phone. And no root exists for it - that I could find. My LG Tribute w/4 GB storage began to run out of space so I thought surely 8 GB would be enough. But the Marshmallow system + the pre-loaded apps take up about 6 GB of that. And most apps you cannot move to an SD card (that call is made by the app writer/author). So to maintain 1 GB+ of space I routinely reject app updates. (I've never understood why a factory installed app might use 6.5 MB, but the next upgrade uses 42.6 MB, or some big number#. 2) Only when my Compass app didn't work did I discover the phone has no magnetic field sensor. Not that I use it a lot, so it's no big deal - just disappointing. #Note: you can't hardly tell what sensors a phone comes with these days - but a free, excellent app CPU-Z will tell you all about your phone.) 3) I'm still working with the camera but I think maybe the LG Tribute's was a little better.
Most all other frustrations I've had would need be directed at the Android Marshmallow operating system. And I've figured most of that stuff out by now.
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Review Follow-up
July 28, 2016
After reading my own review I decided to test the cameras head-to-head. The newer K3 camera is better than the Tribute camera.
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