- Slim, easy-to-use candybar phone with text messaging, voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and multi-language support
- Pay-as-you-go with all local, long distance and roaming calls at 10 cents per minute
- Phonebook with up to 500 entries, scheduler, handsfree speakerphone, and vibrating alert
- Up to 7 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, travel charger, getting started guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
The perfect complement to Tracfone prepaid wireless service, the slim candybar-style LG 300G offers an affordable way to stay in touch with family and friends across town and around the globe via voice communication and text messaging. With Net10 you get a single rate for every call–10 cents a minute–whether it’s local, long distance or roaming. This phone features a color LCD screen, handsfree speakerphone, several organizer tools including scheduler and world clock, a phonebook with up to 500 entries, and up to 7 hours of talk time.
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Net10 Service
The Net10 pay-as-you-go wireless service offers all local, long distance and roaming calls at one low price of 10 cents per minute. All Net10 prepaid wireless service is provided by TracFone Wireless–America’s #1 prepaid wireless company with a national footprint covering 99 percent of the U.S. population. There are no contracts, credit checks, monthly fees, security deposits, activation or deactivation charges, or age restrictions.
All Net10 handsets have a display that shows the actual airtime balance on the phone’s display for ease of tracking usage. Net10 handsets also carry an “instant refill” feature that allows users to add airtime directly from the handset on a real-time basis. Key digital features include free call waiting, free caller ID, free voicemail and text messaging at 5 cents per message.
You can buy bundles of minutes (which must be used within a set time limit of between 90 to 365 days) from the Net10 web site on your home PC or directly from your phone’s web browser. For example, a purchase of 200 minutes of usage expires within 30 days of your first use. The amount of service time varies depending on how many minutes you purchase, and any minutes leftover from the previous purchase will be rolled over. If you do not purchase and add more airtime before a due date, your service will be deactivated and existing minutes will expire.
You can also choose to call or text anyone in the U.S. on any network as much as you want for only $79.98 a month without signing a contract. Additionally, you can sign up for international long distance calling to over 60 international destinations (including Argentina, Brazil, China, Mexico, most European countries, and many more) from your Net10 phone for only 5 cents per minute plus airtime.
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Phone Features
The LG 300G has a 1.5-inch color screen with a 128 x 128-pixel resolution and support for 65K colors. It sits above a standard navigation area with send/end buttons and soft navigatoin keys, and is complemented by a standard alpha-numeric keypad. The phone’s small internal memory can store up to 500 contact entries in the handset’s phone book, which is capable of storing multiple phone numbers per contact entry and offers support for picture and ringer ID (when used with caller groups).
If you need basic messaging capabilities, the 300G has you covered as support is built-in for sending and receiving SMS text messages. The T9 predictive text technology is built into the unit, which autocompletes text for you as you type on the alpha-numeric keypad and offers options for selecting the correct word.
Other features include:
- Net10 Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you’ve used and how much is left
- Includes 32 polyphonic ringtones
- Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, calculator, stopwatch, world clock, notepad, unit converter, tip calculator
- Vibrating alert
- Multilingual menus (English and Spanish)
Vital Statistics
The LG 300G weighs 2.1 ounces and measures 3.75 x 1.71 x 0.52 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours of standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies.
LG 300G Prepaid Phone with 300 Minutes Included
Cheap phone.
Sounds like you’re talking in a wind tunnel.
Lots of dropped calls.
Get used to hearing “Huh?”…”Can you repeat that?”…”Say what?”
This service and this phone are NOT a deal by any stretch of the imagination.
Bottom of the barrel as far as cell phone plans go.
But then again, what do you expect for $15.00/month?
You get what you pay for.
Which in this case…ain’t much.
Rating: 1 / 5
I ordered this phone, but when I received and activated it, it didn’t work. They sent a new Sim card, phone still didn’t work. This was a “reconditioned” phone–BEWARE!!. Now I have to return the phone at my expense to get my money back (less postage). Bad, Bad, Bad deal. And the customer service was the worst I’ve ever had–being put on hold repeatedly, speaking with employees whose English was beyond poor, and finally being told I would have to pay to return a product that never worked. My advice is to avoid this company and the reconditioned LG300g phone. I have been without a cell phone for 2-3 weeks, not a happy thing when you’re traveling.
Going to Virgin Mobile.
Rating: 1 / 5
Pros: good reception, phone comes loaded with 300 minutes. Nice looking design with a bright, full color screen and buttons that light up blue. Comes with 20 MIDI ringtones, 2 games, and nice choice of wallpapers. Text messages cost 5 cents each. Easy to add minutes right from the phone or online.
Cons: has a sort of “plastic toy” feel to it. Very light, very small. Takes some practice to avoid pressing multiple buttons at once. Callers sound slightly muffled. Cannot download new ringtones or wallpaper. Not recommended for heavy phone users or newbies.
This is a cheap, no frills phone. It is not a multimedia device. It doesn’t take pictures, surf the internet, send emails, or play MP3s. It makes and receives calls and texts and stores phone numbers. To be honest it’s a cute little cheap piece of plastic for people who want a cell phone for emergencies or to make occasional calls. Heavy callers, texters, or people that tend to be hard on their stuff should think twice before buying this phone.
On the other hand if you are someone that tends to keep your phone nice and shiny, you are a reasonably competent technology user, and you only want to make the occasional call this is an attractive, reliable little phone for a good price.
Rating: 4 / 5
Ok, I’m upset, I have this exact phone. Just a warning, don’t fall behind or let the time expire, because if you buy a phone card and use it with 0 days left, someone else will recieve your minutes and you’ll be out $$$. Mine lapsed about a month and 1/2, so I’m thinking they re-issued the serial number on another phone. They told me when I called customer service I’d have my minutes in 24 hours, and now it’s been two days, and still no minutes, and this didn’t happen with my virgin phone. SO, if you want a little forgivness, virgin is a best bet, but if you lapse on this phone, you might as well use it to store phone numbers.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’d like to tell you about the phone or something like that but can’t because the phone still hasn’t activated, several days now after I started the process. I chose Net 10 because I’m a light user and the value seemed to be good for that. As I’m coming from another provider, I asked that my old number be ported over. That’s what I’m waiting for, even though my previous provider disconnected within hours of my request via Net 10. Net 10′s reps (via email) keep saying “it should take 24 to 48 hours” (which I’m beyond) while almost everyone I’ve spoken to, including people who sell these phones, says it should take hours at most. Earlier today I spoke by phone to a rep who apologized and promised it would be done within “2 to 4 hours.” When that didn’t happen I called back and a different rep rudely kept insisting that it takes “7 to 10 days” but then ended up telling me to it should be done “tomorrow”!
It better be, or this phone is going back and I’m going with someone else.
Rating: 1 / 5