Virgin Mobile’s Aloha Cell Phone

Made by LG (Life’s Good) Colors: white and silver
Total Memory: 3600KB (I’ve only used 1042KB)

Tools: Scheduler, Alarm Clock, Ez Tip Calculator, World Clock, Voice Memo, Notepad,

Comes With: User Manual, Battery, Charger.

A while back, I posted about the process of buying a cell Virgin Mobile cell phone. This “Aloha” is the phone I was buying. It was one of the cheaper phones (14.99, the cheapest being 9.99).
I got this one because it was a “flip” phone. I wish it came on other colors, because I hate white (it shows dirt). However, I have not had that problem so far. I think because it is white and I know it shows dirt, I clean it more often.
It has a color screen, which is a nice size. I have had and seen a few cell phones in my time and I think this phones screen is wider than most. This is because of its shape; it reminds me of a clam (maybe that it way they named it “Aloha”). While I am on the shape if the phone, I want to note that it also makes the keypad bigger (easier for writing text messages).
It can send/receive text messaging to and from any mobile phone/email address and browse the web. It is not that good for web browsing. It loads slow, except when you are using VirginXL to browse (the “homepage” for Virgin Mobile phones, where you find ringtones, wallpapers, etc.) then it loads at a decent speed. There is enough entertaining stuff there, so you are not missing out.
Learning to use it easy enough, the Manual is not much help. Some times it is, like for learning what buttons do what, but not when it came to stuff like the VoiceMail.
It charges fast and holds a charge good (at least mine does). The first charge took about seven hours but after that, the average time for charging is three hours when the battery is dead. There is Four Power Level Bars, when it is down to two and you charge it. It only takes thirty minutes to an hour to get fully charged.
Bummer: It only came with two pre-loaded games ( ZooZooClub & Battle Reversi), you can pay 3.99 a month to play all the games on VirginXL.
The place where you plug in the charger has a little rubber thing you have to take out, which I know I am going to lose eventually. I haven’t yet, but I have “almost” a few times already. This is the one thing I would change about this phone if I could.
So far it has been a good phone, held up to a few drops and still works and nothing rattling inside. I would recommend it to someone looking for a cheap phone that is still useful. Future posts will review some of Virgin Mobiles “plans”.
P.S. New Virgin Mobile cell phones come with Postage-paid bag for you to recycle your old cell phone (Read instructions). If you do (at least for now), you will get a free Charm (I am still waiting for mine).