LG F9200 lands at Cingular

Motorola's SLVR L7 isn't the only phone Cingular Wireless added to their lineup today. The company has also begun selling LG's F9200, which boasts a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, IM and e-mail capabilities, and a low price of $99 with a two-year contract. The phone also adds a basic camera (VGA), something its predecessor, the F9100, lacked. Otherwise, it's a basic messaging phone that will suffice if your text communication needs are fairly modest (or you're a txt-happy teen), but won't sub for a smartphone if you need to do real work on the run.

[Herman @ Jan 31st 2006 1:30PM]

no where near as cool as cool as my VX9800.

[TIMMAH! @ Jan 31st 2006 2:06PM]

How well does this phone work for checking email like Yahoo and Hotmail?

[Christopher @ Jan 31st 2006 2:30PM]

That screen looks really really small.

[PEZ @ Jan 31st 2006 4:56PM]

Screen is the same as the earlier model, I believe. It needs BT though! I think that should be basic buy now.

Sort of reminds of of a tinier version of the HTC Wizard. With nearly none of the capabilities though!
BAsic POP mail with this model, I believe.

[MoToExEc @ Jan 31st 2006 6:02PM]

Maybe its just me but that phone looks like a mirror image of the slvr

[Joel @ Jan 31st 2006 7:21PM]

I have the LG F9200 and the phone is terrible. The interface some dumb. I sure hope the made some fundamental changes or this thing is worthless too.

[Keylogger @ Feb 1st 2006 7:12AM]

I totally love this phone. It is awsome! I got it for christmas this year and the only down fall is that it does not have bluetooth. It takes great pictues and the ringtones sound amazing!!!

[jrdiaz @ Dec 15th 2006 1:51PM]

I was wondering if you still had the lg f9200. If you do. I was thinking of getting it and saw 2 things in the online manual that I wanted to ask about. It is true that you can only type 40 char in the notepad? Can you name each notepad reference? Can you use the Qwerty keyboard on contacts and calendar? Thanks.

[industryspy @ Feb 1st 2006 12:13PM]

#6 I assume you mean you have the 9100 and not the 9200 because the 9100 was the one with all the issues. I have been using the 9200 for a few weeks now and while it is not a full featured at the 9800 if all you care about is IM/SMS and some occasional web browsing this phone rocks.

[Herman @ Feb 1st 2006 1:23PM]

why does CNET have no review for this phone.

[CeAsE @ Feb 1st 2006 1:37PM]

This phone looks similar to the Sidekick 3 "product roadmap" posted here: http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/26/sidekick-iii-product-roadmap-revealed/

- Lower right-hand side, underneath the "Sept 07" text.

[Ali @ Feb 12th 2006 6:43PM]

This phone is the cheapest COLOR phone w/ a qwerty (besides the 9100). I like the A630, but its too expensive [for me, and NO I'm not a cheapo I recantly bought an Xbox 360 myself {no CORE};{I'm 15 years old}]

That alone should win you over [plus it has a camera].

[Jacklyn @ Mar 15th 2006 9:24PM]

I love this phone except mine won't let me store more that 3 real music tones before it says memory full. And when I try to go back after deleting some of the default tone...it still won't let me download anymore than 3. Also, it only let's you have 7 catagories to put you contacts in. And can some one please tell me if there's a way to turn off those damn alert tones without having to put my phone on silent?? I don't need my phone to make a noise everytime it tells me it send a message. With all that being said..I still am in love with this phone.

[Abdul @ Apr 26th 2006 12:31PM]

its a beautiful phone, check here for more pics http://www.cellphonestalk.com/cellphonereviews/lg/f9200/gallery.html

and its cheap too, 99$ for a 2 year contract? not bad

[Ronald @ May 28th 2006 3:04PM]

9. i know its not as good as the 9800 but you can only get the 9800 from verizon..am i right?

my real Q. is where did you get yours from cuz there not on the cingular web site or any cingular stores i've been to, they only thing i've seen was the 9100 and it was at this phone store

[Jimel @ Aug 24th 2006 9:56AM]

i have a problem were the restriction code has been turn on and i cant get the code...what websites can i go to get the restriction code?? or what can i do??

[Elan Okonsky @ Nov 27th 2006 12:44AM]

If u have cingular call them up and ask for the imformation and then they will give u the code

[Keara @ Aug 30th 2006 2:52PM]

I have a question... i want to buy this phone. I think its pretty cool. Better than just the flip phones with no keyboard. I want to know if i should get it because i dont want to make a mystake. Can anyone just tell me if its a great phone or if there are too many probloms with it. Is it about as good as the LG VX9800?

[nick @ Sep 24th 2006 12:05AM]

where can i buy this phone? what websites...other than ebay?? cuz stores dont sell em...

[Brittney @ Oct 5th 2006 4:03PM]

I have the LG F9100 (the model that the F9200 replaced) and it is an excellent phone if you are a text-junkie like myself. So I am gunna say that the F9200 is a great phone too if it's an upgrade AND has a camera. I am in the process of buying the f9200 so i will be back to tell how i think it is.

[Mike @ Nov 20th 2006 6:10PM]

i hade a LG F9200 and i just used for 2 day and sumthing weird happen to the phone for example
-it like if it had a mind of it own
-just get me to place that i didnt click on
-the volume mode keep on poping up
-the texting is weird
-it look like it have a virus inside the phone
-and it mostly make the beep sound witout me pressing on the botton.

i would realy like this phone if it would work fine.i dont know what happen to the phone.it is brand new ( no scatch ).i hope someone can help me how i can fix it.

[andrew @ Nov 28th 2006 12:38AM]

i have one question and does this phone have a custimizable banner on the screen by any chance ?? please say yes

[blair @ Feb 24th 2007 6:50PM]

I have had this phone for 3 days now and love it! The qwerty keypad make text messaging fast and easy. The volume is loud and clear. It is easy to use.
I have gone from a small flip phone to this so the size is taking a little getting used to, but its alot smaller and lighter than the Sidekick a friend of mine has. The internet is acceptable on download speeds and the camera takes decent pictures. Ringtones that come on it are nothing special, but that's not a big deal. Anyone looking for a good deal on this phone check out eBay. That's where I found mine.

[lola @ Jun 17th 2007 10:24PM]

how much is the monthly service payment?

[hasan @ Sep 28th 2007 6:39PM]

guyz..this phone is awesome..my bro jst sent me a phone jst like this one from canada..but it need a restriction code..it only works of fido..if anyone knows how i could bring the restriction code..contact me: [e-mail] thnx