Ruh roh. LG Electronics has just issued a voluntary recall of around 45,000 LG 150 phones in Canada, and for whatever reason, Bell Mobility has agreed to assist in cleaning up the mess. Of course, it probably helps that basically every single one was used by a Bell subscriber, but we digress. Reportedly,
LG was "notified by one of the independent bodies responsible for the certification of mobile phones that the
LG 150 mobile phone is no longer certified as meeting the Radio Standards Specifications 102 (RSS 102), Radio Frequency Exposure Compliance of Radiocommunication Apparatus," thus LG decided it best to go ahead and make this here move. Users who just so happen to be reading this while yapping on an LG 150 can hit the read link for all the pertinent exchange information, and watch out, 'cause it could implode into a furry ball of molten cuteness at any moment. Just kidding.
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posted Jan 27th 2009 3:42PM
I work for a wireless accessories distributor and got word about that this morning...yikes...but hey that's LG, never had a good experience with a phone from them.
Every LG phone i have had i loved.
@ Josh
Dunno, LG Chocolate flips I know for sure are really unreliable. I know several people that have major complaints about it (randomly turning off and general bugieness in the OS
Oops, eh?
"...basically every single [LG 150] was used by a Bell subscriber..."
Actually, several of these phones were used by Virgin Mobile Canada subscribers, which is also issuing a recall: https://virginmobile.ca/vmc/en/lg150/lg150.html
They do use the same CDMA network as Bell, though.
Yep, was just about to say that. My girlfriend has one of these phones, so now I can tell her it really is her phone and not mine!
I second that. I have one from VM too.
Lucky LG phones! They can be recalled, but who's gonna recall me !!?
Perhaps this will teach LG to actually test their phones before pumping them out.
We want quality over quantity ...
And I thought my gf was the only one who still said 'ruh-roh' like Scooby.
hey i think your girlfriend might be a dog...i mean an actual k9.
Huck huck! I almost died laughing there James! You are a comic genius!! How did you come up with that?!?
[/END SARCASM]
Well, I'm happy! I bought one of these from VM for $49 on prepaid and am getting the LG Muziq, a $229 phone for free. Nice!
"'cause it could implode into a furry ball of molten cuteness at any moment."
I LOL'd.
Is it being recalled because it is so ugly?
Just checked with my local Bell store in North Vancouver, Canada and the employee verfied that they are doing the exchanges. Although he indicated that tomorrow, January 28th would be a better day to drop by for the exchange as it'd give the store a chance to prepare for the "onslaught".
He also said that one could exchange their LG 150 for a choice of an LG 385, LG Wine or another unspecified phone.
The Third Unspecified Handset is an LG Vantage, It's actuall a really good phone.
The LG 150 was also used in Canada by Telus and MTS...
I also got a LG Muziq! Woot!
Yeah, Darren was just kidding.
LG's only explode.
So is it still safe in the United States? I'd like to see Kajeet recall it to please.
It said that I'm getting an LG Muziq, but checking into the site again now shows a Samsung M510.
Muziq is a dope phone. Battery life sucks though.
I am a sasktel dealer, and apaarently it is more like 130,000 units being recalled. The cause is the radiofrequency exposure level is too high. it should be a fun next couple of weeks...*caller*: OMG my fuckin' phone is killing me you bastards!?!?! AAAHHHGHGG...
I think this is more problem with China than anything else. From my recollection, ALL phones must be tested and certified. Problem is after they are test, they move manufacturing to China, where quality is less than ideal.
Get out there and return this phone they are replacing it with an LG RUMOUR it was awsome they didnt even ask me my name!