Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is supposedly the TracFone successor to the very popular LG 800G TracFone. So if you are familiar with the LG 800G, then perhaps the best way to think of this phone is as the WiFi/3G/plus version of the LG 800G. It is already available in some WalMart stores, and now on Amazon. Check out the Turk Forum for actual pictures of the bubble pack. It is NOT a smart phone, and doesn't run Android. But if it is anything like the LG 800G (which is one damn fine feature phone), it will be a runaway hit with the otherwise minimal phone use crowd that TracFone attracts. What it has (that the venerable LG 800G it replaces does not) is WiFi and 2G/3G data. And it has all the well-executed built-in widgets (Music Player, Audio, Picture Viewer, Video Recorder, Voice Recorder, Calendar, Notepad, Tasks, Stopwatch, Calculator, Tip Calculator, Unit Converter) that came with the LG 800G, incuding a 2 MP camera. In addition, the LG 840G has an external microSDHC card capacity up to 32GB, versus 4 GB for the LG 800G. Sorry - no GPS. But you might be able to hook it to an external GPS if (and that is a big IF) you can find a Java app to process the GPS output. I don't offhand know of such a Java app. But then again, I was a long time in realizing their was a java app for facebook. The touchscreen on the LG 840G is larger (3.0") than the LG 800G (2.8" -- 320x240 pixels). No info yet on the LG 840G screen resolution. There is a 180 page user guide (90 pages in English, 90 pages in Spanish), which is quite an improvement on the next-to-nothing user manual for the LG 800G. The LG 840G comes with triple minutes for life. It is too early to tell if all the LG 800G fanatics will migrate to the LG 840G. But based on the high popularity of the LG 800G, I betting the LG 840G will be a hot seller. If you are a minimal cell phone user, better get your TracFone version before they are gone. If you are a moderate to heavy cell phone user, you might do better with the Net10 or Straight Talk versions. EDIT (26 Dec 2013): The Lg 840G continues to be THE most popular feature phone. It is the most popular cellphone purchased on Home Shopping network (HSM.com), and the most viewed and commented on Turk Forum. Its staying power comes from its relatively low price, triple minutes for life, sensitive touchscreen, WiFi, Bluethooth, and 2/3G data capability, as well as the many well-executed built in features included.