Review: LG Rumor Touch
The cheap, resistive touchscreen on the LG Rumor Touch nearly ruins the experience of using this phone. It's too bad, because the addition of faster networking, an even larger keyboard and new, dedicated social apps would have been enough of an improvement over the LG Rumor2 to warrant a look. Touch didn't add anything good to the mix.
The touchscreen suffers from the classic symptoms of cheap resistive technology. Often swipes are misinterpreted as clicks, and you end up selecting when you want to read more of the list. Some taps don't register at all, but sometimes the phone would give a haptic jiggle and I'd see the button change onscreen, even though nothing would happen.
The haptic feedback on the LG Rumor Touch is the worst I've ever felt on a phone. It's almost uncomfortable. Instead of a solid, reassuring buzz whenever you make a selection, the phone has a minor seizure and shakes uncontrollably. It repeatedly vibrates in small pulses, and the vibrations seem to creak the plastic shell. There are three different vibration styles you can set, at varying levels of intensity, but none of them felt good or added a pleasant visceral layer to the touchscreen experience, as they are supposed to.
In general, the touchscreen on the LG Rumor Touch is not very responsive or pleasant to use, and the poor menu design doesn't help the issue.
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LG Rumor Touch / Banter Touch
