Hello guys, Im trying to make a decision on which phone I should buy, the LG Esteem from Metro PCS or the Motorola Triumph from Virgin Mobile. I live in waco, tx and Im not sure if we get 4g coverage down here. The triumph seems enticing because VM has 3G and metro doesn't. what do you guys think?
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polywood223
Well-Known Member
Check service for 4g lg esteem is better than the triumph
TechSmartBri
Newbie
Lg esteem 
i was going to get the motorola triumph until i found out about the esteem. Also metro is getting 3g it's your chice if you want to wait but the 4g is pretty good in los angeles, ca.
i was going to get the motorola triumph until i found out about the esteem. Also metro is getting 3g it's your chice if you want to wait but the 4g is pretty good in los angeles, ca.
polywood223
Well-Known Member
Well does virgin mobile have good coverage out there cause metro's 3g sucks donkey balls 150kb
polywood223
Well-Known Member
Motorola triumph it is if u can get 3g out of vmobile
JWhipple
Android Enthusiast
I've had both - Esteem is my choice HANDS DOWN.
The Triumph's downfall is that it is a SINGLE BAND PHONE. In lay terms, that means that if the particular band that it's on can not penetrate whatever building you're in, you're SOL because there are no other bands that the phone can try to use.
That seems to be the one corner that they cut on that phone... Oh yes, and the fact that it's not an actual Motorola design - it's a rebadged Haewei Ideos X6 .
If you can live with the fact that you very well may lose signal in a LOT MORE buildings than if you had the Esteem, go for it, but I did my time with the Triumph and am glad I sold it.
The Triumph's downfall is that it is a SINGLE BAND PHONE. In lay terms, that means that if the particular band that it's on can not penetrate whatever building you're in, you're SOL because there are no other bands that the phone can try to use.
That seems to be the one corner that they cut on that phone... Oh yes, and the fact that it's not an actual Motorola design - it's a rebadged Haewei Ideos X6 .
If you can live with the fact that you very well may lose signal in a LOT MORE buildings than if you had the Esteem, go for it, but I did my time with the Triumph and am glad I sold it.
I had Virgin Mobile, and had the Triumph for about a day. The GPS was terrible. It would take minutes to lock on and would occasionally lose reception even on a wide-open road. The cellular signal reception also sucks. I had a Samsung Intercept at the time, so that's saying a lot. The Esteem is leaps and bounds above the Triumph in every respect. The only thing is, Virgin Mobile, since it uses Sprint's towers, probably has more extensive coverage throughout the nation.