LG VX10000 Voyager Full Review

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Anthony Fiti
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Jan. 4, 2008

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First, I must admit that I have a hard time not comparing the LG Voyager VX10000 to the iPhone. I've owned an iPhone for six months and am very happy with it, but to be blunt, the two phones shouldn't be compared directly. The iPhone is more expensive, $100-200 more than the VX10000, and isn't available on the Verizon network.

The best feature of the phone is the Verizon V-Cast mobile TV. It's fairly expensive at $15/mo, but having eight channels of TV at your disposal is pretty sweet, and I was usually able to find something to watch between ESPN, Comedy Central and NBC News. The only catch is that you have to be in one of the cities that Verizon offers support in; currently there are 50 cities nationwide that offer V-Cast mobile TV. Unfortunately you won't be able to be sitting in the car on a road trip watching real TV (not yet at least).

The biggest flaw with this phone (and it's not the only phone with this problem) is that the touch screen is more of a gimmick than an honest to goodness feature. It's as if it's added on to compete with that other phone rather than be a useful feature. While I can touch items on the screen and have it activate, I find myself having to often touch twice or three times, and features like scrolling are difficult due to the lag time between the scroll input (me moving my finger) and the movement on the screen.

From what I have been able to gather though, this is the phone for those who want an iPhone but cant switch to AT&T (or T-Mobile with an unlocked iPhone). There really aren't any other phones in this class (media phones) that can match it on the CDMA network.

While this phone does a fairly good job of standing on its own, and it's probably the best non-smart phone for the Verizon network, it might be tough to justify the cost for $300. A $200 price, if you can get it, makes it a better deal. If you can wait a few months and see if the price drops to below $200 with rebates (much like the RAZR did when it was released), that may be the best bet.

Pros

V-Cast video is great
Fast internet (EVDO)
Web browser does a good job rendering HTML
Excellent QWERTY keypad

Cons

Touch screen seems more like a gimmick rather than a useful feature
A MSRP of $350, even before a $50 rebate for a 2 year contract
No Mac support for the VCast Music Manager
E-mail, GPS Directions, & V-Cast Video cost extra per month + applicable data charges
Nonstandard 2.5mm headphone jack instead of 3.5mm jack

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Page 2: What's Included & Basic Features
Page 3: Internet and E-Mail, Texting and Instant Messaging
Page 4: Pictures, Music and Video
Page 5: Pricing Plans
Page 6: Conclusion

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1 User Comment

1 - Posted by a.g. on January 15, 2008 - 3:34 pm

OK, the phone is probably great, but AMAZON is not! They do not have this phone, it is in some kind of backorder limbo and from what I can tell - if it was ordered after Dec. 4th 2007, nobody even got one.

Check out the customer discussion forum:
http://www.amazon.com/Delivery /forum/Fx2RK9OR3I68ZJY/Tx1NVF8 FVXHV6EX/2/ref=cm_cd_et_up_red ir?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdAnchor=B 000Z3TSDW&newContentID=Mx3J8PA B9AO768T#MxLSS87U82BY7L

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