LG Dare Silver Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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List Price: $399.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
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Color: Silver
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Model: LG-VX9700
UPC: 652810813877
ASIN: B001BZK5EE
Release Date: July 3, 2008
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| • | Multimedia-oriented smartphone boasting spacious 3-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition | | • | Access Verizon's V Cast Music and Video service via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions | | • | 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder with Schneider-Kreuznach lens; Bluetooth stereo streaming; MicroSD expansion up to 8 GB | | • | Up to 4.7 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time; measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches (HxWxD) | | • | Includes: Handset, travel adapter/USB cable, user guide, quick reference guide, music CD |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The LG Dare for Verizon dares to be different with its bold looks and advanced capabilities--boasting a spacious three-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition, a 3.2-megapixel camera with face detection and flash, and unique in-phone photo editing capabilities. It's compatible with the V Cast Music and V CAST Music with Rhapsody services, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via Verizon's fast EV-DO data network. Other features include stereo Bluetooth streaming, MicroSD memory expansion up to 8 GB, access to your mobile email, and up to 4.7 hours of talk time. 
Enjoy easy touchscreen navigation, stereo Bluetooth streaming, high-quality photos and videos from the 3.2-megapixel lens, and access to your mobile email. | Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time. In addition to the V Cast Music service, this phone is also compatible with Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody, which enables you to access this exclusive digital music service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks. V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. In addition, customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be played. The V Cast Video service enables you to stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1. Verizon's Mobile eMail gives you access to your Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL accounts so you can read, write, and reply. Access your address book, receive e-mail alerts and more, right on your Verizon Wireless phone. With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. Phone Features
Measuring just 0.5 inches thin and weighing 3.76 ounces, the LG Dare feels lightly comfortable in your pocket. It features a large 3-inch touchscreen that recognizes your handwriting and provides tactile feedback when pressing onscreen buttons or typing on the onscreen QWERTY keyboard. The display has a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors, and its home screen has several shortcut icons including your messaging inbox, phonebook, favorites menu. The phone provides just three buttons on the bottom of its face for send, end and clearing calls, and it has a stainless steel border along its sides and black soft touch surface on the back. The phone has an internal 148 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 8 GB in size. It can store up to 1000 contact entries, with fields for five numbers per contact. It connects to your PC via USB, and it offers USB mass storage capabilities. The 3.2-megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens offers several resolution options, ranging from 2048 x 1536 pixels to QVGA 320 x 240 pixels--perfect for sending via MMS messaging. It offers advanced features including face detection, SmartPic Technology (which helps to compensate face color), four ISO settings, six preset scense, panorama and split shot capabilities, white balance settings, multi-shot, and multiple color effects. It also features a flash, self-timer, and multiple shutter sounds (including off). Once you've snapped your photo, you can edit it right in the Dare--zoom, rotate, crop, add frames, or add writing over the image. You can also capture video up to 640 x 480 pixels for storing onto a memory card, or QCIF 176 x 144-pixel resolution for sending via MMS. You can record videos up to 120 frames per second (fps) and then play them back on the Dare at a slow motion rate of 15 fps. This phone provides the latest version of Bluetooth connectivity--version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makes pairing with the included headset as well as other Bluetooth devices a snap. And with EDR, you'll get a faster connection than with the previous version 1.2, which makes transferring files and using the phone as a modem for your laptop hum along nicely. And with the embedded A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of Bluetooth stereo headphones or other compatible devices. 
The lightweight LG Dare measures just 0.5 inches thin. | In addition to compatibility with formats offered by Verizon's V CAST Music and CAST Music with Rhapsody services, it's also compatible with unprotected MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+ formats. The digital audio player features a preset sound effect equalizer, ability to create and manage playlists on the phone, and backbround music mode that allows you to multitask (write email, check your calendar, surf the Web) while continuing to play music. Other features include: - Organizer tools: Calculator, EZTip calculator, calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, notebook, notepad and drawing pad with handwriting recognition
- Speaker-independent voice commands
- One-touch speakerphone
- Mobile email: Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Mail, AOL, AIM, Verizon.net
- Messaging: SMS, MMS
- Voice Recording: 1 minute or 1 hour (standby
- Favorites: add up to nine contacts with Picture ID
- Speed Dial: up to 996 entries
- HTML Web browsing with touch navigation and favorites
- Music ringer support (clips from hit songs)
- Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3/T3
- TTY compatible
- Bluetooth version 2.1 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)
Vital Statistics
The LG Dare weighs 3.76 ounces and measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches. Its 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 280 minutes (4.7 hours) of talk time, and up to 360 hours of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies as well as the 1xEV-DO r0 data network.
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 Great phone! My first touch screen.... July 7, 2008
Angela (Knoxville, TN)
56 out of 61 found this review helpful
I just got this phone a few days ago, and I love it!!! I can't get enough of it! It has taken me no time at all to get used to the touch screen and navigating through the menus is so easy, and I am hooked! I highly recommend this phone to everyone!
This phone has so many great features, and some of the many that I like are (in no particular order):
-A home button on every page except for the dial pad (but you can use the clear or end key there) so if you need to start over you can
-A back arrow on each page that allows you to go back one step on the path you took (How convenient is that?!)
-The non-touch screen physical buttons on the bottom of the phone are great and practical (unlike the iPhone) so you don't have to worry about searching for the send, clear/voice command or end keys (I find the send key to be convenient for placing three way calls as well.)
-Drag and drop ability for shortcuts to your home page
-Speakerphone button on side and on the touch screen if you choose
-Face proximity sensor so the LCD turns off when on a call so no button pushing with your face
-Handwriting recognition (a bit of a learning curve with pressure but still so cool!)
-Scroll/flick through menus, photos and contacs up or down AND side to side
-Qwerty keyboard touch screen when you turn it sideways
-Tactile vibrating feedback option for touching and scrolling
-3.2MP camera/camcorder (awesome!)
-Music player with sound effects that will play in the background while you do other things and also auto pauses if you receive or make a call
-Lots of fun animated and still wallpapers to choose from
-Different menu font styles to choose from
-You can use your finger, yes, but also a stylus (that doesn't come with the phone but should) or a retractable pen that is retracted, etc.
-USB cable comes with the phone and an adapter to turn it into a charger (no extra money shelled out for a USB cable there!)
-And it just looks freaking cool!
OK, OK. I have to let you know that there are a few things that some people might not like about it (but they don't bother me):
-The Dare doesn't have wi-fi, but the plus side of that is that no data plan is required to have this phone...unless you want to get the regular internet browsing stuff.
-You can't put iTunes directly on it. They have to be converted to wma files or mp3s first, or you can burn a CD from your iTunes and burn/rip those songs right back and load them from iTunes that way.
-It's just a hair thicker than the iPhone, like .04 of an inch.
There is so much more about this phone that is great, though, but just read about it here and on Verizon's and LG's sites. You can also watch a short video about it on CNET at [...] Play with one, get one and LOVE IT! It's more awesome than any phone I've ever had or seen that I can't give it anything less than 5 stars!
Go on! I DARE you to get one! ;)
LG DARE, I dare you to give it a try! August 12, 2008
Stuart Floyd (New York, NY)
56 out of 58 found this review helpful
I have had the LG DARE/VX9700 touch screen phone for over a month now and it is a great phone and certainly the best touch screen Verizon has to offer and a great alternative to an iphone over on that other network AT&T. Remember you will need phone plan, internet plan, picture/text plan and they have many to choose from. Myself I went alacart and chose specific things I wanted and know I would use and it cost me less than several of the packages offered. NOTE: This is not a SMARTPHONE, it doesn't promote itself that way but some may expect that and it is not.
Side note for comparisons:
I have an Apple iPod Touch mp3 player which is basically a first generation iPhone without the phone. The Touch is a superb product and the screen is unsurpassed in it's size and clarity, identical to the iPhone and I even get free wi-fi on the iPod Touch, something you pay for with a data plan with the iPhone. If the iphone had more features and fair plan/price options it would be more desirable, maybe it's next iteration?! For example for the $59.99 plan I have with Verizon, the same plan/options with the iphone on AT&T would cost me $99.99. Again I have no affiliation to either and would prefer NOT to be a customer of either one but sadly we have little choice but to select a company and their pricey offerings.
Back to the LG Dare, it is a superb product the screen is exceptional and if it were as big as the iPhone/iPod Touch screen it would be even be more exceptional. However, LG went with a little smaller footprint but packed it with many goodies that you can't yet get in any other touch screen phone including the Apple iPhone 3G.
I am not a fan of any contract to any service provider, I just happen to have been on Verizon a long time, they do have in my experience the best call quality and coverage coast to coast but I still hate signing anything for 2yrs. Remember you have 30 days to test out the phone and if it's NOT what you expected or want, return it and get another or go out and try another provider.
I didn't return mine as I really like it allot and yes the biggest gripe would be to have a larger screen thus less need to scroll during internet use as the net takes up allot of real estate when dealing with a small screen. I am not on there to do long term surfing or intensive seraches. I get onto the net to check my hotmail email and to look at weather, movie times, news headlines for brief periods. Sometimes it can be slower then you'd like but that depends allot on the signal strength of the area you are in.
You can view horizontal or vertical as the screen will adjust to however you hold the phone. This also happens with typing text for text messages or using the internet. Hold the phone horizontal and you will get the onscreen qwerty keybord, hold it vertical and you get the phone like keyboard to enter text. There is a button on each of the screens to select either one you like best for your typing.
The call quality is exceptionally clear and loud, the screen adjusts to indoor and outdoor lighting which is great and better than many other phone screens and even digital camera screens. Of course you have bluetooth as well for connecting to headphones, your computer if it bluetooth equiped etc.
You have the ability to drag and drop icons/buttons on the main screen, arrange them to your liking. You have an abundance of menus that are quite easy to click/scroll through and easy to follow or test and see what your options are with many of the features.
It does have hand writing recognition, it is not easy for me with big fingers to draw things, or a map and with a stylus pen certainly better. You can craft something and email or text it someone, it's a nifty little feature and something unique for now and you will see more of it in the future and of course it will be improved with each iteration.
You have many sound settings and vibration settings for the phone, tactile feedback when typing/scrolling and a load of ringtones to choose from or go buy/download others.
Speaker phone is loud and you can even have it verbally read your text messages to you which can be amusing with the computerized voice.
This phone has the best camera of any cell phone sold in the U.S. It comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera, with face detection, zoom and editing in the phone to name a couple things off the photo menu. The photos I have taken are exceptional for a cell phone and close to what I had in my first digital camera several years ago. They are more than exceptional for emailing and online posting. Remember when emailing them to users on a smaller phone that the photo text messages will be very pixelated because they are trying to view it on a much lower resolution screen and a 1-2 inch screen at best.
I recommend getting a micro SD card and you can get them pretty cheap on amazon, search and do a little research and you'll find a good cheap 4gb card and thus you will have ample room for photos and videos and not suddenly run out, but in saying that make sure to download stuff so as to keep the phone pretty empty allowing you to photo and video when out and about or when you forget your digital camera.
As for it being an mp3 player that is another great option and of course Verizon wants you to use their store but you can plug the phone in and download/rip music from your computer but not from itunes of course, all about file conversions and all that proprietary BS. In any case it works just like an iPhone for music minus the very good itunes store that can be accessed direct from an iPhone. For me I don't use this phone for music being I have the iPod Touch and it also saves me concern on draining the phone battery. I have gone several days without charging when using the phone, texting, taking photos and sending them as well as accessing the net. The charger has a plug for the electrical outlet and a usb plug to connect to your computer to charge as well.
It is a little smaller over all from the iPhone a tiny bit thicker but almost not noticable. Slowly I see more and more accessories for the Dare and many are here on Amazon and much cheaper than Verizon or other retailers. I recommend a cover, silicone, rubber ones are great and I have dropped my phone several times without any damage or marks as it almost bounces with the silicone cover I have. I also purchased a few of the screen protectors.
By having the screen protector I often use a stylus pen on the screen as I have very large fingers and one thing that happens with any touch screen when you have big fingers it is easy to select the wrong thing or more then one thing. The LG Dare will allow you to actually set the sensitivity in the options menu. It comes preset but you can actually run a test and change the sensitivity to make it more pressure sensitive to how you tap the screen.
I have touched on many things and many more things I have easily missed but go to Cnet, ZDnet, Amazon and check out Reviews, or just google LG Dare reviews. The best way would be to go take it for a test drive at a local Best Buy, at the Verizon stores and check on the 30 day trial as well via Verizon.
As with any electronics product, they could always be better and this is the first version of the LG Dare and hopefully they can improve the next version just like Apple did with it's iphone, however, Apple didn't go nearly far enough so maybe the 3rd generation iphone will be great and the 2nd generation of the Dare even further unique than it currently is on the market today.
 GREAT phone.. not for me thou. READ August 27, 2008
Jonathan Doyle
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
ok I am considered a tech-junkie by most family and friends so when i got this phone i was more than excited..
ill do a basic pros/cons and then talk a bit more.
pros:
-light
-loaded with features, such as vz navigator,games (downloadable), and a basically customizable desktop for icons
-an incredible camera with features u wont find anywhere (face detection and smart pic??!!)
-cool battery saver option of when i put the phone to my face to talk during a call, the display turns off. remove it from my face and it turns back on.
cons:
-when i compare the scroll and touch features to the ipod touch i have.. the LG DARE just doesnt hold a candle as far as accuracy goes. WITH THAT SAID, if you are new to touch screens, like my wife, you would find it enjoyable.
-the call quality to me was a bit lacking.. i would call from the same spot as my wife and just MUCH MUCH better call quality from her chocolate..
-i have bigger hands/bigger fingers. im 6'2 and 230lbs.. and when id try to type or dial or something, it was a bit "wonky" with its responsiveness (i felt like shrek with it)
-stereo bluetooth is not that good of quality. i tried three $100 headphone sets and they all sounded muffled. when i hooked up my wired Sennheiser headphones, all was fine..
-lastly - to me, there was an annoyingly elongated "load" time for the display to turn on, and then id have to push unlock and then answer.. while others would find that fine, i just need a faster time. (ipod touch is lightening fast)
now i referenced the ipod touch, but that is just the mp3 player.. not the phone. i do think this is a GOOD phone, but its just not for me. little quirks over 7 days of use just got to me..if you have no touch screen experience, or very little - this phone might be for you.
if your looking for a FAST paced phone - this might not be for u..
i hope i can help someone out there..
cheers
Verizon's best July 8, 2008
Robert Jenckes (Phoenix, Az)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
Ok, I don't have time for a full detailed review but I'll try to cover the basics. This phone is awesome, I bought it the day it came out after looking at the Voyager and the Glyde and reading several reviews for months on all the different touchscreen phones. This thing looks far better than both and the features are much better as well.
The screen is 3 inches, slightly smaller than the Instinct and Iphone but its bigger than the Voyager and Glyde. Trust me, it's a good size. When you turn the phone from vertical to horizontal while looking at pictues or the internet the screen will automatically rotate with it, much like the iphone, which is cool! I didn't like the white un-organized main menu that you see in all the pictures of the phone but you can change it to an organized black one more like the iphone which looks a lot better if you think the white one doesn't look so great.
The camera is much better than anything I've seen on a phone and you can edit and draw on any of your saved pics and then save it. The camera button is in the exact spot where it would be on a digital camera and you can even hold the button half way down to focus just like any digital camera. The headphone port allows you to use any headphones without a stupid adapter that you're never going to carry around.
The onboard QWERTY keyboard works pretty good, I have no complaints but I do hit the wrong key every now and then (I've never had a QWERTY before this phone). The Voyager's actual keyboard may be more user friendly but this one works well and is very convenient.
My buddy got the Samsung Instinct, which is supposed to be the Sprint Iphone, two days before I got the Dare. We compared them for over an hour (while sitting in a bar) and he was definitely upset with some of the features mine had. Camera was much better, bluetooth syncing was better, keyboard options were better.
Lastly, if you were thinking about the Voyager or Glyde, I would definitely go with the Dare. I saw a guy with the Voyager the other day and I almost laughed at him. The Dare is smaller and thinner with a bigger screen and its better looking. You really can't go wrong with the DARE!
The Truth about Dare August 15, 2008
FastGurl (New York, NY USA)
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
After much deliberation I purchased the LG Dare. My concerns were as follows: the size, Outlook calendar synchronization and the QWERTY. My previous phone was a KRZR which I loved because of the size and hated for many more reasons. My phone before this was the V710 which I hated because of the size but loved everything else about it. So purchasing a "waffle phone" such as the Dare was a big concern. Men don't have much of an issue but women's clothing does not often allow a roomy enough pocket to store something the size of the Dare and I'd grown accustomed to the small size of the KRZR. The other phone I was considering was the Blackberry Curve.... which isn't any smaller but it does come in pink. haha
I bought the LG Dare because A) it's cool, B) it does almost everything I want and C) the camera phone. I was hesitant to buy the Dare because it is not a smart phone.
To the best of my knowledge you can not sync your Outlook calendar with your Dare the second you boot it up. There are tweaks and downloads available so that you can basically do it but there isn't a feature that is as straightforward as ActiveSync available. This would be my #1 complaint.
The second problem I have is that it does not appear that the internet pages I am bringing up are MOBILE internet pages like you would get from surfing from a pocketPC or a smart phone. Instead it's the full size page, shrunken down a bit but not really enough because you have to scroll from side to side and up to down.
All in all this is a fun phone. It's easy to use and the LG/Verizon interface is really smart and simple to use. The mp3s sound good, it plays flash, video and jpg look great and after 24 hours of use I'm pretty happy with it. I've calibrated the touch typing and did the "voice training" so I feel like the phone responds very well. The Dare isn't a smart phone if you want a smart phone that's like the Dare try HTC's latest but it's much bigger (I have one of these also and really love the keyboard and feel like I'm on a micro-laptop).
I gave this phone 3 stars because I feel like if LG had added Outlook syncing and a better HTML browswer (like on a smart phone/pocket PC) it would be the perfect phone.
Oh, hey, and I almost forgot... the call quality is awesome. Quite possibly the clearest I've ever heard. Not that phone calls are important on a phone. haha
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