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 Great phone May 26, 2008
Sandra (Chicago, IL)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I love this phone. It has a very bright and large screen inside, and the battery life is terrific. The battery lasts so much longer than my previous Motorola Razr and Samsung Alias. The qwerty keyboard is also great. The keys are a good size and they are responsive with a nice click; overall it is very comfortable and easy to use. The space keys are off to the side, but you can get used to this quickly. What I love most about this keyboard are the separate number and period keys; it makes it so much easier for texting. I previously had a Samsung Alias, but I did not like the fact that the keys were so tiny and that the numbers and letters shared the same keys. This phone has solved that problem. The screen on the outside is small, however, it is very bright and I like the fact it allows the number keys to be large. The large number keys and the responsiveness makes it very easy to dial.
I highly recommend this phone.
Best Media/Texting phone out there... May 31, 2008
Alex Hortin (Seattle WA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
We switched over to Verizon from T-Mobile a few days ago, and after a little bit of research decided that I wanted this phone. I have been tinkering around with it and it's the best phone I have ever owned. While not quite a smartphone, it does everything I could possibly want off a portable media player. While the outside is a little boring but functional the inside is great for texting, watching videos (iPod format works perfect), listening to music etc.
I bought an LG stereo handsfree earbuds and its great when my phone rings I can answer by pressing a button when listening to music, and when the call ends the music just turns back on. The interface for playing music isnt as polished as the ipod or zune, but having an MP3 player built into a phone I take everywhere makes me wonder if I even need to keep my Zune subscription.
I also am really enjoying the qwerty keyboard, and don't see myself owning a phone in the near future without one. Coming from a RAZR, which could only store 32 messages, and with T9 recognition, texting is now a much better way to communicate. I think this phone stores something like 300msgs so I never will have to see that "Inbox" full again.
Another interesting thing is the power this phone has for a gamer, specifically one interested in Metal Gear Solid. The full metal gear solid 3d mobile game can be played on this phone (google for youtube videos). It has 3d graphics that are in many ways comparable to the MGS on PS1. I have been having a lot of fun playing it.
Service and sound quality are great, but truthfully the most enjoyment I have gotten out of this phone was when I acquired a MicroSDHC card and started putting media on it and text messaging.
Cons: Froze twice playing MGS, verizon's mobile browser sucks for web surfing....needs to support Opera Mobile
Overall I am extremely impressed and would say that this is the best midrange phone in the verizon linup
 This is the phone for 99% of the world! July 23, 2008
F. Fazio
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This phone rocks. QWERTY keyboard is very easy to type on. TON of features, too many to list. Optional V-Cast is very cool and not that expensive compared to most smart phone data plans. The phone is also very compact. If you don't want to pay the high data prices of a smart phone and just want a good phone that is easy to text on with the added benefit of some basic online access as well as IM and email access, this is the phone for you.
My only gripe is that there is no way to use the speakerphone with the phone closed.
Fantastic Little Phone June 23, 2008
Kyle L. Bagnall (Pennsylvania, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was amazed - so many features, including the full size keyboard and yet so small. The sound quality is fantastic. Where I live, I usually don't have a signal issue, but in the few "dead zones" that I pass through, I've found that this phone holds a signal.
The battery can't be beat either. I charged my phone on a Sunday afternoon, and on the following Friday it still had juice. That was after several hour long phone calls and nearly 200 text messages!
The ONLY reason that I gave this phone 4 stars instead of five, is because I find that when the phone is flipped open, the screen is VERY hard to see in daylight. For instance, reading something on the larger screen while sitting in the car. The front screen is always easy to see though.
It came with some nifty ring tones pre loaded. I also like the fact that the Verizon Navigation system was preloaded on the phone. The voice announcements (a voice will announce who is calling and from what line before ringing - for instance. "Call from John Cell") is neat as well.
I would highly recommend this phone to anyone.
Why EnV2 over Voyager... July 27, 2008
D. Bowman (LA, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have a Voyager. I love it, but my wife has the EnV2 and it is a better well thought out phone.
(I have personally owned the V & EnV in the past)
The Voyager has two large displays. The screen on the inside is the same as the screen on the outside. I don't think you need two large displays. That is where the EnV2 is a smarter phone. When the EnV2 is "closed" it works like a great phone. The buttons are big and the display is just the right size to display the numbers that you are dialing or displaying incoming calls.
If you want to use the multi-media functions of the phone (text, video, music etc.) go ahead and open the phone to get the large display and keyboard.
The biggest problem with the Voyager is the length of time or the required "accuracy" of your touch screen abilities to just access your phone book and pull up your stored numbers. With the EnV2, it is so much easier to quickly pull up numbers. Mostly because the keyboard is always "visible" and you have up and down keys to scroll through numbers. With the Voyager, you have to ask for the number keys to be displayed and due to the lack of arrow up and down keys you have to use finger swipes on the touch screen to scroll. This is quite tricky and at times annoying. You can solve all of this just by opening the Voyager, but you should be able to easily access your stored numbers much more easily when the phone is closed.
The EnV2 is a well thought out phone with all of the bells and whistles of the other LG phones and better functionality. You can't go wrong with the phone. Buy with confidence.
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