LG Voyager Rated 4.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News



The LG Voyager has been called the ‘perhaps iPhone killer,” and takes the best features of other LG phones for a huge “wow” factor. It has the touchscreen operations of the iPhone with the added value of a huge QWERTY keyboard (considered a deal breaker for texting) and a second screen. The LG Voyager offers great video quality and a TV antenna.

Practical & Haptical Input

A reviewer likened the LG Voyager to the Prada phone because of its haptical touch sensations when functions are operated by the touchscreen. The keyboard is bigger than the enV and is easy to use.

The best features of the LG Voyager include: GPS, a replaceable battery, V CAST live TV, video recording, adjustable preview capable camera functions, Bluetooh for dial-up networking/printing/stereo headphones, voice dialing, and a comfort grip. It unfortunately does not have Wi-Fi capabilities.

The LG Voyager sells for $299 with a two year contract. There has been much debate whether the iPhone or the Verizon is a better phone. We will be writing a Review of Reviews of iPhone vs. LG Voyager shortly.

Sacha Cohen at PCMag

rated the LG Voyager 4 out of 5, although he liked many of the features

such as haptical touch, keyboard typing, Bluetooth and crisp sounding

music. He didn’t like the inability to sync contacts or music

playlists, the camera quality and found the phone reception adequate.

He ends the review with “if you chose your network first and it’s Verizon, this is the closest you’ll get to a true mobile revolution for now.”

Kent German at CNET rated the LG Voyager 8.3 out of 10. CNET gave it CNET Editors Choice. He liked the cutting-edge design, keyboard and dynamic touchscreen. Other good factors were fast EV-DO, web browsing, bluetooth, GPS and great call quality. He disliked the quality of the photos, lack of Wi-Fi, clunkiness of touchscreen and jumping of the video. He calls the LG Voyager ” the best LG messaging and multimedia phone by far.” In the video he calls it “a really high-powered phone with a great design.”





Mike Wendland of NBC-TV admired the touch screen, and noted that the phone does a lot of things iPhone doesn’t such as the neat touch icons have vibration(haptical) touch, you can download music anywhere over the air, it works with the fast 3G EV-D0 network which will be a big part of its success. It has video and GPS turn by turn directions making it “really cool.” Wait there’s more—-a full QWERTY keyboard! He says it may be “perhaps, the iPhone killer.”

On November 15, we received a review unit of the LG Voyager. We took

it over to be tested at our special-technophile coffee house and wrote

up the results at New Review Verizon LG Voyager Coffee House Test Review.

Comparati has published an excellent comparison of the iPhone vs. LG Voyager with voting features noting all the stuff that the iPhone does not have which includes: removable battery, GPS, faster G3 network,

2nd internal screen, full QWERTY keyboard,

multimedia messaging, upgradeable sd memory,

mobile Tv, auto focus camera, camcorder,

insurable, vibe touch, bluetooth printing,

stereo bluetooth, bluetooth for dialup,

bluetooth wireless sync, dual stereo speakers,

text to speech, reinforced outer touch screen,

voice dialing, comfort grip,

voice recorder/conversation recorder,

video/animated wallpaper,

one touch speaker phone,

dual display setting for self portraits,

camera flash, 2.5 digital zoom,

Third party support, and Calendar Data input,

screen 240 x 400 and finally one comparison, points out a major selling factor for some, the LG Voyager “will get chicks.”







LG Voyager Specifications

Design

Large 2.81” External Touch Screen

VibeTouch™ Technology for Tactile Feedback

Technology for Tactile Feedback QWERTY Keyboard with Large, Widely?Spaced Keys

Music

Music Player for MP3, WMA, AAC, & AAC+

Dual Speakers for Stereo Sound

microSD™ Memory Port with up to 8GB Support

Bluetooth®

Profiles: headset, hands?free, dial?up

networking, advanced audio distribution (stereo), phone book access,

object push for vCard and vCalendar, file transfer, human interface,

basic imaging for sending/printing non?protected images to a compatible device & basic print.

Camera/Video

2.0 Megapixel Autofocus Camera & Camcorder

Camera Resolutions: 1600 x 1200 (default), 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Pixels

Video Resolutions: 320 x 240, 176 x 144 (default) Pixels

Services

HTML Web Browsing with Touch Navigation

V CAST Mobile TV* , Music and Video

, Music and Video Text, Picture, Video Messaging & Mobile IM.

Get It Now® Capable

Capable Mobile Email

VZ Navigatorsm & Chaperone Parent

General

One?Touch Speakerphone (via internal keyboard)

USB Mass Storage ? transfer files between PC and phone - microSD™ card required

card required Calculator, Calendar, Alarm Clock, Stop Watch, World Clock, Notepad, EZ tip Calculator

Retractable TV Antenna for Enhanced TV Reception.

Up to 1000 contacts with 5 entries per contact

Technical Specifications

Frequency: 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA

Data Transmission: High?Speed EVDO

Dimensions: 4.64” (H) x 2.12” (W) x 0.71” (D)

Weight: 4.69 oz.

Internal LCD: 262K Color TFT, 400 x 240 Pixels, 2.81”

External LCD: 262K Color TFT, 400 x 240 Pixels, 2.81”

Usage Time: Up to 240 Minutes OR

Standby Time: Up to 480 Hours

Hearing Aid Compatibility=M3

SAR: Head ?0.765, Body ?0.893

Handset Insurance Available

Features

2.0 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus Camera & Camcorder

microSD™ Memory Port, up to 8GB

Memory Port, up to 8GB Dual Speakers for Stereo Sound

Bluetooth® Capable*

Capable* V CAST Mobile TV

V CAST Music

V CAST Video

TTY Compatible

Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3

For details on Hearing Aid Compatibility, see About Us — Accessibility.

For details on Hearing Aid Compatibility, see About Us — Accessibility. Meets FCC SAR limit. Manufacturer’s highest FCC reported SAR 0.710 at ear, 1.030 on body. Actual SAR may vary.



*The LG Voyager supports the Headset, Hands?free, Dial?Up Networking

Advanced Audio Distribution (stereo). Object Push for vCard &

vCalendar, File transfer, Basic Imaging for sending/printing

non?protected images to a compatible device and basic printing. It does

not support all Bluetooth object transfer (OBEX) profiles.

Accessories

Standard Li?Polymer Battery (950 mAh)

Travel Charger

USB Cable

V CAST Music Manager CD

CD User Guide

Quick Reference Guide

Quick Start Guide

Capabilities

Nationwide Premium plan Capable

plan Capable V CAST - TV, Music and Video - download songs wirelessly and more

- download songs wirelessly and more VZ Navigator sm with turn-by-turn directions

with turn-by-turn directions Chaperone sm Parent

Mobile Email

Mobile IM