LG Venus VX8800 Phone, Black
- Unique slider phone with dual LCD screens, one featuring touchscreen controls with vibrating feedback
- Access Verizon’s V Cast Music and Video services via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions
- 2-megapixel camera with video capture; MicroSD expansion; Bluetooth connectivity with music streaming
- Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 480 hours (20 days) of standby time
- Includes: Standard Li-Ion Battery, AC Travel Charger, Sleeve, USB Cable and User’s Guide
Amazon.com Product Description
The sophisticated and stunning LG Venus slider phone offers a unique combination of touchscreen and tactile keypads in a compact form factor with a stylish mirror finish. The phone features dual external screens, with the bottom screen incorporating interactive touch navigation, and the top slides open to reveal a standard numeric keypad. The Venus gives you access to V CAST Video–Verizon Wireless’ multimedia service with news, sports and entertainment video clips, 3D games and more–as well as V CAST Music, which offers access to more than 2.4 million songs that can be purchased and downloaded over-the-air. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, MicroSD memory expansion, Bluetooth connectivity for headsets and stereo music streaming, multi-format digital music player, and optional GPS turn-by-turn navigation services. It operates on Verizon’s 850/1900 CDMA frequencies, and offers fast connectivity through Verizon’s EV-DO data n… More >> LG Venus VX8800 Phone, Black
May 21st, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Wouldn’t it be nice to have an iphone but at one third the cost? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Unfortunately, the LG Venus certainly isn’t that.
First of all, why would a phone billing itself as a music phone NOT use a 3.5 (standard) mm headphone jack? You cannot find high quality 2.5 mm headphones anywhere and adapters aren’t tiny–defeating any purpose of having a smallish mp3 player. Maybe it’s because they want you to buy their bluetooth headseat. Unfortunately again, that too is wildly awful–people 20 feet away can hear every word that comes out of them, even when the headseat is on your head.
Suppose magically there were good 2.5 mm headphones, what then? Well you’d have to deal with the irritatingly slower playback of the songs than they’re supposed to run. It’s a bit subtle at times, but the songs are definitely slower–using a micro SD card or the phone’s own memory.
You can get small album art images during playback, but I’d rather the song sound the way it’s supposed to.
The phone itself works decently. It’s small and nice looking but the touch sensors react correctly only about 75% of the time, which is actually pretty bad if you think about it. Graphics are great, the camera isn’t. Other than the touch screen, there’s nothing new about this phone and there certainly isn’t anything wonderful.
Please, save your money and pass this info along. I’m returning mine and likely switching to a phone company that provides its customers with better phones.
Rating: 2 / 5
May 21st, 2010 at 10:45 pm
My daughter has selected the Vnus phones as her first phone. On my opinion, i think this phone is awesome. My daughters friends luv it and so do i. it is very fast n it makes sense. and when u record a sound it picks up really loud and clear i reccomed dis phone 2 everybody cuZ it is awesome so yah! take dis from me BUY DIS Phone cuz it rocks! Rating: 5 / 5
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:49 am
Bought one new from Verizon. Had to have the battery replaced after a few months followed by three replacement phones in one year. Not too impressed. Rating: 1 / 5
May 22nd, 2010 at 2:08 am
awesome phone. i had my motorola v3m rzr and hated it. this was the best little replacement phone. it is about the same size as a rzr but works tons better. i love the pink color that is optional, and is jus easy to use an text. highly recommend Rating: 5 / 5
May 22nd, 2010 at 4:29 am
I love about 98% of all of the functionality of this phone. I had about 1 day left before I could exchange this Venus for the Voyager. So I went into the Verizon and asked for the manager. He took me directly to the Voyager so we could compare apples to apples. We went through all of the features that I used on my phone and mutually agreed that the correct phone for me was the Venus.
Voyager has problems multi-tasking where the Venus had no problem with what I would be using. I had to spend way too much time opening the Voyager to access the keyboard. Time I didn’t have spend opening the Venus.
Yes, there are some minor problems with the accessibility of the volume control and the lock/unlock feature, but not that serious. Slider works very well and seems very well built to avoid breakage. The camera takes very nice pictures and I love the camera controls. When you want to take a picture, you open the slider, hit camera button and
the screen flips 90 degrees so that it feels and looks just like a camera.
I actually play a Verizon $6.95 WSOP Texas Hold’em game that I downloaded and there is no usage fee. I have played some tournaments and cash tables and do quite well, but this little game is an awesome challenge. The larger you set the blinds, the more difficult the players. Nice challenge.
The screen has held up very well with not one scratch. I bought a $9.95 Samsonite leather belt clip holder from WalMart and it works great. It rotates 360 degrees and the phone stays nice and safe and very easy to access without worrying about the phone falling out. Rating: 4 / 5