LG Accolade VX5600 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.8 x 0.7 inches ; 3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0037QGDKU
• Item model number: VX5600
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,346 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Perfect for your on-the-go communication needs, the LG Accolade VX5600 mobile phone for Verizon Wireless eschews the fancy bells and whistles found on other phones to deliver essential, easy-to-use voice and messaging features that you need to rely on every day. Offering a compact design that's easy to tuck in a pocket or toss in a handbag, the Accolade flip phone offers dual displays, voice command capabilities, and Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices.

The LG Accolade flip phone.

It also includes an integrated GPS receiver, which enables you to access the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as access the Family Locator service, which helps you track down family members anytime, anywhere. Other features include a 1.3-megapixel camera for still photos, mobile Web capabilities with Bing search, access to personal e-mail, speakerphone, and up to 7.67 hours (460 minutes) of talk time.

Key Features

• CDMA 1xRTT data network
• GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service
• 1.76-inch internal display with 220 x 176-pixel resolution and 262K color depth
• Color external screen displays current time, signal strength, battery life, and incoming calls
• Full messaging capabilities including Mobile E-mail, Mobile Web E–mail, and Chat
• Mobile Web capable with Bing search
• 1.3-megapixel for still photos with 2x digital zoom, noise reduction (for improving image quality in low-lit environments), customizable brightness and white balance settings, night mode, and self timer.
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity for communicating wirelessly via hands-free headsets and car kits. You can also wirelessly send contacts and calendar events to other compatible Bluetooth-enabled phones.
• Voice command capabilities (speaker-independent) including call, send message, contacts, redial, and more.
• Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, notepad, tip calculator, to do list, and calculator
• Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
• Voice clarity feature automatically adjusts voice based on surround noise level
• Phonebook stores up to 1000 contacts with each entry storing five numbers, two e-mail addresses, one physical address, one IM screen name, a picture ID, and notes.
• Micro USB connectivity with charging capabilities
• Voice memo recording
• Hearing aid compatible (M4/T4 rating)
• TTY/TDD support

Vital Statistics
The LG Accolade VX5600 weighs 3 ounces and measures 3.56 x 1.83 x 0.72 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7.67 hours of talk time, and up to 679 hours (28+ days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies and 1xRTT data frequency.

What's in the Box
LG Accolade VX5600 handset, rechargeable battery, wall/USB charger, battery door, quick start guide

Verizon Wireless Services

• VZ Navigator Capable: With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access the Verizon Wireless 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.

• Family Locator: Securely locate your family members' locations from your Verizon Wireless device or the web. The locate feature provides you with the information you need to stay aware and stay in touch, including detailed location information and the address of your family members displayed on an interactive map and the option to receive turn-by-turn driving directions to your family member's location using VZ Navigator. You can also receive updates when your family members leave or arrive at locations that you define such as school, soccer practice, or home, with monitored locations set up within a 1/4-, 1/2-, or a 1-mile radius.

• Mobile Web 2.0: Getting on the Internet is easy using the Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. The Verizon Wireless Media Center wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Media Center service.

Product Description

Verizon LG VX-5600 Accolade Grey LOW

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Functional, Just Right, May 7, 2010

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Timothy D. Hall "Tim" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG Accolade VX5600 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

Refusing to purchase a smart phone and the $30 / month data plan that must be purchased with it, I opted for an Ipod Touch (for the PDA I need) and the Accolade, for the simple phone I need. It's everything I wanted - just a phone that is easy to use and can hold lots of contacts. The keypad is large even though the phone is compact; the display is bright and colorful. My one drawback is the camera. If a good phone had been available without one, I would have gotten it. The placement of the camera button on the side of the phone was an engineering mistake. It's difficult to open the phone without activating the camera, and I've found no way to disable the camera. Otherwise, this phone is nearly perfect for what I want - a non-data instrument with good sound and easy to use.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No USB drivers, poor audio, June 26, 2010

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A. Jacoby (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG Accolade VX5600 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

I have two big complaints, but it has a lot of nice qualities too.

First, the complaints: it has a decent camera, but no way to transfer pictures to your PC besides expensive picture messaging. If you're the type that wants to pay for picture messaging, you're probably not the type that's going to buy this phone. It has a USB cable and bluetooth, but doesn't support transferring pictures via either of them. So all the pictures you take are trapped on your phone.

My second complaint is the poor sound quality. Voices sound garbled. It's bad in both directions: I'm constantly asking people to repeat themselves, and they're asking me to do the same.

Things I like: the two screens, the small size, the loud speakerphone, the searchable address book, the configurable menus, and the included ringtones.

Overall, the phone has a nice look and feel. Now if only it sounded as good as it looked and the camera wasn't crippled by lack of transfer capability...

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Can't disable the camera button, August 7, 2010

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Mark M "Mark M" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LG Accolade VX5600 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

Overall, this is a pretty decent basic phone. The battery life is reasonably good (although more on this below) and the sound quality is pretty good as well - nice and loud if you want or need it to be. The ringtones are limited and generally bad, but I don't care much about that. And there aren't many bells and whistles. Still, if you're looking for a phone that will make good quality calls that you won't have to charge often, this phone isn't a bad choice.

Except for the fact that the camera button on the outside of the phone is very sensitive. If it's "held down," even when the phone is closed, the camera is activated. If it is then "held down" further, the phone starts taking pictures. The big problem is that it's far to easy for the button to be inadvertently activated while the phone is in your pocket. Sometimes you can even hear it taking pictures as it sits in your pocket or bag. You then end up with hundreds of pictures of the black interior of your pocket. If you take pictures that you care about, this is really annoying as this can quickly fill up the memory and you have to delete all of the mistake pictures (not to hard if you "Mark all" when deleting and then unselect those that you want to keep - assuming you don't have many pics that you want to keep). And this can't be good for the battery life if the camera keeps flipping on.

This is a pretty silly design flaw. I'm not sure why one can't disable the camera, or at least disable the camera when the phone is closed (and believe me, I've searched all over the web for a way to do this). If you think that this would bother you, then don't get this phone as it will definitely happen. Perhaps you could get some sort of case that makes the camera button less prone to being triggered, but I don't want a camera case, I just want a simple little phone that I can put in my pocket that won't produce a portfolio of pictures of said pocket.