LG VX6100 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006HHFDW
• Item model number: VX6100
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,937 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Customer Reviews

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall Great Phone, with a few annoying problems, March 14, 2005

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P. Horton "pjhorton21" (Arcadia, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG VX6100 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

Of the 6 different phones I have owned over the last 6 years, I must say that this phone is my favorite. The performance, styling and features are all excellent. If you're like me, you want to know what is WRONG with this phone, and here are my top five grievances:
1. The plastic cover on the external LCD screen broke two days in. I don't know how it happened, I must have hit something while it was on my belt (I sealed the cover with clear packing tape and the phone (and LCD screen) still work fine).
2. I don't like the side buttons. They are exposed and easily pressed accidentally.
3. The voice recognition feature for dialing works amazingly well...most of the time. However, there are some contacts in my list that are never recognized correctly (which leads to #4...)
4. My previous phone had a one-touch voice recognition feature - press and talk and then it would dial the number. On the 6100 you have to activate the command feature, then activate the Contacts feature, then say the name, then confirm that the software chose the correct contact - in most cases it would be faster to just input the number using the keypad.
5. The USB cable that is sold separately can be used to dial an ISP number for internet access, and it works great. However, unlike my previous phone, you CANNOT sync or backup your contact/calendar data with your computer. Ugh!!! I'm guessing there is (or will be) some third party software that is/will be available to do this - but this feature (backing up at least) should be standard. I'm so tired of typing in my contacts everytime I switch phones!
OK, that's the ugly, now here's the good...
1. I love the speakerphone function - hands free operation while in the car is supreme.
2. The belt clip really works (a first for me). The phone is extremely lightweight and it has yet to pop off the holder.
3. Battery life is the best of any phone I've had. The phone can go for 7 days of average use inbetween charges. Charging is also quick (a few hours).
4. Reception (analog & digital) has been very good (even with 1 bar of service in the mountains). I haven't had any dropped calls over the last 3 months.
5. I like the auto-open/ auto-delete feature for text messages. When you receive a text message, opening the phone displays the message - when you close the phone, the message is deleted (you can override this). This keeps my Inbox tidy.

I would recommend this phone. It's solid basic performance and some very nice features outweigh the negative aspects. Bottom line..the phone performs better on it's primary function then any other phone I've owned...to communicate wirelessly with great reliability. Now if I could only back up my contact list....

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ THIS, it's a GREAT PHONE & save time from research, February 27, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: LG VX6100 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

I had this phone for a week and I think it's a great camera phone. I researched A LOT to find a phone that I really like and I ended up having the LG VX6100 without any regrets. I was stuck between the LG VX6100 & Samsung A670 and I am glad that I chose this phone because the A670 bites. I could say this because my sister got the A670. Okay, so here are the things I was able to discover with this phone...

*Pros*
-41 ring tones baby!! (You can set your recorded voice memos as your own personalized ring tones!! Very Cool. If set on driving-mode the ring says "Phone call from blahblahblah")
-Camera quality is one of the BEST I've ever seen ( has 4 different color modes, can set the white quality that can create a really nice color looking pic without having it to be too green or too yellow, flash is bright, can turn off awful shutter sound, can take the pic with phone closed because the front monochrome LCD actually shows the pic you're about to take, 60 pics max, loads quickly, 4x zoom, brightness control and 2 shot multishot)
-Inner LCD (has over 200,000 colors and it shows. Seriously. Makes the camera pic look better, the battery icon and antenna icon on top doesn't cut off the wallpaper)
-Front LCD (has caller ID info, time & date, battery, signal strength and lights up a white color)
-Speakerphone (awesome because it sounds clear and possible to adjust the volume. No need for ear bud earphone)
-Reception is GREAT and has ANALOG and DIGITAL ( I've always wanted a phone with great reception because Cingular/AT&T had horrible reception. I couldn't make phone calls from my own house without being cut off all the time and I live in the metro area, 30 min distance away from NYC. The LG phone finally allows me to have phone calls in my house with strong reception without being cut off not even once.)
-Blue light buttons are bright and pretty
-Voice Command is very accurate and it surprised me.
-People worry that the side buttons will cause unnecessary actions to phone when mistakenly pressed in the pocket but its not true. When closed, if it were to tap the button on the side, the front LCD would light up for 6 sec and you have to press down long in order to do something like camera while phone is closed.
-Easy to use and easy to learn.

*Cons* (Very miniscule compared to the great features this phone has)
-no games installed but can be ordered
-front LCD isn't color but still is clear and great
-doesn't come with ear phone but speakerphone is sufficient enough
-uses only a charger where you plug in the phone (Not the desktop chargers where you just set it like a cordless phone)
-The front LED light only has colors of green, red, and orange-ish color
-Doesn't have SIM card because it's CDMA (Took me a while to figure out that verizon doesn't use SIM cards)

This is a great phone and I highly recommend it!!!

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MY NEWEST PHONE, March 29, 2005

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG VX6100 Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)

Well it had been over two years so it was finally time to trade in my old Motorola phone for a new one since Verizon gave me a $100 allowance towards a new phone. I knew I didn't want to go much over my allowance to pay out of pocket so i went with this LG VX6100 which ended up costing me just $20. It's been 3 weeks and I'm very happy with it so far.

I get a much better signal with this one than with my old Motorola. I no longer have to go outside certain stores to make a call because the signal was so weak. It comes with a lot of features that my old phone didn't have such as an alarm, scheduler, calculator but the features are not overwhelming by any means. The color on the screen is very nice and vibrant and the pictures off the camera phone are fairly good with a 640 x 480 resolution. The camera feature allows you to control zoom and brightness and even has a self timer which is kind of neat. The menus are easily navigated by the central controls.

The phone comes with internet accessability as well as Verizon's Get it Now service where you can download various applications to get ringtones, voice tones, games, wallpaper, and more. Very cool but beware that none of it is free and it can add up quickly. The internet feature allows you to subscribe to various online content such as sports, news, entertainment etc...

Thankfully the antenna is one that is non-retractable as I broke the one on my old phone several times. I'd recommend getting a case for the phone so as not to scratch it. The side buttons can be a bit annoying when you hit them by accident by I really haven't ran into that problem very much.

All in all I am very satisfied with this phone and would recommend it to others.