LG VX9800 (Verizon Wireless)

by LG

Product Features

• Next Generation (EV-DO) Technology Gives You Downloads At Near-Broadband Speeds
• Watch On-demand TV or Listen to Music Via Verizon VCAST
• Amazing business card reader! Take pictures of cards and store the details
• Bluetooth Wireless Technology
• Hidden QWERTY keyboard lets you send text or email messages

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you're looking for the ultimate in features and high-speed wireless broadband content, look no further than the feature-packed LG VX9800. Packed to the gills with a hidden QWERTY keypad, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a miniSD memory card slot, stereo speakers, an MP3 player, and much more, the VX9800 is a mobile powerhouse. And if that's not enough, the phone also supports Verizon's exciting V CAST service, which allows you to download or stream full-motion video and 3-D games, all on your handset.

Learn more about the VX9800 from Verizon Wireless.

Design
The VX9800's face features a large, 65,000-color screen with 128 x 160 pixel resolution and a standard dialpad with a five-way control button. Flip open the horizontal clamshell, though, and you are presented with a breathtaking, 320 x 256, 262,000-color landscape display and a full QWERTY keyboard. Dialing function buttons are also duplicated on the internal touchpad. A pair of stereo speakers resides on either side of the display. The device comes with 128 MB of built-in memory, and a miniSD card slot is provided on the side of the device for additional memory expansion. Plus, there's a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets. The rear of the device houses the 1.3-megapixel camera, while an internal antenna keeps the VX9800 sleek and compact. A USB data port is also provided.

Calling Features
The VX9800's built-in address book can store up to 1000 contacts for quick and easy management of phone numbers and e-mail addresses. The phone comes with built-in polyphonic ringtones plus a vibrating alert. More ringtones can be downloaded via Verizon's Get It Now service. The phone lets you match pictures with callers to identify them, and the VX9800's voice recognition software supports voice commands from any user, not just a preprogrammed user's voice. What's more, many of the phone's functions can be controlled by the sound of your voice, thanks to advanced voice recognition technology. Text-to-speech technology enables the VX9800 to read e-mails and text messages to you, if you so desire. A powerful speakerphone unit means you can easily talk hands-free, while Bluetooth allows you to use your favorite wireless headset. Lastly, the VX9800's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the VX9800 is fully compatible with Verizon's V CAST service. With V CAST, you can download and stream high-quality video. Need news and weather? Get the latest Accuweather forecast delivered right to your handset, or stream CNN news headlines. ESPN sports updates, entertainment news from E!, and even Sesame Street content for the kids are all available. V CAST also serves as a portal for enhanced 3-D games. Have more fun with a new breed of realistic games.

The VX9800 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging, too, with support for sending and receiving text, picture, and video messages. There's also a complete e-mail client on the device for POP- and IMAP-based accounts. Of course, the QWERTY keyboard makes it a snap to type your messages.

Getting on the Internet anywhere is easy with the VX9800. Verizon's Mobile Web package allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages, and view your favorite Web content on your phone. You can check your e-mail, trade stocks online, compare prices while shopping, access flight information, get movie listings, and find directions to the theater. Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with the VX9800. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games, and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

The VX9800 ships with a number of handy tools, including a calendar and a voice memo application. An alarm clock and calculator are also included. Use the VX9800's Bluetooth capability to set up a wireless link with a Bluetooth headset accessory or to connect to a computer or handheld device to exchange and synchronize data.

Imaging and Entertainment
While the VX9800 is a great platform for watching V CAST video content, it can also capture video that can be shared with your friends and associates via video messaging. The video unit records in MPEG4 format and can capture clips up to 15 seconds in length. Of course, you can also use the camera to capture still pictures, too. In addition to megapixel resolution (1280 x 960), the camera features an LED flash, macro and night modes, a self-timer, and brightness and white balance controls. There's even an integrated business card scanning function.

The VX9800 supports V Cast 3-D games, as well as other 2-D-based games, which are available from Verizon's Get It Now service. You can also customize the phone's wallpapers and screen savers to give your phone a look that suits your style. And if music is your thing, the VX9800 also has a built-in MP3 player.

EV-DO Wireless Broadband Coverage
Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered. View EV-DO demonstration.

Vital Statistics
The LG VX9800 weighs 5.19 ounces and measures 4.57 x 1.97 x 1 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 250 minutes of digital talk time and up to 199 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
VX9800 handset, standard lithium-polymer battery, home charger.

The VX9800 supports Bluetooth profiles for wireless headsets and hands-free accessories. It does not support all object exchange (OBEX) profiles.

Product Description

With its brilliant full-color screen, this phone is loaded with everything you'd want in a wireless device like speakerphone and voice-dialing. And it's on the nation's best, most reliable wireless network. Turn it over, and the LG VX9800 becomes a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash for you to snap and video your favorite moments. Flip the LG VX9800 open, and check out the color screen with full QWERTY keyboard. You can easily send TXT Messages, enjoy IM chats, surf the Web, and send and receive email.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• ASIN: B000BONWUU
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,946 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Customer Reviews

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319 of 319 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VX9800 Is a Slick Swiss Army Knife of a Cell Phone, December 19, 2005

By 

Victor Healey (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG VX9800 (Verizon Wireless)

Have you ever owned a Swiss Army knife? It is an ingenious knife but it is a tad bulky compared to a normal pocket knife. It combines many different specialty tools into one device that are easy to keep on hand when you need them. If you have the need for those tools it is a life saver. This in a nutshell describes the VX9800 which is a complex multifunction cell phone communicator at a ridiculously low price.
I like it so much that I have cut down carrying my widescreen laptop by seventy five percent! The VX9800 is just so easy to use!

As a cell phone it has all the bells and whistles of a normal cellular phone but in spades.

BIG PHONE BOOK

The built in phone book has room for 1000 contacts. Each contact may have multiple numbers with the mobile number the first choice. This makes sense since if you call another Verizon mobile the call is FREE of cellular charges. Why call your family on the landline if you can get them on a cell phone at no cost and chat forever? I use over 3000 cellular voice minutes a month but only about 350 are minutes that are billable and they are covered by my basic plan. By the way check and see if your company has an agreement with Verizon to promote their service. I get a modest twenty percent discount off my basic cell bill as long as I work for my current employer. Most of my fellow employees have no idea that is a basic benefit as they have never asked.

Now for what makes the VX9800 phone book special. Each of those 1000 contacts may have photo or picture as well as a special ringtone associated with them. This photo will display on the outside when receiving and DURING a call or a larger one inside when you open the phone up. Some other phones will display a photo only while the phone is ringing which is dumb since most may answer the phone without looking to see who is calling. There is something special about looking at the person whom you are talking to and it makes for a great new experience with the VX9800. When the incoming call matches the number of one of your contacts there is an advanced setting where you can have the phone in an English woman's voice announce who is calling before it rings! Yes it is an English lady, LGE the VX9800 manufacturer is an English corporation. This announcement can even be heard over your headset wired or Bluetooth. Your callers picture, voice announcement, caller details on all displays also, slick - very slick!

An instant jump to any part of your 1000 entry phone book is possible by tapping one of the keys with the flip open is part of the fast search possible with this phone. The top of the display displays how many matches your search fits as you add more letters or numbers.
You can call anyone in the phone book by speaking their name by opening the flip, pressing the space key and then saying CALL SOMEONE (or by pressing the number one key) and then the person's name or part of a person's name as listed in the phone book.
You can also do this with the flip closed after you are familiar with the phone and its many features.

When the flip is open it activates a powerful speaker phone that allows you HANDS FREE operation of the phone using VOICE COMMAND.

VOICE COMMAND

This is an advanced option on many of Verizon's new phones. The phone understands it when you say

CALL SOMEONE
DIGIT DIAL
MISSED CALLS
MESSAGES
VOICE MAIL
TIME AND DATE

Most are self evident as to what they cause the phone to do. But there is a sleeper in there. You can by using the advanced menus cause the VX9800 to not only tell you if you have new written messages but it will open them and READ THEM OUTLOUD to you. While driving and you need to keep your eyes on the road this is SLICK - VERY SLICK!

BLUETOOTH

All these neat features make for a phone you could talk on all day long. You may need the extended battery or else just pop for a mobile charger to keep the phone at its peak capacity. I have an extended battery around here somewhere but I have misplaced it and I don't miss it very much as this phone lasts and lasts.

But once you move to BLUETOOTH you will avoid having that cramp in your arm from trying to hold the phone to your head. Be aware that this phone has an unusually SMALL BLUETOOTH ANTENNA. That means you can not enjoy some of the newer tiny Bluetooth headsets that also use a very tiny antenna as the connection between phone and headset will be too weak. Also if you get near any 2400 MHZ wireless devices there will be static on your Bluetooth connection. Be careful in selecting your Bluetooth headset and you will be happy with the VX9800. I took back over a half dozen before setting on a couple of them.

When my wife is sick I like shopping for her using the VX9800 on my belt and a wireless Bluetooth headset while talking to her as I pass each item in the store. To others they must think you are another crazy talking to yourself unless they know what that is in your ear.

HACKING THE VX9800

You can also connect to your laptop using Bluetooth and if you are slick you can tether your laptop to the internet via Bluetooth with the VX9800 but I think it is more trouble than it is worth plus you can make Verizon very mad at you if you do something dumb like abuse their EVDO bandwidth. A USB cable works better for this and makes it possible for you to really abuse your phone account to the point where you will get an outrageous updated phone bill from Verizon for this abuse. But if you are modest in what you do they will not say a word as you will be under their abuse radar.

You may use a piece of PC software called BITPIM to make certain modifications to your VX9800 that allows for free ringtones and such from your own MP3 files. Search HOWARDFORUMS DOT COM and PHONESCOOP DOT COM for information on how to do this. There is a VX6K YAHOOGROUP mailing list that also covers the VX9800.

You can open any VX9800 to the inside command screen and type in SEVEN ZEROS to get to a hidden setup screen with dozens of settings that Verizon does not want you to know about or use.

You can clear the ERI banner and if you desire add one of your own to the two screens. This is from TOOLS - SETTINGS - DISPLAY- BANNERS

You can change the location of where files are stored from the built in internal 128 MB of internal memory to an optional 1024MB mini SD card. That way you can move pictures from your phone to your PC and back without paying Verizon like you have to on most all other Verizon phones.

EDVO and VCAST

If you live in an EDVO area VCAST is a no brainier. This is a slick service that allows you to download commercial free video clips of TV broadcasts from CBS, CNN, FOX, and ABC. This seems to vary a little from day to day as to which channels are listed. I watch the news while eating lunch with the VX9800 open - sitting on the table in a restaurant. When traveling in my work I check out the weather from the Weather Channel and Accu Weather. Sports are available in both Spanish and English which delights some of my Hispanic friends. There is a whole range of other video including Sesame Street and Cartoons. This is buried in many VCAST menus and takes quite a bit of exploring to locate what you may want.

VCAST includes free use of Mobile Web 2 without any minute usage charges. MW2 is very fast in an EVDO area, faster in rendering pages than my high speed cable. If you have a poor EVDO signal VCAST and MW2 is slower. If you have no EVDO all you can do is MW2 at the same speed you would get on lesser phones. But it nice to be in the mountains of Kentucky and be able to pull up a current radar display of the weather using MW2.

EMAIL

Dumb clucks and those on a business account may opt for Verizon's $20 GET IT NOW email package but by using MW2 and the new MOBILE GMAIL you can access your normal GMAIL accounts for reading and replying to email anywhere in the world at no charge. You can even view PDF, MSWORD, and photo attachments to your email using the new MOBILE GMAIL portal.

VIDEO

You can download 3gp video to our SD card and play them on the VX9800. The VX6K yahoogroup has a number of these video clips in its file area. I have the entire movie of FINDING NEMO along with about fifty other video clips on my phone with room to spare.

MUSIC, AUDIOBOOKS, PODCASTS

You have access to a great built in MP3 and MIDI player with EQUALIZER. There is even a special setting for 3D audio which works pretty good for tunes. These are all easy to use without any special knowledge or actions. The only stupid part in the design of the menus for this is you have to look under GET IT NOW where the last option is MP3 player. I use the FREE iTunes software from Apple to rip CD's for this phone and also to download Podcasts for this phone. make sure you change the import setting to MP3 instead of the default Apple format AAC.


Basically this SWISS ARMY KNIFE of a cellphone is A MINIATURE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER that goes everywhere with you.

VX9800 CAMERA

The VX9800 has a decent 1.3 mega pixel camera as found in many current cell phones. I use it to snap pictures of my contacts for my PHONEBOOK.

The VX9800 features a 'night mode' which sets the exposure time higher, allowing more light into the lens. There is at the cost of having to hold the camera perfectly still while using the night mode. The flash allows a faster picture and more reliable results when you are taking a photo of a person if you are very close to the subject. He must remain perfectly still during the exposure if you are to succeed in using only the night mode... Read more ›

134 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent phone, February 6, 2006

By 

Kaushik Lodh (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG VX9800 (Verizon Wireless)

Hello,
I read with some amusement about people complaining about the lack of the external antenna on this phone. Let me ask you some thing, what makes you think an external antenna would be better than an internal one? Going by basic antenna mathematics, a quarterwave monopole would be so long at the frequency of cellular application, that it would be impractical to use. A planar antenna is better in these cases, not worse. Trust me, I hold patents on this issue.

This phone is excellent because of 2 things,

1) excellent clarity of voice communication, be it while using it like a normal phone (holding it next to your ear) or while using it like a speaker phone (with the body flipped open). It has speakers, which out put a clear and precise audio signal. I can just flip the phone open and place it next to the gear box in my car and talk and listen without any problems. Thats saving me $2000 from installing a blue tooth compatible hands free system on my Mercedes.

2) It has the features of a PDA at a low cost ($199 with 2 year contract). You dont have the features like a pocket PC, you cant download email attachments, or do anything fancy. But hey, you get what you pay for. If you want those features, shell out the additional $200. This phone allows you listen to music, check your emails, and is amazingly easy for typing in and reading text. And the mini SD card slot is great. The internal inbuilt memory at around 58MB is not too much, but not too less either.

This phone uses the mobile web browser, which curtails graphics and such, but never the less, when I need to check my email urgently, I am able to do so. And that makes a difference. There are some features that are important and practical, and I get these features here. I dont need a fancy toy, like many of those wannabe types, who dont know how to use 90% of the features anyway.

And you know what, you are NEVER going to get the same kind of satisfaction with a PDA phone compared to a PDA or a Phone. Crowding too many features in to a device only increases its potential for failure and, not to mention, ensures mediocrity of performance in all those features.

If I have a pan, I want to fry eggs in it, I dont want to play a musical tune on it. Period.

This is a phone, first and foremost, and it functions as a good phone, which is the reason I give it 4 stars. Apart from that, the big screen, the fancy looks, the internal key board, those are very good plus points. I downloaded true tones, and now when my phone rings, I can listen to some of my favorite metallica songs, how cool is that!

But be warned, Verizon has a terrible shylockish attitude towards their "get it now " feature. The ring tones and wall papers are placed in different categories called "apps"(applications). You are not allowed to go in and view many of the apps (like 'national geographic' app and 'guy stuff' app) unless you buy credits towards these apps. After you buy the credit and get the app, you are allowed to browse the app. An app,like the guy stuff app, is utterly useless. When inside the app, you are allowed to browse the app for the various wall papers before spending the credit that you have reserved for the app. But in apps like "guy stuff", the choices are so horrible, you might not want anything from there, except for the fact that you have already paid money towards that app, and it is non transferrable. But as far as ring tones are concerned, make sure you check the website for some previews before buying anything.

This phone has a good solid feel to it, the battery life is amazing, I can talk for hours on the end, even while using the speaker phone (thats a very big deal). And its standby time (8 days or something) is just mind blowing. Shows very good power management, and excellent design sense. There are a few features that takes getting used to, for example, you cant really change many of the menu items from the front screen (while phone is not flipped open, the screen on the front), you will have to flip the phone open and use the main screen. If you are using it as a speaker phone, flipping the phone shut means you are back to using it while holding it against your ear. That is contrary to most other phones, which terminate the call when the phone is flipped shut. But the feature of this phone to be able to switch between normal phone (held against the ear) and speaker phone (while flipped open) by means of merely flipping it open or close is infact useful. As I said, it just takes getting used to it.

The bluetooth feature worked like a charm, set up was very easy, and I used my Jabra BT250 headset with it. People I called said they could hear me clearly. But honestly, I was not too impressed by the way I could hear them. But that might be due to my year old head set and not because of the phone. But be advised, verizon will only allow your bluetooth to work with ear pieces or car audio, you wont be able to use it to communicate with your computer. They want to charge you for it.

Be advised of 2 things
1) You can download songs to this phone, but you wont be abe to use them as ring tones. The ring tone folder is held secure by the operating system. There are internet resources which will allow you to bypass the security feature and you will be able to get out of the vicious cycle of paying $3.00 for every ring tone (Phew!), but then that will void your warranty.

2) Verizon has a terrible customer service policy, they will do anything to prove your warranty is not valid. But insurance is through a 3rd party, and you will need that for this phone. However, insurance is $5 per month additionally, and if the phone goes bad, then you get a refurbished phone as a replacement. Refurbished phones are about $90. If you are paying $5 per month, then after 12 months, you have already paid $60. Whats the point of getting a refurbished phone for a $30 discount?

One of the tricks verizon always uses is "water damage", they will open the battery console, and look at some marker to see if there is water damage. Like in the LG VX6100 (that I had prior to this) there is a marker right at the bottom of the battery, and when it senses water, it turns darker in color. Now I went to verizon within my 1 year warranty period for the LG VX 6100, because of some mechanical problem. The place, where the charger male goes in to the phone, had a loose connection. Verizon said they would not honor the warranty because of water damage.

I am a RF engineer, I know water damage and I know how to prevent it. There was no way the VX6100 phone had been ever exposed to anything close to a "water damage" scenario. But I could do nothing, and was forced to buy a new phone and extend my contract.

So before going in for a warranty claim or any kind of issue with verizon, go and talk to them about the way they would identify water damage on the model of the phone you own. Dont take your phone with you, dont show them your phone. They dont need to see your phone to divulge this information - they are obligated to do so. Then come home and check your phone for the indications. If necessary, buy some bloody white paint and fix that marker to make it look like there has been no water damage. Those technicians are not too smart anyway.

So this concludes the review for the LG VX 9800. I think it is a marvellous hand set. I recommend it, and give it 4 stars for great phone (audio) quality, ease and utility of blue tooth features, great keyboard, superb speakers, and great looks. I take a 1 star reduction for Verizon's shylockish attitude and the fact that this phone cant really display all that many graphics in web pages.

Thank you,
Kaushik Lodh.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great phone for many many reasons, May 11, 2006

By 

S. Santi "Gadget Saint" (New Jersey Highlands, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG VX9800 (Verizon Wireless)

I'll make this simple and bullet the key features (in no particular order) that make this phone a gem. First, I will tell you what the phone is not. It is not a Palm Pilot, a Pocket PC, a Treo, or a Blackberry, neither is it meant to be. it IS meant to be a "fun phone". Here go the reasons why I love this phone and still love it after having it for two months...
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
1-it is NOT huge. My former LG (the big one with the big screen that flips open) is thicker and clunkier.
2-it is not awkward.
3-the flip open design is very user-friendly.
4-I read a comment on one of the other reviews saying that the inside keyboard doesn't light up. This is UNtrue. It does, and it looks pretty snazzy when it does.
5-inside screen very clear, but a little small.
6-keyboard buttons easily discernable, although small. Not a problem messaging or navigating browser.
7-good speed dial and bluetooth initiated command options.
SOUND QUALITY: PHONE/SIGNAL
1-great for communication. Great signal strength - even from the lower level of the bus terminal.
2-excellent clarity.
3-does not shut down when jumping cell towers (i live in NJ and have had that experience with Verizon on other phones).
SOUND QUALITY: MUSIC
1-someone commented about the poor quality sound on the MP3 player - WR-r-r-r-ONG! very good quality. more a function of how you rip/burn and transfer to smartmedia card. Ie, what is the source of the transferred track - digital, analogue, etc. I have a decent set of Jabra headphones that sound very good. It's not "Acoustic Research" sound, but it does the trick and then some. Great highs and decent lows. There are numerous style selections through a very convenient button that scrolls through equalizer choices. PS - a 512 disk will hold about 60 or 70 songs. NOTE - you cannot download from verizon site on this phone - YET. I have been told to check back in a few months for it to become available. Also, I have been told that the phone will be 100% WMA - Windows Media Audio file compatible in a few months. Since that's what most music sites download in, that will conceptually eliminate the need to transfer, burn, rip, and convert to the MP3 formatted supported today. Enough about music functionality. Oh, one more thing, the stereo speakers when the device is flipped open are EXCELLENT. Very clear and crisp sounding - especially when Surround Sound is engaged.
PS - some banana in one of the reviews I read said that the sound is NOT in stereo when you listen via headphone. That might be because he/she doesn't hear in stereo. Trust me, all sound is IN STEREO and sounds very good to great.
CAMERA
more fun phone stuff. Very respectable quality stills even in dimmer lighting. Takes sepias, b&w's, etc. Outside shots and movies are best, but I have great pics and flix of my daughter at an indoor band recital. Very good novelty camera. Very comfortable holding position and snap controls. All single button zoom, exposure, snap and flash on/off. Inside screen is very clear and crisp to show off your photo album. You can also upload to "pix place" and access it from this phone.
BROWSER/COOL FUNCTIONALITY
The Verizon browser has come light years since just 6-12 months ago. There is so much here. News - all types, sports, weather are all retrieved quickly. Very ez to navigate. There are some neat services - pay services - that you can subscribe to. The coolest perhaps is the NAVIGATOR, a turn by turn sattelite-guided direction service that speaks directions to you. There is a monthly fee - but worth it if you drive a lot. Screen is a little small, but VERY CLEAR and crisp. There are, of course, games that you can download for a one-time or monthly fee. The good ones are generally monthly or one-time fee in excess of $8.99 one shot. I haven't gotten in to the FLIX newsclips much because I live in a non-service area for that. Generally speaking, you've got to be in a city to get news FLIX. Mountain and boonie dwellers need not apply. Just be thankful you can use the phone!
GAMING
This is one area I found a little difficult to get used to. The navigation directionals on the inside screen (you can't game on the outside screen) are a little small. Sometimes the controls are frustrating depending on the game. The directional pad is on the right side instead of the middle so you can only use ONE FUNGER TO NAVIGATE. This is NG for games like ZUMA, one of my used to be favs. Right now I am hung up on Diner Dash which is a keeper and doesn't really depend on pad much. Burger Time is a challenge with the pad on one side. Try not getting eaten by weenies when you've only got one big fat thumb to use. A PS2 this is not nor is it supposed to be. What it has done is prevented me from needing to by a separate gaming device to pass the time on my commute.
BLUE TOOTH
Works great - period. Don't skimp on the device. Spend the coin up front for a reliable device that synchs easily and doesn't need to be recharged frequently. Synching was a snap btw. Device sounds great for reception and transmitting.
POWER MANAGEMENT
Surprisingly good. My commute is long - 2 hours about. I surf the browser, call my wife and talk for 5 minutes, then I play a quick round of some game until the trip starts. Then I listen to MP3s for the next hour+. This is after a day of light to moderate talk time and somewhat heavier text messaging. When I arrive home, I'm down to two bars. TIP: charge the phone every night and you will have no problems. I keep a spare charger at work in case I forget to charge at home. LG is smart because they are making their phones all with the same adapter. Makes charging anywhere easy. Someone in a review commented about "poor power management". I don't see that. One more thing: there are backlighting options that will increase or decrease your battery life.
TEXTING
Very EZ. I use my pointer fingers. One dopey thing on the keyboard is that the clear/backspace is where I think the SPACE button should be. Makes my messages - - hard to read at times. It just takes getting used to. If you text a lot, this is cool. NOTE: texting OUT OF VERIZON network limits you to 160 characters. Within is not limited. I have the unlimited texting plan. It did not cost that much more than the next plan down.

That's all I have to say. Buy the phone if you are looking for a multi device that will help you pass the time talking, texting, getting caught up on news, gaming, or listening to tunes. All done very well within one package. This is not easy to pull off, but Verizon and LG have done just that. (I should get a job at a Verizon Wireless store!)

ENJOY!!!