Lg Vx8100 Verizon Cell Phone

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1 x 1.9 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0012AXEVY
• Item model number: VX8100
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #44,441 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 7, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

Dual speakers for MP3 stereo sound and full-duplex speakerphone functionality Speaker-independent voice recognition MiniSD external memory port to store pictures, videos, sounds and music Personal organizer with Calendar, Scheduler, Alarm Clock, and Notepad V CAST is a 3G EV-DO network created by Verizon Wireless to deliver audio, video, and entertainment content. The typical download speed is between 400 and 700 kilobits per second with burst speeds of up to 2 megabits per second. V CAST provides music downloads and streaming video clips, which can be saved to the phone or a removable memory card, though they cannot be read by other phones or computers, since they are heavily protected by digital rights management software based on Windows Media Video 9 and developed by PacketVideo [1]. There is buffering before the video stream is played and possibly during video playback, depending on the quality of the connection. V CAST is implemented as a permanently installed BREW application on a V CAST compatible phone. V CAST prevents video playback and menu navigation if there is no EV-DO coverage available. In contrast, Sprint's MobiTV system operates over 1xRTT, the predecessor to EV-DO; and EV-DO. V CAST will only fall back to the slower 1x when the user leaves an EV-DO area in the middle of a video clip. The V CAST service plans provide both basic and premium content, and the service provides users with the ability to upload music from personal computers to cellphones -- some with the help of third-party software such as BitPim It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Durable and eye-catching, but not for everyone..., March 30, 2008

By	M. Bonk (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lg Vx8100 Verizon Cell Phone

I've had this phone for over 2 years. It may be stylish and touted as a music phone, but really, music is the last thing you want this phone for. It's excellent at being a -phone-: contacts, ringtones, calendar and TXT are easy to navigate. Otherwise, you'll have to compromise with the phone to get what you want.

INTERNAL FEATURES REVIEW:
The only way to get music and customizable ringtones are to DL them through Verizon; or to buy a data cable and hack the internal memory with PC apps, which takes a bit of work. As for Bluetooth, this feature is a joke. While you're able to connect to headsets, and even other phones, you are unable to transfer files wirelessly between them. This phone is Vcast enabled which is very cool, but also completely useless in 2 situations: if 1) you don't subscribe to Vcast, or 2) you are in a remote area with only extended coverage (roaming). The phone has some quirks like voice command and audio recorder, but most newer phones do, too. For anything sound-wise, there are 4 possible folders: My Ringtones, My Music, My Sounds, and My MP3s (shows up when you enable MP3s under Services after entering the 6-digit code). My Sounds are useless. You can play or record short clips and that's it. My MP3s is best for utilizing the media player, and My Music is very sketchy - sometimes songs work, sometimes they don't - sometimes they just cut off. My Ringtones has an annoying feature wherein you can't delete prepackaged tones (which are -horrible-). There are a total of 27MB of internal memory and 6.27MB of internal RAM, with an unevenly divided amount allocated between features- PIX/FLIX, 4MB; and Ringtone, 2.02MB. Vcast and apps take up the most memory and will depend on what you DL. I store everything on external memory, speaking of which...

EXTERNAL FEATURES REVIEW:
External memory is in the form of MiniSD - which has now been replaced by MicroSD, so there is an external memory compatibility issue between the VX8100 and newer phones, such as the Chocolate. The phone looks cool with music player buttons on the front, but they're generally useless. The camera is nothing special at 1.3MP, though it does have flash and a relatively quick shutter speed. The camera is a bit awkward- it has no mirror and the only way to see yourself in the front screen is to close the phone. It also takes low-quality MPEG movies with a limit of 15 seconds. The phone itself is bulky and heavy, but it is very durable; I drop it on the street/sidewalk all the time and though the casing may suffer for it, the phone still works fine. The audio speakers are very decent when playing music and comes with an adjustable synthesizer. The battery it comes with will probably not last longer than a year or so - you will need to buy a new one at about $50. Also, these batteries have a very short life, lasting 1 or two days at best with minimal usage; the phone also has a quick charge time, however.

__RATING__
LOOKS: 4/5
DURABILITY: 5/5
CUSTOMIZABILITY: 1/5
MUSIC: 2/5
TXT/CALLING: 4/5
TOOLS/EXTRAS: 4/5
MAINTENANCE: 3/5
MEMORY: 2/5
--OVERALL--
3/5

WHO SHOULD BUY: Homemakers, Senior citizens, Non-technical professionals, Students.
WHO SHOULD NOT BUY: Business and technical professionals, Music junkies, People who travel a lot, Trekkies.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good phone to start from., July 6, 2008

By	elchamber (Chino Hills) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lg Vx8100 Verizon Cell Phone

Here's the thing. The phone has a lot of features that seem out-dated now. Camera is 1.3 megepixel. Not that good. Can only record 15 second vids.


Here's why I like it.
1. It's a music phone. I can only put 1 gigabyte of mp3s into this phone via miniSD. And IT DOES PLAY MP3s. No need to have two items(cellphone and mp3 player) when I go to the gym. (You don't need to pay those over priced mp3s from Verizon. Just get a miniSD, mobilemate or something like it and transfer all your mp3s into the flash disk and place it in your phone. Any questions, look it up or some how send a request.)
2. I can play movies in the phone. Mind you, your playing movies in the phone. It's just an alternative. (did some hacking, not that difficult. Not really hacking, just get a program that can convert your video files into the right video.)

Don't know about bluetooth thought, I live in California, so I obligated in using one when I'm in my car.

Speakers are great... Then one of speakers becomes broken. I've had two of these and it's always a problem. Also, the Korean battery that comes with them suck. Don't use them. They would hold enegery for long. After a complete charge, it begins to loose energy in minutes. I replaced it with one from an only LG cell phone I had left in my car for months. And it still worked and worked well. Get batteries made from Japan.

4.0 out of 5 stars Uncomplicated Telephone, January 27, 2010

By	Samuel Quiles "Alpinista" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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No this phone does not have a key board, you cannot watch TV or use it as a blender. If you want a phone to make that phone call without the battery dying on you this is the one plain and simple.