VX4400B, Excellent Phone. better than Motorolas
Written: Jan 23 '04
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Pros: Outstanding reception, easy to use.
Cons: Bad manual, terrible desktop charger,so-so battery life, slow voice activation, CD won't work
The Bottom Line: Well recommended. Excellent reception and easy to use.
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| jackjack5's Full Review: LG VX4400 |
Purchased two VX4400Bs. The phone has more features than we need. We don't do the Web. We have had Nokias and Motorolas including the Motorola V60i. This is the better phone. It took a few moments to figure out the Menu system but once I did, I found it very easy to use, much better than the Motorolas. Voice activation is an important feature but it takes too long to work, unlike the V60i which is instant.
The reception on this phone is excellent and redialing a number is very easy compared to the Motorola. Nokia is easy to redial but the LG has a better feature in that pressing Send brings up the last four numbers you dialed and allows you to select. It is faster in some cases than using Voice Activation.
The design of the desktop battery recharger is the worst I have seen. It is very hard to insert the phone properly and there is no slot for charging an extra battery. An extra battery can be inserted in the recharger when the phone is not in the slot. It is inconvenient. If you purchase a 1600 extended life battery it will not fit in the desktop charger and can only be recharged using a car or travel charger. Battery life is below average and gets worse the longer the screen is backlighted.
The default setting for a lighted screen is seven seconds, which is far too short but that saves battery life. If one is using the Menu the backlighting timer must be changed to continuous lighting.
While LG like Nokia provides a folding card giving basic instructions (thank you LG) and a quick reference manual, the main manual stinks. It is better than the Motorola manuals but still inadequate and worst of all it has no index. Making it cumbersome to use is that it is in both English and Spanish which is a pain in the butt. It also includes on a CD,a Manual and other goodies. I thought that since the paper manual did not have an index, it might be possible to do a word search on the CD Manual. The problem is that the CD will not work in Windows 98 even though recent surveys indicate that almost 40% of Windows users are still using Windows 98 as their operating system. Compounding this is the fact that LG does not have a support site.
The soft keys are not as functional or easy to use as they are on the Motorola and Nokias.
One advantage of this phone is that it is tri-mode, digital, analog and GMS. I could have purchased a VX6000 picture phone for the same price but the 6000 does not have analog and it could easily drop calls and in my area would be unusable.
Unlike the Nokias and Motorolas, the aerial is a pull out which improves reception although so far I have had good reception without pulling it out. Unlike the Motorola V60i the aerial is not known for breaking and if it breaks it costs around $10 to replace. Motorola antennas replacements are expensive to replace if they can be replaced and don't break the phone also.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 70
Recommended for: World Travelers - Works Anywhere and Everywhere!
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