Great Next Generation Color Screen Cell Phone
Written: Feb 28 '03
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Pros: Small, lightweight, awesome color screen and many features
Cons: Poor user manual.
The Bottom Line: If your looking for a cell phone or thinking about upgrading, you can't go wrong with this phone.
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| jett78's Full Review: LG VX4400 |
Clarity & Reception: This phone has thus far given me great reception, (even in those weird places where my last phone would lose service). Tri-Mode signal reception gives better clarity and less dropped or static calls. (Verizon)
Display: Large display screen with vibrant colors. Choice of preset screen wallpapers, apparently downloading your own photos is or will be possible, (haven't tried it yet). Also, an additional standard LCD screen outside of phone, (flip-face closed), that gives you the time, date, battery life, current signal, caller info, missed calls and voice mail notification. The outer screen also flashes through many bright colors when a call is received and can be set to display a user determined color based on the information it displays.
Ringers: The phone comes with 26 different ring styles, but more may be added using the Get it Now feature through Verizon. Yeah, you have to pay for the rings, but there some really cool ones and it's worth it to buy a few. You can most likely find the beat to one of your favorite songs, new or old. Phone volume has 8 settings from "Off" up to "High w/ Vibrate". (It has vibrate alone as well.) Phone can quickly be put into manner mode or silent mode by simply holding down a factory set button on the side of the phone, (with flip shut).
Menu: This phone has a very impressive menu. You'll swear it's like a mini version of WinXP. Menu is very easy to navigate through and you can back up through the menu without starting over or getting lost. Menu list is as follows...
1. Call History: Very good call history and detail.
2. Phone Book: 199 Entries and you can add multiple numbers for a single person, set speed dials and a voice activated dialer that actually works good.
3. Messages: Voice mail info, instant text message send and receive.
4. Mobile Web: Well, I haven't used this, but I've heard great things about it.
5. Get It Now: Download applications like ringtones, games and other more useful stuff.
6. Fun Tools: Tip calculator, std. calculator and a World clock.
7. Organizer: Month by Month scheduler, Alarm clock (3 separate alarm times if needed), Notepad or leave yourself a voice memo.
8. Settings: Set ring tones, screen display, features, etc.
9. Phone Info: You guessed it, phone info. Has a handy shortcut helper and icon glossary.
Features:
*Download and Play games in color.
*Download Ring tones
*Voice Activated dialing
*Answering Machine - Like voice mail without calling your voicemail, it saves to the phone itself, and you can listen to the message and it's being recorded.
*GPS location automatically shows your location to a 911 operator if dialed for an emergency.
*Set different rings for different people in your phone book, so you know who's calling as soon as it rings.
*Mobile Web
Battery: Battery life is surprisingly long, especially for a color display screen. Nearly 3 days with one charge, with normal use. No memory effect, battery does not need to be fully discharged to recharge properly.
Charger: Desktop style charger. Phone displays message and charger light changes to green when charging is complete. 3 hours for a complete charge.
Cost: I paid about $225 out of pocket with tax, but LG will send you a rebate check for $100 if you mail in the rebate form and your old cell phone. The even provide the shipping package with postage paid. Retail is $299, with activation $199, after rebate $99.
Okay, here's my only complaint, and it's going to seem very petty after all the praise I gave this phone. The user manual is thick, and full of useless information. Basically it tells you how to navigate the menu and the location of features and settings. With all this, it does not explain what most of the features are or explain what you can do with them.
To Sum It Up: With my experiences with this phone and with all the features, I'm going to give this phone a solid 5 stars. Trust me, go get it, it's an awesome phone!
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 100.00
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