iPhone Killer: LG Voyager (Verizon)
October 5th, 2007

Verizon announced its iPhone killer yesterday..sort of. The LG Voyager, which will launch later or next month, features a touch screen display and slide out tactile QWERTY keyboard. The LG Voyager will take advantage of Verizon’s High Speed EVDO network - no word on WiFi - which is probably its most significant advantage over the iPhone. Other notables over the iPhone is the removable battery and included turn-by-turn GPS. No word on actual release date or price.
Update: Release info, details and arrival date here.
Update 2: LG Voyager review here.
Verizon Hopes Voyager is iPhone Killer [Freep]
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1. John Toma | October 7th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Why all the hate? Both the Iphone and the LG Voyager will serve different people with different requirements. Both phones have their pros and cons. No phone is perfect. Stop bashing and get over it.
2. monk | October 7th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
sounds like John Toma bought an IPhone, and doesnt want people to speak badly of a device on which he spent his hard earned dollars…. boo hoo!
3. Bruce | October 8th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Monk, you just hold tight, shortly after the voyager is released, both phones will be history…iPhone 2.
Apple always is a few steps ahead, all the rest follow.
4. Bruce | October 8th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Nice try though ;^/
5. Mike | October 8th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Apple’s iPhone is NOT a few steps ahead. When it was announced it came out with EDGE when it should have been UMTS to be more with the current data technology. Be real. Nice phone, but it didn’t have everything thought out for the times.
6. BigUns | October 9th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
You can’t call a phone an iphone killer when it won’t serve the same market. Verizon has a certin network and can’t use an iphone if they offered the iphone and the voyager together then anyone could make the case of an iphone killer. If i could get an iphone i would have it but i just don’t want to switch my network.
7. sabrina | October 10th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
OMG!!!!!!!!! yes i knew it was coming……i saw another website and it said that its coming in november and thats when my upgrade for my phone is.hold on,yes my dad said i can get!!!!!!YEAH!!!! i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE VERIZON WIRELESS I SERISLY LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
8. LG Voyager | October 15th, 2007 at 9:57 am
The LG Voyager will be just as good as the iphone. And, with a MUCH better network, you’re looking at THE #1 phone… check out http://www.verizonvoyager.org
9. ryan | October 18th, 2007 at 6:40 am
hey, i am going to buy this phone on the 18th. How much do you think this will cost?
10. tina banieena | October 18th, 2007 at 6:43 am
i am also goin to but this, my dad has an i phone and he hates it. I want a voyager
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11. Diego & Bre | October 18th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Where do we start?
Like oh my god! We seriously have fallen in love with this phone. Everyday we are in classs we seriously just ponder and sdmire it’s beauty! We absolutely love it, we would make love to it, and we will! On November 18th, we will go camp out the night before it comes out, and just seriously dram about it, and just stalk it through the windows. No kidding, y’all. Just look at it, iut’s uber sexy! So hot, all the buttons that you can touch, and whoopie itll take you to another screen. Ahhhhhh! This is eriously way better than the phat iPhone! OMGOSH, diego is like licking the screen beside me of just the voyager. and of course im on the verizon’s site of it, just staring it. OMGOSH country, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! AHHH! UBER SEXY!
PS/ COME ON BRE LET’S GO MAKE LOVE WITH IT!
12. Wendy Wicker | October 18th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Geezzz, look at these weirdos above me, they must have no life! I do have a life and it’s going with my boyfriend teo! He needs a haircut though and some proactiv stuff!
But its a phone, sureee let’s go make love it, let’s not & say we did!
Love you all!
-mrs. wendy aviles
13. Cool Dude | October 18th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Seriously, like I’ve got to get the LG Voyager. It is quite simply, ‘the bomb’, yo. I got an iPhone, but the LG Voyager is going to be THE BEST CELL PHONE EVAR!! I gots to have it!
14. Cory | October 22nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
I will most likely be returning my Razor2 for a Voyager because I wantr to stick with Verizon. Voyager pros seem to mainly be the keyboard, but unlike the iphone, I don’t see anything about it being able to play movies like the iPhone, and I have no clue how smooth the interface will be. Hopefully a video demo will be available soon.
15. Cory | October 22nd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I apologize for my typos
16. Dominic | October 22nd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
the phone sort of reminds me of the Prada phone.
but then again, they are both made by LG
17. Rob | October 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
I know this is probably a dumb question, but what is the internet capability. My g/f has a Motorola Q which sucks! She can’t access a lot of things. Will this be a full “real” internet capable phone? I can’t imaging it wouldn’t be. Regardless, I am so happy that I flaked on getting an upgrade when I became eligible four months ago. Procrastination rocks!
18. Rob | October 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Also, will it be GPS enabled? I never used Verizon’s service for this. Is it any good?
19. Alexa | October 26th, 2007 at 8:50 am
This phone looks amazing, and so much easier to text message with becuase of the full key board. If you ask me i think it is just a major upgrade from the enV, just with a touch screen. All touch screen phones don’t have to be compared with the iPhone.
oh by the way the price is going to range between 249.99-299.99
20. Safi | October 26th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Oh! Thanks verizon now i can say that i have an iphone. My upgrade time for my phone is nov-24-2007 so i am going to get it.
21. Randy | October 27th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Apparently the voyager is GPS enabled, but i want to see if the voyager even has an internet browser with the zoom in and out feature. For all of those wondering if verizon or cingular is better, i would vouch for verizon. I have used both servicies and I would agree with Cingular’s motto which is “The Service with the Least dropped calls” which makes perfect sense because they they also have the least connected calls. Trust me, Iphone does look tempting but its best if you wait for iphone to be compatible with verizon. And for side information, Verizon was apples first choice to be the carrier of the iphon, not cingular, but because apple wanted to manage its own distribution and prices (as you can see you can only get the iphone for $400 and no one has been offering discounts besides the one apple gave 600-400) Verizon rejected apple’s offer
22. Brett | October 29th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Ya, I phones are gay as hell, Ive messed around with them, and I have a pocket pc, which is pretty damn sick , touch screen top of the line smart phone. It makes people with iphones kind of mad, because its already almost just as sick. But I hate this damn thing, and I will get the voyager. Now quit telling everyone the realease date damnit! I don’t feel like waiting in a big ass line. But thanks, its good to know. LOLOLOL, Peace~~~
23. MJ | October 29th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Hey i have the iphone and the verizon looks like an exact copy. They should come up with something original instead if taking apples idea. And why all the hate on iphones. Verizon will never kill it I mean never. I like Verizons new phone but it think they could have made it alt different lookin from the iphone. Anyways The iphone rocks and thats that
24. Eric | October 29th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
The Voyager is an improved version of the popular LG enV, which was quite original (not couting the older V). Yes they added a touch screen, something that the iPhone has, but the Voyager is still certainly a unique phone. It not only has the touch screen, but a full QWERTY keyboard, making it a better phone for texting than the iPhone. On top of that, it is more powerful than the iPhone in several ways including the fact that it fact that it has a full HTML web browser and A2DP support. The iPhone is nothing original, it’s just hyped up. It is not the first phone to be entirely touch screen based. Before you call the iPhone original, you should look up the LG KE850 Prada, which was released several months before the iPhone. Apple is just good at getting attention. Despite what many people think, the iPod was not the first mp3 player and its touch sensitive controls could be found on a handfull of devices before the iPod had it. Apple is not original.
25. John | October 29th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Something you may not know…Verizon Wireless was offered the I-phone FIRST but PASSED on it because it didn’t meet their standards. Can’t remove the battery, can’t insure the handset, etc, etc. They took the idea and built on it creating their own version. AND NO, it is not EXACTLY like the I-Phone. The phone flips open to access the qrty keyboard to do texting etc. Something you may have a hard time doing with the I-phones touch screen and fat fingers. Anyway, Don’t HATE if you fell victim to the I-phones advertising…Prepare to take a ride on Verizon Wireless’s Voyager!
26. robert cocknass | November 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 am
The voyager is a phone made for gods. The iphone was made for queens so if you are a tranny buy the iphone. If not get the voyager.
27. dem skittles | November 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
hey i think its a killer…i want the phione so badly i hpe the phone isnt to expensive…i hope the 2 year contract is for 160-200 but im not sure
28. Kevin | November 2nd, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Bruce, go google the LG Prada…
29. Jerome | November 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 am
I’m pretty sure the voyager will be the front runner this season on the phone to have. Verizon will always be the leader in reception. Now it will be in first place when the voyager hits the stand. The same people who cancelled contracts with verizon to get their hands on the iphone will hop their asses back to verizon to get their hands on the voyager. I returned the iphone because I was very disappointed in the reception…..I hope the voyager will take care of that problem. I will buy it, no matter what the cost is…….
30. Victor | November 5th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
What is happening yall! But o’curse iM down with teh “V” I have an EnV phone and its chill but I will be getting the Improved V-cell. My plan is for all ya fools out there
Wait in line in the cold and stuff just to get it first
Then if you all cry like little girls then the phone is not good
If you all act like a kid on their bday then I will roll to the store flip out my black card and purchase the Vphone.
it seems like its gonna be a good phone so don’t worry you weak minded buyers that get brainwashed with advertisments…I think you all be ok with this phone…
I’ll see you all a week after the release date!!
“The strongest at mind, body and soul will always survive and control”–V. Darwin knew what he was talking about!
31. sara | November 6th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
THANNNNNNK YOU. the phone i have broke for the 9th time.
32. alex | November 8th, 2007 at 8:37 am
i think the voyager is going to be just as good and the voyager can play movies but it dont have the tilt mode for when you move the phone around they r both good
33. Verizon LG Voyager Preord&hellip | November 8th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
[...] Â Verizon’s LG Voyager is now available for preorder. My brain is conjuring up the stampede noise and an image of masses of people stuck in a small door way. [...]
34. Double D | November 8th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
I have several co-workers who left Verizon for AT&T to get the iPhone only to switch back because of the sever disappointment in the service and the phone itself. No picture messaging, difficult to text, poor battery life and very spotty coverage. I just got the Samsung i760 and I will be taking it back for the Voyager. The one thing that I do hope for is that the Voyager is FULLY INTERNET CAPABLE, like the iPhone. When put up against my BRAND NEW, TOP OF THE LINE SAMSUNG, the iPhones internet capabilities make my phone look like Get Smarts shoe phone. Thats probably the only thing that iPhone has on Verizon.
35. Renny | November 9th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
There is no other service out there that can compete with Verizon. I’ve been with sprint and cingular(at&t) they both do not compare the the reception I get with verizon. I’ve been wanting to get an Envy for awhile, but knowing the Voyager is coming out who cares. As for the Iphone..now really their marketing scheme is brilliant, but that’s the only reason why people are getting that phone. The Voyager, even without marketing, will be the #1 phone this 4th quarter…for sure.
36. MONICA | November 14th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
RELEASE DATE IS SET TO BE 11/21/2007 WITH THE PRICE OF $350.00 AFTER MAIL IN REBATE OF $50.00
37. Jon | November 15th, 2007 at 9:03 am
People are confused, The voyager is not a smart phone, blackberry or pda. It shouldnt have wifi. It is just a normal verizon phone except with a touch screen. Verizon is awsome anf fast and this phone is awsome. go to phonearena.com. there are some other awsome phones coming out such as the samsung flipshot.
38. John | November 15th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Boston, AM area, price is $299.99 w/ 2yr contract renewal.
39. Lucy | November 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Yeah.. I’m good with my Sidekick 3.
I had a enV a while ago when I was on verizon, and I didn’t like it at all.
40. Dustin | November 16th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Is it gonna be $350 after the mail in rebate, without a contract? because i know on their website it has the phone for $300 with a 2-yr contract. I just want to know how much its gonna be if i already have verizon and want to keep my number.
41. sean | November 17th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
jeez i just ended my contract with verizon and i was going to switch to t mobil or some thing but this phone is forcing me back to verizon
42. Stephen | November 18th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
The Voyager (LG VX 1000) looks like a nice addition to the VZW lineup. So long as they don’t cripple it’s internal GPS, it should have a welcome reception.
That said, let’s get down to business. VZW has to be the most ultra-conservative cell phone network provider in the country! They have a tendency to stifle innovative products on the cutting edge of technology, stick to old, outdated hardware for much too long, and don’t leverage their top-end CDMA network for Location Based Service applications, except for VZ Navigator.
So, aside from “the network,” what is the draw? Well, location location location. CDMA has a push into rural markets that GSM sometimes doesn’t have, although that’s narrowing faster every day, and *will* catch up with VZW if they’re not careful.
I use a BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, and the lack of GPS availability due to the crippling of that native ability by VZW has left me cold. I’ve just filed my second Better Business Bureau complaint regarding the GPS issue. We’ll see how it goes.
43. Jack | November 18th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Those with new every two discount available: $200!!
COPPED!
44. Jo | November 18th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Its amazing how all these phones think that their phones are so revolutionary, while the iphone is so technologically advanced that it blows all these other phones out of the water
good try
i say all phone companies just give up
i cant even imagine what the 2nd gen iphone will do
45. Krunk83 | November 19th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I agree with Jo. I just switched from Verizon to ATT for the iPhone and it is so much better than any phone I have ever had. Verizon phones have always been the worst and at the lowest grade of technological advancement. This is just another copycat that wont live up.
Verizon was so upset that I had gotten the iPhone and was leaving that they offered me 3 months free service and a free new top of the line Blackberry. That there tells me that they are losing a lot of people to the iPhone. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Verizon and they have great service and customer support but their phones always sucked. So far I have had great reception with the iPhone and battery. I listen to music, watch youtube, do email, browse the web, and can use it all day with out recharge. My last smartphone, the Q, did not do that. I guess we’ll see what this Voyager is all about and if it can out do the iPhone which I doubt. Plus, you’re stuck with that stupid Vcast BS. Peace.
46. Krunk83 | November 19th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot, Verizon didn’t take the iPhone because Apple wanted to use iTunes for music and video and Verizon wanted to use it’s Vcast for videos and music so Apple said “see ya”. It’s not for the other reason’s you idiots think like “it didn’t live up to Verizon’s standards”. Did you make that up or something? Secondly, the iPhone HAS a Qwerty keyboard and has “smarttext” which, even if you have fat fingers, knows what you are trying to say and puts it in the texts. It’s actually quite a remarkable thing. Use it first before you bash it and do some research.
47. Dugbug | November 21st, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Bought it. Used it for a few hours and returned it. The phone feels cheap and is difficult to use. Hard to explain how pain-in-the-ass it is as a regular phone but its risk free if you already have verizon so go ahead.
Things that are frustrating:
No keyboard input from touch screen, except from the notepad app. And, oddly, its not a keyboard but a numberpad with the “abc”, “def”, buttons.
No orientation.
Could not browse my pictures unless I flipped it open and went to “display settings” and then “wallpaper”. WTF?
Retarted sound when you press a button on the touchpad… you can either turn audio off or select a goofy “tune” (not a click). The tunes are very short but amazinly annoying.
To answer a call you first had to unlock it.
I can go on… I think the touch screen is largely pointless unlike the iphone… and perhaps a significant software update will improve it from a general usability viewpoint.
-d
48. jill | November 22nd, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I’m just wondering how much the LG voyager will cost if you are renewing your two year plan… does anyone know?
49. PERICO | November 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
it nice but i dont like the part where u got to flip it i think it would b better if u and slide it like the wing but hell yea verizon is the best!!!!!!ima get this phone really soon
50. Garrett | November 23rd, 2007 at 8:26 am
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51. Garrett | November 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Hello,
I personally think that the voyager is better it has better camera and i like the txting keyboard.
P.S-IPHONE SUX
52. Camila | November 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 pm
This phone is so sexyy. i want itt so i asked my sister (she pays for my fone bills) if i can get it after its released, and she said ok. yay im so excited cuz this fone is basically like an iphone and an enV combined….sort off haha i hate my razr so i’ll be glad to get a new phone. well this is an awesome phone. VERIZON ROCKS!
xD
53. Kelly Cobb | November 24th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
i think it’s great that verizon is coming out with a new phone that looks (or at least seems) like an iphone. I like the idea because now it’s not only singular that has a great new phone, but now verizon does. If you han’t notices, i really think making this new LG Voyager phone was a really good idea and i hope that poeple start to agree with me.
54. Steve | November 25th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I don’t see a lot about email? Anyone?
55. Katieee | November 25th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
okay so this phone is AMAZING and i cant wait until i get it. i like how everyone is fighting about it being not better than the iPhone… wow i wanted an iPhone but AT&T’s service sucks, and all of the people who bought the iPhone are jealous because they paid a ton of money for bad service so they can get the stupid iphone and now verizon has a killer phone and gets service everywhere!. you can beat that can you?
56. teeno | November 25th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
i think he voyager is sick! everyone in this world should get it
57. teeno | November 25th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
i still can’t get ov er the awwwwsommme voyager! someone tell me how great it is cuz im crazy right now cuuz i wanna knooooow
holla at cha uurl!
pa’yce
58. Jkelly | November 26th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Im gonna lay it out for all users and owners of the iphone or voyager. Apple is not leading the industry with the touch screen or or sophisticated style. The voyager does however have limited web browsing although its advertised as “full html web browsing” but if you know anything about browsing it takes much more than html to view complete web. LG and or HTC is leading the industry with there phones. Look up LG Prada or HTC advantage. For verizon customers you are gonna have to stick with a blackberry or a pda, smartphone. Those do have the capabilities of the i phone and more. Also the voyager software is the same software used on the chocolate(not very good) comparatively. The other bad thing about verizon is they do not offer phones with wifi or the 3G network wich other companies do. Even the phones they carry are capable such as black berrys its just the verizon versions. Also there is not gonna be much difference in the so called i phone 2 it simply smaller, with a smaller hard drive, that other phones arent limited to with the micro sd chip.
59. B Reis | November 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I got the Voyager right when it came out and i think the phone is pretty damn sweet. I was upgrading from a typical clamshell device, so using a striaght phone again is a bit hard when holding aginst your head with your shoulder, but use a bluetooth and consider that issue solved. The web browser is a bit lacking, but who would sit on their phone and surf the web with all of the other ways to surf. However, it does serve its worthyness. I was driving the other day and needed a phone number, typed in yellowbook, typed in store name and location, got the number, called it and got the info i needed. Again, functional for what it is. As for the guy who traded it in right after he got it, you should have spent more time looking thru the menus. You CAN change the font type, the size, the sounds of rings, txt, emails, pretty much everything on the phone. The phone does not feel cheap, it solid and has strong hinges. The camera is nice, but no flash. It gives you several ways to view the clock on both internal and external screens. It has about 184mb of internal memory and IS upgradable via microSD. All in all, im use to getting things 2 years after they come out, however i got this the day it came out and i think the price a bit steep but its a great phone to upgrade to for all of the features it offers. Mobile email, music phone, Mobile TV, GPS. There are several big $$ items i dont have to carry because i have this phone now.
60. lomski | November 26th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
i purchased a voyager , i did not get it yet….due dec 15th……..verizon is # 1 network standing…bar none……..affordable rates…..amazing phones……..please explain to me why you would spend 800 on an i hpone when u can buy an ipod and a voyager for cheaper…….. the best of both worlds really….i honestly think the iphone bit off more than it can chew….to much stuff on one phone for it to handle….
61. Breanna | November 27th, 2007 at 10:19 am
All i have to say is that the i dont care what anybody of you say… the iPhone did copy LG. As how the Prada phone was announced to be released in Asia about two months before the iPhone did come out. Apple Inc. at corporate took the idea and made it their own just in time before the release of LG in the Asian market. So in actuality.. the LG Voyager is part of LG. Now LG is taking it in its own hands for multi-million dollar suits in its appropriated countries, for the creative stealing idea of the original Prada phone from LG. Thank You.
62. alex | November 27th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
ur all gay… get a life. iphone sucks
63. overated | November 27th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
I just check out the voyager ..it feel cheap…it’s hard to use..it has nothing Iphone about it …it just a bigger phone with way to much thing going on ..just a real disappointment …..I’ll wait for the Iphone to come to verizon…voyager is just not very well done…:(..check it out for yourself..it plain simply sucks ..maybe motorola will do something better…
64. Kate | November 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I have Verizon so I can’t compare the iPhone to the Voyager for obvious reasons.. But I bought the Voyager last week and absolutely adore it. The end.
65. sara | November 28th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
i luv verison! ha take that at&t…ne chance of getting it for xmas?? how much is it and when will it go on sale?
pleeease respond…thnx
66. Khody | November 29th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I must say that alot of the people making derogatory comments about the iPhone must not have used one, let alone seen one being used.
I am currently posting this on my iPhone and I laugh at the people that say that At&t has horrible service. I have traveled to multiple states with family recently and my phone was the one getting used the most because it was the ONLY one with service.
I used the Voyager yesterday at my local Verizon store and the phone feels cheap and as if it would be toast after being dropped once.
Also for the nimrod that posted above saying that the iPhone costs 800$….. Maybe you should do some research because it is only 399$.
67. somatara | November 29th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
fuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
68. somatara | November 29th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
fuck fuck fuck all the way the i phone is way better MF’S hahahahahahahahahahahahahahha happey christmas 00100
69. bla | November 30th, 2007 at 1:29 am
I just got the voyager and it cant play videos on youtube or any other site.
70. monique | November 30th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I just ordered the voyeger today and can’t wait to get it! I presently have the EnV which I liked alot; however, I only had it 3 months before the main screen started freezing up on me and blanking out. So, I hope i’m happier with the voyeger. I paid $312.00 plus 2 months free service for my phone (I already had a contract with Verizon). Stop fighting! It’s just a cell phone, life is so short…
71. Andrew | December 2nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
With verizon’s new plan, which allows all phones on its network, more people will probably have a voyager, oh and by the way apple sucks iDick
72. Kelsey | December 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I just bought the Voyager like 4 days ago and I LOVE IT!
73. BOSS | December 2nd, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Ok, lets talk. I have an iphone, and my brother has a voyager. He now is pisses because we compared the two and wants an iphone. Verizon is a better network than at&t, but the voyager is NOT a better phone. First off, the qwerty keyboard. WTF its just like the enV’s, and the iphones keyboard is still not better while texting. Unless i recieve an update from apple which allows landscape testing, I like the voyager’s keyboard for this. But while brousing safari on it iPhone, landscape view is incredable, with included landscape typing. Despite all the lies, its incrediably easy to type on the iPhone. Next, to the music….why talk about it iPod vs. Cell phone mp3 player. Lmao. Ok, now to the memory. An internal 8gb memory standard, compared to a 40-60 dollar MicroSD chip. No. The touch screen on the iPhone is at a level that the voyager cannot compare to. Scrolling thru pics & music and everything else is just so sexy, and the voyager’s touch screen is like a vibration feedback ATM touch screen. The voyager does have customizable almost everything when it comes to sound and view. It has verizon TV, GPS, and Vcast. The iPhone has no GPS or live TV, but it does have youtube and google maps. Atvantage verizon. But with all these features, comes an out at the ass price tag. $20 unlimited data for iPhone. Atvantage At&t. Plus no WiFi on voyager, just 3g data. If you understand what edge is, its 2.5g data. I’ve taken the two phone and compared going to NFL.com on both. SURPRISINGLY its almost the same amount of time to fully load the web page, both without flash video on the brouser. I’ll admit the voyager was slightly faster, but the slowest WiFi network is extreamly faster than the castes 3g network, so the iPhone wins that battle. The speaker phone is better on the voyager and does extreamly suck on the iPhone. But anyone who really evaluates the two phone in hand and not just to be bias because of the service providers, you will understand that the phone are abou EVEN. When it comes to there respective strong points, they each hold there own. It really is up to what the buyer prefers. But when it comes to using an jailbroken (google it) iphone the possiblities are so mutha fuckin endless its not even a competition. I play madden & super mario 3( just to name a few) on my iphone. I can change my main screen, sounds, and almost everything else on my iphone to what I want it to be. Not to mention its all FREE. I do now have GPS. I can email songs in my 780 song music library to anyone. I have a touch screen version of guitar hero, and can do everything people say the phone can’t. My iPhone is THE fuckin best phone in the world hands down. Its impossible to have half of these features on a voyager. Trust me go to modmyifone.com and anyone who claims a voyager is better ….get ready to shit yourself. But when it comes to out of the box phones they are about even, but apple can update whenever they want to and add new features. Sorry post is so long, but I just wanted to clear things up. Oh yeah…. I’m posting from my iPhone.
74. D Racer | December 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I figured i would put my 2 cents in. I’ve owned an iPhone, Great phone as far as the network is well no comment. but take a couple steps back and look at the big picture what you guys are comparing is like comparing apples and oranges. Ford & Chevys.
The voyager is a flip device and the iphone is a brick device. 2 totally differnt things. I now own the voyager and it is a very nice phone has cons just like the iphone. So we all should concider not arguing about a phone and network. Coverage all depends on where you live or what not. Later.
75. Melanie lopez | December 3rd, 2007 at 6:27 pm
omg..im gonna make my mom buy this for me..i love it…i want it for muy irthday.. = ] oh dang i love this phone …this is way tooooooo
down
76. Dana | December 6th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Ok Now this Phone is sick, I personally dont like the way
the i-phone looks, its fat.:P
But I can’t find the voyager in canada, do they not
sell it here?!!?
or if i bought one off ebay are the usa chip/phones or something
like that different from Canadas so it wouldnt even work?
77. xhdjdjd | December 7th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
lets go islanders rangers suck
78. w | December 8th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
thes fone is totttaly kool i lov evorythang aboot it ifone suk big one thes tiem
79. Juiicy | December 10th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Oh my thiis phone iis effiin hawt haha ii have the Blackberry Curve but thiis phone makes me wanna swiitch over to Verizon haha sooo juiice lubbz iit
80. kosh | December 11th, 2007 at 3:43 am
iPhone and all cell phones need to be allowed to operate on a network of YOUR choice. Verizon, still gets better marks than AT&T, if anything, AT&T will hurt iPhone, more than be unique with bragging rights.. but, if u want to bury any technology, limit its use.
no matter how great it is, if the network it’s on sucks, u have a and expensive fly swatter..or a large brick to throw at a window, ok, but it is too small to work as a door stop. The other item, all cell phones should have a wi-fi option, (VoIP) (use ANY wi-fi network .) along with multi-band use.. anything less is unacceptable.
81. Amanda | December 14th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I JUST GOT THE VOYAGER IT IS THE BEST PHONE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
82. Ryan | December 17th, 2007 at 6:48 am
I agree w/ monk apple is always a head of everything no matter waht it is
83. devan | December 17th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
omg..i love this phone!
84. JV | December 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
ok i have to agree with BOSS for some reasons. Even though i love the Voyager and begged my parents to let me buy an enV, the iPhone is still a good competetor. Some cons about the Voyager(i was just at the mall on the weekend and played with it for 2 hours,, yeah no life i kno,,) but anyway some things i didn’t like were that i tried to go onto youtube to watch some vids, but it wouldnt play any videos because the phone didn’t have Java Script or sommething. True, the iPhone has a mucchhh more intricate touch interface, but the iPhone is JUST a touch screen phone. At 400 $ it damn well better be good, since thats all it has to rely on. Unlike the cleverly made Voyager, it has a convenient(not as sweet as the iphone’s) but a nice and convenient touch screen. It’s a little slow with the scrolling on the web browser but still it works. And Lg wouldn’t invest all their time into making the touch screen amazing when it has an internal screen AND a keyboard to make texting better then before. I dont have any experience with the iPhone personally, but I’ve heard that the internet works more efficiently then the Voyager’s does. it took be about 10-15 seconds to load up an internet screen on the Voyager…I think it takes only a few seconds on the iPhone. Summing it up, I think the internet is a little quicker then the Voyager’s and a better touch screen, but on tha other hand, its got pooorrrr textiong in my opinion.. and i need texting in life..im not hatin on the iPhone..but its kind of a bitch..i like the voyager alot better..it fits me more..peacee
85. KRG | December 18th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
THE VOYAGER TOTALLY IS WAY BETTER THAN THE IPHONE! DOES THE IPHONE HAVE MOBILE TV? I DONT THINK SO. I WANT THE LG VOYAGER REALLY BAD FOR CHRISTMAS BUT SINCE THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING ORDER OF THE VOYAGER THE SHIPPING CAN TAKE UP TO A WEEK. I FELL REALLY SAD BECAUSE I WONT BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. TODAY IS DECEMBER 18TH. AND IVE BEEN TO AT LEAST FIVE VERIZON STORES AND ALL OF THEM WERE OUT OF STOCK THE FIRST DAY THE VOYAGE CAME OUT AND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WOULDNT GET IT IN STOCK TIL PROBABLY JANUARY. THAT SUCKS. BUT I DONT BLAME THE COSTUMERS FOR BUYING IT, ITS A GREAT PHONE. I WISH I WAS ONE OF THOSE LUCKY ONES.
GO VOYAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
86. Chris | December 19th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
The Voyager looks absolutely amazing! I have the new chocolate and i dont like it very much so i am probably going to exchange it for the Voyager, which i know is a huge upgrade. But i think it will be worth it.
Does anyone who has a Voyager think it is big or bulky? I am afraid it will be a large phone but because of the full keyboard it basically has to be quite big.
So if anyone has any advice just send it my way please.
87. Layla | December 20th, 2007 at 12:03 am
This phone is incredible. I just saw the commercial on TV and I was blown away. Just when the touch screen resembled the iphone, it opens up to reveal the keyboard part and that’s when I was sold to the phone. I wanted it so badly, OMG. I cannot believe the Verizon Wireless is getting better and better phones month by month.
Sheese… my parents are planning on switching to the AT&T/Cingular but now I have to convince them to get Verizon so I can get this phone. It looks gorgeous.
88. JV | December 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Chris: i have the enV right now and want to upgrade..i thought the enV would be big and bulky because i switched from a Razr. once i got it i got used to it and it didnt feel bulky at all becaue i was afraid of that too. Does anybody know if the Voyager can somehow view videos on Youtube? because when i was looking at it, youtube on the internet was amazing and all but i couldnt go to view the videos because it didnt have a flashplayer or something??i was kinda mad, does anyone know how to get it??
89. KRG | December 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
OMG I I JUST FOUND OUT THURSDAY THAT MY MY MOM DID ORDER ME THE G VOYAGER BUT FED EX LOST IT. BUT THEN THEY FOUND IT. ITS AT A LOCAL FED EX STATION SO TOMMOROW WE ARE GOING TO PICK IT UP. I CANT WAIT.
90. M. Bizzle | December 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I ordered the Voyager a couple days ago and verizon said it wouldn’t ship until the 28th! its so frustrating. this phone fricken sweet though!
91. Robert | December 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 pm
This is common in our culture today. We hate things because they are either great or because nobody shuts up about them (e.g. Titanic, MySpace, Tickle Me Elmo)
Oh, and it is a marketing technique people. The iPhone doesn’t have video recording, and a list full of these other gadgets for a reason — so that when they unveil newer versions of the iPhone in the future, they will have something else to market — same with the Voyager and same with every other product out there.
I havn’t played with the Voyager, but now, nothing beats the iPhone. It’s been said too many times to be coherent to all of you, and I don’t blame you for not listening or disagreeing, but understand the iPhone is, right now, the greatest phone.
And if the Voyager ever proved to be more versatile, smoother, easier, better-looking than the iPhone — it wouldn’t have been where it is today without the iPhone.
92. M.Bizzle | December 24th, 2007 at 10:46 am
thats retarded. you dont have to get into the philosophy of things. new technology is awesome, and the voyager does amazing things
93. KRG | December 25th, 2007 at 1:20 am
hey its krg just leting u know hoe awesome the voyager is.the internet is so amazing. its like using internet on the computer. i am writing this review on the internet on the voyager. i just got it today.and there are so many things it can do that the iphone or the env cant. so overall, the voyager is an iphone killer.
94. jennifer | December 25th, 2007 at 10:06 am
yeah lyk the phone…but my i phone is way better…cause its 8 g so yeah…lets work on that…holla
95. M.Bizzle | December 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
im gettin mine on saturday. the voyager is sick. i like the vibration you get when the screen is touched
96. Bob | December 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
VOYAGERS R AMAZING!! booo ifones
97. M.Bizzle | December 26th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
now im gettin it tomorrow…….shit yes!
98. your majesty | December 27th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
“iPHONE KILLER” does sound pretty mean . but hey — competition makes the world a lot more interesting ! but i think im about to get the VOYAGER in like 15 minutes ! yay for muah !
99. jeremy | December 28th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I just ordered the voyager online and can’t wait for it to get here. I am coming from a clam phone like i think a lot of people will be. I think I can say poeple with clam phones will be getting this basicly because it’s cheaper than iphone, better network, and face it, no matter what the problems are it is still better and cooler than a clam phone. Your gonna win no matter what!
100. mamacita | December 30th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
do you have more goods than chris brown?
101. Fazz Powell | January 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
As a cell phone the Voyager VX-1000 is a huge failure. To make a simple phone call you have to access the phone icon… no biggie, but then when you dial a number your keypad display disappears and your phone asks for you to unlock it. So you have to unlock it and then hit the phone icon again to launch the dialer interface. So say if you call into Verizon for tech support, you have 4 touch screen clicks just to be able to enter the 5 layers of numbers for tech support..2…5…4…etc…etc..while driving..very dangerous. Plus the touch screen is un-responsive. After entering 3 digits it tends to hang, and then puts out all the cached digits you’ve entered in frustration. You can not drive when using this beast, it’s not safe. This is clearly a premature release in a faint attempt to match the iPhone. The Voyager doesn’t come close from a usability standpoint. If you like all the other BS things this “phone� does, then go or it, as long as you’re willing to pay the high monthly fees for all the goodies. But beware its internet browser display is about 10% the quality of the iPhone/iPod Touch and you have to pay extra for their very nice 3rd party e-mail client app. And no WiFi. And don’t ever expect to look at your exchange/outlook e-mail over this pig browser. I just wanted a decent phone and I liked the QWERTY keyboard for checking e-mail on the road and I thought this was “IT�, but as a phone, this “lock feature� is a deal-breaker.
102. iPhone kicks ass | January 3rd, 2008 at 12:15 am
I have nothing bad to say about the voyager for I’ve never seen it or used it, and I think those of you bashing the iPhone while never having used it yourself are losers. I’m commenting right now using my iPhone at work, and with the wifi capabilities and easy to use keypad, this post won’t take more than a minute. the iPhone is an amazing phone and I’m sure many of you will say the same about the voyager, but just don’t hate on the world’s greatest phone because you’re too cheap to buy an iPhone or hate on those who have one. the iPhone is the best and if you’re not down with that…I got two words for ya: SUCK IT!!!!!
103. marmar | January 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
i think both phones are great because the iphone has many features thaat the voyager dosent have but the voyager does have the key board and the tv which is a nice feature as well. if you ever get sick of the touch screen or its hard to text on it you can open the voyger and use the keyboard. i think the voyager is a big upgrade from the lg enV and we all know that the iphone2 is going to be simply amazing!
104. me | January 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Both of the phones are cool, but I’ll personally buy the voyager because it flips open and it costs about $400 less than the iPhone. Plus, iPhone commercials are getting on my nerves. I hate that one commmercial where the guy is saying that the iPhone’s so great because “when you get a voicemail, I don’t have to listen to it - I just skip over it! It’s amazing!” Phones have been doing that for a very, very long time now. Still, the iPhone’s advanced and pretty darn cool. I’m not denying that.
But the voyager’s better. Way better.
105. bob | January 14th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
THE VERIZON LG VOYAGER SUCKS!
What ought to be a single command or step is often multiple steps. It is loud in quiet places and static-riden and indescernable in loud places. The music sounds like a bad 60’s transistor radio. The “speaker phone” is on or off, no volume control and on is not very loud. The battery dies quickly. The touch pad is tempermental. It is unreliable, having turned itself off three times randomly, today alone. VCast Television does not exist. The sound quality of a normal call (on both ends apparently) is awful. The locking feature is ridiculous. It takes three unlocks to listen to voice mail! (that does not include calling up the keyboard, speeddialing voice mail and entering the password. Then to save or delete a message often requires still another unlock. It is a “dumb” phone, not a smart phone, so forget downloading programming and true websurfing…… Oh I could go on……
Now.. let me talk for a moment about the $120 Jawbone Bluetooth headset. THAT SUCKS TOO! The “custom ear pieces dont fit, none of them. The sound quality is fair at best and poor at worst. The noise cancelling technology simply makes a bad call sound even worse. It is not intuitive. The “talk” main function button is so small, my fingers have trouble finding it. The parts are cheap and some have already broken in one single day of “normal” use.
I am giving serious thought to going back to the store and getting the $9.95 phone. Maybe I ought to switch cell service providers while they are at it.
106. SANDY | January 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I own an iphone, i remember getting it when it first came out!
thinking damn this is all high tech. its costed an arm and leg!
for a while i was diggin the phone. but there are too many things i dont like about it! like the whole not being able to text picture! & the bad youtube quality…. I WANT A BETTER PHONE!!!
P.S the competition for the voyeger would have to be
the helio oceon, phone… its pretty cool! i think im getting one of those… :P
107. Andrew | January 20th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Does anyone know or have an idea when the price of the Voyager will go down at all?
108. Samantha | January 20th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
dood get over it their different networks. If the voyager is as everyone says an “iphone killer” take ur iphone CANCEL it and get the voyager & stop hating on it. Its a PHONE get over it people
109. Dwannnnn | January 26th, 2008 at 8:56 am
HAWWTTTT
110. mike | January 30th, 2008 at 9:53 am
iPhone killer my ass.
Everybody knows that all the so-called “killer” devices (Apple copies, really) have never even knocked a dent in the real thing.
The truth: Voyager is a compromised knock off product.
111. Gosharts | February 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
I hate comparing the iPhone and Voyager. As Toma said, both phones have their pros and cons. And they’re just phones. Why do some people get so hot and bothered about the ‘iPhone competitor?’.
112. Simon | February 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
The Voyager is dependable, durable, and conveniant. Verizon’s not trying to hide the fact that it’s expensive which is why I like them. It’s a beautiful phone from an excellant network.
113. chirayu | February 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
does any one know its price
114. casy | February 27th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I’m getting a voyager tomrrow i can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
115. John | March 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Can anyone tell me if the Voayger will synch with my Outlook Calendar
116. bobby mcadams | March 8th, 2008 at 11:28 am
yall are all being retarded look i like the voyager but i have at&t so do ya think i can get it??? uh, no i cant.the iphone looks awesome and all but i am a big texter so i wana keyboard.get your gay voyager out of the way and wait for the iphone 2 it will dominate all!
bye ☼☼☼
117. Yasmin Burdette | March 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I have the voyager for about 3 months now and I love it, but when I bought the phone I didn’t get no case, no car charger ohhh come on if I am spending alot a money for a new phone I should get something with it ?????????????
118. bobby mcadams | March 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
i know exactly!!!!! tisk tisk u should have waited for the iphone 2 verizon ppl are cheapos!!!!
and just wonderin but is the keyboard as fabulous as advertised???
119. yongsheen sung | March 22nd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
who needs a cell phone??? in old china NO ONE HAD 1 we survived!!!
120. kelly | March 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
um evryone?????? dude get a life we dont care about ur stupid “old china” hahaha
121. allyson | March 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
kelly u need to settle down these reviews are not made so u can insult cultures!! geez…………………………. you should be nice to mr. sung. show some respect you spoiled brat!!!!!
122. Haylie | March 24th, 2008 at 7:48 am
ok, well im getting the Voyager today and well i think both phones are the same. My friend has an iphone and she likes it alot but i could care less if i got the ipone or the voyager… =)
-Haylie
123. Morgan | April 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Hey from a Younger aged group I say both fones ROCK! It give you the option of get a phone with a touch screen with out switching companies like everyone did with the Iphone but both are fab My dad has the Iphone and I have the voyaguer because it matchs my personality
124. Cassidy | April 24th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
k i serriously want this phone!!!!!! plz someone teell me if it is available in Canada and where to get it. also i was wondering if it not availble in canada then um is it posible to get it shipped out here? nd have all the same features????
125. EVAN | May 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
i have the voyager, i paid 350 but will receive my 50 dollar rebate check in the mail soon. so in the end i will have paid 300 bucks. its a really good phone i got a 2 gb micro sd so i have a ton of memory. i think.the reception is really good as usual with verizon. i have never touched an i phone so i cant compare the phones. i will say that verizon has had unbeatable service. tmobile had so much dropped calls it was insane. thats why i switched to verizon a while ago. i like the set up of the phone. it does freeze up sometimes (the touch screen) but i can deal with it. one thing i really dont like is that i cant save alot of the vcast videos. or put them in my favorites to look at them faster but othwr than that i like the phone alot. whoever gets the phone will b happy and with verizon service anyone would b happy lol
126. LD | May 5th, 2008 at 1:00 am
How much does it cost i want 1 soooooooooooooooooooooooo badly thx=)=)=)=)<3
127. laura | May 5th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
heyy everybody the viyager is tight so quit churr hatin haters
128. Sophie Laughlin | May 27th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I luv the voyager!! When it first came out my daddy bought it for me and it is the best phone ever!! On my other phone i couldn’t 3 way call and now i can talk to all my BFFs!! Also now i can get more bars in more places like before i couldn’t talk to my BFFs when i went to Paris or Hawaii but now i can talk when i want and where ever i want! i love the voyager! its the bomb but not literally…hehehe
xoxoxo sophie
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