iPhone Killer: LG Voyager (Verizon)
October 5th, 2007 5:10 PM | by Christen da Costa | 136 Comments
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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Hello,
I personally think that the voyager is better it has better camera and i like the txting keyboard.
P.S-IPHONE SUX
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
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.
I don’t see a lot about email? Anyone?
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?
i think he voyager is sick! everyone in this world should get it
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
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.
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.
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….
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.
ur all gay… get a life. iphone sucks
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…
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.
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
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$….. Maybe you should do some research because it is only 399$.
fuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
fuck fuck fuck all the way the i phone is way better MF’S hahahahahahahahahahahahahahha happey christmas 00100
I just got the voyager and it cant play videos on youtube or any other site.
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…
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
I just bought the Voyager like 4 days ago and I LOVE IT!
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.
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.
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
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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?
lets go islanders rangers suck
thes fone is totttaly kool i lov evorythang aboot it ifone suk big one thes tiem
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
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.
I JUST GOT THE VOYAGER IT IS THE BEST PHONE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree w/ monk apple is always a head of everything no matter waht it is
omg..i love this phone!
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
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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.
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??
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.
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!
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.
thats retarded. you dont have to get into the philosophy of things. new technology is awesome, and the voyager does amazing things
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.
yeah lyk the phone…but my i phone is way better…cause its 8 g so yeah…lets work on that…holla
im gettin mine on saturday. the voyager is sick. i like the vibration you get when the screen is touched
VOYAGERS R AMAZING!! booo ifones
now im gettin it tomorrow…….shit yes!
“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 !
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!
do you have more goods than chris brown?