iPhone Killer: LG Voyager (Verizon)

Cell Phones — 05 October 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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Christen Costa

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

http://www.take-one.net Fazz Powell

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.
iPhone kicks ass

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!!!!!
marmar

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!
me

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.
bob

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.
SANDY

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
Andrew

Does anyone know or have an idea when the price of the Voyager will go down at all?
Samantha

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
Dwannnnn

HAWWTTTT
mike

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.
Gosharts

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?’.
Simon

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.
chirayu

does any one know its price
casy

I’m getting a voyager tomrrow i can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John

Can anyone tell me if the Voayger will synch with my Outlook Calendar
http://iphone2 bobby mcadams

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 ☼☼☼
Yasmin Burdette

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 ?????????????
bobby mcadams

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???
yongsheen sung

who needs a cell phone??? in old china NO ONE HAD 1 we survived!!!
kelly

um evryone?????? dude get a life we dont care about ur stupid “old china” hahaha
allyson

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!!!!!
http://um... Haylie

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
Morgan

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
Cassidy

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????
EVAN

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
LD

How much does it cost i want 1 soooooooooooooooooooooooo badly thx=)=)=)=)<3
laura

heyy everybody the viyager is tight so quit churr hatin haters
Sophie Laughlin

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
Damira

i want to buy a LG Voyage and dont know if i should get the Dare instead.
Art

No phone is perfect, it’s true. But “LG” quality is very poor, everyone knows this. This extends by the way to all “LG” products, not only cellphones. My advice is: don’t ever get a phone by “LG”. Good brands are: Samsung, Nokia, Blackberry, Palm. Motorola has serious battery issues, so that’s a no-no as well.
Destinei Cole

Ha Ha all u people are lame.[sike]but im getting the phone tuesday and im only 12
Art

If you read all these comments and still getting the phone anyway, you are a dumbass!
turned On

hemma, just got it @ $510 . for free wallpaper downloading check this http://www.vistafeel.com
Destinei Cole

i think your comment is the dumbest one
Amy Dawn

I just up graded my phone to the Voyger… recieving it tomorrow FedEx- I think it’ll work fine, just txting and calling is all I want it for.. Never touched the iPhone, so can’t complain about that high tech BS. I got my Voyger for $31.29- Was a pretty good deal, didn’t have to wait for rebates or anything.. go online and do your upgrades, cheaper in the long run.. even if you have to wait a day!
kawayy

woww, you guys are judgingg the phone when you barelyy knoww!! i have the voyager. its ahmazingg.i love the touch screen, and the keyboard is so easy to type on. and lg is greeat. they have really good service. never breaks up and good quality phones. the 1100 is coming outt soon. cant wait. they are hopefully going to fix all the problems you had with it so far. sometimes it turns off but thats because it cant find signal. it also has the best cameraa. it has some bad things like the battery runs out in a day, so just charge it at nightt. and the iphone only has touch screen. wouldntt you get sick of it?! the voyager has a keyboard and a touch screen.
phonoplenty

Wow, the verizon voyageur sucks ass
http://twitter kool

I love the voyager but the price is high and when will it be on sell?