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LG Venus Review - Introduction
Editor Rating:   44 4 4 3 5 4 LG is not the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones but they may just be the leader in consistently bringing super hip, gotta have it cell phones to market. In the past six months or so they’ve unleashed an armada of eye catching handsets, including the Voyager, Prada, Viewty, Shine, Glimmer, and Vu. Not to be left out is the Venus, a Verizon Wireless slider phone with a unique split-screen display. At first glance Venus looks like a full-touchscreen device, but really it features two separate displays on its front panel: A 2” QVGA screen placed above a smaller touch-sensitive display used for navigational controls.
Venus was launched around the same time as Voyager, as part of VZW’s “Next” campaign. While Voyager is a kind of next-gen enV, Venus is like a next-gen Chocolate. Smaller, lighter, and less expensive and complicated than Voyager, Venus is nonetheless a hi-tech device with a plethora of features. You won’t get the larger device’s QWERTY keyboard or VCast TV access here, but you will get 3G data including Web, Email, IM, and access to Verizon’s music store and streaming video service. You’ll also get Stereo Bluetooth support, something lacking in Chocolate, and a luxurious look and feel somewhat reminiscent of a smaller iPhone, what with its black and chrome styling. Unfortunately, Venus has some issues when it comes to voice quality during calls. And that split screen half-touch design proved more frustrating than innovative, at least for me. After a few days with Venus I found myself wanting to poke the entire display with my finger instead of being relegated to using what essentially is a touch-control D-Pad on the lower half. Still, Venus has a lot going for it, and it does look pretty snazzy. Reviews by manufacturerVerizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Sanyo, HTC, Palm, BlackBerry, Sharp, Pantech, BenQ, Apple, Eten, o2Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...Sunday, October 05, 2008i'll trade an lg dare for a lg voyager or htc touch! e mail me if you want to make a trade!! the lg dare is in perfect condition but it just has bas esn! Monday, August 25, 2008hey those of you that have the voyager and want to trade it for the venus... DONT!!! you wont like it at all! i thought it would be awsome to and well it wasnt! i would so rather have the voyager so if you have one and want the venus i'll be more than happy to trade you
Thursday, August 21, 2008awsome phone overall....the feed back can be some what frustrating especially when you are trying to do something in a hurry....it tends to lag just a little too but not that bad. also texting is kinda difficult....i am a T9 user and well the T9 text i have seen better, i put it that way....I feel as if i have to push to many buttons just to make a new text message...otherwise if you are in a convo already in progress its really easy all u do is just go to your inbox wich u should set as a SHORTCUT......I have no problem w/ this phone what so ever. its just that the LG DARE came out only a few weeks after i bought my VENUS
overall....great phone and not many people have it....I LIKE Tuesday, July 29, 2008Wow, I have the voyager but i want this phone. Hopefully its worth it. Wednesday, June 11, 2008OMG! this looks like a great phone i have a voyager but i brke the outside screen they say this phone is better i hope soooo. Wednesday, April 30, 2008Just got mine and really starting to love it. Easy to use, fun to look at and great quality sound and photos. Half touch screen not a problem at all once you get accustomed to using. All features great so far. Tuesday, April 29, 2008is this a phone that is worth the price ? Monday, April 28, 2008I love Nokia phones and I hope this one will be offerred by Claro, formerly knows as Verizon in Puerto Rico.
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