LG Dare Review

LG Dare Review

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Published on: 03 July, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

LG Dare Review

LG has been a leader in the touchscreen non-smart phone market since 2007 with their introduction of the PRADA GSM model in Europe. Since then, they have developed and released additional touchscreen phones, such as the Voyager, Glimmer, Vu, and Viewty; each with their own unique features. The newest device to be released is the Dare, which is available through Verizon Wireless...

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if you are having problems w/ the touch, take it back. They have been selling like crazy in the store, and I have yet to see a single one with anything less than an extremely responcive touch screen with NO lag. Overall this is one impressive phone.. it almost makes me want to give up my voyager, but im not quite yet ready to give up my keyboard.
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IMO Dare's virtual keyboard is much better especially considering enormous amount of bulk. I never liked Voyager I am so glad I never got it or Glyde. Dare is just the best :-)
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this phone is a toned down version of the LG Viewty...

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no its not
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I've been waiting for months to buy a new cell phone and while I hear the Instict is fantastic. I don't have anyone who i know who has sprint.
The Camera is awsome, it has editing features that few phones have. You can crop and paste on the phone. Amongst many other features. It puts the Voyager to shame.
Initially, I had a little learning curve, to scroll through the menu's. I so wanted to scroll down instead of up. Once you had this for 2 days , you know how to use it. Right now the Rigtone application is not available tentatively July 10th. You can still manage and download rigtones online. Verizon told me to be patient. Its such a new phone that things like games, and rigtone application is still being developed. I played demo's of several games, and they look much crisper and sharper than on my old phone. Putting the SD card in and out requires a bit of effort. Particularly taking it out, women have an advantage using a finger nail, i simply use a pen to eject. I had to do this because i was transfering pictures from one phone to another. Which required me to format my micro sd card. It really is everything you want in a phone but mobile TV. The Menu system is wonderful. I suggest putting a shortcut or two on the desktop. Its helpful to watch the You Tube Video. Transfering files once you have the SD card in place is easy. It clearly is the Best phone Verizon has, so if your staying with Verizon get this phone. The Iphone has an expensive data plan, and the camera is not as good. For Mobile T.V. Lovers I would choose the AT&T LG VU.

There are only 4 phones worth talking from the major carriers. Instict, Iphone 3G, LG VU, and LG DARE. (Voyager is good only if you feel you need the keypad otherwise. LG DARE Rocks. The applications will be ready soon enough, and the camera is just superior than all camera phones in the U.S. The review here is very accurate.

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Yeah camera is the best that I have seen to date :) Best phone without a doubt worth leaving lousy Sprint or AT&T. I heard instinct sucks and I am not crazy about iphone either.
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is it hard to use the keyboard?
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you'll adapt to it...at first it might be hard...practice makes perfect.
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it helps greatly if you calibrate the phone holding it sideways like when you use the full qwerty to text. This transformed the phone from alright for texting to amazing. I am just as fast now as I am on the env2, and I have had the original V, enV as wel.
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That helps alot! Thanks
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Calibrate it with your stylus and it will work just like a physical keyboard.
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better touch screen than the voyager. just lacks mobile TV. the camera is very good for a cell phone. i might as well give my digital camera to my cousin.
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people use mobile tv? fist it's not available in my area and the second I don't even give a crap about tv period! What is there to watch these days not too mention on a tiny screen what is the point? I think it's a gimmick...
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Mobile TV is on it now if you go to Verizon for the firmware upgrade anyway. They were built with the chip, just not the software ready at launch. Honestly though, the selection for TV shows is pretty lame for me.
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the total eclipse of the heart
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I bought this phone recently and was immediately disappointed with the touch screen features, I would barely touch the screen in oder to scroll and it would open up a contact or etc... instead of scrolling, because of this and the fact that the calender and contact function is not a full function as you would get in a PDA or ( god forbid a say the word...iphone) I was ready to return this phone ASAP and jump ship for the dark side and get the iphone. Patience is a virtue and after looking and listing to the review I learned that this phone is pressure sensitive and that it helps to push a little on the phone as you are scrolling etc.., WOW what revelation that was, to bad the sales guy couldn't give that little tid bit of info, it would have saved my hair from all being pulled out. I wont say that I'm not still entertaining thoughts about jumping to the dark side of AT&T but now that I know this it will make my exploration of this phone much more enjoyable, have some patience but also realize ( as a friend of mine told me so eloquently, and he hates AT&T) if you want and iphone then get an iphone, anything else is just an imitation and will disappoint.
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I just recently got the phone and had that problem with scrolling at first also, but the trick is to hold and drag. Don't try to flick it or just gradually scroll like you would on a notebook touch pad. Once you do that, it will be a lot easier to use.
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Touchscreen works just as great as iphone if you calibrate lightly with a stylus or something very similar. Mine works like magic ever since I did that. :D
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If I subscribe to VCast,do I still have to pay an extra monthly fee to use E-mail on this phone? I need access to the major providers and I don't want to tack on $5/mo. What are my options?
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The $5/month Mobile E-Mail is not required.
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does anyone know if a software update could add mobile tv service to the lg dare?
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No, the hardware does not support it.
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People don't realize how hot this phone really is. The Camera is excellent outdoors and the editing feature is amazing for a cell phone. Its it a s good as a 8 or 10 Megapixel camera no. But You don't always carry your camera around. I consider the Flipshot a failure. It has so much customization. to the phone. Just recently i changed the Menu fonts to LG Joy front, I saw this in the store I visited. Much nicer font thant he standard font.
Some Verizon stores feel that you have to shock the person by putting the feedback on high. Most people don't need to have this. I can't wait till Verizon builds its applications. Everything looks clearer and nicer on this phone. It blows Voyager away again for those who don't need a keypad its awsome. Yes Verizon should of put mobile TV with the Dare. You know Verizon needed thsi phone.

Verizon would of shedded customers to AT&T with the Iphone 2, and may still do.
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I agree with Brent about Verizon potentially losing customers, mainly because in my opinion they should be giving current customers some sort of discount for sticking with the carrier. I went to get this phone yesterday, but when I realized that the full price cost (I'm still under contract) was more than canceling service and switching to the iPhone, I hesitated. To further compound the issue the free 8GB stick only applies for new subscribers, so I wouldn't even get that. I still haven't decided whether or not to make the switch yet, but if the price were subsidized in any way I would have bought the Dare on the spot.
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The 8GB memory card offer was never only for new customers. It started out as a new LINE promotion, which was available to both new and existing customers. Now it is offered on a single line pricing plan of 79.99 or higher or a family share pricing plan of 149.99 or higher.
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err... verizon does give you a discount for renewing your contract... the new every two deal says that 20 months into your 2 year contract you can upgrade your phone for $100 off the new contract price. that means you can get the Dare for $99 once you're 20 months into your contract. but it sounds like you're not there yet, and there's no carrier that will let you get a phone for new subscriber price just because you randomly feel like it.
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That's pretty much it. I don't know which carriers give hot deals to existing subscribers. The only one I can think of that comes close is T-Mobile, and their deal is basically when you go out of contract you're eligible for the new subscriber discount. The new every two deal is still pretty hot, $50/$100 off any phone they carry every 20 months. Personally, I'm only looking at this phone because I just went out of contract, and I'm betting I can get someone at VZW to bend the rules a little to get me back into contract. If I still had a year to go then I'd probably just wait to see if an upgraded version comes out, or wait for next years hot phone.
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Yeah, I knew all that. To be honest, I was basically just fishing for info; hoping a VzW employee would relay some loophole in the contract that I could take advantage of.

On a side note though, I have always wondered why carriers don't allow you to add another 2 years onto your contract (up to, say, something like 5 years) at any point in your contracts life cycle, with the subsidized price. I can't really see a downside for the carrier, especially if they have scaling contract termination fees anyway.
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So, the question is -- how open is this platform?
Can anyone write application for it (a la iPhone?, or BB?)
How many apps are out there?
Mostly, in my case, I need medical apps (i.e. drug interaction, PDR, etc.)
But it will be nice to know if there can be any apps... someday????

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