LG Dare Reviews

221. Awesome, awesome phone

3 Jul 2008 by Danny

94%9.4out of 10

This is without a doubt the best Verizon phone I've ever used and absolutely blows my LG Chocolate out of the water.

The touch screen is plenty big so even those with bigger fingers can navigate through menus just fine. I personally wish design-wise that they would have made the 3 actual push buttons (Send, End/Power, Clear/Command) different colors and had them light up as green, white, and red instead of all just being white. This however is an extremely small issue and should let you know just how few downsides there are of this phone.

Camera is awesome, I believe my Chocolate had a 1.3MP camera on it and I'm just amazed at how much clearer these pictures/vids I take with the Dare turn out. On top of that it has face recognition available and also has a mini photo-editing feature built in.

Right now one downside is poor planning by LG/Verizon. I'm not sure who's actually at fault here but I feel like this phone probably got pushed out a little early as there are a lot of important -personally- applications (VZW Tones/Pics/Search) that are not even supported yet. The local store employee told me that these should be available shortly so no biggie I suppose. Another would be the sound quality during conversations not being the best but certainly not the worst either. Conversations have sounded better on other phones to me personally but I still rated the sound quality as an 8 so I'm definitely not saying that it is so bad you should consider another phone solely because of it. Besides, anything it lacks in sound quality during phone calls it more then makes up for with great sounding music playback.

Features on this phone are endless, I've been messing around with it for 3 days now and I'm sure there's still more features I have not even used. What I do know is that the light and proximity sensors are probably the most underrated features on this phone, saving battery life and allowing pictures and other things rotate as the phone is turned.

I'm not sure I could write a long enough summary of this phone and list all of the great things about it but in the end the only real important question is would I recommend it to others? The answer is a resounding yes!

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222. THANK YOU VERIZON

3 Jul 2008 by Curt

94%9.4out of 10

It's About time Verizon Came out with a Bangin Phone Meets All Expectations. I wanted to play with the phone for several days before writting a review, after Several Hours of playing & downloading pictures, Music, & some video I'm happy to say the phone is the best that verizon has to offer. Signal Strength, Pic. Qaulity, Sound Quality, Touch Response all a huge jump from the Glyde & Voyage wich I've also Owned. THANKS AGAIN VERIZON. NEXT YOU ALL NEED THE IPHONE

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223. Amazing

3 Jul 2008 by Michael

100%10out of 10

I have been stuck with an iphone before and currently i have the dare....being with the twoo here are the things i can tell you:
1. dare is a more solid phone
2. dares features are more useful then iphones
3. it can do anything the iphone can and mmore
4. its great for use on computers
5. verizons service is so much better

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224. Not Worth the time...Dissapointed

2 Jul 2008 by Mark B

54%5.4out of 10

I bought this and the Sprint Insticnt to test them at the same time under both carriers worry free return policy. The Sprint Instinct has everything the Iphone should have but didn't, everything you want in a phone, and more. The Hotmail access, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Amazing Touch pad response, sound quality people raved about how well they could hear me. The Sprint netowrk for speed was fantastic, reliability, where it worked, wonderful. All the features of the Sprint phone absolutely amazing. The camera was nice, no complaints at all. I wish you could choose the orientation for texting and typing for all applications instead of the phone choosing for you though, that is a bit irrtating. The spell check is nice, but a bit annoying when texting, so I choose to turn it off as it doesn't recognize any lingo normally used in texting. So onto theLG DARE. I was excited about the Dare mainly because it's Verizon. The Network is so superior I was hoping this would be their closest thing to an Iphone or fully functional, and useable touch device. Unfortunately, they have fell short. The phone feature on this phone is fantastic. The call quality while good, is not as clear or crsip as Sprints people would notice while talking to me. The dialing on the touch pad was easier and a little more responsive than the insticnt, but not enough for me to dislike the instinct or complain. It was a truly good touch pad on this device overall. The dialing and homescreen apps were very sensative to touch and quickly responsive. Texting, was another story. While the phone changes from landscape to portrait just like the iphone, it has a 3-4 second delay in doing so, it's incredibly slow. Then the texting is easy to make errors on the touch pad. I mad multiple mistakes which is very frustrating. This phone being smaller and lighter than the instinct made it feel cheaper and harder to text and type on. The email is a joke. It's not "included" with the phone or plan as is with the instinct or iphone. You have to use Verizon's Mobile Email from their APPS. It's slow, you have to basically click it, and when and email comes, it alerts you like a text message logging you in to your Windows Live or whatever your email is. Whereas the Instinct works more like POP3 or IMAP does on the Iphone, instant and refreshable right from the device without and APP download or another $5.00 monthly fee like Verizon requires without paying for the Premium package in which it's free. All the Features you get with the Instinct are extras on this phone. VZ NAvigator all that work nothing like LIVE SEARCH or anything on the Instinct. You could actually push the side button on the Instinct and say "take me to STARBUCKS" and off you'd go. This phone merely will dial #'s and basic LG features. Nothing new. The Web Browsing is no more HTML advanced than previous Voyager or LG phones. The phone itself is fine, the Network does work in places the Sprint did not. Verizon is by far a better carrier I feel in most places. Their Network in all my travels get's reception everywhere other carriers do not. For instance, I had the Instinct and Dare with me all week. I had multiple locations The Instinct had 0 bars, The Dare full or awfully close. Movie Theatres or elevators, Verizon works, Instinct struggles or simply couldn't. So there's something to be said for a great phone only being as good as the network, and a lousy phone actually being able to work everywhere though. If you're a tech guy, love phones and gadgets, you stay in major metro areas, The Instinct is incredible, does everything the iphone should have and still more than the new one coming out. If you travel, need a more reliable touch device and don't mind paying al'a'carte for Navigator, Email, and extras, the Dare will do the same a little less fashionable, and cool, but certainly as effective overall in the end.

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225. happy with my switch

2 Jul 2008 by Logan

96%9.6out of 10

switched from AT&T...couldnt afford the bills. by far the CLOSET thing to the i phone and if the QWERTY had something like T9 for when your fingers slip it would be the best phone out....web works great....the signal is a little shaky in my home but super strong everywhere else.....looks really cool....batter life is untouchable....i havent charged it in almost 2 days....camera is AWESOME im a photographer so i love the features that are offered (ISO adjustments, scene settings, flash, 3.2 MEGAPIXEL YES!!!!)..ive had it for about a week and had 3 people ask me what it was.....highly recommended

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226. rhino1264

2 Jul 2008 by rhino

98%9.8out of 10

this phone is ont of thee best that i have ever used from verizon. Yes the camera is aweomse especially with all the little features and gizoms u get to edit the pictures with. Another great feature is that u can draw on pictures that u take. Texting is easy on this phone there arer three ways to enter text onto the phone. A+++ great phone for anyone :)

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227. The Best Phone ive ever owned

2 Jul 2008 by hotazianboi23

98%9.8out of 10

First of all, i never thought i would actually get a new phone, but only b/c i cash in my 401k so i had extra money to spend and get what i want. And i would like to say that this phone is BEYOND my expected belief. DAMN, i have never own a phone that is so cool like this one. I was holding till the iphone comes out on 7/11 but once i got to VErizon page and saw this DAre phone, i was drawn into it and placed the order right then. I told myself that i would not pay for a phone that cost more than 200 dollars again, but couldn't help it with this one. BEside, i wsa going to pay this price for the IPhone anyway so, might as well buy something that will be better. Thanks for you guys leaving an excellent reviews on here had made me thought through and eventually ordered the phone, and i got it the next day so that is the best part. I only had 4 hours of sleep today and had to work also a 11 hours shift, but the phone had kept me company to stay awake. Anywho, i love this phone and i think i might keep it forawhile unless something else comes along that is BETTER than this phone, but i will doubt it. So overall, i REALLY DO RECOMMEND this phone to everyone who needs one. YOu are paying for a great price for the great phone. Im satisfied and hopefully yall wil too. TAKE CARE

PEACE OUT

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228.

1 Jul 2008 by daniel

92%9.2out of 10

does anyone have this problem as well? each time you turn on the camera the camera settings go back to default? i set my flash to be on auto and face detection and smart pic on YES as well but everytime i close the application and reopen it, it goes back to default...

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229. BESTT Verizonn ever

1 Jul 2008 by Nishant

96%9.6out of 10

just got it 2day, phone has been awesome..

some1here was talking about having sd card slot problems.. i have 4gb sd card
fits perfectly fine...no problems watso ever.....

does anyone know to customize the ringtones?

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230. easy phone to use

1 Jul 2008 by ff

94%9.4out of 10

This phone is easy to use, I'm glad I went with it. Here's my Pros and Cons:

Pros:
Good Size - smaller than it looks from pictures
Easy to use, Great Touchscreen (MUCH better than the voyager)
Great Camera, really cool editing tools
Does not take long to get used to
Easy to Sync Music with Rhapsody (included)
FUN

Cons:
VCast - unless you are a fan.

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