LG Voyager Preview

Verizon Wireless

Published on: 17 November, 2007 by PhoneArena Team

Camera:

The Voyager keeps the same 2MP AutoFocus camera that was used on the enV, but loses the flash and the manual lens protector. The camera is also flush, so there’s no longer the “hump” located on the back of the phone. When taking an image, you use the entire front display as the viewfinder, and press the camera button at the top to capture the image. If you flip the phone open, both displays will work as a viewfinder, making you see yourself in the front display for taking self portraits. Image quality is about equal to the enV, but the Autofocus time has been improved from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. You can also record videos at 320x240 resolution and record up to the available memory on your SD card.

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Music:

It is no surprise that the Music Interface has also been customized for the front screen. Once a song begins playback, there are icons for repeat, shuffle, rewind, fast-forward, play/pause, volume, and options. However, unlike on the Venus and Chocolate, you cannot listen to music while performing other tasks, such as web browsing or sending a text message. Music playback quality is good, as long as you open the phone up, so that the speakers are shown. With the phone closed, the sound is muffled and is not worth listening to. However, when using a wired or Bluetooth headset, having the phone closed during music playback is not an issue. Stereo Bluetooth A2DP and AVRC are supported.

For transferring images, music, and videos, the Voyager comes with a USB data cable and Music Sync software. You can connect the phone directly to your PC and the Voyager will be shown as a Removable Device. You can then copy & paste files from your PC to the SD card on the phone. In fact, you don’t even need to use the Music Sync software. Just copy and paste the music files. With this feature, you no longer have to remove the SD card to transfer files.

Multimedia:

The Voyager is capable of streaming pre-recorded videos using the VCast Video Service, but can also stream live TV using the Mobile TV service. Unfortunately, the Mobile TV service is not active is south FL, so we could not test it. As far as the VCast Video, it works just like every other Verizon phone, except that you can watch the video on the internal or external display. One thing that we noticed is that the video will not take up the entire screen, but instead leaves two black areas on the left and right side of the image. We assume this is because the videos are in 4:3 aspect ratio, and they are playing on a widescreen display. If the video image were to stretch-out, it would not look right.

Conclusion:

Overall we are quite pleased with the new Voyager, and it shows a step in the right direction. It combines almost every feature into one device, and is truly for the consumer that is looking for the ultimate show-stopper. Some people have referred to the Voyager as the “iPhone killer”, but we don’t believe that’s the case. Even though it is quality device, it is still lacking the caché that surrounds the iPhone. We doubt that many iPhone users will leave that behind for the Voyager, but it will keep current Verizon customers from looking around.

Expect our in-depth LG Voyager Review soon!

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LG Dude @ 17 November, 2007 09:30:22 AM

I Had My Hand-on Experience Nov. 16th

I had a chance to play with The Voyager and The Venus yesterday evening at my local verizon wireless store. I, personally think that the phoneare nice. I am awaiting the arrival(at my doorstep) of my Voyager. The touchscreen works pretty good. I didnt really get to get down into it, becausethe rep at verizon was watching me like a hawk. I tell you, you will be impressed by it. Sorry for not being able to go all the way with it. When I go back I will tell you more.

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Janet @ 17 November, 2007 09:38:24 AM

Yeah, I had my hands on this device as well and it's a pretty sweet phone. the touchscreen does take a little bit to get used to, but once you do, it's easy as pie...but other than that, it's a keeper.

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trikster2 @ 17 November, 2007 12:46:29 PM

One of the reason I don't own an enV is that you can not use the speakerphone with phone closed.

Has this been "fixed" or can you only use the super duper voyager's speakerphone when it is open?

Thanks!

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ryan @ 17 November, 2007 01:31:51 PM

enV user

the phone is great I played with it last night the screen is to die for its soooooo big. if you train the phones touchscreen it works 99%, and its loaded with goodies that the I-phone does not

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5tealth @ 17 November, 2007 05:09:10 PM

EnV-ious of the Voyager

I personally have the EnV and i luv it... I also had a chance to play with the Voyager and it blew my phone out of the water. I effortlessly typed on the external screen qwerty keyboard to find music in V Cast! You also can change the calibration of the touch screen anytime you like! The camera quality is equally as good as the ability to txt at lightining speed! I called my mom in down south and she thought i was standing next to her! To add to that i was in a mall with chattering children all around me. It's excellent and i wish that Verizon blows the slow dial up speed non battery replacement no # pad keyboardless i-pod away!

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god @ 17 November, 2007 06:23:02 PM

Phone seems ok

I played with the phone at the store and it leaves some things to be desired. It has good size and feel but the navigation sucks

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elgee02 @ 17 November, 2007 08:21:27 PM

Say what?

VZ Nav is absolutely wonderful. Pinpoint GPS directions and very convenient point of interest listings. During my visits to San Francisco and NYC my VZ Nav came in soooo handy. I can't wait to see it on the Voyager!

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Nice phone @ 17 November, 2007 09:22:34 PM

Nice phone. It should keep "some" people interested in the iphone that don't want to leave Verizon to stay which is a good thing. Overall it's the best non-pda that "Verizon" has to offer. There are of course better phones offered but if you want to stick w/ Verizon you have to take what they give you.

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Erik @ 17 November, 2007 09:39:07 PM

Store Manager

Ok...whats the deal...people who pre order the voyager do we get the phone relased to us on the 19th, and get it on the release date of the 21st due to Verizons 2-day shipping...Or does it ship out to us on the 21st and we get it 2 days after its been in the stores....Hell...Ive already received all my accessories for the phone via internet sales...Talk about putting the carriage before the horse.. anybody know exactly?

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VZWGuy @ 18 November, 2007 12:54:57 PM

record calls

I have a questions about recording calls. I was able to play with this device here @ VZW a few weeks ago. But forgot to check. Can you record live calls. and if so is this easy to do while on a call? Can you guys give me some insight on this?

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