LG Voyager Reviews

1. voyager

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  15 Nov 2007 by eric thompson

98%9.8out of 10

this phone rocks! it has a sleek outside and an even sleeker inside. i have had this phone for only a few days now but i am hooked on it and cannot get off of it. i am really happy that i made the decision to get this phone and trust me if you got this phone you would surely love it to.

2. Best Lg Phone

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  16 Nov 2007 by Ash

94%9.4out of 10

Almost Perfect....It would have a perfect score if it had Wi Fi but thats ok cause its still better than the iphone!!

3. Agreed!!! Voyager FLOP!!! :-( Read the facts below... just found more info on this... Hearing allot of Voyager disappointment.

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  17 Nov 2007 by Scott

14%1.4out of 10

The LG VX10000 Voyager is Verizon's new flagship media/messaging phone. It is clearly meant to be an iPhone competitor, with its touch screen interface and the similar appearance of its basic menu screens.

Body

There's no doubt that the Voyager is an attractive phone. Derived from the LG enV, the front face ditches the small screen and standard keypad for a large touch screen instead. It is attractive, elegant and simple all at the same time. Mostly black, ringed with silver (like another phone we know about), it is also about the same size as the enV, though slightly thinner. It definitely slips into a pocket easier than the enV did, and feels better in your hand. The materials are improved all around, and it is obvious LG spent some time putting on some nice touches.

Using the touch screen is satisfying, though not as satisfying as the iPhone. The response of the UI is slower than on the iPhone. It smudges just as easily, but provides microvibration feedback (haptics), which the iPhone does not. Below the screen are three buttons rather than one: the send, clear and power/end keys. Using the end key almost always aborts any program and takes you back to the home screen. The action of these keys is nice, though they can be hard to find, because they are blended into the grills for the stereo speakers. They do become illuminated when the phone is being used.

Opening up the Voyager, it is almost identical to the enV. The navigation cluster on the right is slightly updated with different materials, as are the keys, but the layout is practically a photocopy of the enV's hardware. The QWERTY keyboard was just as easy to use and permitting for quick entry of text. The action and feedback of each key was acceptable. The hinge was solid, and worked just like the hinge of the enV. It locked at a two-thirds position for viewing content and could be opened 180 degrees for composing pictures or video.

The camera is on the back in the same location as on the enV, and does not include a flash or good vanity mirror. The camera does have autofocus.

The buttons on the left side of the phone include the camera key, a lock key, and the volume/zoom toggle. They were all easy to find and use, though the camera key is a little small if you ask me. The microSD and data port hatches were no more difficult to use than any others we've encountered.

But enough of the hardware. Let's dig into that new user interface...

User Interface

If you are looking for an iPhone experience on the Voyager, prepare to be disappointed. Though it bares some similarities, there are also striking differences in the way the platforms work.

First off, it simply isn't as fast as the iPhone. The iPhone responds quicker and more delicately to input from your finger and the animations and applications are more well thought out. And the Voyager is not multi-touch. You can't zoom in and out of web sites or pictures like you can with the iPhone. Still, the UI on the Voyager's front screen is leaps and bounds better than what we're used to dealing with from Verizon phones.

The first thing you have to do when using the Voyager is to unlock it. The unlock icon appears in the exact same location as the iPhone's, but rather than slide it sideways, you just press it. The home screen appears somewhat similar to the iPhone's in that there are four icons present along the bottom that launch messaging, the phone app, the menu and contacts. The rest of the screen is blank (or whatever wallpaper you choose).

Tapping on any of the icons at the bottom brings up that application. The bottom right corner of most screens there is a clear key that takes you back a screen or out to the main menu. Depending on what application you are in, the rest of the navigation keys that appear along the bottom of the phone change and show appropriate options for that application.

If you simply hit the center of the screen, you'll get the full menu, which is some 16 or so different things. There is also a redundant menu key along the bottom of the phone, but rather than launch the full menu, it only shows the 8 most oft-used applications. These bigger icons are slightly easier to tap with your thumb than the smaller ones on the full menu.

Once the applications are open, they work similar to the way they would on any Verizon phone with its current platform. All the graphics and fonts have been updated (and trust us when we say this is a really good thing), but the overall underlying architecture of the operating system is sadly similar. Let's say you launch the messaging application. With it open, you'll see a list of options in the center of the screen. Along the top are icons representing the other applications and arrows to slide that selection sideways so you can jump to another application without having to go back to the main menu. The enV worked the same way.

The interior screen user interface, which is not touch sensitive, is almost identical to the enV's, though again all the graphics and fonts are changed. This is a major disappointment. While we didn't expect the device to have to touch screens, it would have been nice to see more elements of the touch interface transported to this interior screen.

Applications

The Voyager is fully compatible with all of Verizon's V CAST services, including the music store and mobile TV. It also has A-GPS and Verizon's VZnavigator app, music player that now supports unprotected AACs, a camera, video player, and full HTML browser.

The browser was not as impressive as we were hoping it would be. Granted, we we buried deep within a building in the middle of midtown Manhattan, but browsing speeds were slow, and pages were not all that quick to render, even with EV-DO coverage. Browsing with the phone closed is more iPhone-like, and lets you use the touchscreen to navigate to web sites. Slow as it was, this was still a much better experience than Verizon's Web 2.0 WAP browser. It was good to see the full version of Phone Scoop show up on the screen.

The camera is also great to use with the phone closed. You have the full screen to use to compose images, and you can fully interact with the menus on the touch screen. This makes it easy to make adjustments while shooting.

Conclusions

The Voyager definitely makes strides over the enV and other Verizon phones. Even at $250 or $300, it will likely be a pretty big hit, given its iPhone-like user interface and the full QWERTY keyboard to support messaging fanatics. It is much more elegant than the enV, and offers improvements that will make it enticing. Even so, we were hoping for a bit more improvements in the guts of the UI, and not just on the surface.

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4. cant wait till its relased!

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  17 Nov 2007 by P

100%10out of 10

i've been reading about this phone for about a month now but it's not realsed unitl wednesday 11/21/07 and i dont carehow much it costs i'm getting it on wednesday i've heard a lot of good a little bad but i had the vx9800 in i use to love it and its time for the upgrade couting down days is bout to stop in 4 more days!!!!

5. awsome

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  17 Nov 2007 by Jon

96%9.6out of 10

This phone is awsome. ATAT is a slow network and if you compare coverage maps verizon has by far more coverage especially in vermont. ATAT needs to start expanding, everyday verizon is building more towers and increasing vcast coverage around the country. This phone cannot compete with the iphone because the iphone was the first touch screen and it came out earlier. The voyager has a big keyboard with 2 screens and has a replacable battery. The iphone doesnt have a replacable battery or keyboard. Also, there are no buttons on the front like send or end. Verizon is awsome and has way better adverstising than atat also. WHo cares no wifi, its not supposed to be a pda or black berry, its just a normal phone. voyager+verizon=awsome

6. aye

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  18 Nov 2007 by johnno5

78%7.8out of 10

anyone rating this phone with low scores based on what they here a extremely dumb. User opinions should not be what you base your review on most of them are just jealous people to poor to buy a decent phone so don't knock it till you McDonald's job pays off and you can afford one to give a real review. This phone is a great average phone with a spin i have both the iphone and this phone the iphone is far better but the reception on it is poor at time wich i have never had a problem with on Verizon. For just a normal nationwide plan the voyager is great no addons and super expensive bills this i where this phone pays off. And for people saying that this phone is getting bad reviews it has a 8.3 and a editors choice award on CNET a trusted site for reviews.

7. IT tech resorce manager

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  18 Nov 2007 by Jason

92%9.2out of 10

The Voyager is truly all the things the I phone is not. The ability to use this device in any major metropolitan and minor metro city on a broadband network far exceds the iphone 1-g service with att. Although the wi fi capability is nice my job & lifestyle make that a very unatracitve option. The cost of use and upkeep on the Voyger with VZW is a much better option as well. The ability to down load music and applications with expandable memory while on the go frees me from that computer teather as needed by the Iphone. The I phone has a superior interface but it does not win in overall capability and fuctional abilities. And I can also watch my favorite show 24 live. And of coarse I can make a call and be assured it will work

8. Great phone

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  19 Nov 2007 by abcyesn

92%9.2out of 10

check out www.voyager-lg.com for discussions about the phone.

9. cool but...

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  19 Nov 2007 by Anonymous

76%7.6out of 10

I'm not saying it's an ugly phone or the worst phone, heck if it was for like $100-$150 i would get it. But its not, the pricing is gonna be like $250. I think it's is a rip off for all the features this phone can do. It has a touch screen but it sure as heck isn't as good as the iPhone, and i hate the iPhone. It's practically the same thing as the enV but with an extremely slow, imagine less than dial-up, internet explorer, and a whatever mobile TV. Personally i don't like it because it's not something different, it is a flip phone just like the enV, if they put in more time and made a better design it would have been better, but what could we do. I'm gonna wait for the SCH-U940, it looks like a pretty solid phone and might be better than the Voyager. Just before you buy it or walk out your door to get it just think about what you getting don't just listen to the hype or commercial.

10. OMG THE WAIT!!!!

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  19 Nov 2007 by DragonBuster

90%9out of 10

I have been waiting for this phone since i first saw it on PhoneArena, thats the end of september!.. i couldnt wait till pre order date and now im waiting for the phone. i think i might even have tears of joy running down my face when i finally receive it!
i've been trying to look for a place to buy a 8gb micro sd memory card tho, i mean..i dont wanna over pay cause it seems like only verizon have the 8gb memory card..anyone know where i can get a 8gb micro sd card cheaper than verizon?
also, since we can upload and play our own songs on the memory card, do u think if we uploaded videos on the card it would work with the phone?? i mean it would be useless to buy a 8gb memory card only for music.. ahhh i just cant wait!!!