LG enV Touch VX11000 Review
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The retail package includes the enV Touch phone, 950mAh battery, combination wall charger/microUSB cable, and user manual.
Design:
When looking at the enV Touch for the first time, you can easily tell it is an upgrade from the Voyager, since both share many design characteristics. The clamshell form-factor remains intact with the familiar 2-stop hinge. Most of the front real estate is taken up by the display, with pewter chrome accents surrounding it. We like this choice since it’s not as shiny and reflective as the mirror chrome used on the Voyager. The back still uses the soft-touch coating, but has geometric indentions to it, which is also found on the enV3. The device’s overall height and depth is now slightly less, but it is also a little wider (due to the size of the display). Because of this, it less “brick like” than the Voyager, but it is still not as compact as the Alias 2, enV3, or Versa, and is noticeable while in your pant’s pocket. The overall construction feels solid for the most part, but we did notice some plastic creaking sounds when pressing on the chrome edging around the display. The Voyager and enV3 also exhibit this, but to a lesser extent.
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As previously mentioned, the external 3” resistive touchscreen display is quite impressive, as it features WVGA 800x480 pixel resolution and supports up to 1.6 million colors. The internal display is the exact same size and specifications, except that it is not touch-sensitive. When looking at the displays on the LG enV Touch VX11000 next to the Voyager, you can easily see the difference it’s size and quality of images it produces. The enV Touch also has a light sensor, which automatically adjusts the brightness of the external display based on surround light levels, as well as a proximity sensor that turns off the display when the phone is next to your face and you’re on a call. Our only complaint here is that there is no way to manually adjust the brightness of the displays.
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enV Touch next to the Voyager | ||
LG enV Touch VX11000 has a light sensor for the external touchscreen display" | ||
Since the touchscreen is resistive (pressure) sensitive, you can use your finger or a stylus for input, but we found a stylus really isn’t necessary. It provides a haptic (vibration) feedback when pressed, but you can change level of the vibration or even turn it off. The overall responsiveness of the touchscreen is good, but it does require a slightly more pressure than the Versa to get a response; about the same amount as the Dare.
Just like with the other LG touchscreen phones, the only physical buttons located on the front are for Send, Clear/VoiceCommand, and End/Power. They have a metallic look to them, but are in fact plastic. Along the left side is the camera button, volume rocker and lock button, with the 3.5mm headset jack and microSD card slot on the right side, microUSB data port on the bottom, and 3MP camera with flash on the back. We are glad to see the proprietary data port and 2.5mm headset jack used on the Voyager was replaced with the more standardized microUSB and 3.5mm formats.
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LG enV Touch VX11000 has 3 physical buttons on the front and a 3MP camera on the back | |
When opening the phone up, you have the familiar 2-stop hinge that is found on the Voyager and other enV models. Below the internal display is the QWERTY keyboard, which has undergone some changes. The buttons are still about the same size, but have more rounded edges to them. There is now a single space key in the center, instead having two on either side, which to us feels easier to use. The d-pad is larger, and there are buttons for Favorites and New Text Message located on the left side. We found typing messages on the QWERTY keyboard to be slightly quicker than the Voyager, due to the center space key. When compared to the Versa (with keyboard attachment) the backlit buttons on the enV Touch were easier to see and are not a cramped together as on the Samsung Alias 2. Big hands will also like the larger keyboard on the LG enV Touch VX11000 than the enV3.
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LG enV Touch VX1100 has a QWERTY keyboard and typing messages with it is slightly quicker than the one of the Voyager | |||
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44 Comments
1. BigRed83 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:55 0 0
I can where my summer is going to be spent, doing phone book transfers for the thousands that will be getting this phone. I played with our launch kit model, and am VERY impressed. I saw no obvious points of failure. It feels solid and well-built. Hats off to LG for this one. I personally am interested in what they come up with when VZW gets their smartphone!
20. behold--me posted on 22 Jun 2009, 15:56 0 0
I AGREE looks way better than the voyager, where as the enV Touch ISNT UGLY
26. Garrison64 posted on 30 Jun 2009, 17:49 0 0
So far I love mine. Terrific functionality and very nice features. I have no complaints.
2. lennydude posted on 06 Jun 2009, 15:00 0 0
Just one simple question.............. Can anyone hear this phone when it rings? Same damn issue with the Voyager :(:(
25. Garrison64 posted on 30 Jun 2009, 17:47 0 0
Yes the ringer is plenty loud. I have no problems hearing mine.
3. lovexlucy posted on 06 Jun 2009, 20:35 0 0
wow i just got this phone and i love it :) the touch screen is pretty good and the features are awesome! whats funny is that it actually comes with some pretty good default ringtones overall i really like it
12. deschats posted on 09 Jun 2009, 21:46 0 0
how much did you pay? was it with an upgrade or did you pay retail?
4. Phoneboy posted on 07 Jun 2009, 12:50 0 0
Hey, I know the Env3 has threaded text messaging but I was wondering if the env touch, the versa, or the dare have threaded texting?? -Thanks
5. mikeaud44 posted on 07 Jun 2009, 14:28 0 0
I have the Dare, and it definately does NOT have threaded text messaging.
9. metalpoet posted on 09 Jun 2009, 14:21 0 0
i have a dare and dont care about threaded messasging
14. deschats posted on 09 Jun 2009, 21:52 0 0
i have the dare. its time for a new one, they need to quit milking money out of this one. i loved it when i got it but i can now think of a million things they could update. heres the list: threaded text messaging, slide out keyboard, bigger screen, bigger touch keyboard if they want complete touch, thinner, sleeker design (it looks like the voyagers touch design), better memory, better internet, MORE DISPLAY OPTIONS/MENU SETTINGS!!!!!!!!!! i hate the stupid black and white things. oh and a diffferentttttttt color scheme. black/metallic/plastic black and gray look stupid.
6. df8579 posted on 07 Jun 2009, 18:31 0 0
Got this phone on Friday and everything about it is awesome!!! Definately reccomend it to anybody looking for something not quite a smartphone, but still has everything and more.
15. E.N. posted on 11 Jun 2009, 20:04 0 0
Although I hate Voyagers (I had one before I switched to the iPhone 3G) I still give this phone a lot of props. They were a little unoriginal with the some things like the cover flow (what a rip!!) but I'm really surprised that they did a lot of cool new things from the last phone. The fact that they have a document viewer is very impressive. Not many (if any) phones that I am familiar with have something like that where you can see a list of all documents visited from websites. (Right now I am guessing that documents in the document viewer are files from the internet and not put on the device through the USB mode.) But I am most impressed with the limited flash support. I know it's limited but it still beats the fact that most phones are still trying to get flash support. I would never buy it but still... they did a pretty good job with this device.
22. Garrison64 posted on 30 Jun 2009, 17:24 0 0
Actually if you have a MicroSD card installed you can move data to it from your PC which would include doc files.
27. treewhopper posted on 06 Jul 2009, 06:24 0 0
Actually, the USB connection is great! In USB mode, (NOT the music sync mode) you can transfer documents to the phone quite easily by dropping them in the 'my documents' folder. This phone really has me surprised.
31. hammertime posted on 14 Aug 2009, 04:30 0 0
If it had Wi-Fi, I would definitely get it, but I don't want an html browser without a way to use it for free. Verizon is pushing up their cheapest data rates too. Enjoy it while you can Verizon. When everyone has Wi-Fi, you'll have to settle for gouging us for text messages ;-)
7. YelloPhase posted on 07 Jun 2009, 20:17 0 0
dang i gotta wait another week before i can get mine. i called and they said they wont have them in until next week =/ cant wait though!!!!!!!!!!
8. gomets15217 posted on 08 Jun 2009, 16:21 0 0
um, no video review? those were the best things on this site =/
