LG VX-4700 User Reviews

Purchased two LG VX-4700 Phones thru Verizon July 2005 - These Phones are are poorly designed with buttons on both sides of the exterior. Too easy to press one of these buttons when holding or using the LG VX4700 in Push To Talk mode. The equipment is junk!
These phones have failed numerous times... Internal LCD going Blank... No Audio - Stuck in Mute Mode - Just Bizarre Software Glitches. And of course Verizon roped me into a two year contract with these pieces of CR@P. My Account has seen THREE DIFFERENT CARRIERS (SAME ACCOUNT NUMBER) since 1990 - Pac Bell - AirTouch - and now Verizon - You'd think after 17 years they might have the decency to replace one of the phones that is DOA.

We just swithed from Nextel,because of poor reception, to Verizon Wireles. We purchased 14 LG-VX4700 phones with the push to talk and in the three months of use we are ready to throw them in the dumpster. The push to talk works intermittently the phones drop calls and shut off in mid conversation. When you need them they are unreliable. I thought Nextel was bad, but these are worse. We thought it was the service,but we have a
Verizon user in the same office with a Kyocera 2135 that they have no problem with.

This is an excellent phone, The looks are not bad, most flip phones are meant for size and comfort not looks.
The phone has the usual LG package with a new touches, it is laid out well. It's proformance is on par with most of of the LG phones. I like the other person have become a fan of the LG phones as they hold up to us much longer then the other phones I have tried, in fact I will never own another samsung phone so long as I live!
The PTT works well thus far and as for the sound it surpasses any other LG's that I have seen and other then the high dollar MP3 playing phones, this one rates in the top five of standard units.
If you are not a fashion queen, then I would recommend this unit without doubt. It has preformed as promised and to me was well worth the price paid.
There are cheaper units that are not flip phones, but due to my past experience with NON flip phones accidentally calling God knows who because you bump into things, I simply have no use for the NON flips anymore.

I think that the phone is pretty good. Since I'm only 13 my parents bought it for me on my birthday and they bought one for each of them. Now we can push to talk each other. The two things about this phone that aren't the best is the speaker in the center and the PTT has a delay. Otherwise the phone works great! I would recomened it to any age of people. It has great fetures and everything.

Very nice phone with great features! Some may say the phone looks ugly but it works great. A phone for me is a tools not a fashion statement. Everything works great but it will not do group calls. The speaker is great and sounds clear. The features are outstanding. They have made up for not having a car kit by setting up the driving mode (DM). The DM will say the name or number of the person calling. The voice feature will allow you to say a person's name or number and dial it for you. Overall I like the phone!
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So far I have really enjoyed this phone. Yes I saw the review on how ugly someone said the phone was. Yes it does have a big speaker but guess what... What a nice sounding speaker! I really enjoy having a decent sounding speaker phone for those times when you either have several listeners or need to talk hands free. It does look a little different but I really don't think it is ugly. It does have an orange button for the PTT but it is not an glaring ugly eyesore on your phone. I found it to be no big deal. Nice Features and overall a pretty good design. My biggest complaint- Cannot change the PTT alert rings & it is not very loud (even at the high setting)! The PTT alert beeps should have been addressed a little better when designing the phone. I realize this is LG's first attempt at a PTT phone so hopefully they will make these improvements on future phones. The only way I have found to assist this problem is to turn the ringer to vibe & high. You can use the directional button on the side to turn the ringer up and down (when the speaker is off) - On previous LG phones you could go from vibe/high ring down to vibe and then silent. They took away the vibe only option on the side button which was a disappointment however if you press and hold the star key you can still put it in a "manner mode" which is vibe only.
The command button on the side is pretty cool with some nice functions. There is a button where you can turn on & off the speaker phone- My only problem with that is occasionally I tend to hit the button in mid-conversation and put the person on speaker phone.
As far as the PTT side goes- There is an initial delay when alerting someone but really I have not found that a problem. When the conversation proceeds I have so far found it working in a good manner with no big complaints.
I have had several phones and among them LG rates high on my list for a very user friendly format and a durable phone.
No phone will ever be perfect and will not please everyone but I like the functions & after learning how the phone works most people can use it with ease. I think the biggest thing with any phone is learning the ins and outs and adjusting how you use it.
Overall I would recommend this phone.

How can you rate a phone just on Looks like you are doing. Have you tried this phone yet? NO since it isn't out until Feb 21 in Corperate stores near you. So stop giving bum reviews until you know what is up

Who cares what it does it is one of the ugliest phones I have ever Seen! The phone itself is un attractive. Then you add this big microphone on it with a big red button! But wow now Verizon has a whole 2 phones with push to talk! But both are very unattractive!