LG's newest mobile treat, the VX-8500 Chocolate offers minimalist-inspired style and a silky-smooth slider design. Deluxe features include support for V Cast Music, glowing touch-sensitive navigation keys, a powerful integrated music/video player, a 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder, stereo Bluetooth capabilities, and a microSD memory slot for extra storage. If you value extreme style mixed with powerful substance, this is the phone for you.
Design
The Chocolate's sliding keypad keeps it hidden until you need it. See the phone in 3-D.The phone features a seriously attractive open-faced design with an internal antenna and a vibrant 240 x 320 pixel, 262,000-color TFT/TFD display. A touch sensor click wheel, similar to iPod, and sliding design set the phone apart stylistically. Opening the slider reveals a numeric keypad, as well as the 1.3-megapixel camera and LED flash, which are housed on the rear of the phone. The volume and voice slide keys are on the left of the phone, while the music, camera and "end" keys are on the right side. A memory card slot is provided for MicroSD/TransFlash memory cards of up to 2 GB capacity. The phone includes 512 MB of internal memory.
Calling Features
The Chocolate boasts powerful calling functions, such as speaker independent voice dialing, which makes it easy to call contacts by simply saying their names. No prior voice training is required and you can even speak individual digits to the phone for quick dialing of numbers you know by heart. And because the Chocolate is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total handsfree operation.
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The LG PM-225, an ever-so-slight upgrade to the excellent VI-125 voice phone, adds a very basic camera and a color external screen for a little extra money. It should satisfy entry-level camera-phone users who don't want to spend a lot.
The tiny, rounded PM-225 feels great in your hand and shares its small size, as well as very good battery life (4 hours 21 minutes of talk time), with its cheaper sibling. At 3.4 ounces, it's heavier than the 3.1-oz VI-125, but not noticeably so. Sound quality and reception are both very good, and we especially appreciate the prominently marked speakerphone button.
The camera may be one feature the PM-225 has over the VI-125, but it's not very good. This basic VGA camera has only enough built-in memory to hold a mere 20 photos before you have to send them to yourself through Sprint's network, but it's still better than nothing. In our testing, low-light shots were blown-out, blurry, and noisy, and our simulated-daylight still life came out muddy and grayish. Still, the camera is no worse than we expected at this very low price, and it's no worse than what we saw on camera phones a year or two ago.
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Get ready for the power of Verizon's exciting V CAST service, which allows you to download or stream full motion video and 3D games, all on your handset. A service like that requires some horsepower, and, happily, the LG VX8100 is up for the task. This upgrade to the VX8000 ups the ante in significant ways; now you get Bluetooth and a MiniSD memory card slot. Plus, with a free software upgrade from Verizon, the VX8100 will play MP3s that are loaded onto the memory card. The phone has also been redesigned for a sleeker profile. As with the VX8000, the phone features a 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture and dual color displays. All this makes the VX8100 the perfect companion in a new era of high-speed wireless content. Design
The VX8100 features a traditional clamshell design with a very large 176 x 220 color display and support for a whopping 262,000 colors--plenty of room for V CAST content. As mentioned, memory is expandable via a MiniSD slot. A generous, full-color 128 x 128 supplementary display on the outside of the cover displays incoming call information, battery life, signal strength, graphics, photos, and more. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. The VX8100 also features a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets, and up/down keys are located on the left side of the unit. |
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LG VX6100 Phone (Verizon Wireless) Description:
With tri-band compatibility, enhanced voice dialing, a VGA camera with lens cover, support for Verizon's wireless Internet services, and more, the VX6100 is a technologically advanced phone wrapped up in a stylish package. Design
The phone features a traditional clamshell design with a large 128 x 160 color display with support for a whopping 262,000 colors. The outside cover features a supplementary 96 x 64 monochrome display that can display time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more.
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