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| LG enV Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: LG
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $76.27
You Save: $323.72 (81%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 2390
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: enV
UPC: 652810813112
ASIN: B000LNOFH0
Release Date: December 4, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bulky BUT can take a beating!! July 9, 2008
FIRST I want to congrats AMAZON. I bought my LG-enV from Amazon and the first phone I recvd although new in a sealed box - had problems. 24 hrs after I notified them my new phone was having problems they overnited me another one 100% hassle free. THANKS AMAZON. Now back to the phone, Its STURDY as hell and can take a beating. I've dropped mine on a hard surface a couple times AND thanks to my beloved dog Mr.Peppi, 20% of my phone was submerged in water. Now the little "pink" dot under the battery is RED (LG's way to tell if you got your phone wet & VOIDS any warranty - Most phones have that, not only LG) BUT NOT TO WORRY - I shook out any excess water, let the phone dry and IT WORKS FINE. To be honest about it, this happened to me TWICE, and phone still works great. ALSO - the MP3 player is AMAZING. I absolutely recommend you get the music MP3 software & earbuds (arround $30.00 additional). The sound is BETTER than my SamSung SENSA MP3 player. I don't use the SENSA anymore, just the LG-enV. Why carry a phone + MP3 player when the phone MP3 player sound GREAT!! Sorry BUT I can't review on the camera because since I dropped the phone a couple times all my pics come out fuzzy. I strongly believe this was MY fault. I heard from other people that the camera works GREAT and does a nice job. MY ONLY COMPLAINT is how BULKY this phone is - Aside from that I would say DEFINITELY BUY IT!!!
 white chocolate v cast July 7, 2008
lousy phone, when you turn on it starts going through all the available options for about 2 or 3 min. Then the voice commands do not work, it does seem to understand what i am telling it to do even after I programed it to. It does not pull number correctly. The circle direction option is also lousy the direction keys, option keys and the okay button do work like it, made to do. Dont purchase this one.
The enV Helped Me Make the Leap June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was late to the cell phone game, anyway. I rocked a beeper until at least 2001. After which I was a plain-Jane flip-phone user. Of course, my luck with such phones has left a trail of half broken hinges from New York to Seattle.
When it came time for my most recent phone upgrade I reluctantly decided on the LG enV. It seemed like more phone than I'd ever needed or would ever use. However, I have happily accepted I'm wrong.
Though I have a serious case of fat-thumbism, this phone works with me and not against me. The interior keypad is easy to use, though which buttons to push when and which order did set me back the first few times. I'm not a techno-idiot but I'm not as committed to maximizing the use or my understanding of my digital hardware as some are.
The camera feature is a breeze to use and takes excellent photos.
I love the notepad option as well. As a writer, I'm often want to capture a thought or observation when I don't have a pen and paper handy. This phone has had my back more than a few times.
The only pitfalls I'd personally caution against are a) the little raised portion around the ear piece, it always digs into my ear, and b) when using blue-tooth the front keypad does not automatically lock (or lock at all, but I can't be sure) so there are sometimes embarrassing hangups due to inner pants pocket pressure.
Overall, I have come to trust and enjoy this phone and would recommend it especially to those who are a) on a budget, of sorts, b) like to txt msg all the time, and c) generally like to use their cell phones for everything in between.
Amazing phone, but... June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This phone has a lot of reviews already, but allow me to lend perhaps a different perspective to the issue. I am an electrical engineer who specializes in digital communications and hardware design so I have a little bit of background in what goes into making a good wireless device.
My Accolades:
- User Input. Obviously the "gimmick" of this phone is the full keypad, which supposedly gives one the ability to type quicker. Let me assure you that it does - I used to dislike texting and now frequently find myself reaching the SMS character limit without even realizing it. Also the keypad is great for browsing the web, posting on forums and browsing your uploaded music.
- The Camera. Once again, one of the phone's gimmicks, the 2.0MP camera performs far and away better than any camera I have seen on a cell phone. I like the way you hold it like a real camera, I like the way that it looks like a camera, and I like the way it takes great 4x6 shots. The flash is worthless unless you are taking a picture from about a foot or two away, but it still takes decent pictures even in low light (flash off).
- MP3 player back end. Many complain of the volume from the headphone jack, however I feel the opposite about the phones musical output capabilities, I love it. This is perhaps my favorite part of the phone - the good, strong, signal from the headphone jack is worlds away better than the vast majority of personal music devices I have tried. I mainly use it to play music in my car and at home, and in those places it blows my ipod out of the water for sound quality - I mean it isnt even a contest. And with flash memory being < $5/GB the vx9900 will likely become my mp3 player of choice.
- VZ Navigator. It is an incredibly useful and well built application (this is a surprise, more on that later) that functions perfectly like a car GPS. It even has features many upper end GPS units do not - like a bicycle mode, and the ability to actually SAY street names. Since it uses A-GPS it locks and tracks satellites way faster than any of the standalone units can; it takes about 5 seconds to acquire and lock and up to 10 to calculate the route.
My Gripes:
- The shutter. Does not stay closed very well,feels flimsy and I am pretty sure I will end up breaking it before I am ready to give up the phone. Still, its an effort most dont even bother with.
- VZ navigator. Part of a much larger problem, but it just costs too much. At $10/month I will not use it once the free trial wears out. It just becomes too redundant if you have google maps and mapquest at your disposal for directions (both of which have mobile websites).
Miserable Failures:
- Verizon. I have no complaint about the service, my complaint has to do with software. Verizon's homebuilt operating system that they put on EVERY non-windows phone is also on the enV. Not a version designed to take advantage of the phone's unique traits, but a port of the same boring OS from every other Verizon branded phone. Because of this there are vital flaws: you cannot use the navigator or the browser when the MP3 player is on and the Vcast music browser makes you STOP THE MUSIC if you want to browse outside of the playlist currently playing. Also, the internet WAP address is locked and Verizon makes you pay $5 a month to use their proxy. Finally, despite the fact that I have several 2GB memory cards the browser often runs out of memory trying to load pictures - where is the option to set aside Flash memory for swap space? These are all the result of closed, locked down software. Were people free to develop software for BREW phones, these problems would not exist as they are simple, stupid examples of little things being overlooked and never fixed. Shame on you Verizon! OPEN UP BREW!
- Browser. Verizon has an upgraded browser that it puts on the VX10000 and the Glyde. This browser is far more advanced than the one on the enV but is not even available for download. Give us this browser! The single column one is pretty bad the way it reformats websites (though it works fine for the mobile web).
Overall: Another excellent piece of hardware engineering crippled by closed software. Verizon would attract many customers if they opened up their operating system to development. I am not sure where this notion of closed = profitable comes from, but it needs to re re-thunk.
enV May 20, 2008
I got this phone about a year ago, it's held up pretty well. I've dropped it countless amounts of times and it's still working perfectly. (knock on wood)
The only complaints i have is that it's kind of big and sometimes it doesn't fit all the way in my jean pockets and falls out and occasionally the keyguard will turn off in my pocket and it will sometimes dial random numbers, but it's not a big deal. It's a good phone and the camera is great for a phone camera.
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