Comments on: Samsung Juke, LG Venus, BlackBerry Pearl 8130, LG Voyager launch dates

By: question4you

question4you — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:01 +0000

I have a question. I’m thinking about either getting a Blackberry pearl or the voyager. Anyone have a good comparison? Also, I just found out that neither of them is WiFi capable. Does anyone know of a good device that supports Wifi?

By: Don

Don — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:16:03 +0000

Well, I have my Venus now and am very disappointed so far. I wanted it primarily for the 8GB to store music. So far, I get about 3.6GB uploaded to the phone and then get a out of space error. Still shows 4GB remaining on the card though. Seems to be the way they format it. If I don’t find a work around, it will go back to Verizon.

By: Dont_BE_A_Haider

Dont_BE_A_Haider — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:01:57 +0000

i just pre-ordered my VENUS on VZW site. Can’t wait for it to come in. I got lucky and only paid $99.99 for mine. I used the two year member discount and they gave my dad $100 towards any phone so I took it. I just can’t wait to finally have a phone that has just come out before all of my friends.

By: abcyesn

abcyesn — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:23:16 +0000

to discuss more about this new voyager phone by LG, please visit http://www.voyager-lg.com

By: Reaper

Reaper — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:17:57 +0000

Does any1 know where u can pre order the voyeger?

By: fag

fag — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:40:35 +0000

it def says preorder nov 8 not 18th dumbass

By: shelby

shelby — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:02:02 +0000

you people who sit there and talk about vzw are pathetic. i live in the worst apossible area and vzw is the only service that i am able to obtain, and as for the fact of you talking so much trash on the new phone is ridc. it is far better the the iphone. did you not see all the stuff on the news on how the iphone is crap? i believe that vzws’s new phone will beat out the iphone considering it has an ACTUAL keyboard.

By: madridsta

madridsta — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:35:39 +0000

he was able to unlock it that’s how.

By: vinzky

vinzky — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:05:36 +0000

damn, can we just all get along and stop comparing the 2 phones(voyager/iphone). all i want to know is when does voyager really comes out and what would be the price with all the rebates and s***.

By: joey

joey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:22:59 +0000

For all you guys who think the Voyager can actually compete with the iPhone, I hope you know that there is a huge difference between a touch-screen device and a multi-touch device. The Voyager is a touch-screen; the iPhone is multi-touch. There is a huge difference. Multi-touch is what lets iPhone users “flick” to scroll and “pinch” the images and web pages to zoom in and out. The iPhone/iPod Touch is the first and only multi-touch device. Yeah, the Voyager will be a cool phone and it looks like the iPhone, but it won’t hold a candle to the iPhone’s user interface.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:16:12 +0000

verizon is a better network than at&t but i hate to say it the iphone blows away the voyager. sorry but true!

By: paul

paul — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:58:00 +0000

like the iphone is such a great device? it sucks in fat i had mine for less than 5 days. AT&T’s data network is so slow that it simply doses not work properly. and what is up with the picture messaging? you can’t even get an actual pic message you have to go to a website to view the pic. pathetic…. the vzw version is going to be great and i can not wait!

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:34:30 +0000

looks like the black berry pearl came sooner than it says

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:23:46 +0000

my friend has an iphone on T-moblie…. how is this?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:15:56 +0000

The enV is much more durable than the Iphone. I hope that when Verizon made the Voyager in the Iphone’s image that they did not make it so delicate.

By: Brody M

Brody M — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:03:47 +0000

Haha wow u think the LG version of the iPhone won’t be better. Change your mind!
One of the biggest complaints of the iPhone was the ability to txt. With the LG Voyager, open the clamshell and theres a full QWERTY keyboard to address that problem. Hah

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:01:27 +0000

“I don’t get it. How can a company just willy nilly extend a date the last minute. Isn’t getting a popular phone out something that would require some planning and coordination?? Don’t they have to plan a head a little and ship out TONS of product to each store???”

to answer your question, verizon would be stupid to release all the new phones out in a year at once. As we know right now the Juke is the only “new” phone available to consumers, but the reason the release dates are spread out is to ensure that the product will be sold efficently and that there is time for consumers to not be rushed into buying a new phone. As for shipping the phones, the phones will already be at your local store a day or so before the actual relase date.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:16:23 +0000

It is a marketing ploy. They do it so that you want it even more by the time it actually comes out, so you pay more for it. I hate it too, but you goota think, it is smart.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:22:39 +0000

Does anyone know the correct release date for the Voyager?

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:04:59 +0000

I don’t get it. How can a company just willy nilly extend a date the last minute. Isn’t getting a popular phone out something that would require some planning and coordination?? Don’t they have to plan a head a little and ship out TONS of product to each store???

I just don’t see how a company can coordinate such a large effort in a week’s time. And then perhaps decide to delay things again or move things ahead?? I just don’t see that being possible.

I can hardly remember to ship out my 10 holiday presents to relatives. How is VZW going to ship out 200,000+ phones the last minute?

Katherine

By: redcandy

redcandy — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:01:08 +0000

The full retail price if you’re not eligible for any of Verizon’s deals such as new every two, etc is 349.99, and 249.99 if you are within the terms of the contract agreements, i.e. 30 day exchange window,or within 1st year (primary line), or the new every two deal. They “didn’t know” of any rebates the day I spoke with them but you know how that goes.

Also, I spoke with the Verizon rep where I bought my phones and they’ll let me get the Venus when it comes out without paying the full price which was good to hear since it will be only one week past my 30 day exchange period…they didn’t want to lose me as a customer. )

In spite of all of the excitement with these new phones coming out, and everyone wanting them ASAP, we know the really good prices will be a few months from now when the initial craze of it all is a thing of the past.

By: David

David — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:33:51 +0000

from above pricing for the voyager is less than i expected………Pricing looks like it will either be $249.99 or possibly $299.99 with a $50 mail in rebate. The included HTML browser will work off of the regular $15/mo Vcast plan (rumors are that the $5 net access plan will be discontinued soon).

By: David

David — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:30:40 +0000

the price of the venus will be either $200 with a $50 dollar rebate or $250 with a $50 rebate either way the most it will be is $200 dollars(unlikely) but worth every penny.
the voyager will be around $300 and as for the release dates the voyagers still hasnt been confirmed by verizon.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:25:32 +0000

yeah i just read that website i referred to, and the confirmed prices (toward teh end of the post) are listed. Venus will be an initial price of $250.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:14:14 +0000

Great, so they’re extending the release dates past what Van had posted from that website that said Nov. 19? And I thought that Venus was going to be cheaper than voyager and only hover around the $200-$250 mark.

By: redcandy

redcandy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:25:35 +0000

I’m bumming…they must be extending the dates. I spoke with cust service at VZW and they told me the Venus will be available around the 21-24 of November. At first they were kind of secretive about it all until I told them to drop it ’cause the info’s all on the internet anyway. All I want is to trade in this low end Razr for the Venus.
I’m really bummed b/c my “Test Drive” is up on 14 Nov. I will talk to the manager of the store I got my phones at and see about getting an extension to exchange my phone (junky Razr v3m). I don’t want to pay full price (about 349.00)for the Venus either. If they won’t do me the favor of letting me exchange it I guess I can get out of my contract before the 30 days are up and take my $$ elsewhere. Afterall, the Venus will get them about 200-250.00 from me compared to the free Razrs we got with the new service.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:36:19 +0000

Another week of waiting, and yet AGAIN, No pre-order date for either Venus, or Pearl

What is going on? Are they deliberatly extending the dates or what I mean come on allready…. I’ve been waiting for this launch for months now and we are still standing by.. come on

ANY NEWS????

By: Jawsnj

Jawsnj — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:29:31 +0000

Well, its the 26th and guess what…NO PRE-ORDER Pearl from VZW.

I have been loyal to a fault at this point. If you are going to leak dates then at least have the decency to stick to it….Once can only hope that full launch is still the 1st of Nov. But according to my biz rep we are looking at mid month now, what gives???

Any updates BGR???

By: Kaoru

Kaoru — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:52:51 +0000

i am waiting for the blackberry pearl cause as much as i like the touch screen , i think the pearl trackball will do just fine , and less smudges on the screen

By: me

me — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:11 +0000

glad someone has their facts straight.