Comments on: LG VX9700 Dare for Verizon Caught in the Wild

By: john

john — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:00:13 +0000

just ordered the dare! excited

By: Tully Weiss

Tully Weiss — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:08:28 +0000

walked in to a vzw corp store and asked for the dare. i got one for my wife. so far she loves it.

By: Mike Hunt

Mike Hunt — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:15:22 +0000

I work for VZW, i have seen the Dare and have used it. It is so much better than the Iphone. I hate the Iphone.. ATT/Cingular wont even let u put insurance on it, so if u break it, u are out of luck. Vzw lets u put insurance on your new phones. We have technicians that can fix phones, ATT dont. VZW is the best cell phone company in the world. If u disagree, your just jealous cuz you couldnt pass our credit check.. We want quality people, not people with bad credit who wont pay their bills. dont be haters

By: The Nick

The Nick — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:03 +0000

go to verizonwireless.com and search “dare”.
its comin all right.
i just hope the touch screen isn’t a peice of shhh.

and your brother is an idiot.
lol that is priceless.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:39:36 +0000

“The thing this DOESNT have is a capacitive touch screen with multi-touch”

As far as multi-touch, your are absolutely correct. However, if you are saying (like many Iphone lovers do) that some how capacitive technology is superior to pressure sensitive screens your an idiot. I dont know how times this myth has to be shot down. There is no advantage between capacitive technology and pressure sensitive technology. The reason apple touch screen works so well has absolutely nothing to do with the capacitive screen, it has to do with the build quality and the UI. Apple could have done a pressure sensitive screen and it would have turned out just as well. If that had happened all of these clueless Iphone fanboys would be telling us how much more advanced pressure sensitive screens are. If you think capacitive screens are so advanced, to check out how much the Samsung Glyde’s capacitive screen sucks. And by all accounts so far, the Dare’s touch screen is really impressing people. The fact is, your can make great capacitive screens, and terrible capacitive screens (same with pressure sensitive) and it has nothing to do with the technology.

By: Philip Souza

Philip Souza — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:46:38 +0000

I just got a confirmation on the release date for this REAL “iPod Killer”:

JULY 4 ,2008

It will be running at approximately 179.99

Fortunately, when upgrading your phone, you will pay all but HALF of the retail price, due to an upcoming special offer that Verizon Wireless will be hosting.

The Bearer Of Good News,

Phil Souza

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:37:46 +0000

Well Benji the cellular tech support guy, some posters to blogs other than you are in fact experts but that aside, you have very good points.
However, that being said, with regard to Verizon, yes, they are opening up however the fact remains that wireless service in the states is crippled in comparison to the rest of the world.
It is true that the customer is largely to blame for this and instead of whining, the customer pool should vote with their money for desirable alternatives. There is a definite place for the Verizon model and many people require exactly what they have to offer.
However, as networks, handsets and the communication/computing potential they represent evolve, the one size fits all shoe Verizon offers their customers simply does not fit.
This is even truer for people who travel.
Having to carry two cell phones is a bite.
For the power user and/or traveler, it is less costly over all to invest in an unlocked, highly capable phone that may be used to it’s fullest potential for years anywhere in the world – granted with some compromises but fewer as time goes on.
Verizon will have to transition to a more common world-wide network model or face continually squeezing a limited US centric market where it will become a bit player to the corporate owner du jour.

By: Benji the cellular techsupport guy

Benji the cellular techsupport guy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:33:26 +0000

Man, everybody who can post a response to a webblog thinks they are some kind of expert. Sheesh!

Look, store managers and any other employee of any of the major players in the U.S. cellular industry cannot by company policy reveal any product launch that has not been officially “announced” by the company. In theory, the store manager “idiot” in question shouldn’t have even been able to speak about the enV2 until the press release went out.

It’s funny how people whine about how the companies run their business, but at a time when many firms are responding to the economic downturn(hello Sprint!) by trimming back expenses and laying off people, Verizon Wireless is hiring people and found enough pocket change to buy Alltel at the bargain price of $28.1 billion. You can complain all you want about their practices regarding handsets (and I for one do believe they are opening up), but after years of maintaining the highest profitibility and the lowest churn (percentage of customers leaving them), not one noteworthy industry analyst says anything other than they are a very smartly run company. In the long run, I want a cellular company that will be around tomorrow, and after waving goodbye to Primeco, Voicestream, Cingular, Nextel and countless others, I think Verizon is doing exactly what they need to do to be around for the long haul. Yeah, I shoulda bought stock.

By: james

james — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:33:53 +0000

Umm…how about Blackberry Thunder?!

By: FutureVZWTech

FutureVZWTech — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:20:22 +0000

I got an interview w/ Flextronics on Monday, hopefully when i start i get to play w/ it.

By: Gaines

Gaines — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:47:08 +0000

Sweet.

http://www.VX9700Dare.com

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:38:53 +0000

I kinda like it, the chrome buttons remind me of something. (my Tilt)

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:33:30 +0000

@ Chris: Umm… the Dare IS a souped up dumbphone and it was never intended to be anything else. It was never supposed to be a smartphones so I’m not sure why people assume it was. And I really don’t understand people saying how awful the Dare will be when they have never used it. Just let it be released, then make judgments.

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:49:01 +0000

Yup. All Verizon phones are the same, except for some differences. I was with VZW for 3 years. The only reason I switched is because I am a device guy who buys up phones like crazy, and Verizon phones are crap. Its because the big manufacturers develop all phones for GSM because they can sell it to most of the world. The CDMA phones are made because CDMA carriers pay for them or they get a wild hair causing them to make a CDMA variant. The few CDMA only phones are all crap.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:43:03 +0000

I cannot wait for this phone to come out.

When you say accelerometer, how do you know this phone has it, and what is it??

By: zephxiii

zephxiii — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:38:16 +0000

@Brian & Christopher

Agreed, for some reason, there’s just nothing interesting about verizon phones, because its just gonna be the same old walled garden..nothing exists outside of it!!!!

I love my 1yr old uncrippled V3xx, with its builtin opera 8 browser (awesome), and java apps i’ve loaded on it for free…heh

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:08:34 +0000

There is no competing with iPhone when the 3G iPhone 2 comes out. The thing this DOESNT have is a capacitive touch screen with multi-touch, or the ability to have 3rd party apps. If you have seen the demos during the iPhone SDK conference, you know that iPhone apps will look high quality and seem more like desktop apps than generic stripped down mobile apps. Games are full 3D with graphics comparable to portable consoles like the PSP. SEGA is bringing out Super Monkey Ball which they said was the console version and not the mobile one because the platform is that good.

So here we have a phone that COULD compete with the original iPhone even though it has a substandard touch screen. But now that iPhone 2 is coming out, this thing will seem like a souped up dumbphone where the iPhone will have tons of high quality 3rd party apps and high quality 3D games.

By: tande04

tande04 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:14:39 +0000

@ suz,

Nope, its a bar phone like the iPhone. No flip, no slide, no swivel.

By: suz

suz — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:04:27 +0000

Is the dare a flip phone?

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:11:07 +0000

@Chris

This is the message displayed on a Verizon phone that hasn’t been activated. Nothing unusual here.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:10:04 +0000

Actually the Dare will have a lot of features outside of what’s typical for a VZW dumbphone, to include a 3.2 megapixel camera with an amazing lens, a UI that is quite a bit different from the usual VZW UI, 3.5mm headphone jack, and an accelerometer. Not that I’m necessarily a fan of VZW (not at all actually, even though they are my carrier), but it is possible for them to change, and the Dare is their first shot at change.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:06:00 +0000

It’s real. Most of the phones I’ve gotten in the past few months have said that.

By: Jordan Brown

Jordan Brown — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:51:58 +0000

it’s not going to matter how many iphone like devices they carry if they all fall short of the iphone this long after its release.

By: JanisVZW

JanisVZW — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:09:13 +0000

Okay, so just to clear the air, I have held this little dandy in my hand as well as played with it. It will be comming out at the end of this month. This phone is AMAZING! It’s the LG9700 Dare.

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:58:22 +0000

Lucky Goldstar.

My, they’ve come a long way.

By: Chris Tann

Chris Tann — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:48:23 +0000

Is this picture real?

I wonder because it says “programing required”, instead of ‘configuration’ or something, which aren’t the same thing…just a thought.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:44 +0000

It’s going to Verizon?

The same Verizon that locks down a phone tighter than AT&T/Apple?

The same Verizon whores, whoops, Freudian typo, whose desire to squeeze a penny out of a customer is directly proportional to the phones features?

The thrill of paying to partially enable native hardware functionality present on today’s phones has worn off.

By: inc

inc — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:15 +0000

That’s the best line ever. Your brother is an idiot. Its even sweeter with this post proving tat he is an idiot.

Lov it

By: vandy1997

vandy1997 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:27:08 +0000

It is common knowledge that Retail Store Managers need 2 qualities: 1) they must be idiots/clueless; and 2) they must be jerks. There are rare exceptions to the rule, as some who are not qualified as they do not meet the two aforementioned qualities may slip through the cracks and deceive the recruiters during the interview process. I have met some bright ones, but they usually don’t last long because they begin to question “upper management” – the people who actually run the show from corporate headquarters.

By: MisRemembered

MisRemembered — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:39:01 +0000

So when do Retail Store Managers know diddley about product planning?

They can’t even manage their existing inventory.