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234 of 239 found the following review helpful:
 Clearing up mis-reviews Oct 05, 2008
By D. Ross
First, unlike a few of the reviews, I actually 1) own the phone and 2) waited to do the review. I like to know what I'm talking about when I review a product.
There's not much to add in the area of Pros and Cons. Everyone's just about covered the:
Great Screen, a little dim in full daylight, but very responsive.
My call quality is better than my HTC Tilt, reception better as well.
QWERTY keyboard is fantastic.
Very snappy interface.
The Cons that people are mentioning:
Battery life. Any 3G phone has a reduced battery life.
Here's how to turn off 3G on the Vu if you don't plan on using it.
1. Dial 277634#*# on the keypad to access the Test Menu
2. Select Modem Settings
3. Select Network Mode
4. Select Network Mode (again)
5. Select what bands you wish to be active. (select 2G if you want to make the 3G searching stop. This is what reduces battery life.)
6. Press the Clear/Back button until you return to the main screen
Shutting off 3G just about doubles the battery life. Also, someone said there is no charging indicator, that's wrong. It's right on the screen. Hopefully someone will make a hack to give percentages.
74 of 78 found the following review helpful:
 Good Phone But Not Quite a 5 Star Winner....Yet! May 07, 2008
By Always Samsung
"ravereviews"
Good Phone But Not Quite a 5 Star Winner....Yet!
I love Samsung phones and really haven't been impressed with LG's lineup whatsoever. So i've opted to stay away from any of their phones, up until now. They definitely seem to be churning out the phones at a more rapid pace then their competitors and they even come up with very clever designs. But as unique as the designs are it never seems to come close enough to get the cigar or win me over.
The LG VU920 (Includes TV feature) which the LGVU915 doesn't. I purchased the LGVU920 from Radio Shack one day when i was browsing and only did this because the phone was free. To my surprise after playing with it in the store i was actually pleased. The phone comes with ear phones which the 915 doesn't. Also the 920 has a TV feature which lets you watch TV In real time but only has a few channels at this time and it will cost an extra $15.00 per month for the TV data plan.
The phone is actually very easy to use. The touch screen is pretty solid but doesn't operate as fluid as the iPhone. But it does come pretty close. The touch screen has haptic feedback so whenever you touch an option it will vibrate a little to confirm the selection. The one thing i liked most about the iPhone was that you could watch YouTube video clips. Another shocker was so can the LGVU. Once again it's not as crisp & sharp as the iPhone but it's just as good. The iPhone does have one of the prettiest & sharpest screens on the planet but it will suffice. This phone also has many features that the iPhone doesn't. For one you can send MMS & Video Messages. Which is something the iPhone can't do and still can't do even with the new release. The phone also has a camcorder feature which the iPhone doesn't. I was hoping for a 5.0 mega pixel and above but will settle for the 2.0 standard that seems to be dominating the US. The poor battery life which everyone is complaining about is true. The phone is super thin so i didn't expect the battery life to be that long. Then again all my other flip phones seem to last the same amount of time as the LG VU. So, i'm not sure what other phones everyone else had before this, but my usual battery life on a cell is about 2 days with minimal use, internet, talk time, messaging, etc. I have a few complaints as well. The ear phone's are not 3.5MM so you can't just plug in any old ear phones. The ear phone slot is also where the charger jack is so you cant do both at the same time. For some strange reason the phone can not be on and charged at the same time, which is beyond annoying. Also when it's charging there is nothing that appears on screen to indicate if it's fully charged or not, which is another annoying flaw. But your best bet is to get a spare charger to carry around with you. Another complaint is that the Micro SD slot is located underneath the sim card so it's another nuisance to have to lift the back casing in order to access the SD slot. The phone also includes a full HTML browser so you can see websites as they would appear on your computer screen. Don't expect the Safari browser on this device but its pretty good none the less. Also you can use a stylus cause peoples fingers do tend to be a bit larger & can hit accidental keys by accident. You also get a full qwerty keyboard in landscape mode for sending text & MMS which the iphone doesn't have. The design is also the same material used on the Samsung Blackjack 2 (Black) so it does attract a lot of finger prints. Aside from those minor flaws here is to hoping the next model is leaps and bounds above the already fantastic LG VU. Overall i am very pleased with my purchase and for free, who can complain?
60 of 66 found the following review helpful:
It's no iphone but at least it's insurable... Jul 04, 2008
By Louisa A. Ferrer
Theres a lot I could write, but I'll simply list the pros and cons....
Pros:
*Touchscreen works EXTREMELY well
*Super lightweight
*Plastic Screen (trust me this is a plus if you drop your phone.. the iphone has a glass screen therefore breaks easily)
*You can use a stylus although I recommend a screen protector if you do
*Great reception
*Volume is loud
*Mobile TV works well
Cons:
*No 3.5mm headphone jack ( I can't even begin to explain how annoying that is for a so-called MEDIA phone)
*No Flash on the camera
*At&t fills the phone with tons of applications and other stuff that you can't delete
*Battery life is pretty awful
*The phone doesn't come with much extra... no usb cord... no real internal memory... and no headphone adapter
*The web browser definitely needs to be improved especially once you ZOOM
All in all I was tempted to return this phone, but since I have a job where my phone goes through a lot of abuse, the simple fact that this phone is insurable unlike the iphone was enough for me.
21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Love it for the voice quality, TV is great fun Jun 22, 2008
By Lewis Rothkopf
My primary requirement when researching my next phone was outstanding voice quality, and I am really glad to say that the LG Vu really meets that need. Callers on the other end have told me that they can't tell I am on a cell phone, and on my end their voice is clear, crisp and natural-sounding. Since I spent a lot of time on the road, I want calls with clients and co-workers to sound professional, and this phone gets me there.
The other features are sure fun, but not the reason for my purchase. For email/calendar/contacts etc., I use my BlackBerry, but for voice calls (and yes, the TV functionality is amazing!!) this is my new go-to device.
Highly recommended.
20 of 21 found the following review helpful:
LG VU phone...$59.99 @Amazon....TV for ten year old at the Airport...PRICELESS!!! Aug 24, 2008
By D. C. Gartner
I first notice the Vu phone in a CNET reiew around April this year, as one of AT&T's best phones for 2008. At the time AT&T wanted $199 with a two year contract. My contract was due to expire around May so I thought I would look at the view when they hit my local AT&T store. By July I still had not seen one in the flesh, so I decided that I would see what Amazon was selling them for. In the time I was waiting (all of three months from first release) the phone came down to 59 bucks. Sold!! I recieved my phone in about 3 days, inserted my old sim card and was off to the races. I know lots of folks use the new sim cards that come with the new phone but I have my contacts all on my old card and am too lazy to sinc with a PC. The phone is very easy to set up. I like things that are intuitive, you know (You don't have to use the Manual...it's a guy thing I'm sure), and the Vu is definitely one of these. I live in Atlanta and I had signed on for the AT&T TV service. I was really suprised at how good the picture is on this little screen, also the speaker on the phone puts out good sound quality,(It does come with a set of earphones). The phone also was very easy to set up for my e-mail account access. The touch screen is haptic (you get a vibration when you press the "keys"), and is actually set up for sensitivity on first start up, it "learns" how big and clumsy your fingers are and adjust the sensitivity of the "virtual keyboard" The phone is small enough to fit in a pants pocket, I did not find that to be the case with my last smart phone an AT&T Tilt, which always felt like a had a brick in my pants. On a scale of 1 to 5 stars I give it 4. The only problem that I have had is the battery life indicator does'nt give me a percentage left (My brick the tilt does this) and it seems that the phone is fully charged one second and dead the next. It does seem to last about 4 days on a charge though.
I hope that someone finds this helpful, one way or the other.
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