LG VX6000 Cell Phone

Great phone for the money, but some annoyances

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 2, 2003 | 48 out of 58 found this LG VX6000 review helpful

Pros: 262K TFT screen, small , ergonomic, and easy to use, voice dial, T9 text messaging, extra features like scheduler, calculator, notepad...

Cons: Cradle charger, only digital, low resolution camera, no way to export images, no speakerphone

I have had this phone for only a few days, and like it so far. This is a cool clamshell with an LCD display that will blow you away. The menus are extremely intuitive and easy to navigate. Upto 30 names may be stored on the voice dial, which works ...quite well. It also has a huge phone book capacity with 200 speed dials (which is an overkill). It has a host of other features, like a mini-browser, scheduler, notepad, calculator etc, and may be customized quite a bit if you are willing to pay for it. It does not have any inbuilt games, but they are also available from Verizon GetItNow. The battery life is decent, lasted me almost two days with judicial use. It might drain faster if you keep clicking pictures or leave the LCD on all the time. The camera is a low-resolution one without a flash, so dont expect it to replace your Canon G3. Needless to say, at this price, it does not have bluetooth, and at this size, it does not have an IR port. So, unfortunately, there is no way to transfer the images off the phone except through verizon, and that costs 10 cents per picture (or $5 per month for unlimited transfer). You can purchase a data cable to sync it to your PC if you need to, which I think cannot be used for picture transfer. The most irritating feature of the phone is its cradle charger. This means that, unlike most other phones, you cannot plug in the charger in the middle of your call and continue talking even if the battery runs down. In fact, they strongly advise AGAINST using the phone (maybe with a hands-free kit) while it is charging. I wish LG would come out with a plug-in charger that may be used while talking. The VX6000 is an all-digital phone, so before you opt for it, look at the verizon map and make sure you dont frequent the light pink areas a lot! However, in the city, I have pretty good signal in most areas, maybe slightly better than the trimode phones that my friends use. The ringer and earpiece are loud and clear, but it does not have a speakerphone. On the whole, if you dont mind all-digital and the cradle charger, this is a good phone to get. Read more Less