LG Venus Black Phone

Verizon Wireless

LG : LG-VX8800

Main Features

Unique slider phone with dual LCD screens, one featuring touchscreen controls with vibrating feedback
Access Verizon's V Cast Music and Video services via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions
2-megapixel camera with video capture; MicroSD expansion; Bluetooth connectivity with music streaming
Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 480 hours (20 days) of standby time
Includes: Standard Li-Ion Battery, AC Travel Charger, Sleeve, USB Cable and User's Guide

Product Description

The sophisticated and stunning LG Venus slider phone offers a unique combination of touchscreen and tactile keypads in a compact form factor with a stylish mirror finish. The phone features dual external screens, with the bottom screen incorporating interactive touch navigation, and the top slides open to reveal a standard numeric keypad. The Venus gives you access to V CAST Video — Verizon Wireless' multimedia service with news, sports and entertainment video clips, 3D games and more — as well as V CAST Music, which offers access to more than 2.4 million songs that can be purchased and downloaded over-the-air. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, MicroSD memory expansion, Bluetooth connectivity for headsets and stereo music streaming, multi-format digital music player, and optional GPS turn-by-turn navigation services. It operates on Verizon's 850/1900 CDMA frequencies, and offers fast connectivity through Verizon's EV-DO data network.

The LG Venus offers an innovative dual screen design, with the lower screen offering tactile touchscreen navigation. The leathery back adds an excellent grip.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

With the V Cast Video service, you can stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.

Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.

Phone Features

Nicely compact, the LG Venus measures just 0.62 inches thin and weighs a svelte 3.79 ounces.

The face of the Venus slider includes two LCD screens, with the top 2-inch screen providing a 240 x 320-pixel QVGA resolution and support for 262K colors. The lower screen (1.49 inches, 176 x 240 pixels) displays touch-sensitive navigation controls with different layouts depending on the application you're accessing — such as changing from standard soft key layout to music controls when the digital audio player is activated. LG has incorporated haptics technology — an interface that creates tactile feedback — that provides vibrating feedback in response to your finger taps when using the touchscreen. The Venus offers gently curved corners and a faux-leather covering on the back that provides a luxurious feel in the hand as well as added grip.

It has a 64 MB internal memory, and it's expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards with support for up to 8 GB of storage. The digital audio player is compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+ music files, and you can multitask with other phone functions while continuing to play music. Other music playback functions include a variety of equalizer presets, shuffle and repeat mode, and an airplane mode that turns off the cell phone's receiver for continued playback while on a flight.

This phone also provides Bluetooth version 1.2 wireless connectivity with the A2DP Bluetooth profile, which enables you to stream music to compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speakers. (Note that the airplane mode doesn't shut off the Bluetooth connectivity, so you can still listen to music using wireless headphones.) It also includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, dial-up networking, audio/video remote control, phone book access, serial port/object push for vCard, and basic imaging for sending/printing non-protected images to a compatible device.

The 2.0-megapixel camera can capture still images in four resolutions (1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels) and video in two settings (VGA 320 x 240 and QCIF 176 x 144). Other camera features include a 2x zoom, white balance settings, a variety of color effects, night mode, self timer, and three shutter sounds (with silent option). Video recording is limited to either 30 seconds for sending via MMS or up to an hour for saving to memory card.

The Venus provides storage for up to 1000 contact entries, with up to 5 numbers, two email addresses per entry, and Picture ID. Support is built in for text messaging and mobile IM. When used in combination with the phone's built-in still and video camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. Other features include:

Tools: Calendar, notepad, calculator, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, and EZ tip calculator
Speed Dial (95 entries + 4 pre-programmed for voicemail, #BAL, #MIN, #PMT)
USB connectivity to your PC for file transfer as well as charging
One-touch speakerphone
Speaker-independent voice commands
21 included ringtones and compatibility with real-music ringtones
Voice recording up to 1 hour or 5 minutes during phone call
Video player compatible with WMV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 formats
Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating: M3

Vital Statistics
The LG Venus weighs 3.79 ounces and measures 4 x 2 x 0.62 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 480 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Verizon's EV-DO data network.

Product Details

Title: LG Venus Black Phone (Verizon Wireless)
Sales Rank: 5755 in Wireless
Manufacturer: LG, Model: LG-VX8800
Variation Description: Black
Item Dimensions: 4.64 x 2.08 x 0.78 inches, 130.96 grams
Package Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.4 x 2.7 inches, 1.25 pounds

Customer Reviews

Save your money-don't buy the Venus!!!!: purchase anything else and you will be happy. Here's my experience. The phone is 3 months old. Shuts off spontaneously during calls, bluetooth randomly doesn't connect to the bluetooth in my car to make calls. It apparently has corrupted software (common on the venus, per verizon wireless technical rep). So, with a software update it worked properly for about a week. Today, it has… More reviews

Slender Slider a Superb Cell: Ok, so I'm actually on my second Venus phone, as the first one I had came to an unfortunate end. So my experience is based on two separate LG Venus phones.
I was anticipating this phone even before it came out, because I was so over having a batman style belt clip to carry my phone around. This one fits nicely in a man-sized pocket. Also, I do a lot of texting, so I had… More reviews

Two replacements and still no luck: the venus is a pretty phone and would be awesome if it worked. As far as battery life its not that great and after spending $300 on a phone a charge should last longer than a day of minimal use. I wasn't impressed with the touch screen either. The delay was annoying and many times made it more work to use my phone than a convenience. That… More reviews

Dissappointed: Sure it is a nice looking phone, however, I would look to something else in the future. I don't like the fact that for many of the functions I have to slide the phone open. I bought this phone so I would not have to do that. The touch are is too small and still to slow even after trying to increase the effeciency of operation, namely turning off… More reviews

Cool looking, not so durable: Before owning this phone, I had lots of faith in LG, and still do I guess. The problem I had is that after about 4 months, I was the touch screen cracked and I can no longer see who incoming calls are from, nor can I see any of the buttons on the touch screen. Luckily, I have memorized the positions of most of them, but I still… More reviews

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