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Product Age Average review date: Jul 18, 2008

Rank 2575 

alaScore 67

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464 reviews

May, 2012

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User Reviews (445)

Not a particularly long lasting phone..."

By j4busuit (cnet.com) Read the full review

LG has been leaving a bit of a sour taste in ... 

Call quality, slider, large graphic display, picture quality

The touch pad, the number pad, the software

Jun, 2010 2010-06-28   2

LG Venus Review

By Ariel (digitaltrends.com) Read the full review

I hate this phone! I can't wait to get a new one!!! I've had this phone replaced atleast 5-7x & now another problem comes up tonight! It won't charge! NEVER GET THIS PHONE! EVER! It sucks more than anything i've ever known of!!!

The Venus has a great feel and looks wonderful, which may be worth the extra dough

Jan, 2010 2010-01-14 No rating -0.5

LG Venus VX8800 - black (Verizon Wireless)

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LG has been leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth lately. It started with my parents experience with the Env3, two phones that both had to be returned, and my sisters phone, an Evn2, buttons that just plain straight don't work. I've had the LG...

Call quality, slider, large graphic display, picture quality

The touch pad, the number pad, the software

Jan, 2010 2010-01-01   2

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Oct, 2007

Manufacturer's Description

Fashion-forward users will love The Venus by LG, exclusively available from Verizon Wireless. This fashion statement has dual front screens - the lower screen features touch-sensitive navigation. The slim, stylish slider features a dedicated music key for easy access to music. The player supports .mp3, .wma and unprotected .aac file playback, plus Bluetooth stereo so users won't need to clutter their cutting-edge look with headset or stereo wires. In addition to the sharp dual screens, The...

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Review summary for the LG Venus VX8800

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 464 reviews from magazines and websites. People really like the screen. The camera also gets good opinions. Many are critical about the battery and features.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the LG Venus VX8800 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 67/100 = Good quality.

May, 2012 2012-05-15 alaScore 67 3.4

LG Venus Review

By Josh Norem (digitaltrends.com)

Award: RECOMMENDED PRODUCT

The Venus has a great feel and looks wonderful, which may be worth the extra dough

Easy to use; nice camera; very original design

Weak music quality; average phone

Feb, 2008 2008-02-18   3.5

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LG Venus

By Todd Haselton (laptopmag.com)

A fashionable multimedia slider that gives you a taste of touch without ditching the dialpad.

Haptic touchscreen for navigation ; Stylish design ; Good voice quality ; GPS functionality

Music player launched in our pocket ; Headphones not included ; Expensive

Dec, 2007 2007-12-04   3

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LG Venus VX8800 (pink, Verizon Wireless)

By Nicole Lee (cnet.com)

LG has really impressed us this year with a number of innovative handsets that offer rich feature sets and beautiful designs--the LG VX8550 Chocolate and the LG Voyager VX10000 are just two that have especially garnered our affections. Now LG has come...

The LG Venus has a unique dual-screen design with onscreen navigation controls that change layout depending on the application, plus it has vibrating feedback when touched. It also comes with a wealth of multimedia features, EV-DO support, plus great...

The LG Venus' touch screen is a bit gimmicky and takes some getting used to, and there aren't any touch-sensitivity settings for it. The camera has no flash and no self-portrait mirror

The LG Venus is a beautiful slider phone with a great feature set, but we would recommend taking the time to get used to the unusual touch-screen controls.

Its features aren't too shabby either, with a 2-megapixel camera, a music player, 3G support, V Cast support, and more. It's also not terribly expensive at $199.99 after a $50 discount and a two-year contract with VerizonWireless. To find accessories...

Nov, 2007 2007-11-20   4

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LG Venus VX8800 - pink (Verizon Wireless) review

By Nicole Lee (cnet.com)

The LG Venus has a unique dual-screen design with onscreen navigation controls that change layout depending on the application, plus it has vibrating feedback when touched. It also comes with a wealth of multimedia features, EV-DO support, plus great...

The LG Venus' touch screen is a bit gimmicky and takes some getting used to, and there aren't any touch-sensitivity settings for it. The camera has no flash and no self-portrait mirror.

The LG Venus is a beautiful slider phone with a great feature set, but we would recommend taking the time to get used to the unusual touch-screen controls.

Nov, 2007 2007-11-20   4

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LG Venus VX8800 – I'm Your Venus, I'm Y...

By Grace Aquino (wired.com)

Hey there's something you don't see on a cell phone every day: a split screen. Well sort of. Technically, LG's Venus handset has two screens: a 2-inch, 320 x

Voice-prompted driving directions from Verizon’s VZ Navigator are actually helpful; we didn't get lost once. 2-megapixel camera yields surprisingly detailed images plus decent video capture. MicroSD slot located supports memory cards up to 8GB in...

Nov, 2007 2007-11-27   3

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LG VX8800 Venus

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The phone's unique interface pops up when you slide the screen up to reveal the comfortable physical phone keypad. Immediately, the two screens on the phone's top half light up. The main screen is a 320-by-240 LCD, and just below it, there's a...

Luxurious feel. Innovative touch-screen interface

Touch buttons are ever so slightly sluggish. Incompatible with one Bluetooth headset we tested. Expensive

The LG Venus is an attractive phone with a new touch-screen interface, but other models provide similar or better performance for less money.

  3.5

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LG Venus VX8800 - black (Verizon Wireless) review

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The LG Venus has a unique dual-screen design with onscreen navigation controls that change layout depending on the application, plus it has vibrating feedback when touched. It also comes with a wealth of multimedia features, EV-DO support, plus great...

The LG Venus' touch screen is a bit gimmicky and takes some getting used to, and there aren't any touch-sensitivity settings for it. The camera has no flash and no self-portrait mirror.

The LG Venus is a beautiful slider phone with a great feature set, but we would recommend taking the time to get used to the unusual touch-screen controls.

No rating -0.1

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LG Venus

By Noah Kravitz (phonedog.com)

Venus' half-touch/half-not display is an interesting idea that ultimately frustrated me more than it charmed me. The screens are beautiful and the morphing menus great, but I found myself wanting to touch the entire screen and not just the lower...

Beautiful display ; Context-sensitive menus ; Extensive feature set ; VZ Navigation works very well

Half a touchscreen sometimes feels gimmicky and frustrating ; Touch controls sometimes unresponsive ; Poor voice quality with unacceptable hiss on some calls ; Somewhat bulky overall

Apr, 2008 2008-04-23 No rating -0.1

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LG Venus review

By Noah Kravitz (phonedog.com)

What's Good: Beautiful display; Context-sensitive menus; Extensive feature set; VZ Navigation works very well What's Not Good: Half a touchscreen sometimes feels gimmicky and frustrating; Touch controls sometimes unresponsive; Poor voice quality...

Apr, 2008 2008-04-23 No rating -0.1

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LG Venus Cell Phone Review - Manufacturer - Reviews - WirelessInfo.com - Cell Phone Reviews and Wireless Plan Ratings

By Mark Brezinski (wirelessinfo.com)

The LG Venus from Verizon has the looks of a sleek business device and the functionality of a mid-range music handset. It's basically a Chocolate Vx8550 with a nicer-looking case and a small touchscreen where the D-pad array should be. In fact, the...

In the end, what is there to say about the Venus that we haven't explicitly dwelled on already? The Venus has definite problems, yes, but it performs its focal actions well. It's meant to be a good looking music player, and it's exactly that. How can...

Dec, 2007 2007-12-05   1.8

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 308 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Nov, 2007 to Jun, 2010. The average user rating from cnet.com is 61 out of 100.

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Not a particularly long lasting phone..."

LG has been leaving a bit of a sour taste in ...  Call quality, slider, large graphic display, picture quality The touch pad, the number pad, the sof

LG Venus VX8800 - black (Verizon Wireless)

LG has been leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth lately. It started with my parents experience with the Env3, two phones that both had to be retu

LG Venus VX8800 - black (Verizon Wireless)

LG has been leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth lately. It started with my parents experience with the Env3, two phones that both had to be retu

"LAME!!!!!!!!"

I can't even remember how many phones Verizon...  How does the saying go? Always pretty in pink? This phone is very pretty to begin with and the ring

  183 Users positive 125 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from digitaltrends.com. The user reviews were collected from May, 2008 to Jan, 2010. The average user rating from digitaltrends.com is 54 out of 100.

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I hate this phone! I can't wait to get a new one!!! I've had this phone replaced atleast 5-7x & now another problem comes up tonight! It won't charge!

LG Venus

Just picked it up a couple days ago, and very impressed. The touch screen works amazing, and has best reception out of all phones I've had so far.

LG Venus

I'm on my 2nd phone after having to replace it after 2 months. And now…another 2 months later, it has to be replaced again. It continuously freezes du

LG Venus

I like this phone and have been using it for about six months now. However, the screen is broken. It looks like it has an internal crack in it. I have

  3 Users positive 4 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the LG Venus VX8800 from letstalk.com. This user review was collected in 2007-11-29, with a rating of 80 out of 100.

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LG VENUS

Can't see much bad about the style or features of this phone but it does have some issues which are enough for me to return it soon if some fixes don'

  1 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 24 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from amazon.com. The user reviews were collected from Oct, 2001 to Mar, 2012. The average user rating from amazon.com is 48 out of 100.

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not working

I bought this phone for my niece and when i went to get it activated the phone would not work.

old new phone

I actualy bought this phone for a friend of mine who just signed a new 2 yr contract with Verizon and lost his new phone. This was his old phone and h

good stuff

Great phone. I love having a touch screen and also being able to have a real keyboard to type texts with. and the keyboard is GREAT. Buttons are ver

Doesn't Work-No Response To Return

Purchased a refurbished phone. It did not work completely. Nothing refurbished about it, it is broken. I worked with Verizon to see about fixing it

  9 Users positive 15 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from 611connect.com. The average user rating from 611connect.com is 75 out of 100.

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Great phone!

I owned LG Venus for two months now. It looks and feels good. A small and lightweight phone. The coverage and voice quality is great.

Want it!

I so want this phone. Love the pink slider form factor. It has lots of multimedia features. I'm going to check it out.

I’ve had this

however. the sound is not very loud ( the songs I put on it) the chocolate was def. louder

VX 8800

My wife will be able to leave her ipod at home! Finally a decent music player from a Verizon product!

  2 Users positive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 17 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from ciao.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2009 to May, 2009. The average user rating from ciao.com is 87 out of 100.

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LG Venus

LG Venus used a Korean manufacturer of slide design, fashion appearance generous and full of The phone is equipped with two screens Does not support

Navigation sensation in the Touch Screen

Not the latest. But the LG KF600 with the icon displays the icon-interactive. When touched, the arrows designated akan swell. After the display at the

Quick review of LG Venus

thanks for the information on this wonderful cell phone which is really attractive and stylish at the same time thanks

LG Venus

Touch Screen to control phone is very ordinary. This Korea vendor is introduce an new style to interact with phone system as globally. InteractPad.. t

  16 Users positive 1 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from phonedog.com. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2008 to Apr, 2009. The average user rating from phonedog.com is 53 out of 100.

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Came Apart

After 6 months of normal use, this phone came apart. The only thing connecting it was the cable. We tried getting this covered under manufacturer warr

"It's a piece of crap" - Verizon Salesman

I had this phone for a few months and everything was working fine. Then there were some software issues so I took it back to the Verizon store and the

Venus Sucks

i hate it. it is so so so so so so so very very very bad and terrible none silver on the side comes off, bad camera, battery life is bad, and everyth

Venus

got my venus nearly a year ago, it worked decently for the first few weeks but then the touchscreen started to go. Let's get this straight: the touchs

  1 Users positive 4 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 7 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from shopping.com. The user reviews were collected from Mar, 2008 to Jun, 2010. The average user rating from shopping.com is 74 out of 100.

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LG Venus - Really nice touchscreen phone

I got this phone when I switched from Sprint over to Verizon. I got the pink one and absolutely loved this phone when i received it. Durability, Came

LG Venus ; Worst Phone I Have Ever Had!

Most people these days have cell phones and most of those people can tell you some kind of horror story about the phone that they have had. This is on

LG Venus

I bought this phone after having a bad phone and at first I was really pleased with it. It came with a cover so I thought that it would prevent that f

LG Venus- Making Heads Turn

A couple of months ago, I went to my Verizon Wireless store to pick out my new cellphone, and instantly the LG Venus caught my eye. It is a very fashi

  6 Users positive 1 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 70 user reviews of the LG Venus VX8800 from mobile-phones-uk.org.uk. The user reviews were collected from Feb, 2008 to Aug, 2008. The average user rating from mobile-phones-uk.org.uk is 85 out of 100.

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Just an update from may-Phone still works fine and i am still happy with it.seems longer than 3months though!.I will say the software package for your

LG Venus

An okay phone, delayed touch screen, didn't have any problems with it for the first three months, then all of the sudden, it would freeze in the middl

LG Venus

This phone is OK, I just have a couple of small issues with it. Firstly the name of a text message sender only appears at the bottom of the message, s

LG Venus

Really nice phone. After a week of use my only problem has been that the music player sometimes stops after 2-5 songs and restarts itself.Other than t

  64 Users positive 6 Users negative

LG Venus VX8800

LG Venus VX8800: product specifications

Antenna
Antenna Type
Internal
CE Input Device
Type
Touch sensitive screen
Cellular
Combined with
With digital camera / digital player
Integrated Components
Digital camera / Digital player
Phone Form Factor
Slider
Service Provider
Verizon Wireless
Technology
CDMA2000 1X
Type
Cellular phone
Vibrating Alert
 Yes
Voice Recorder
 Yes
Display
Type
LCD display
Flash Memory
Supported Flash Memory Cards
microSD
Header
Manufacturer
LG Electronics
Model
Venus
Packaged Quantity
1
Product Line
LG
Messaging & Data Services
Internet Browser
 Yes
Miscellaneous
Color
Black/Pink
Optical Sensor
Sensor Resolution
2Megapixel

Manufacturer's Description


Fashion-forward users will love The Venus by LG, exclusively available from Verizon Wireless. This fashion statement has dual front screens - the lower screen features touch-sensitive navigation. The slim, stylish slider features a dedicated music key for easy access to music. The player supports .mp3, .wma and unprotected .aac file playback, plus Bluetooth stereo so users won't need to clutter their cutting-edge look with headset or stereo wires. In addition to the sharp dual screens, The Venus by LG also features expandable memory with microSD cards, currently up to 8 GB, and 2.0-megapixel camera with landscape rendering and zoom/review adjustments.

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