NewsLG Dare VX9700 Unboxed, First Impressions
Verizon has just launched the LG Dare VX9700, and Verizon sent us a unit to show you.
Read more for a complete unboxing, and initial impressions.
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The LG Dare arrived in a standard Verizon box. Nothing special there…
However, when you open up the box, one thing stands out (aside from how much the Dare looks like an iPhone). There’s no AC adapter! Instead, the phone comes with a USB charging adapter, and USB cable. On the positive side, you now have a USB cable with you, wherever you tote around your AC adapter for the phone.
Now, about that iPhone similarity… the device really does look like a cheaper version of the iPhone. However, there are quite considerable highlights. Namely, an vastly superior camera, voice recognition, VZ Navigator, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (yes, 2.1).
One final first impression, is the accelerometer. Unlike Instinct, which uses the camera as a faux (and dysfunctional) accelerometer, Dare uses a real one. And, it works well… showing itself off in all the key applications. And yes, the touch screen actually works, unlike the LG Voyager, which in our opinion should be recalled due to how unresponsive the Voyager’s touch screen actually is.
We hope to have a full review of the LG Dare in the near future.
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lol please stop with the iphone comparisons… the dare has zero in common with the iphone except its a squarish touchphone with chrome accents… if my m520 was a touch screen it would look just as much like an iphone.. and the dare is based on a phone that was released before the iphone… please leave the opinions out i love this site except for that one thing
lol what should the dare be a circle or a triangle… come on i jus looked at them again and thats ridiculous
Celz, Dare was designed to be a direct answer to iPhone. I’m sorry you don’t agree with Verizon and LG on this, but if they’re making the comparison, we have no choice but to analyze it.
We certainly aren’t biased to iPhone. We will point out where it is better, just as we will point out where Dare is better. The people that think we’re the most partial to iPhone… gloss over where we have criticized Apple so closely.
I’ll take the Instinct over this, most likely will be less locked down
i agree on the voyager comments - i like the phone but the touch screen has issues, the browser is lacking in a number of ways, hmmmmmmmmm…………. recall????? it would be nice to be able to get a dare in exchange for the voyager but that ain’t gonna happen so….. don’t go there.
I just recently purchased the LG Dare. The screen definately isn’t as large as the I Phone but the things that I did like about it are the carrier for one thing. I also like having a battery that I can replace and the fact that I can get insurance on it. I lose and break too many phones to get the I Phone. I am really impressed with the camera. The pics are great. I also like the tactile feedback when I touch the screen ( I don’t know if I Phone has that or not) My brother and nephew both have the I Phone and it is a great phone but it boiled down to the carrier, insurance and battery issues that made my choice for me. If I used the calender a lot for appointments and so forth I probably would rather have something that can sync with Outlook but at this point in time I don’t need it that much.
I’M GETTIN THIS PHONE FOR MY B-DAY!!!!!! I’M SO EXCITED :)!!! but i’m really tired of EVERYONE comparing every touch phone to the freakin iphone!! this is almost exactly like the lg prada that came out in england..it has nothing to do with the iphone! oh yea and btw verizon and lg had the prada out WAYYYYY before the iphone so, technically, verizon had the touch screen thing down before the iphone even came
yea stick that in your juice bottle and suck it!!!
Three months is “WAYYYYY before”?
Prada: March 17 ‘07
iPhone: June 20 ‘07
DOES NOT WORK WITH MAC uggghhh!!!….everything else is AWESOME
don’t talk about the LG DARE because i am getting it on mi birthday.it is this month.THANX
apples and oranges the dare is a good phone the iphone is a good phone they are 2 seperate devices with 2 different options apple junkies will always druel over apple products does not mean there better or worse people grow up they are both good phone
Please email tom@tomking.com if you figure out how to import contacts from Outlook to LG Dare!
The DARE will work with a MAC Logan. Well if your just trying to get music and stuff onto it. You need to use bluetooth on your mac and send them to your phone. but your right about not being able to directly send files straight to the phone with the USB cable on a mac.
The DARE will work with a MAC Logan. Well if your just trying to get music and stuff onto it. You need to use bluetooth on your mac and send them to your phone. but your right about not being able to directly send files straight to the phone with the USB cable on a mac.
The dare is a great phone. Ive had it 3 days after it came out and havent put it down yet. I love the all touchscreen feature and the camera is a great add. I use to never take pictures with my camera phone till I got this phone. Pictures turn out great and the features the camera has are amazing. The multi-tasking music player is also a great add…coming from the voyager I love this feature alot. Texting I had to kind of get use to it but Im pretty good at it now. It does give me some glitches here and there though like restarting on me twice since I got it but that considerably lower than what my voyager did resetting every other day. I also found out alot of cool and neat tricks for the dare and how to fix some problems by visiting http://www.lg-dare.com/ They have alot of tricks and general information about the dare that really helped me decided to get this phone and easing the use of it. Overall this phone is very good 8.5/10 from me.
I have had 5 dare phones in 5 days. they are over heating and frying the phone. Has any one else had this problem? The carier whom I will not name, …………, will not compinsate their clients for loss, and they arebeing real a#& H&$@&.
Whenever my Dare has gotten hot (usually recharging while on the dashboard of my car), it stops charging and reports that an overheat has been detected. I haven’t had the phone crash due to an overheat.
when does the LG dare come out in england does any one know i really want one??
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I hate to break it to you guys but the dare is a piece of crap. I really like the phone but the software has too many bugs in it to be an effective phone. call quality is great until you use a bluetooth headset. The bluetooth cuts out and all kinds of things. Now my bluetooth wont even power on. All it tells me is “bluetooth is not supported” Whenever you try to add a favorite website to the browser or pull up the ones you already have the phone will reset itself 9 times out of 10. The touch screen is also subpar. you have to touch it really hard compared to the iphone’s touch screen. the on screen keyboard is not worth your time either because you cant calibrate the screen good enough for the key you hit to actually type on the screen. my advice…. until the next software update comes out save your money and buy an iPhone. I have had my dare since a week after they came out.
you guys are all retarded. everything you buy when it first comes out has problems. its like blaming sony for you spending a thousand dollars on ebay to get it and it overheats and/or freezes beyond repair. for those of you who can get it switched for free. and those of you too stupid eat your loss and shut up.
Does the iPhone have a 3.2mp camera? The answer is NO. The Dare does! Can the iPhone shoot video? Again, the answer is NO. Again, the Dare does! So, when Celz said on June 28th “lol please stop with the iphone comparisons… the dare has zero in common with the iphone”, this person was right! The iPhone has nothing on the Dare when it comes to pictures and videos. Good going celz!
the voyager has lots of problems i woudln’t tell any one to get it i have had it replaced 3 times in about 2 months its freezes wile texting resets all the time i payed full for it so i am gunna go exchange it for the dare
does the lg dare open like the lg voyager???
Can anyone tell me if this phoneis available on Pay as You go in the Uk?
If so where am i able to obtain it and how much does it cost?
has anyone experienced a screen freeze on the dare? my phone is totally inoperable and it is the only phone I have! I cannot even make a 911 call. Of course, I will go back to the store where I bought the phone, but in the meantime does anyone know how to unfreeze and get it back to working order?
try removing the battery for 30 sec to do a hard reset
The iPhone and the dare are both touch screen phones. They have camera and some different apps, and are similarly shaped. Thats the only similarities, so everything else is a pretty big difference. Both are very cool phones, but are so different that comparing them feature by feature is kind of dumb. Also, the majority of people supporting the dare already own one, and the people supporting the iPhone already own an iPhone so they are going to defend what they have. (Generally)