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Oct 3
Voyager Cell Phone vs iPhone

Just yesterday I was talking about how Verizon wanted to step up their level of customer service...Then today I find out that they've come out with the Voyager cell phone that is supposed to rival the iPhone.  The LG Voyager features a touch screen just like the iPhone, plus it has a camera and extensive internet capabilities.

Whether or not the Verizon Voyager will outsell the iPhone remains to be seen, but the bigger question that comes to mind is:  Who is going to provide the best service? 

If I had the choice right now to buy the iPhone or the Voyager, I might lean more towards the Voyager.  Like I said before, I've always had good experiences with Verizon.  AT&T's phone customer service can be real frustrating at times (they're my current provider).  Even Susan over at MarketingBlurb believes that Verizon has better service.  

In regards to this new product launch, other questions come to mind:  Which is the best way for companies to compete?  Should it be by product or service?  Or both? 

Buy the LG Voyager at Amazon.com... 

For more information about the Verizon Voyager, visit Gizmodo or Engadget

Watch a video review of the Voyager... 


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I'm getting it! people are saying that its trying to be like the iphone and what they don't know is that Lg came out with the prada and THATS where the iphone got its "idea". I dont really care for the iphone. sucks to txt and I being a txter didn't care for it. This Lg phone is more my cup of tea. Good job Verizon and Lg on bringing this phone out. Don't think its going to beat the iphone but who cares. At&t sucks!!! and I'm not going to be paying for a service that keeps dropping. Id rather take a hit on the phone than the service. Been with Verizon for a long time, had other carriers HATTED THEM!!!, So I'm very satisfied and with this phone its only a big +

I've had horrible experiences with AT&T/Cingular's customer service. I once got a $700 phone bill because I was on digital roaming and my phone had absolutely no indicator.
People here seem to agree: LG Voyager vs iPhone Comparison - Comparati

i just hope its not $600 like the Iphone

but it prolly will be

but on Verizonwireless.com
it only $300
but with a 2yr contract
?
=\
im poor
lolol.

I believe that although Verizon has reliable service, they do not provide anything out of the ordinary threw any of their phones internet capability's. The iphones service may not prove to be substantial but the reduced cell coverage is made up for with the integration of wireless. On the contrary, Verizon charges, or will be charging, 2$ per megabite of content looked at through their web browser. If LG were in the market to compete with the iphone they would have found a way to integrate wi-fi into the voyager. I'm voting for the voyager for service and texting, but i do wish Verizon could keep the cost of web browsing down. If they did Verizon's Voyager would surely find itself directly competing with the iphone.

I have verizon service and I just got an iphone and let me tell you veizon has nothing compared to the iphone. The hyped up voyager is nothing more than an envy and chocolate phone put together. Verizon missed the boat!!!

the voyager seems cool and all but idk
Iphone seems cooler
like it has more to offer
and voyager seems like a knock off but a very cool knock off
i like the fact that it opens up and you can text easier but other then that iphones outlook and just the things you can do with it seems more efficient *internet, the screen for when you look at pictures and movies it moves from land scape to profile* music
blahblah

okay over all i have the voyager on pre order its coming in on wensadayy !! woot woot.
well im excited. ive heard many storeys about the iphone such as apple paid verizon to keep the voyager hidden until they came out with the iphone... and im not sure if that is true or not but considering the iphone came out a few weeks ago... and now the voyager is coming out. it woulsnt surprise me if apple did that.
well anywhoo verizon// dont dissapoint me
:)

when will you people learn.... apple always wins......ALWAYS!!

"It is inevitable"

looks like a gimped iphone with more crutch on it than is worth the trouble. I'll stick to my laptop/desktop for the internet and to my Samsung UCH-740 from verizon to give me a QWERTY keypad, landscape, yada yada, for texting and a number pad for calling people.

Simple, effective, and I'm not being charged $2 per MB or roaming past buildings looking for someones WI-FI to snag so I can watch one youtube video and zone out of the real world for 2 seconds.

Sure the iphone lacks a few of the voyager features
but think about how many of the features the voyager lacks from the iPhone. There is multitouch, turning sensors, full on safari(not mobile Internet), picture zooming by pinching, wifi, coverflow, headphones with mic, light sensors, youtube, idk if voyager has mobile e-mail feature, but iPhone does, iTunes store, a sexyer look and much more. With the physical and on screen keyboard, its an opinion, I personally prefeer the onscreen keyboard, which is what I am using to write this. iPhone wins fer sher.
iPhone is also getting 3g early 2008

Though in lacking in the Wi-fi area, the 3g connection as well as the Verizon towers will make up for that. Verizon is better in quality when it comes to no dropped calls. Verizon concentrates more on its towers then it does its advertising. The powerplans that Verizon will offer will be higher then the lowest plan that AT&T will offer for the I-phone. But for V-cast; which carries the internet browsing on the LG, the additional $15.00 is not much of a price killer. Prices will be very affordable for the LG...It's the actuall LG phone that will be a killer in price.

Voyager looks really cool but until I can get a (real) web browser the iPhone seems better

Guys and Gals,

I am a REAL verizon customer.(They get "legitimatly" about $120+/month for FIVE YEARS!) They RIPPED ME OFF charging me for something I NEVER ordered and not allowing me to order anything else. It THEN takes a couple WEEKS of calls to get it "straightened out", and they only CLAIM that I will get reimbursed NEXT MONTH for the money they took from me BEHIND MY BACK! We'll see! SO, customer support? PLEASE don't say it is good, you make me want to throw up!

As for service? AGAIN, I spent a week for various things, the phone STINKS! It was the ONLY one that wouldn't likely dial people behind my back, but the ringer changes or it hangs up on incoming calls. Reception is lousy, and sometimes it doesn't ring, and I only know about the call from the three chirps after a voice mail message is left.

I think I will try to hold off getting a phone. I didn't like AT&T either. They cut off service in detroit and washington DC and DIDN'T CARE!

I have verizon right now and i was just about to ask my parents to swtich me to tmobile so i could get a sidekick but then the voyager came out and its the best phone yet i think, i went to circuit city before it came out and the guy that worked there for verizon had the phone and he let me play wih it and its amazingg. I cant wait to get it!. Verizon is a really good network, the best id say, and it definutly beats the iphone

im getting this!~

You can shake em' 7 days a week and people will still be in different camps comparing, complaining. My solution for a one on one. Here it is:

PURCHASE SCENARIO:

** "The Apple iPhone and the LG Voyager are now available from the same carrier. They are both the same price. Now with an even playing field, the choice is easier, since the "service" aspect has been eliminated. So, it comes down to a personal choice. Will you buy (Displayed Alphabetically):
A)... Apple iPhone?
or
B)... LG Voyager?
Now we'll receive the TRUE answer to the comparison!" **

NOTE: The above scenario is NOT valid. It is Fictitious, so we can remove the "service" aspect of our scenario, in order to receive a valid comparison of what the people really think!

Gunny

PS. I'll make the first choice. I choose the Apple iPhone!

To the person commenting saying:I am a REAL verizon customer.(They get "legitimatly" about $120+/month for FIVE YEARS!) They RIPPED ME OFF charging me for something I NEVER ordered and not allowing me to order anything else. It THEN takes a couple WEEKS of calls to get it "straightened out", and they only CLAIM that I will get reimbursed NEXT MONTH for the money they took from me BEHIND MY BACK! We'll see! SO, customer support? PLEASE don't say it is good, you make me want to throw up!

I was just wondering if they are ripping you off why would u stay with them for 5 years? That's pretty dumb that means u have signed 2 contracts to continue to be with them but they are ripping you off........yea makes a lot of sense!

Well i am a verizon customer.....I have never been with any other service provider other than verizon there for i cannot speak on the service of any other company. I have been with verizon for 2 years and i think there customer service is great and have not had any reasons to complain so far. Now commenting on the voyager and the iphone......I went to the store and played around with the phone..the phone is priced at 469.99 which is the full retail price....I was expcting more from the phone i must admit i was disappointed about the fact that the inside (the QWERTY keypad) is pretty much the enV...my friend has an iphone and i've played around with it a bit and i enjoyed it.....I do plan on purchasing a voyager though because overall i liked the phone just wish they would have made the inside keypad different from the EnV. So to answer the question of if they were the same price and were from the same network which would u pick? I personally would pick the iphone.

This looks fairly cool, I would say they are about the same, but the iPhone is better. It's not just that I am an iPhone user, it's that I can already see that the iPhone is WAY more simple than the voyager. The Voyager has a few more things than the iPhone, but by no means are these useful (like mobile TV) and I am doubting that the voyager has alot of music storage. Now the iPhone does suck for texting (believe me lol) So there the voyager has the upper hand, also with the camera stuff.

So, for now I say the iPhone wins due to simplicity and design. Rock on Apple! (iPhone 2 plz)

Apple is an awesome company, and the iPhone is a great phone-here's what sucks though.......1. EXPENSIVE, 2. Comes with terrible service AT&T!!!!, 3. Doesnot have a good keyboard. 4. monthly bill OUTREGEOUS----other than that the iphone is good............the voyager is better

Apple always wins but they lost this time!!!
heres my ratings(1-10)
LG Voyager----9.5

Apple Iphone---- 7.5

I've actually on my 3rd contract with Verizon, before that I had the old AT&T Wireless and prior to the Sprint. Both times my contracts expired I browsed other cell phone companies considering trying. Even though I got royally ripped off by AT&T and Sprint but I decided to check it out merely based on price. Also, although VZW hasn't, their customer service could start to go to crap at any time(When I first got AT&T they were the best, by the time I left them they were the worst.) So when looking I found a wider selection of phones offered by VZW. Granted, the plans are a little higher for VZE as for as price, but network reliability, I have a 450 minute plan right now, all my friends use Verizon, I used 859 in-network minutes and only 200 peak minutes (so in the long run I'm actually SAVING money). Same thing with texting, free in network texting, minimal out of network texting and I'm still saving money. BTW, I have the world edition 8830 now (which I cannot imagining living without) which works in Europe or anywhere else GPS network is used (my biggest problem with VZW, now fixed, woohoo!)

Onto the Iphone vs. Voyager... the only thing new Iphone offered cellphones are the sleak exterior design with an Apple OS interface. Windows has been on phones for a few years now with touchscreen (my roommate had a touchscreen samsung 2 years ago... so it is nothing new) and it ripped off the LG PRADA. I'm not overrall impressed with the Iphone, besides, the Voyager has expandable memory, right now the cards are only 8 gbs, in a few months they will be 10 gbs, so forth and so on, so really are far as space goes, there is always the options of more room. I say... Voyager won't be the iphone killer, and apple icultist are going to cry fowl saying how much apple gets ripped off when reality is quite the opposite (cough cough cough ripped off pc unix kernel cough cough cough), but the Voyager is the better phone.

Also, VZW was the first to be offered the Iphone by Apple, and VZW said no... that says a world to me.

Has anyone here actually used an iPhone? Texting is extremely easy once you get used to it, which takes about 5 min. If the edge this phone has over the iPhone is texting, it doesn't have a chance. Glad I read this before I thought about replacing my iPhone

Oh yeah, and in the past 5 years I have had Sprint, T-mobile, cingular, verizon, helio, and now AT&T. I have had no problems with AT&T or Helio (I only left them to get the iPhone), Verizon and T-mobile had bad customer service, T-mobile was the worst I have ever dealt with. Just saying I have dealt with almost every cell phone carrier, usually just have whatever service has the best phone, but never any problems with AT&T

If you might think that the Voyager will beat the iphone in price, Think about memory. Iphone might be expensive at first... but the voyager has like no memory on it, and to get 8gb SD card costs about $100-120... That is the price killer

Can anyone compare Voyager with Treo or BB? Not as a voice device but as personal communicator. E-mail, outlook compatibility, organizer, been able to work with a B server. Desktop communication. Thanks

at only 16 ive had an enormous amount of phones but dont think i'm spoiled. I'VE purchased every phone ive ever had including the enV before the iphone before the voyager. i bought the 8gb iphone myself and started paying the monthly payment (which was a pretty penny i might add) but it was the WORSE service ive EVER HAD!!! the phone sucked, closing applications randomly, dropping calls like no other! and the AT&T customer service was also HORRIBLE. i waited in the store for SUCH A LONG time before i was able to talk to an associate because all the guys working there were flirting with this hot chick trying to get her wireless internet service working. ALL OF THE GUYS WORKING THERE! ugh. i ended up coming back to verizon and i am SO MUCH HAPPIER! the voyager rocks my socks and i'll never switch from them again!

Is the Voyager available through any other service than Verizon? I have T Mobile? If so where can I get the Voyager? Thank you

For me it is a question of service. Verizon offers a flat rate calling plan that includes the US and Canada. AT&T doesn't. I admit that I think I like the iPhone better than the Voyager, but Verizon does not require a data service plan and does offer the Canada calling. I don't really have a choice.

Oh yeah, and in the past 5 years I have had Sprint, T-mobile, cingular, verizon, helio, and now AT&T. I have had no problems with AT&T or Helio (I only left them to get the iPhone), Verizon and T-mobile had bad customer service, T-mobile was the worst I have ever dealt with. Just saying I have dealt with almost every cell phone carrier, usually just have whatever service has the best phone, but never any problems with AT&T
for that person who said tmobile service is bad, you are an idoit. I have had tmobile for three years now and i might be switching, well i am. I am only 15 and ive been threw the sidekick phase ive had the 2nd one the 3rd one and the 3rd one limited edition, those sucked all of them, now i have the touch screen tmoible wing, im trying to see is there any difference between that phone and the iphone, so far ive found none. I have google maps on my phone i have youtube on my phone. I also have a touch screen keyboard on the outside and everything, the only thing i dont have is the stock up dates i am 15 why would i want that any one that seems like a really goofy thing to put on a phone that is made for kids, yes i no att service sucks but i really want the iphone. also do any of yall know if the voyager has video and also do you think that they will come out with an updated iphone this summer that has video and a 16GB because i will be with tmobile untill they have a 16GB iphone.

i ment to say customer service my bad*****

i can't believe that these to phones are even being compared because there is no comparison. iphone is the best phone ever! i have had verizon in the past and the service was awful. i never had a signal, unless i was in south carolina and i live in pittsburgh! before verizon i had att and it was great never any problems. switched back and got the razr and then 2 years later the iphone. i have never had any probelms with dropped calls or bad customer service. i don't know what the problem is witht he texting. i find that it is the easiest keyboard to type on. the voyagers "touch screen" is very limited in my opinion and what is the point of having a touch screen if you still have to have a regular keyboard on the inside. iphone is sleeker, has better service, and the price is not all that bad. apple could have charged much more for the phone, and they still would have sold over a million in less than 4 months. iphone is the best phone every and the voyager has nothing on it.

as someone said before: apple always wins and this time they definatly have

OMG the Voyager is like one of the best phone so far made. I mean the touch screen is amazing and when u flip it up you just can't believe ur eys. I persinally love, i mean love the vayager!!!!

i swear that if anyone takes the voyager they are so stupid. All they did was add a keyboard to the iphone just making it bigger. the iphone is the best. i just can't wait for christmas for my parents to give me one.
8-)

i swear that if anyone takes the voyager they are so stupid. All they did was add a keyboard to the iphone just making it bigger. the iphone is the best. i just can't wait for christmas for my parents to give me one.
8-)

LG Voyager Wins on lots of site's this is one of them.
http://comparati.com/890-LG-Voyager-vs-iPhone

i've researched indepth both phones and here's the deal...the voyager is way more fuctional then the iphone as far as what you do on an everyday basis, the iphone missed the boat with the text feature. Nowadays text is the thing!! i do like the iphone i think its sick but just not everyday easily functionable. Plus everybody has it says its cool except the coverage!! and you have to remember why we have cell phones in the first place, to make calls!!

i havent got the voyager yet but i am getting it in april if its available by then i think the phone is fascinating so far and i dont like at and t so thats why i cant get the iphone or else i would have it by now and im sticking with verizon becuz i like them better and i like the voyager and im getting it so lol bye

there is no doubt that the iPhone will lack some of the features that the voyager has but if you really look at it don't all phones lack some ability to do somthing? Yes voyager has a cool key board but that is just about the only thing that's different about it. Wow turn iPhone to landscape and you have the same thing!!!! Wow great job of, you wasted more space by making a keyboard when you could of added more features. By the way I typed this entire thing with my iPhone.

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i am so excited about getting the voyager. I have several friends that have the iphone and a few of them are glad that they had their "warranty" because the screens have messed up on them! I really liked the iphone, but I like the voyager better. I had the opportunity to change companies, because my contract was up, but i stuck with vzw for the voyager. It better be good!!!

The Voyager is a cheaply put together iphone with a smaller screen and less features for the same price as iphone since you have to buy memory. Iphone offers hands down the best MP3 player on the market, the best internet on a phone, biggest screen, best graphics, totally updatable. Voyager is a joke.

Though I am a AT&T customer and love the service and my plan I will be looking for LG Voyager For Sale the Lg Voyager. Its so much easier for texting and has so much more than the iPhone. I took the train from Boston to Colorado a couple years ago and hardly had any service while the others on the train with verizon almost never lost service. I am sure this as changed since my ride , but VCast TV would have made the trip much more enjoyable. With the iPhone you can download YouTube Videos but what good is that. I for one don't want to watch youtube videos over and over.
Apple will win in the long run, but I won't one of the sheep.

cant wait 2 get da voyager!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it way better than da iphone. Verizon iz awesome!
dont hate :)

Theirs a site that lets you watch free movies on your iphone. Its called http://tvscreenonline.com/

are you crazy
the iphone will
kick the voyagers ***
any day ha and this is retarded
you guys aren't even comparing
the phones your comparing the networks!!!!

What good is the phone if the network sucks? AT&T has horrible customer service, and it can't handle the iPhone volume on it's networks. Since I bought my iPhone back in Dec and thus switched to AT&T, I've had MORE dropped calls since Dec than in my 5 years with Sprint! Explain that?! I think Apple did a disservice to the iPhone by being exclusive with AT&T. I am now considering switching to Verizon for the Voyager since I can't make calls with my iPhone on the AT&T network...

I prefer iphone more

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