LG VX-5500 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless)

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Combining essential functionality with streamlined good looks and userâ€"friendly features, the LG VX5500 flip phone for Verizon Wireless is a great on-the-go communications partner. Use voice-activated dialing to call, then talk handsfree with the oneâ€"touch speakerphone or go completely wireless using the Bluetooth capability. This phone offers an A-GPS receiver, which enables you to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions. Other features include a VGA camera for still photos (no video), access to personal email and IM chatting, organizer tools including calendar and alarm, and up to 5 hours of talk time.

Verizon Wireless Service
With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access the Verizon Wireless 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. And the Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.

Getting on the Internet is easy using the Verizon Wireless 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. The Verizon Wireless Media Center 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 Media Center service.

Phone Features
The LG VX5500 has dual LCD, with an internal 1.75-inch screen (176 x 220 pixels, 262K colors) complemented with an external 1-inch screen (96 x 64 pixels, 65K colors) that displays incoming calls as well as battery life, signal strength, and current time and date. Flipping open the phone reveals a standard alpha-numeric keypad that sits below a navigation area with five-way control pad, send/end keys, two soft navigation keys, and a dedicated volume key. The phone has a 44 MB internal memory which can't be expanded. The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contact entries, with each entry able to store up to 5 numbers, 2 email addresses, and a picture ID. You can also enter up to 3 emergency contacts.

An easy-to-use mobile communicator, the LG VX5000 features a handsfree speakerphone, Bluetooth connectivity, and a VGA camera for snapping still photos.

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, and handsfree car kits. You can save up to 20 Bluetooth pairings and send contact and calendar events to other compatible devices wirelessly.

The VGA camera shoots only still photos, and it offers three resolution options (640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels). It also features a 2x digital zoom, white balance and brightness controls, self timer (3, 5, or 10 seconds), and night mode for shooting under low-light conditions. The in-phone image editor enables you to zoom, rotate, crop, and resize photos as well as add fun frames.

Stay in touch with friends while you're on the go using SMS text messaging. When used in combination with the phone's built-in still camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. The phone also comes with a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing.

Other features include:

Speaker independent voice commands: call, send message, go to, contacts, and My Verizon
Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, notepad, tip calculator
Voice recording up to 1 hour (5 minutes during phone call)
One-touch speakerphone
T9 predictive text entry
Bilingual Interface: English & Español
Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4/T4
TTY Compatible
Speed dial: 999 entries with 1 voicemail default
Includes 24 unique ringtones with support for real-music ringers
Vibrate and silent modes
Micro USB connectivity for charging from and transferring files to PC
Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts), SPP (serial port profile)

Vital Statistics
The LG VX5500 weighs 3.05 ounces and measures 3.56 x 1.84 x 0.73 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 440 hours (18.3 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies.

Product Details

Clamshell phone combines essential functionality with streamlined good looks; includes dual LCD screens
GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; downloadable games, ringtones, and applications
VGA camera for still photos; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; speakerphone; voice commands; organizer tools
Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 440 hours (18.3 days) of standby time
What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual

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Compact, basic phone with Bluetooth and camera

Review Date: March 20, 2009

Reviewer: Steven Quigley, Pasadena, MD USA

I got two of these for free for my wife and I on a Verizon rebate deal. Overall, they're not bad if all you really want is a good, basic, compact phone, that also happens to have Bluetooth and a minimal camera. They're smaller than a 5300, very light weight, seem to hold a decent battery life (after returning one battery that was obviously defective), and the reception and voice quality is as good as my old LG VX8300. A Motorola Bluetooth headset works fine, and I like not having an external antenna. My only complaint is that it has a poor selection of ring tones, and some are not very loud. If you're into taking photos with your phone, this one doesn't have a flash.

The 5500 comes with a 1000mAH battery; if you want, you can upgrade that with a 1500mAH battery, but you'll need to also buy a new cover for the back of the phone to accommodate it.

Nice Little Cell Phone

Review Date: March 23, 2009

Reviewer: Regular Guy,

I live near the ocean so cell phone reception is not usually good. The Verizon salesperson recommended the LG VX5500 since a friend of his said it worked in his basement. It works great! I get very good reception and the phone holds it charge. It is nice and compact without an antenna.

so-so phone

Review Date: February 6, 2009

Reviewer: W. Webber, Austin, Texas United States

This phone is a decent cheap phone.
Pros:
1) No antenna to catch if phone is in your pocket.
2) Calls seem clear
3) battery life seems okay

Cons:
1) Phone often stops working as a phone if you do not power it down each night. Powering down and up again will fix it. But symptom of phone not being able to send calls is quite a pain. Phone acts like it is going to call, but no audio is sent either direction. In other words, you have no idea that the call isn't going to work before you call.
2) Phone will not allow you to use recorded audio as a ring tone.

meh... it's alright.

Review Date: July 19, 2009

Reviewer: JMF, ca

if you're not a features junkie and all you wanna do is make and receive calls and text messages, this is the phone for you. i've had no issues with the battery life, reception and voice quality are generally pretty good, and it's bluetooth capable. in short, it has all your standard phone features.

on the other hand, the camera isn't so great. i had an older model of LG phones, the vx5300. this phone lacks what the vx5300 had: flash, zoom, and better quality. i guess that's not so bad if you don't use your cell phone camera, but this OUGHT to be a standard feature regardless! i guess LG must've been REALLY marketing for folks on a budget.

secondly, the phone has trouble with bitpim, a third party data transfer software. bitpim supports a pretty wide range of phones, including my old VX5300, but i guess the vx5500 was a little too new. when you select a phone for bitpim to manually detect on your USB port, you MUST use a phone that shares the same USB data cable that the vx5500 does because the vx5500 is not supported. i managed to get all my pictures and memo pad notes off my phone, but i had absolutely no luck with text messages or my address book.

thirdly, the phone is mediocre when it comes to ergonomics. the phone's slimmer design makes it harder to grip, and the ridges that line the halves of its clamshell design aren't deep enough for large hands like mine, making the phone tough to open with one hand (try receiving a call while driving, you'll see what i mean).

and they took away the speed-lock feature! i remember on my vx3200 AND my vx5300 that they BOTH had a feature where if you held down the * or the # key (depending on which model you had), it would automatically lock your phone, a handy feature if you need to put your stuff down in a hurry and leave it unattended. well, well, lo and behold, it's magically GONE on the vx5500. i guess LG's reasoning for removing it is that people don't steal cell phones as much these days, but i would've appreciated it.

if you just want to make and receive calls/text messages, don't look any further. but if you want something that's ideal, look elsewhere.

edit 8/19/09:
oh yeah, did i mention that the camera color quality is MEDIOCRE? if you're gonna take pictures, you'd better have a light source that is -no joke- as bright as the SUN. all of my indoor pictures that do not have a light source that causes headaches ALL have a bluish-gray tint to them.

A Mistake

Review Date: December 3, 2009

Reviewer: Jay Powell, Des Moines, IA

I own other LG products (tv, cell phones, etc) and they are wonderful. This phone is a dud. I am on the second battery. I returned the first one after two weeks since it only lasted a couple of days. Now the battery lasts around four days (I have had the phone around five months). It does not reliably receive calls when my friend's Blackberry, on the same wireless network, is receiving a crystal clear signal. Sometimes it will not synch with my car's Bluetooth unless I reset it(turn phone off and back on again). Periodically it will "BEEP" and drop my call. I am going to call my carrier and see what they can do for me to try to get rid of this mistake.

admin on January 19, 2010 | Filed Under Cell Phone Review

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