LG Versa Review

A combination of the LG Dare and LG Voyager. For sure any user would love to use mobile for its full touch based design and its ability to add external modules. Versa has actually been an output of Verizon wireless. To state in crisp the phones most liking features are it detachable QWERTY keypad, which can be connected when messaging and which can be left behind when it’s not of a big use. The device also lets you customize the home screen with 3D support for contacts, Web sites, and other apps. The quick responsive accelerometer helps you play motion based games.

But there are a few drawbacks about the phone. The keypad attaching and removing could really be one of the most painful job. LG designers have forgotten to include a 3.5MM jack. Versa could be an interesting version only to a few. The phone is designed to size 4.2 x 2.1 x 0.5 inches and weighing 3.8 ounces, which is slightly more than LG Dare. The weight mentioned above is without the keypad, with the keypad it may sum up to 5.6 ounces.

The left side of the phone has an annoying 2.5mm jack plug, volume controls, the camera button, and a proprietary charging/USB port. The one sick thing about the phone is that the touchscreen is really very stubborn when it supports the browser, you may have to tap at least 4 to 5 times extra before, the browser responds. When the phone can load WAP and other mobile pages quickly, it starts crawling slowly to display full HTML pages.

The screen is 3’’ display, supporting 262K colors. It’s slightly taller than Dare but of course not wider. There is an integrated light sensor which helps the phone to adjust its brightness as per the external environment. Proximity sensor automatically turns off the display when you’re on a call. The front along with the display holds three other buttons, those that are common to all touch based phones – call connect, end call, and Menu.

Messaging is again not that very difficult task. If you have been so used to tapping your fingers over the keypad, then doing the same over the touch screen wouldn’t be a real big challenge. The keypads are placed relatively well spaced and you could activate either the alpha-numeric keypad or the QWERTY keypad, whichever is comfortable. Versa comes with preinstalled IM, with which you can directly connect to AIM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo.

Camera is yet another feature that makes Versa differ from Dare. Versa comes with a 2mpx lens instead of the 3.2MP sensor with higher quality Schneider Kreuznach lens used on the Dare. Otherwise most other controls are more or less the same. The music quality through the rear mono speaker is adequate and equal to that of the Dare, but not as good as the stereo speakers found on the Chocolate 3 or VX8360. As far as Video playback feature is concerned, its limited to Verizon’s VCast video service, which streams the pre-recorded clips over the EVDO network.

Specs

Platform
CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0/1xEV-DO rev.A

Size
Weight – 3.81 ounces (without Keypad attached).
Dimension (HxWxD) – 4.16 x 2.07 x 0.54 inches (106 x 53 x 14 mm)

Music & Sound
Music Player – MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA

Messaging
Email – Yes
Instant Messaging – Yes

Connectivity
Bluetooth – Yes
Internet HTML Browser – Yes

Memory
User Memory – 310 MB  Internal User Memory
External Memory – Up to 16GB microSD

Personal Information Management
Calendar – Yes

Further Information
Touch Screen – Yes