I Love This Phone (LG enV2) [Updated]

by John H. Farr on February 22, 2009 · 11 comments

in Technology

I don’t feel like taking a picture, just google the damn thing. But it’s a very good cell phone.

My experience in this area is absurdly limited. I do know what I hear and see, however, and I have never been able to hear as well as I do when using the LG enV2. It’s not a brand-new item, model-wise, came out over a year ago I believe, but it’s the slickest thing I’ve ever used. The hearing thing isn’t volume-related, but rather has to do with fidelity. Anyway, it’s very clear and full. Not tinny at all!

The real reason I got it, however, was because it flips open length-wise to reveal a QWERTY keyboard, so I can send a text message without having to tap-tap-tap forever on a numeric keypad. I want to do this, for some reason. Communicate across the generations, perhaps.

If someone wants to give you one of these, say thank you. It makes me want to use it, so you know it’s nice. I had to pay 30 bucks for mine after signing up again with Verizon for another two years. I’d been holding out for an iPhone, but there’s no technologically compatible high-speed data service available here for it that would make it worthwhile. (If I’m wrong about that, please be kind.) At any rate, the LG is a very fine phone.

I got the black one.

UPDATE: Whatever you do, don’t ask me for advice on cell phones.

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{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 David February 23, 2009 at 10:09 am

I have my iPhone here, and while it’s not 3G it runs fine on Edge. I use the internet all over town and it’s definitely good enough for me!

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2 John H. Farr February 23, 2009 at 10:22 am

Well, I wish someone would explain this to me!

I looked up AT&T’s coverage and there wasn’t any. Checked their website and everything. They sure don’t make it easy.

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3 David February 23, 2009 at 10:27 am

Well, you know even better than I do that living here means that sometimes we are invisible – half the time, maps cannot even find where you need to go or where you are standing. But my phone does work here, and the internet on said phone works too.

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4 John H. Farr February 23, 2009 at 10:32 am

And it’s a good thing I love my new phone, even though i would have gotten an iPhone if AT&T had its act together: I looked up Taos AGAIN on their coverage map, and they don’t even show any Edge network availabilty, not even from a “partner.” Furthermore, the website states that using the “partner” coverage that does exist beyond a certain point will invalidate your contract.

If that’s all bullshit, then I’m STILL glad I didn’t go with AT&T, because they have their head up their you-know-what. It’s just astonishing that I couldn’t go to the website and find out for sure whether or not I could actually use an iPhone here.

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5 David February 23, 2009 at 10:33 am

It’s all bullshit – they probably have not even mapped here. I have full bars sitting in my house.

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6 John H. Farr February 23, 2009 at 10:35 am

The AT&T plans cost MUCH more than what I pay for Verizon, too, so maybe waiting for a Verizon-compatible iPhone will pay off in the end.

Glad yours works, of course. :-) But I’m left shaking my head here…

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7 David February 23, 2009 at 10:40 am

Yea, I pay $59 a month plus taxes for mine. Unlimited internet, which is what I use it most for and is worth it, but 450 minutes and 200 text messages.

Guess our little ole town just isn’t important enough to them to even map correctly. :-)

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8 John H. Farr February 23, 2009 at 10:42 am

That is BETTER than my plan. I feel sick.

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9 David February 23, 2009 at 10:43 am

Oh….sorry. :-(

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10 John H. Farr February 23, 2009 at 10:48 am

Furthermore, I just googled and someone says there IS 3G service here now from AT&T, and it’s not even hinted at on their website.

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11 David February 23, 2009 at 10:58 am

Ah, well I have the original iPhone, so I don’t have 3G capabilities. But that is good to know if I ever upgraded.

Gotta love mountain towns and technology; they don’t seem to mesh very well.

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