LG enV Touch and Glance walk the Big Red carpet

By on Jun 5, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Retail June 5, 2009

So far in our coverage of these two Verizon-bound handsets by LG, feelings have certainly been mixed. The LG Glance — with its 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth, VZ Navigator and slim frame — has not garnered much love on the pages of BGR. Seeing as it’s an entry-level feature phone of course, we really didn’t expect it to. The enV Touch on the other hand has been received much better. Sure there is the occasional GSM addict who scoffs at this CDMA kit despite dual 3-inch displays, full QWERTY keypad, 3.2 megapixel camera with a Schneider Kreuznach lens and auto-focus, 3.5mm headphone jack, Visual Voicemail and MicroSDHC support, but you can’t please everyone. The bottom line is whether or not these new LGs are your cup of tea, variety is a good thing… Just ask Hef. Right on queue, the LG enV Touch and LG Glance have both appeared on Verizon’s website and are now available for purchase through all channels — the former for $149.99 on contract after MIR and the latter for $49.99 on contract after MIR. Looking for an upgrade? Looking for a downgrade? Hit the read link and get to shopping.

Thanks, Brandon!

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  • Laz

    Make it simple and drop the MIR’s! My wife really wants the enV Touch…

  • grrr

    the env Touch loOks decent, bUt i Really want a big boy phone.

  • JoeTour

    the EnvTouch is Rev. A. thats a big deal, the full HTML browser is great. the name Env for this device is misleading, really, it accomplishes so many things that of a smart phone-class phone does. without having the title smart phone on it.

  • grrr

    @joeTOUR don’t forget the WVGA screen. tuh tuh tuh TOUR!?!

  • JoeTour

    @ grr
    i checked out a couple of days ago a Youtube review on the Touch. this guy says actually he switched from the Storm to the EnvTouch. (that should tell you something about its ‘smart phone’ capability’s) and the browser loaded super fast, full HTML one.

  • grrr

    @joeTOUR i’ve seen the vids and i’m going to check it out for myself, but i’m still holding out for the TOUR.

  • wordtobigbird

    *yawn*

    When’s the Tour coming out?

    Sidenote: Does Verizon’s deal with LG include getting exclusive ugly phones? ….because all the LG ones on Verizon look like ass and a half.

  • Ethan

    looks surprisingly good for a consumer phone, but like the others said i will be waiting for something with a little less big red UI.

  • Laz

    Zach, do you know if you are able to stream MLB games and XM radio with this?

  • Dustin

    I’ve been waiting to see what Verizon did post-Dare, but I’m afraid the enV Touch’s “stamps” UI looks a little gimmicky. I guess I’ll keep waiting. Or just give up and get the Dare now that the price dropped. I’m starting to believe this “Verizon gets no cool phones” nonsense …

  • Rono

    Wait where is StevenGlansburg’s post saying Verizon sucks because they gimped this phone with no wifi and make you use vznavigator? heh

  • Laz

    @ Dustin, I have the Dare since it came out last year and can tell you that the speaker phone is not the greatest. It’s a cool little phone that does not need a data package.

  • Mr. Anderson

    I went from the voyager to the dare and was happy about it. then i went to the storm from the dare. i was missing my dare a bit, but the storm just did way to much for me to go back to a “dumbphone”. this new enV touch (voyager2) looks like a dare with a qwerty so as far a nonsmartphones go, it’s probably ok. just my opinion

  • john

    env touch is night and day compared to other touch phones – the touch screen is so so so accurate and user friendly…it has a doc viewer to view .doc, .xls, .ppt files – this is not ur regular line of the mill phone folks. there are other features on this phone that is new and not like other phones like the dare……the browser is the best ive see, FULL html, not half like the dare or versa, full as in all scripts of flash plus tabs

  • Allen

    I ordered mine last night/this morning I can’t wait til I get it. If it wasn’t for the stupid VISA cards I would have gone to the store.

  • Dustin

    That’s good to know about the Dare from everyone above – I’ll definitely check out the Touch. My VX 8600 doesn’t look so cool anymore. However, the same goes for my work-supposed BB 8700c …

  • VZW4life

    I’ll be picking up two Env Touches for FREE in a week.

    MWAH HA HAAA!

    Okay, not *technically* free, but at no cost to me!

  • http://anzman.blogspot.com Charlie Anzman

    Simply a great phone …. used it for over a week … even threw up a quick review. Rev A works in some rural areas (It’s the network :) Borderline smartphone at minimum … and you forgot the Dolby stereo output which is awesome (so is the autofocus on the camera/vidcam). Only thing missing is HD!

  • Jeff

    EnV Touch? Forget it. Our household has had two -for the past 6 months. One is on the road, and while the reception is great (with Verizon), the user will be seeking a replacement as soon as they get home. My enV Touch was just exchanged last week, and already I’ve had problems with the replacement (which is just a refurbished phone). Every time I try texting, the keyboard locks up. Last time, the touch screen failed. Not worth it- at any price.

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