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LG Venus

LG Venus Reviews

CrunchGear reviews the LG Venus and writes, "The 2-megapixel camera is average and the microSD slot allows you to cram as much music as possible. I did not like that the speaker was placed on the back because who really wants to hold their phone to hear music or put that glossy glass screen face down? I suppose you can just stream your tunes over Bluetooth, but that entails you looking like a tool unless you have BT speakers."

Gadget Lab reviews the LG Venus and writes, "Voice-prompted driving directions from Verizon's VZ Navigator are actually helpful; we didn't get lost once. 2-megapixel camera yields surprisingly detailed images plus decent video capture. MicroSD slot located supports memory cards up to 8GB in capacity. Access to AOL, Windows Live, and Yahoo Web mail and instant messaging."

MobileBurn reviews the LG VX8800 Venus and writes, "The 2 megapixel camera on the Venus lacks auto-focus, but still manages to snap reasonable photos. Photos are taken with the phone held horizontally. The touchscreen navigation cluster rotates to match the phone's horizontal orientation and really shows off the flexibility of the system. Better yet, the photo viewer application can also be run in full screen landscape mode, with the touchscreen displaying thumbnails of the available pictures while the main screen displays the current photo. There is even a finger controlled zoom mode. It is a very good system."

LaptopMag reviews the LG Venus and writes, "The entire back of the Venus is black with a soft-touch texture. The back also houses a 2-megapixel camera, which took the same quality pictures as the Voyager; it reproduced colors and light well and easily handles quick shots on the run. You can also shoot respectable 320 x 240-pixel videos with the Venus."

MobileTechReview reviews the LG Venus and writes, "Like the Voyager, the LG Venus comes with a 2.0 megapixel camera minus the auto-focus lens. We were very impressed with the cameras on the first and second LG Chocolate and several other LG feature phones that came out in the last year or so. While the camera on the Venus has been upgraded to 2 megapixels, the quality of the photos is sadly pedestrian. The images had lots of noise in both indoor and outdoor shots with a distinct cool color bias. Photos taking in sunny settings showed large areas of white out, even though these shots weren’t taken in very strong and bright sunlight. Images don’t look sharp either for a 2-megapixel camera phone even in good lighting conditions."

PC Mag reviews the LG Venus and writes, "The Venus's 2-megapixel camera is average for a phone camera. Pictures are a bit underexposed indoors. On outdoor shots, white areas are generally blown out, and photos look rather sallow and unsaturated. But the camera interface is fun, using the full main display as a viewfinder and slapping big, clear buttons up onto the touch screen. The video-recording mode takes relatively smooth 320-by-240 videos at 15 frames per second."

mlive reviews the LG Venus and writes, "The phone has a standard 2 megapixel camera and also can record video. There is no flash. The Venus also records video...The Venus is a solid phone that makes good use of its touch screen to simplify navigation. But at $199, I found the Blackberry Pearl to offered more bang for the buck for Verizon customers."

Digital Trends reviews the LG Venus and writes, "The camera is surprisingly supple. Press the camera button, push the first bar up and turn the phone on its side. Now using the vertical screen as a viewfinder and the horizontal touchscreen as a button, the Venus actually feels like a real camera. The pictures are solid, too, especially considering we’re getting the now-standard 2 MegaPixel resolution and no flash."