Not to be outdone by Sprint and AT&T, Verizon now joins the touch screen multi-media party with the LG Dare.
Starting today, the nation’s No. 2 wireless company – with aspirations soon to claim the No. 1 spot with its pending acquisition of Alltel – is challenging mobile phone consumers to “Take the LG Dare.”
Verizon claims that all of the alluring features on this phone make it up to any mobile challenge.
“This new handset will surpass your expectations with a large 3–inch touch screen that recognizes your handwriting and gives you tactile feedback. Zoom in closer to find a 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder with advanced features like face detection for outstanding image quality,” according to Verizon.
With Steve Jobs’ new iPhone set to arrive in a couple weeks and with Sprint’s Instinct phones reportedly flying off the shelves in the early days of their debut, the summer’s touch screen battle certainly is heating up.
We just received an LG Dare to test last week, so stay tuned for some of our thoughts about how the handset matches up against the Instinct, and eventually the new iPhone 3G.
Other tech outlets have yet to complete their full tests, but some are offering initial perceptions.
The folks at engadget were impressed by the lengthy list of tech specs on the new phone. “Phew, these guys really packed it in. Stand by for our hands-on impressions,” they said.
PC Magazine’s assessment is that the Dare has a relatively amazing camera and video camera. The phone would not fare as well in head-to-head matchups with its rivals on surfing the Internet.
“Unfortunately, the Dare has a mediocre Web browser, Teleca's Obigo. The Obigo version on the Dare, version 7, is higher than I've seen before; but it's clunky enough to be frustrating, and (at least on the Instinct and Voyager) is very slow to render pages. Opera, Nokia, and Apple's browsers are all far superior, and Opera's BREW version could even run on the Dare, if Verizon let it,” PC Mag stated.
The reviewer did go on to call out T-Mobile. “The Dare's introduction leaves T-Mobile as the only major carrier without an iPhone-like device. T-Mobile is slated to get the first phone running Google's Android OS, which will certainly generate some buzz, but is still a few months away,” Sascha Segan stated.
So in the coming months we will see the Instinct tussle with the iPhone, the Dare and the first GPhone.
The initial run on the Instinct appears to be promising for Sprint. Will the company be able to maintain the momentum as additional competitors join the fray?
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