Cell phones forum: LG-VX6100

Unless you want to have the LG 7000 that records and sends 15 second videos and has no speaker. Your best bet is the 6100. My wife and I upgraded to the 6100 and it is the nicest and best phone I have ever used or seen. The features are off the hook and it is the "mack daddy" of them all. Plus, you won't go broke buying it. I am so happy I went with my instinct...I can't put it down and the web browser and cool tool. There is no doubt that you will love it. There are not many phones you can compare to the 6100.

I just bought the LG6100 and couldn't love it more. I upgraded from a LG4400 which I was very happy with but it was starting to show its age and such...but this 6100 is great! its everything that I have been looking for. Sure the pictures aren't as crisp as you want them to be but hey its a phone =] thats why I have a digital camera Although it was very nice to have my dog as my desktop pattern on my phone. I have noticed there aren't that many Getitnow stuff there just yet from Verizon...but all in all if you were waiting for a great trimode phone this one is a wonderful one and I would recommend it...sorry that some people have had issues with it mine is working great!

I've had this phone for about 3 weeks and liked it well enough to get one for my wife, who is a technophobe. The menues are easy to use without much reading of the manual. The internal screen is brilliant colors. The external screen is B&W, but really doesn't need to be color and I'd rather pay for the internal screen. The keys are backlighted, which I really like for dialing at night. The voice activated commands work well without training, but the woman's voice that says "calling" sure sounds sultry! I do like the driving mode, other command options. This is a well thought out phone! Camera is VGA, not bad considering the limits of that resolution. The phone is so new that Verizon hasn't posted much software yet, but seems to be posting more on a regular basis via GetItNow. {Power connector is a little different from LG VX6000, so don't expect you can use same adapters without checking. The phone is tri-mode, but on a drive across rural Illinois on interstate, I never saw the analog activate. It works well at our house, as good or better than my old Motorola. All in all, I'm very pleased, and I did buy one for my wife, so I'm trusting my marriage to it.

I am on my secound LG-VX6100 and am very disappointed with it. I had a LG 5250 and loved it, but this 6100 really stinks. The reception can be terrible. The layout and menu is nice, it's nice to look at, but as a phone ??? My friends think I'm loseing my hearing. I have trouble hearing most calls unless I'm talking to someone on a landline. Be very carefull that you can return this phone if you get it.

I previously had a VX6000 which irritated me enough to eventually damage it. The biggest thing that irritated me with the VX6000 was the keypad. I simply could not feel where the buttons were. So, I spent quite a bit of time feeling a couple phones I was considering until I decided on the VX6100. I actually liked the feel of the VX7000 better, but decided I could tolerate the VX6100 in order to get the speaker phone option, get the TriMode option, and pay less for the phone. I wasn't attracted to the video feature (of the VX7000) at all and felt the TriMode was a better experience (over the 'all digital') based on my previous ownership of a Motorola StarTac that was also a TriMode phone.

So... I've now had the phone nearly a week and feel very comfortable with it. My only disappointments are not having a desktop battery charger and the fact a game I had on the VX6000 (Backgammon) is not currently available for the VX6100. The call quality seems comparable to other phones (good) and I'm no longer dropping calls--which I now attribute to my previous phone being, ahem, damaged.

Oh yes... driving mode. A seemingly nice feature that's new to me. When I have the headset plugged in, however, the speaker phone is still used rather than the headset. I suspect either my phone is defective with regards to that feature or the feature is in need of some tweaking. I'll be dealing with that issue shortly.

Overall... I'm happy with the phone after one week of ownership and use.

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You mention a data cable for downloading pictures. Where can I get one? The data cable that verizon sells is only for connecting a laptop to the phone for the purpose of connecting to the internet. I've had no luck finding one for DL pictures. Would appreciate any info. Thanks.

with my wifes phone from nextel ( new i850 camera phone ) the gave her a site to download the media downloader, from Motorola . Verison said that only their equipment would work for this phone . They lied to us . Whats new about that .Thanks in advance .

I have stated a few times that both my lg 6100's work "Jhonny on the spot" as soon as I take a call. All the people I work with don't have one problem with one thing on their 6100's.
You might have heard about a few phones that had a flaw. But, it is clear there is no problem with them now. There are too many people I know that don't have any problems with them...including me.

So, go for it. If by chance it is not working correctly. Simply go to verizon to have it exchanged. But, I highly doubt you will have to do that. Because any problems they might have had have been fixed.

Good Luck:)

I'm not sure if I've got the volume bug that everyone else has mentioned, but for awhile it seemed like I had to turn the volume down on every incoming call. I haven't noticed it as much lately, for whatever reason.

And something that I've noticed - and I have no idea if this concern has any merit or not - but I can't get the digital "D" to appear on my phone indicating that digital calling is available. I had that on my prior LG phone (which is prehistoric by today's standards) but can't get it to appear on this one. I'd love to hear any suggestions on that. (And I'm confident location isn't the issue.)

But all in all, I can't complain about the phone. I'm not a heavy web/photo user and I've been satisfied.

I just switched from Cingular to Verizon and have had my phones for about a week. I have had good service from them so far. My only complaint is that I broke my belt clip holder that came with it. The round part where it swivels cracked. Now it swivels very loosely and falls off if I catch it on something. Other than that they seem pretty good.
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with those aftermarket extendable/retractable antennas that supposedly boost your signal strength. You see, I live in the boonies where alot of the time you are running on one bar of signal. Surprisingly enough I can make and recieve calls when the signal dips that low. I'm might also be looking for some kind of outside antenna, like a car roof antenna or one for the house. I'm trying to see what kind of signal boosters I can get because I'm moving from a town that has full strength signal, to one that has nearly none 10 miles down the road. Any help would be appreciated.