LG VX8350 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

LG VX8350 Phone (Verizon Wireless) Features

Additional LG VX8350 Phone (Verizon Wireless) Information

Download your new favorite tunes right to your phone via Verizon's V Cast Music store. Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

With the V Cast Video service, you can stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.

Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. And Verizon's Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.

Phone Features


The slim clamshell VX8350 features a 1.3-megapixel camera (with video recording) and Bluetooth stereo music streaming capability. The VX8350 features a traditional clamshell design with a large 176 x 220-pixel internal color display with support for 256K, as well as an external TFT LCD with a 96 x 96-pixel resolution (for displaying incoming call information, battery life, signal strength, graphics, photos and more). Music playback control keys are also located on the front cover. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad.

The VX8350's built-in address book can store up to 500 contacts for quick and easy management of phone numbers and email addresses. Meanwhile, a speed dialing feature allows you to dial up to 99 numbers virtually instantaneously. The phone comes with built-in polyphonic ringtones plus a vibrating alert. More ringtones can be downloaded via Verizon's Get It Now service. Ringtones can be assigned to specific callers so you don't have to look at the phone to know who's calling, or you can match pictures with callers to identify them.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 1.1 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. This phone also provides USB mass storage capabilities for saving and transferring your most important files from PC to PC.

The 1.3-megapixel camera offers three resolution modes (1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240) and includes a self-timer, night mode, and brightness/white balance controls. It also records video clips (176 x 144 pixels) from 30 seconds (for sending via MMS) or up to 1 hour (for saving to memory card). You can also set videos under 5 MB in size as your screen's wallpaper.

The phone also sports an airplane mode feature, which allows the user to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight. Other features include: Up to 1000 contact entries with up to five numbers and picture ID for each entry MP3 and WMA music file compatibility; synchronize music from PC to phone Voice memo recording up to 1 hour; record phone calls up to 5 minutes in length 2.5mm headphone jack One-touch speakerphone Voice Clarity--auto adjust voice based on surrounding noise level Hearing Aid Compatibility: M4/T4 Calendar, alarm clock, calculator Java-based games 72-chord polyphonic ringtones WAP web browser

Vital Statistics
The LG VX8350 weighs 3.3 ounces and measures 3.73 x 1.97 x 0.87 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 210 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/1900 frequencies and Verizon's EV-DO data network.

What Customers Say About LG VX8350 Phone (Verizon Wireless):

Same response from 611.The outside screen is all scratched up, whereas my 8300 outside screen is almost pristine for 2 years use -- I'm guessing because it is protected by a rim rather than flush with the body.But after reading http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/lg-electronics/71778-vx8350-weak-hinges-broken.htmlI found out it should be replaced -- and it was hassle-free at the Verizon store.I discovered that I probably stressed the hinge because I do press it against my ear when struggling to hear:http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-VX8350-Review-review-r_1825.html "while on several test calls, with the flip up to our ear, we could move the bottom keypad closer to our face, thus causing pressure to build in the hinge and causing it to flex. BitPim saves speed dials, contact ringtones, and caller id pics, whereas Backup Assistant did not. Very disappointed that this was sold to me with a new 2yr contract as the replacement for the VX8300. The VX8300 suffers from this slightly, but nowhere near to the extent as present on the VX8350."I'm not thrilled that I now need to be gentle when flipping open and holding at my ear because of the poor construction.SAME: receptionvoice call qualityBETTER: no antennaWhen switching phones, Verizon saved my contacts with Backup Assistant for free, but I advise downloading and using Open Source BitPim http://www.bitpim.org/ before you go in for a replacement and for frequent backups. In addition you can transfer all your call logs and text messages that you will otherwise lose. Buy a used 8300 if you're looking to replace.WORSE: harder to open clamshell no flash on the camera no zoom on the camera (replacement does -- it may have been that the old one was set at the highest resolution which will not zoom)unusable speaker because of the feedback (my replacement doesn't seem to suffer the same flaw)cheaper body battery life -- I am charging more often than I did with 8300 lower intensity button backlightingoutside mp3 player buttons now protude making it more likely to start music unintentionallyAfter 6 months the hinge broke (as with many other reviewers). LG told me this is damage and not covered under the warranty.

Alllll by itself. An ignorant design. Reception is marginal at best. This very annoying design defect only chews up the battery and constantly requires you to grab the phone, open and shut down the music player. It is obvious that those designing this phone never actually used it. The front button design is a disaster. If you put it in your pocket plan on the buttons starting up any music you have on the phone.

I don't baby my phones, but I don't smash them around either. Internet navigation is a pain, i wouldn't bank on this for that. I would recommend against buying this because of its tendency to fall apart. I'm just about to get my 4th replacement VX8350. I would pull this out of my pocket and see a crack widening. This is the 3rd time it's done that.When the phone is in 1 piece, I enjoy it. The plastic around the hing keeps cracking over time and now it's handing on by a wire. For a simple phone for text and voice, you can't beat this.

Built in calculator and notepad are useful, and the calendar and alarm functions are quite good. The V-Cast software that you load onto your computer to interact with the phone is also very poorly designed, very non-intuitive, too bulky. When I had a piece of junk Sony-Erickson with Cingular/ATT I had countless dropped calls and horrible reception 90% of the time. Part of this is due to Verizon excellent coverage in central Indiana, but part of it is most certainly the phone itself.The camera is also fairly decent, although in the year 2009 I'd expect better photos in low lighting even from a camera phone. The problem is that the buttons often get hit when the phone is in my pocket and the player turns on and the music pours out from the external speakers unless I have remembered to turn the player's volume all the way down, which I started doing after about the tenth time it came on at an inopportune moment. But if you're simply looking for great reception, look no further - a most excellent phone in this regard. The video recorder is pretty decent too, and records with sound. I just loaded Duffy's Rockferry, for instance, and it dumped it into a generic "unknown" folder along with a bunch of other stuff it didn't recognize.

Furthermore, the PlayList feature has never worked. My priority when I bought this brand/model was to get something with excellent reception, and on this point I am thrilled. The Contacts feature is very weak. I also have tried to load MP3s of old radio shows, and it recognizes half of them, even though all of them seem to be clearly labeled. I have even gotten a signal out in the boonies when people standing next to me have no bars on their phones. The MP3 sound is very good, but literally 1/3 or more of the music or other MP3s I try to add aren't recognized. For some incomprehensible reason you cannot include the contact's address or email or any notes - what the h*ll kind of contacts list is that. I have had the phone for a year or so (Verizon service) and have had maybe two dropped calls the whole time.

Of course if the volume is down then I don't know it has come on, and the battery gets drained. I have wasted many frustrated hours trying to get it too work properly to no avail. Even when I try to add songs the player does recognize, it will not allow me to add more than a couple of songs; some play list. I can seem them in the folder and access them when I plug the card into my computer, but they are invisible once the card is in the phone. So if you have more than 6 friends or more than 6 businesses you often call, or whatever, the feature is useless - beyond stupid.

Bottom line: If you're looking for an MP3 player, or a robust PIM, don't waste your life on this phone. Since I didn't buy this phone for the MP3, I guess I shouldn't complain too much, but the fact is I DID pay for all the features, after all. So 2 stars for the MP3, 5 stars for reception. I also have gotten copyright warnings on music I legitimately own and have thus been disallowed from loading it. When I'm on the 8350, people have commented that they had no idea I was on a cell.

The player has external controls so you can operate (in limited fashion) with the phone closed. There is room for something like 1000 contacts, so clearly space isn't an issue - it's just astoundingly dumb programming. I also like having the ability to swap out memory cards. Also, while you can put the contacts in groups, which is a great idea, each group is limited to something like 6 entries.

The phone has never been dropped in the water. My husband hates it. My husband got this phone about 6 months ago. Obviously if it's happening twice in a row, it says something about the quality of the phone. This was an upgrade from his VX8100 (the original version of this phone with the big speakers on the hinges of the flip part. We've replaced it once already because the screen went out. It did it again last night, and Verizon won't replace it because one of the water damage stickers is pink.