LG's "iPhone"

It was only a matter of time before other phone companies started copying the iPhone. The iPhone is nothing more than a normal ass phone, with normal ass features BUT it has an extraordinary packaging. Think about it - what was revolutionary? Touch screen technology? No. The internet? No. The color? No. Not that I'm a hater.. you know I love cute packaging.

Anyways, Verizon unveiled four new mobile phones for the 2007 holiday season, and it hopes the Voyager is cool enough to shift the spotlight away from Apple's iPhone. The Voyager by LG sports a large external touch screen and opens laterally to reveal a full keypad.

The Voyager has a large external touch screen that also slides open sideways for a full QWERTY keypad. This gives users a choice on how they access the phone's features. The keyboard option is one advantage the Voyager could have over the iPhone's touch-screen-only design, in addition to Verizon Wireless' fast 3G data network that the Voyager will use to access the mobile Internet. The iPhone doesn't use 3G technology; instead, it uses the slower AT&T Edge data network.

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