Unless they somehow manage to stuff a full qwerty into a clamshell like the Alias 2, I don't see it happening.
LG already has 4(?) bar style phones, and the 83xx design has been traditionally clamshell. I don't think it's gonna be a bar form factor.
Well good job Verizon, now I will have to eat my words and spit them out in a gooey mass on my own shoes. Bravo... At least my bar form factor theory still holds up...
The VX-8370 is simply an upgrade from the VX-8360. My guess based on the 8300, 8350, and 8360 is that this will continue that lineup of phone and be a flip phone.
At this point I think LG is going to have a dilemma on their hands. If it releases and turns out to be just another flip with 2 MP camera, QVGA screen, and simple WAP browser, who is going to be willing to shell out $9.99/mo for data on it? Unless Verizon makes data optional on the VX-8370, the Accolade will sell far better.
A phone is only fun when you can modify it anyway you please.
speaking with an lg rep yesterday they are not releasing [the VX8370] until vzw takes the data plan off the lg [VX8360]. they are furious with vzw because they put the data requirment on that phone and it stopped selling almost immidately. So unless this phone doesnt require a data plan, lg is going to hold out any more flip phones being sold to vzw... i hope in this case lg wins so as a sales rep i dont sound foolish telling our paying customers to pay more for a standard flip!
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Here's an interesting comment which appears to have come from an employee at a Verizon store:
Yes, I saw that comment.
I'm not sure if that is true or not, but I do find it silly to be force to pay $9.99 for data on phones that have such limited web browsers.
It's kind of like this....why get an enhanced media phone and be forced to pay $9.99/month for limited data, when you can get a smartphone and unlimited data for $30/month.
Motorola made the same argument and won. Verizon lifted the data requirement for the Motorola Entice.
I think Verizon needs to publish a clear set of guidelines for what distinguishes an "3G Multimedia Phone" and a basic feature phone.
Considering data plans for all phones are now the same cost for unlimited, the mandate should only be for QWERTY keyboard phones and ones with HTML browsers.
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Thank you for the info/updates, FAUguy
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