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The Dare joins the iPhone 3G and the Instinct
Samsung’s Instinct is out; the iPhone is almost here. But one phone that’s gotten lost in the hype is LG’s Dare, a 3G cell phone in the Verizon Wireless cadre of devices.
PCMag.com did a review of the phone and said it is similar to the Instinct and iPhone, with a couple of notable differences.
The Dare has a 3.2 megapixel camera compared to the 2 megapixels for the other two phones. But its browser is clunky and slow at bringing up Web page, one of the problems with the first iPhone.
It offers similar flexibility in navigating its functions as its competitors, and a touch screen that PCMag called “accurate and responsive.”
The Dare sells for $199.99 with a $50 mail-in rebate and the standard 2-year contract.
This means T-Mobile is the only provider without a similar device. But it’s got first dibs on Google’s Android operating system, whenever it’s ready.
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By paul a'barge
July 3, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
July 11 … I’ll be at the Apple Store in the Domain with my checkbook out ready to buy the 3G IPhone.
Nothing else interests me. All others are crude attempts at copying Apple’s brilliant products.