Verizon's Mint and Cherry LG Chocolate launch: who cares?
As if that white and dark LG Chocolate wasn't enough, Verizon just released red (no, not that RED) and green versions of the venerable VX8500 slider in hopes of stoking a bit of yule in our Grinchy hearts. No surprises here since we've been expecting these to drop since last month. Same specs we've seen, and yours for the usual $129.99 after on-line discount and 2-year commitment -- which should be enough time to convince everyone of their "Cherry" and "Mint" coloring.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Damon @ Nov 22nd 2006 2:50PM
Honestly, who cares? I think this has gone a little too far when 4 colors of the same phone exist. Why not try to customize them at least a little bit? The UI is color-coded for each color phone, but that's it. Plus, the live models of the green one look like baby puke
xaeth @ Nov 22nd 2006 3:11PM
okay... WHY cant we just have.. dun dun dun.. changeable covers... ohh wait we used to... and it was a huge market... seriously.. even if they required the guy at the shop to change them its a frigging case, its shouldnt be that big of a deal, and we shouldnt have to buy a different phone to have it look different.
HTC Kid @ Nov 23rd 2006 12:51AM
Ah there they are yeah same old stuff but hey at least I confirmed it.
Jonathan Slade @ Nov 23rd 2006 4:22AM
I just want to make phone calls with my cell phone as needed. I don't need no fancy gizmos. It's just a phone anyway. They come out with new cellphones everyday and each new brand supposed to be better than the last one. Where does it end? Right now, cell phones numbers reach into the millions with no end in sight...
JX @ Nov 23rd 2006 11:31AM
Some people don't think the same way. Like me, for example. I don't WANT to carry a separate MP3 player/PMP/camera/portable game console (really, if I need to pack light, I can't bring too much stuff- with some of the games I've seen for cellphone it'll satisfy me long enough) when I'm out and about, and if one cellphone will do it that's fine by me. Sure, you could take each thing separately, but have fun sorting out power adapters for each one. If battery life is a problem, buy a couple of spares (in my case, I can buy an external battery pack powered by AA batteries).
Brett @ Nov 24th 2006 7:24AM
ya know at first i wasnt very partial to the chocolate. i had the krzr. it was...ok...then after a few days i started to hate it...then i started to despise it...so i got rid of it. i traded it in for the white chocolate. the 8600 wasnt out yet so i didnt go for that. but now that i have my chocolate i am very glad i made that choice. i love my chocolate! its such a great phone. it does everything i want it to! yes the battery isnt the strongest if you are using a lot of media on it. i was thinking about getting a tumor for it (extended battery) but we will just have to see about that. other than the battery life i think the phone is great and i like the idea of different colors. i think the mint should have had a different back light other than the red but i think its a pretty sweet phone and i am for the different colors. look at the razr...the phone has been out for 2 years and they are still making new colors for it! i mean come on!!
Ry @ Nov 24th 2006 2:13PM
LG taking a page out of Motorola's playbook.. ;)
andrew wilson @ Nov 27th 2006 10:45PM
i like the chocolate phone and i own the white one, but you really should make a pink one. this would sell like crazy PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Trent @ Nov 27th 2006 11:48PM
well it gives people a choice for a new cell phone for Christmas. Plus people complain they don't need these fancy things. If you don't, DON'T BUY IT. There are alot of other people who would. I even have the chocolate. It's an awesome phone. People who want a phone that has an MP3 player and a camera think it looks great, especially including the slider. It makes it look more unique compared to every other flip phone. And, as Brett stated, the RAZR and SLVR have been out for so long, yet they keep making colors. There are only 4 colors for chocolate, but a million for the RAZR, including RED (yes, the RED), but i agree that the mint chocolate looks really bad. I wouldn't want to get caught with any kind of cell phone that looks like that...but the rest are pretty good.
andrew wilson @ Nov 28th 2006 7:48PM
i love the chocolate phone and i have the white one it truly is great, but verison really needs to make a pink chocolate phone because i know a lot of people that are waiting for that to happen, so please do so??
someone needs to get this message to someone important so it can be done!!!!!!!!!!!
Kara @ Dec 6th 2006 7:02PM
I think these phones are soo cool. I have sprint and I love my phone right now, but these are really cool. One thing, so what if there are four different colors? What if someone dosn't want to spend the extra money or go out and look for a different color. I love how they named them mint chocolate, cherry chocolate, and white chocolate. The ONLY thing I do not like is how the mind one has the red...I mean come on look at it......CHRISTMAS COLORS!...lol...that is my pet peive.
Kara @ Dec 6th 2006 7:05PM
ok..well I look at the green one again..and it isn't that bad. I mean, it is lime green and red....It would really bug me if it was regular green
dan santana @ Dec 7th 2006 4:51PM
i just got the mint yesterday, I think the mint is the best looking one. white gets too dirty too fast, the black looks generic, the red looks cool ( if you're a girl), the green is too smooth. The best things in life are green, money, "plants", and trees
Sadie @ Jan 19th 2007 4:05PM
I get to upgrade my phone in early April and I am undecided on which phone I want. I really like the Cherry Chocolate and the Mint Chocolate. Doe the Chocolate phone's have a good camera? The phone I have now is the LGVX8000 and my camera is messed up it only takes fuzzy pictures now and I like to have a phone that takes clear pictures. Out of the LG Chocolate phone's and the motorola razr phone's which one do you guys this is the must have phone?
yeah right @ Feb 23rd 2007 4:33PM
I LOVE VERIZON!!!!!
yo mamma @ Nov 17th 2007 8:15PM
OMG I LOVEEEEEEEEEE THE MINT CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!! AND I DONT CARE IF YOU THINK THAT THE MINT CHOCOLATE LOOKS LIKE BABY PUKE!!!!!!!!!!GRRRRRRR....UR MEAN....LOL....ANYWAYS....I AM GETTING THIS PHONE THIS WEEK AND I AM SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!OMGIZZLE.....WIPPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!............ WELL I GTG
MY BOYFRIEND NEEDS ME!
BYE BYE