Verizon announces LG Glance, enV 3, and enV Touch

by Chris Ziegler posted May 28th 2009 at 10:26AM

Three widely-expected models from LG have now gotten fully, completely, and utterly official for Verizon this morning. Starting at the bottom rung, the Glance is a low-end but surprisingly handsome candybar -- a form factor we don't frequently see from LG for Big Red -- with a 1.3 megapixel camera, a "woven metal" battery cover, and a QVGA display; it'll be available on June 5 for $49.99 on contract after rebate. Next up, the env3 replaces (you guessed it) the env2 with that now well-known landscape clamshell design featuring dual displays, dual keypads, and full QWERTY on the inside. It's got EV-DO, QVGA internal and 160 x 96 external displays, a 3 megapixel cam with video recording and flash, and visual voicemail support. It's just a smidge more expensive than the Glance, running $129.99 after rebate and it's in stores tomorrow. Finally, the big kahuna: the enV Touch succeeds the Voyager with a full touchscreen on the outside and an enV-esque QWERTY interior, rocking a 3.2 megapixel autofocus shooter, two -- yes, two -- wide VGA displays, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Touch drops in alongside the Glance come June 5 for $149.99 on contract after rebate.

Filed under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, candybar, clamshell, env touch, env3, EnvTouch, glance, lg, qwerty, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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mr. mario @ May 28th 2009 10:30AM

"Samsung Glance"?

wake up!

It's the LG Glance.

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meeno01 @ May 28th 2009 11:21AM

after seeing at&t's lineup, verizon seriously needs better phones

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superfresh @ May 28th 2009 11:28AM

After using Verizon's network, at&t seriously needs better coverage.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

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ryder.nate @ May 28th 2009 5:31PM

@ SUPER.....he wasn't talking about coverage he was talking about phones.. GEEZ stick to the subject please!

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Louis @ May 28th 2009 12:14PM

After seeing something that I disagree with, I immediately resort to petty insults!

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superfresh @ May 28th 2009 10:55AM

Any ideas on how much it will be for existing customers eligible for an upgrade?

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m3nphls @ May 28th 2009 11:09AM

If you have $100 NE2 then you can take $100 off that price after rebate. Some of the new NE2's give $50 and $30 also depending on the plan you are on.

If you are a secondary line forget about NE2.

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scaramouche @ May 28th 2009 8:13PM

From big red's site:

Unique to LG enV TOUCH:

* Read documents from any microSD card in several file formats including .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .pdf

Sounds like a documents to go reader - yay!

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Epsilon-Not @ May 28th 2009 9:06PM

Hm, no pptx, docx, or xlsx? That's a shame... I mean, even the Centro can read Office 2007 files.

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TendoMan @ May 28th 2009 3:46PM

Oh god yes, finally an official announcement. My NE2 is in August, so I'll have plenty of time to pour over reviews and get my hands on some demo models..

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TVGenius @ Jun 1st 2009 1:16AM

Mine was yesterday. w00t! Come on, FRIDAY!

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Matt H @ May 28th 2009 11:02PM

Does the enV 3's camera have auto focus? That's a feature that even the original enV's camera had.

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Tinman @ May 30th 2009 5:47AM

From mobileburn.com:

"Users can also store and view many Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, as well as Adobe PDF files. "

The PDF is something I have been waiting for in a phone without a $30 a month data plan for a while.

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FOTAtime @ Jun 15th 2009 8:06PM

These phones are actually pretty cool featurephones. Feature rich, easy to use and they are on the Verizon Network, what more could you ask? There is one more thing, OTA update and management capability, which we at InnoPath just announced today:
http://www.innopath.com/news/press_releases/2009/2009_06_15.shtml

Like it or not, the complexity of modern devices means that in order to deliver the best possible customer experience that updates are sometimes needed. In the Bad Old Days these were done with cables in the back room, but now it is possible to do it all over-the-air. No cables, no PC, no itunes, just the phone. Try that with your iPhone!