LG VX5400 User Reviews

I just changed back to my OLD phone LG VX5400 from a "FANCY" Reality Touch screen/slider, I had upgraded to in 05/2010. The LG VX5400 Is GREAT! Long life battery! Clear NEVER turns itself OFF! I don't miss any calls! Don"t LOSE any calls! It has been the BEST phone I have had since I started using cell phones! Trust me I have had many and the LG VX5400 is the phone to have! NEWER is NOT always BETTER! The New phones really bite!
We need more GOOD phones not fancier.

i got my phone almost three months ago and i'm already on my second one. the first time, it bugged out and started going to menus all by itself and it kept calling #963 over and over and it downloaded a bunch of games. the second one is broken now, too, because the screen is completely white. it never goes back. can somebody tell me what color the water damage detector is supposed to be? right now mine's white with tiny, faint purple x's. verizon can't tell me what's wrong with it.

I LOVE THIS PHONE A LOT! I GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 07 AND SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS. UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER SLEEK AND VERY THIN PHONES, THIS ONE DOES NOT BREAK ON YOU. I HAVE DROPPED IT SOOO MANY TIMES, AND IT HASNT SCRATCHED OR FELL TO PIECES. I REALLY LIKE THE FRONT OF THE PHONE BECAUSE IT HAS A MIRROR-LIKE FEATURE, WHERE U CAN SEE YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING ON LIP GLOSS, OR DOING YOUR HAIR, OR SEEING IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN YOUR TEETH!! GREAT SOUND QUALITY, GREAT CAMERA (I WOULD KNOW BECAUSE I USE IT A LOT), A SPEAKERPHONE QUALITY IS AWESOME. U CAN SET WALLPAPERS ON MAIN AND FRONT SCREEN, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. BATTERY LIFE IS OUTSTANDING! SO MANY GREAT FEATURES, BUT DOESNT HAVE VIDEO RECORDING, WHICH I WOULDNT EVEN USE IF IT DID HAVE IT. OVERALL, YOU SHOULD BUY THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT WORKS REALLY NICE. HEHE :)

RINGTONE IS TOO WEAK ON HIGHEST VOLUME.  VERIZON NOT HELPING CORRECT BY REPLACING LG VX5400.
 

I'm kind of disappointed by this phone, you can't record audio on it, so no custom ringtones, and it blocks you from sending ringtones to it unless you get one of the lame Get it Now ringtone applications.

My parents got me this phone for Christmas last year, and I LOVED it!! It is great with sound and features! It is surely not one of those very complicated phones with a million features, and then the phone just dies out on you. This phone does have features, but just the right amount. Since the day I got it to this point, I have never had a problem with it. The camera part of this phone isn't like a real digital camera qualtiy, but it is pretty good. I store a lot of pics on my phone, and they all come out great. The sound quality is very superb, especially with the ringtones! This phone is very easy to manage, and I really like the fact that the front of the phone has a mirror-like display, so you can see yourself. I use this phone mostly for calling my friends and family, and it has great reception-if I'm calling someone down my block or another state away.But, even if you like a lot of features, the Get It Now shop allows you to suscribe to a plan to buy games, wallpapers, ringtones, etc. Nice design and easy to store in a pocket, purse, and even your hand. Also, charging is really fast, since I am on the go at times when the battery is running low. This is the first phone I have ever had, and I think it is great. Also, this phone gives you 17 or 18 pre-loaded pics! That's a lot! I like the speaker phone feature because if my whole family wants to talk to the same person, I put the phone on speaker and set it in the middle of us! It is not the best, but average. This phone does not have video, but everything else makes up for it. If you drop it by accident (I did a couple of times), it will not break into a million pieces like other thin and sleek phones would. The buttons are a nice size and easy to push. The LCD screen is great, and clear! This phone is great for it's price! Personally, I would reccoment this to anyone who is getting a phone!!

I have had this phone for almost a year now. I live in a somewhat remote area, and cannot get service in my house at all. I have never owned a different phone from verizon before, so idk if its the reception quality or just where i live. The phone itself is excellent, and the buttons are soooo easy to press and you will never accidentally press a wrong one. I text a lot, and I really have no problem, and can text very fast. Sound quality is great when you have service, and speaker phone is very loud and clear. The camera isn't that great, but what do u want from a basic phone? The main thing that I like about it is that its so small and fits into your pocket so easily, you will never find a smaller phone that is as easy to use as the VX5400.

I hate this phone. My razor died so i had to get a new one. I got suckered into buying the LG VX5400.

Because of the new firmware Verizon is using you cannot send yourself ringtones or pictures.

I will be leaving Verizon. I will also dedicate my life to putting Verizon out of business and bankrupting its entire board of directors. I'm dead serious. The greedy SOB's should burn.

Back in January, my family upgraded from the Samsung a850 to this phone. Just about everything is an improvement: phone conversations are clear and understandable, the design is sleek and shiny, and the battery life is superb.
There are a couple problems, however. Although the sound quality during conversations is great, the volume is very low. Well, at least compared to the a850. My old phone was (and is) loud enough to wake the dead, and more often than not, speakerphone wasn't necessary. This phone sounds as if it's been shoved under several pillows. It's an issue for me, as I like to use my phone as an alarm clock in the morning, and that just doesn't work when it isn't loud enough to wake you. I still use my old phone, if only for those three loud alarms.
My other gripe is that it's hard, when setting a picture as the background, to actually get it to show the whole thing. I wish there was a setting to adjust the picture to fit the width/height of the phone, but no. On the a850, I took pictures of my images on my computer screen, and they showed the whole thing. On this, I still haven't been able to get the whole thing on-screen.

I've had fancy phones with tons of features such as an MP3 player and V-Cast Video capabilities but I've never used any of them. This time I decided to try to find a very basic phone with good sound quality and good battery life. I think I have succeeded. The sound quality is excellent and so far, the battery life is the same or better than other phones I have had. It seems to get better signal strength than my last LG, even with an internal antenna.

My only problem with this phone is the ringer and vibrater. Perhaps I was spoiled with my last phone which was LOUD. The vibrater in my last phone was also strong. I could leave the phone on vibrate, set the phone on a table, and if I got a call I would hear the rattling from another room...

However the 5400 with it's ringer set on HIGH is only as loud as my previous phone set on LOW.

Since the phone is so lightweight, it does not vibrate very strongly at all and I have already missed calls. I've had the phone for just a few days. If I am walking, I will not feel the vibrations. I also bought the belt clip and that seems to diminish the vibrations to almost nothing.

The phone is great otherwise, but I hate missing calls, expecially if the phone simply isn't loud enough for me to hear. I may have to regrettably exchange it.

I just took a brand new VX5400 off my Verizon account and put my old VX3400 back on. I love LG phones- this was my 4th, I just wish they (or Verizon) would offer a smaller, lighter basic phone (no camera please- who needs it!). The variance in size between the VX3400 and the larger VX5400 is just enough to make the difference between the feeling of carrying a phone wherever you go and being unaware of it on your person until it rings.

That being said, this is a fine phone with excellent signal quality, battery life, etc. Just wish it was a little smaller / lighter.

I have had about 4 cell phones now: I recently decided to put the cell phone companies up on their word of 30 day trial and ordered a T-mobile moto W490, and a verizon vx5400. I also have a Sprint sanyo vi-2300. I have always liked phones with analog (true tri-mode) because I like to be in ear shot in case of emergency wherever I am---and I live near the mountains in Denver. Anyhow, the sanyo phone is a good sturdy trimode--but it has always had bad reception. I got the W490 and thought it would be great due to expandable memory, mp3 player, camera, size, and most importantly battery life. My conclusion of the moto is that the battery life is bad, both earpiece and speaker are soft, mp3 player is buried in menus and works slow, and most importantly the menus are HORRIBLY confusing. The w490 is a kid's toy with a nice screen, not a nice quality phone. (I'm 33 yrs old, and an engineer)

Finally, for the vx5400-- I got it last night, and within 15 minutes had decided that this phone was better than both my previous phones combined. It's nice to see a carrier offering phones with still some support for the analog towers--just in case. It has very simple to access functionality, so far the battery is still on full bars (but I've only text msgd maybe 6-7 times, and barely talked on it). Verizon is better than what I expected for CDMA in denver. The screen resolution is not the greatest, but is clear and has large clocks and numbers. The camera on the phone is VGA, not state of the art, but the front screen is used as a viewfinder -- so you can take pics of yourself while seeing yourself! The speaker and earpiece quality of the vx5400 is great-- loud and clear. All buttons make sense to me. the one outstanding feature of this phone is the voice recognition--it is excellent, and the phone talks to you too---it tells you the number or name of the contact as you receive a txt msg or phone call (of course you can turn that function off). The phone size is perfect--not extremely thin, but good, and the weight is very very light! The vibrate mechanism is sorta old school, but it works and is strong.

It is a simple phone, but hey I'll use my mp3 player for music, and my nice camera for pictures, and this phone to make very easy, clear, and annoyance-free calls and txt messages, who would have thought! Oh, and how is that mp3 player going to help you if your out camping at night with a bear outside your tent??

I love this phone! its great! One problem though. I want to use bluetooth to trade ringtones with other people and I have no idea how. Anyone else have this phone and having trouble? I think Im just phone stupid. LOL

All I want from a phone is to talk on it. I never had a better one than the VX5400 for talking. Reception is 10 out of 10; speech clarity is terrific. Bluetooth is flawless. Battery lasts forever, it seems. This is NOT a phone for games, TV, etc. - but if you want a really great (and CHEAP) phone for talking, you'll never beat this one. It's really just about perfect for me.

I recently switched to Verizon with the rest of my family. I started out with a samsung u410 phone that they gave me free for getting a phone with them. The samsung phone was terrible. It had crappy battery life (2-3 days if you were lucky) and the phone echoed whatever I said back in my ear.

I then switched to this LG vx5400 phone and love it. The battery life and quality is outstanding.

I use a phone to talk and send an occasional text message. I don't care about music, TV, VCast, Get it Now, or anything else except talking. And I have never once owned a phone that could do a better job of just letting me talk!! The reception is so good that I would have to call it "perfect", the earpiece clarity is terrific, the battery lasts for so long that I can hardly believe it, and the phone is so easy to use that it felt totally comfortable in my hands after 1 day. I have owned the phone more than 3 weeks now, and I am still amazed at how good it is. This is a no frills phone for people who use a cell phone to talk; I've never owned a phone that was better at letting me talk!!. A superior product. Couldn't recommend it more!

I have this phone for 2 days and so far I like it very much. Signal is excellent. Even the camera takes decent pictures. Battery life is
also excellent. If you want no frills phone, this is the one to get it.

I've had this phone for about a week, and overall, it is an excellent phone. One of the best features is the voice command which does not require any setup or voice training. You push a side button, and then tell the phone who to call (by contact name or by speaking the phone number).

MP3 ringtones are especially crisp and clear on this phone (I used Bitpim and Bluetooth to upload mp3s). All of the preloaded ringers are very loud. The phone has a lot of memory (38mb) to store mp3s and images, which means you can assign a lot of ringer ids (and picture ids). When using the phone, the earpiece sound quality is A+.

Reception and battery life are excellent, and recharging appears to be super fast as well. A few times, the phone has completely recharged within minutes of being plugged in to the charger. As for reception, I have yet to lose or drop a call. And all of this is accomplished with no external antenna.

The front of the phone is much more appealing than the images show. The front LCD display, when off, disappears into what looks like a mirrored inset.

The only negative that I can say about the phone is that it is so lightweight and slim, sometimes it is difficult to keep a good grip on it when flipping the cover open (I have big hands). That's not much to complain about, though, and I'd guess that most people won't even find this to be a problem.

For anyone looking for an attractive basic phone with exceptional features, the VX5400 is a great phone for the money.

I liked my old LG phone but this is even better. I've had it 2 weeks now and this morning I'm just playing around with some of the features. For me it all comes now to how it works as a phone. We have 4 cell phones in the house, all Verizon, but various cell phone brands. This by far gets the best signal and I think the best sound quality of all four. We live in a fringe area so cell phone receiption usually is not the best. If it has any problems I haven't found them yet.
The best part was that it was free after the $50 rebate.

My husband had a Motorola W385 that he was told would get great service out in the woods where we live. He was also told this was a tri-mode phone. We found out that was not true. After a month with the Motorola he was very unhappy. I'm sure it's a good phone, but it did not work well with the area we are in.

I called the store where he bought it and because he was 1 day past the 30 day exchange timeframe, the referred me to Verizon Customer Service. Verizon ultimately agreed to let him pick another phone because of the problems we had and because he was only one day past the 30 days.

I researched phones for him and found 3 tri-mode phones. Tri-mode phones work better in our area because they can still pick up the analog which allows us to get signal at home. I know digital is coming on strong and analog will not be around forever but for now it's what works for us.

I ordered the LG VX5400 for him and he loves it! The battery life has been outstanding, he has 2 bars of signal at home which is incredible for us and can stand in the kitchen or living room and talk without having to go outside on the deck or stand by the door. The Motorola would not even connect a call in our area. The size is very nice. I think it tends to look bigger in pictures but it really fits in your hand or pocket comfortably. The menu is easy to use and the buttons are easy to press without hitting other numbers. The sound is very good too.

As with the first reviewers statement, my husband can hear this phone! He could never hear the Motorola and couldn't feel it vibrate in his pocket. No problem with this phone! He is very satisfied. If you live in a remote area and want a nice quality phone that is not bare bones basic, give this phone a try. I don't think you will be disappointed!

BTW...It's also very lightweight.

My wife and I recently bought two VX5400s. We had two VX5200s and own a VX5300 as a business phone. Dependable reliable use-and-go phones are what we need. My impressions so far after 2 weeks of use:

I haven't had time to try all of the features, but this phone has very long talk time, more than any other phone I've ever owned, and it charges quickly. I love both of those features. The charger plugin is slightly different, but was easy to adjust to after reading the manual.

The speaker phone is much better than the VX5200, with better sound quality. The bluetooth feature is also easy to setup and use, with good sound quality. The bluetooth works fine with Motorola headsets and our 2007 Toyota Camry bluetooth feature, with no issues or problems. I use the Web 2.0 to check investments and to read the occasional news article. Once the VX5400 connects and the first webpage comes up, it surfs much faster than the VX5200 did, and I appreciate those time savings.

The phone is more attractive than the pictures suggest. The clam shell body is slightly larger than the VX5300, but has no antenna. The mirrored external display is nice. The phone is noticably lighter than the VX5200 and a little lighter than the VX5300. Even without the external antenna, the reception of the VX5400 (a Tri-Mode phone) is at least as good as either the VX5200 or VX5300 (also Tri-Mode phones) in the places I've tried so far.

I can only speak to usability in this review, as I haven't tried all the features yet (though I want to try VZ Navigator). So for usability, these phones have been perfect so far, with no issues or problems. I think the phones were a tad pricey for basic phones, but expect prices will come down as this phone becomes more available. As long as the VX5400 remains this dependable and usable, the price will be worth it.

I exchanged a Samsung SCH-u5400 for this and I am impressed.

Has decent features of an advanced phone and a pretty solid design.

Doesnt not take movies, but has an awesome camera system but makes up for it with its camera. You can zoom, use effects, and has good resolution. It shows what the camera sees on the outside when you are taking a picture so your subjects know what they are going to look like.

Get this phone

I have finally found one that I can hear the ringer. Even with my hearing disability I had to turn the volume down. The sound quality, battery life, and reception are very good. This is not an entertainment center phone. The advanced features are very practical, i.e. Navigator and Bluetooth to name two, and the final cost with the plan that I have was $5.00.
The pictures of it are a little deceiving. It is unique in that the front appears as a mirror surface when the front screen is not active.
For me the VX5400 is an exceptional value.