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The Cool Factor in Cell Phones for Teens

by Jacqueline Radin

When my dad told me that he had a cool new texting phone to review, I practically begged him down on my knees to let me review it.  I flipped out even more when I found out that the phone was Verizon’s LG Voyager, complete with touch screen and flip open full keyboard.  The phone I’d been using for the last year, although interesting when I first got it, no longer held my attention around all of my friends’ new modern phones. 

The reaction to the Voyager was as positive from my friends whenever I pulled out the phone to text or make a call.  Those who bought their phones to keep up with the coolest new ones were shocked to see mine; they were definitely jealous.

I found it kind of annoying that the keyboard was impractical for quiet places, especially because it made a noise when I typed.  That made it impossible to even consider texting in school.  It’s at times like these that the Voyager’s touch screen typing pad worked out well.

Being someone who loves to capture every moment, I loved the high quality camera.  It was almost as nice as an actual digital camera.  However, it had a strange quirk. I seemed to have to hold the Voyager in place several seconds after the clicking sound in order to capture the image I thought I was taking.  If I didn’t, the picture on the screen would not represent the picture that the phone had saved.  This was especially annoying to the subjects, who would move when they heard the click, only to find the picture was of their motion.

The size is a little too large for someone like me who rarely has pockets, and the phone is pretty heavy, but the weight is almost worth it for the terrific speakers it has on both inside and out with which to play music.

Overall, the Voyager is a cool phone to own for kids in high school, but slightly impractical.  Yet I’d gladly live with the impracticality.