Conclusion
Venus is quite the eye-catcher, as any product with its name should be. I might be a bit jaded since I get to test and write about almost all of the latest handsets, but I wound up thinking Venus suffers a bit from style over substance syndrome. At first glance the handset’s sleek slider design and beautiful front panel displays promise a world of interactive menus and enhanced ease of use. And they do deliver on that promise - but only to a point.Many users may find Venus partial touchscreen more than good enough for their needs. Indeed, I appreciated the changing menus that graced the lower of the phone’s two displays, offering up context-sensitive controls that made it easy to know which virtual button to tap in order to trigger the action I wanted whether I was using Venus to make a call, read a message, or listen to a tune. But after a day or two with the phone I couldn’t help but wonder why LG and Verizon didn’t just go all-in on Venus and make the entire front panel touch sensitive. A slider phone with a physical keyboard and a full touchscreen? Sounds genius to me. Everyone knows Venus the Goddess’ beauty was more than just skin-deep. Had Venus the Phone been graced with a full touch display, her beauty would have run a bit deeper, as well.
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