LG VX9400
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The LG VX9400 is a mobile phone
manufactured by LG Electronics
. This CDMA phone is supplied by Verizon Wireless
in the United States. It was one of the first two phones on the market to support live mobile TV
broadcasts using Qualcomm
's MediaFLO
technology. (Samsung's
SCH-U620 was the other.) The unique design of the QVGA display allows it to swing up into landscape orientation for TV viewing. Other key features of the VX9400 includes stereo Bluetooth
, a Secure Digital
memory card slot, digital music player, EVDO high-speed data connectivity, and speakerphone.
This phone was also featured in the movie Iron Man
as the phone Tony Stark used to communicate to Obediah the successful presentation of Stark Industries
Jericho missile.
The phone is compatible with BitPim
1.0 and later to upload ringtones, transfer wallpapers and pictures, and to back up SMS
messages, the phone book/contact list and the calendar. The current available software version is v03 and should be updated at your local Verizon store.
As with Verizon Wireless's EVDO coverage, MediaFLO TV is not available in all areas.
Also, the phone does have individual contact ringtones for text messages.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
manufactured by LG Electronics
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a global electronics and telecommunications company headquartered in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea. The company operates its business through five divisions: mobile communications, home entertainment, home appliance, air conditioning and business solution...
. This CDMA phone is supplied by Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
in the United States. It was one of the first two phones on the market to support live mobile TV
Mobile TV
Mobile television usually means television watched on a small handheld device. It may be a pay TV service broadcast on mobile phone networks or received free-to-air via terrestrial television stations from either regular broadcast or a special mobile TV transmission format...
broadcasts using Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
's MediaFLO
MediaFLO
MediaFLO is a technology developed by Qualcomm for transmitting audio, video and data to portable devices such as mobile phones and personal televisions, used for mobile television...
technology. (Samsung's
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
SCH-U620 was the other.) The unique design of the QVGA display allows it to swing up into landscape orientation for TV viewing. Other key features of the VX9400 includes stereo Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
, a Secure Digital
Secure Digital
Secure Digital is a non-volatile memory card format developed by the SD Card Association for use in portable devices. The SD technology is used by more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and more than 8,000 models, and is considered the de-facto industry standard.Secure Digital...
memory card slot, digital music player, EVDO high-speed data connectivity, and speakerphone.
This phone was also featured in the movie Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
as the phone Tony Stark used to communicate to Obediah the successful presentation of Stark Industries
Stark Industries
In the fictional world of Iron Man, Stark Industries, later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark/Fujikawa, Stark Enterprises and currently Stark Resilient, is a fictional multi-billion dollar corporation owned and run by businessman Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, also known as...
Jericho missile.
The phone is compatible with BitPim
BitPim
BitPim is an open source program designed for managing content on CDMA devices. Most mobile phones using a Qualcomm-manufactured CDMA chipset are supported...
1.0 and later to upload ringtones, transfer wallpapers and pictures, and to back up SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
messages, the phone book/contact list and the calendar. The current available software version is v03 and should be updated at your local Verizon store.
As with Verizon Wireless's EVDO coverage, MediaFLO TV is not available in all areas.
Also, the phone does have individual contact ringtones for text messages.
Specifications/Features
| Modes: | CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900 |
| Weight: | 4.06oz (115g) |
| Dimensions: | 4.04" x 1.93" x 0.75" (103mm x 49mm x 19mm) |
| Form Factor: | Bar, with swing-up display |
| Antenna: | CDMA Internal; hidden extendible for Mobile TV |
| Battery Life (Talk): | 3.80 hours (228 minutes) |
| Battery Life (Standby): | 458 hours (19.1 days) |
| Battery Type: | Lithium Ion Polymer Lithium ion polymer battery Lithium-ion polymer batteries, polymer lithium ion, or more commonly lithium polymer batteries are rechargeable batteries... 950mAh |
| Display Type: | LCD (Color TFT TFT LCD Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing... /TFD) |
| Display Colors: | 262,144 (18-bit) |
| Display Resolution: | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Platform/OS: | None |
| Memory: | 38MB (Built-in Flash Flash memory Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data... , shared) |
| Phone Book Capacity: | 500 entries (5 numbers, 2 e-mail addresses per entry) |
| FCC ID: | BEJVX9400 (Approved Sep 25, 2006) |
| GPS/Location Type: | A-GPS |
| Digital TTY/TDD Telecommunications device for the deaf A telecommunications device for the deaf is a teleprinter, an electronic device for text communication over a telephone line, that is designed for use by persons with hearing or speech difficulties... : |
Yes |
| Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating: | M4 (very compatible) |
| Available Languages: | English, Spanish |
| Polyphonic Ringtones: | Yes |
| Vibrate Alert: | Yes |
| Picture ID: | Yes |
| Ringtone ID: | Yes |
| Video ID: | Yes |
| Bluetooth: | Yes, Stereo |
| Supported Bluetooth Profiles Bluetooth profile A Bluetooth profile is a wireless interface specification for Bluetooth-based communication between devices.In order to use Bluetooth technology, a device must be compatible with the subset of Bluetooth profiles necessary to use the desired services. A Bluetooth profile resides on top of the... : |
HSP, HFP, DUN, OPP, FTP, BPP, A2DP, AVRC version 1.2 |
| USB: | Yes |
| Voice Dialing: | Yes, Speaker Independent |
| Custom Graphics: | Yes |
| Custom Ringtones: | Yes |
| Data-Capable: | Yes |
| Flight Mode: | Yes |
| Packet Data Technology: | 1xEV-DO r0 |
| WAP Wireless Application Protocol Wireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer... /Web Browser: |
Openwave Openwave Openwave is a software company. Based in Redwood City, California, USA, Openwave is historically significant in its introduction of the Mobile Internet and its expansion into a large successful mobile software supplier in the mobile telecom sector... 6.2.3.2 (works in landscape mode only) |
| Predictive Text Entry Predictive text Predictive text is an input technology used where one key or button represents many letters, such as on mobile phones and in accessibility technologies. Each key press results in a prediction rather than repeatedly sequencing through the same group of "letters" it represents, in the same,... : |
T9 T9 (predictive text) T9, which stands for Text on 9 keys, is a patented predictive text technology for mobile phones, originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications.... |
| Side Keys: | Voice, Volume (left); Camera, Speakerphone (right) |
| Memory Card Slot: | microSD (TransFlash) |
| Text Messaging Text messaging Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network... : |
Yes, 2-Way |
| MMS Multimedia Messaging Service Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from... : |
Yes |
| Text Message Templates: | Yes |
| Picture Messaging: | Yes |
| Video Messaging: | Yes |
| Digital Music/Audio Player: | Yes |
| Supported Digital Music Formats: | MP3 MP3 MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression... , WMA Windows Media Audio Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs... |
| Camera Resolution (Picture): | 1.3 Megapixel |
| Camera Resolution (Video): | 176 x 144 (video message); 320 x 240 (storage) |
| Camera Features: | LED Flash LEd LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product.... , 3 to 10-Second Self-Timer Self timer A self timer is a device on a camera that gives a delay between pressing the shutter release and the shutter's firing. It is most commonly used to let photographers to take a photo of themselves , hence the name.... , Night Mode, Spot Metering, Brightness & White Balance Controls |
| Max. Video Duration | 15 seconds (video message); 1 hour (storage) |
| Streaming Video: | Yes |
| Alarm Clock: | Yes, 3 programmable |
| Calculator: | Yes |
| Tip Calculator: | Yes |
| Calendar: | Yes, Event-programmable |
| Voice Memo: | Yes, up to 1 minute |
| Call Recording: | Yes, up to 5 minutes |
| BREW: | Yes |
| Games: | Yes, downloadable |
| Headset Jack: | 2.5mm, Stereo |
| Speakerphone Speakerphone A speakerphone is a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker provided separately from those in the handset. This device allows multiple persons to participate in a conversation... : |
Yes |