The LG Vu Plus comes as the successor to the LG Vu, the “Plus” apparently standing for the physical keyboard that the original Vu lacked. I’ve had it for about a day and my overall first impressions are somewhat mixed. On the one hand, I like the design of the phone, I like the fact that it has a 3 megapixel camera with a flash, and I’m digging the phone’s user interface. On the other hand, the touchscreen has given me a few problems, I’m not too fond of the physical keyboard, and the 950 mAh battery seems a little underpowered to me. Then again, the LG Sentio was powered by a 900 mAh battery it lasted a week on standby.

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