Bluetooth headset-packing LG Decoy now available from Verizon

As expected, the LG Decoy launched on Verizon today, for the also-expected price of $179 (on a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate). That price tag includes the Decoy's claim to fame: a snap-on Bluetooth headset, as well as some all around decent if unremarkable specs, including a 2 megapixel camera, a 2.2-inch "mirror-like" 240 x 320 display, a micro SD card slot, V CAST music and video support and, of course, built-in Bluetooth. In case you missed it, you can get a better look at the phone courtesy of an always helpful unboxing that turned up over the weekend.

Read - Press Release
Read - Verizon product page

[Thanks, Lucas]

[stefan @ Jun 16th 2008 11:50AM]

love the idea... hope they sell spare headsets though.

[gabe @ Jun 16th 2008 11:59AM]

"are you happy to see I'd or is that just a Bluetooth-headset-attache- to-a-phone-in-ur-pants?"

[gabe @ Jun 16th 2008 12:00PM]

"are you happy to see me or is that just a Bluetooth-headset-attache- to-a-phone-in-ur-pants?"

[Kris @ Jun 16th 2008 12:05PM]

"are you happy to see me or is that just a Bluetooth-headset-attache- to-a-phone-in-ur-pants?"

[yode @ Jun 16th 2008 12:22PM]

"are you happy to see me or is that just a Bluetooth-headset-attached- to-a-phone-in-ur-pants?"

[The 3rd Hot Dog @ Jun 16th 2008 12:30PM]

"are you happy to see me or is that just a Bluetooth-headset-attached- to-a-phone-in-you-are-pants?"

[itsnotabigtruck @ Jun 16th 2008 1:21PM]

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deyanimay @ Jun 16th 2008 3:03PM]

game breaker 3!!!!!!

[natels @ Jun 16th 2008 12:04PM]

What does a mirror-like screen entail? Extreme gloss?

[Corwin @ Jun 16th 2008 2:45PM]

Severe retinal damage if used in direct or indirect sunlight...

[Phoenix @ Jun 16th 2008 12:04PM]

That giant-ass HTC phone NEEDS one of these.

[chickenator @ Jun 16th 2008 12:31PM]

wow this is a killer phone! i want one!

[Foolthrottle @ Jun 16th 2008 1:22PM]

Isn't this a bad idea for the same reasons it's a bad idea in media players? Personal choice in headset/headphones is critical - maybe you want noise cancellation or stereo?; some already own headsets; what if you lose/break the build-in one; it make the phone fatter for everyone

[Joshua Walters @ Jun 16th 2008 1:24PM]

Eh

Its way over priced.

And its not sleek.

It wont appeal outside the "Im to old to realize I could buy a separate headset thats more comfortable for half the price" crowd.

[nmantzoros @ Jun 16th 2008 1:34PM]

Anyword on the "Dare" Specs/release yet? That's the phone I want next month.

[Decoy @ Jun 16th 2008 3:55PM]

Love the name. LG, you shouldn't have!

[Matt @ Jun 16th 2008 4:55PM]

It makes me thing this is some sort of fake phone you hope thieves will steal instead of your real one. Why does it cost so much?

[Erasure25 @ Jun 16th 2008 5:37PM]

Actually, it would be cool to store your blue tooth headset directly on your phone so you (a) don't lose it as easily and (b) don't have to wear it all the time, like when you are in a bar, and look like a giant tard.