Sweet Success: Verizon Wireless Has Sold More Than 3 Million Chocolates

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, today announced it has sold more than 3.4 million Chocolate by LG phones since its launch last summer. Exclusively available from Verizon Wireless, the Chocolate by LG is a fully-functional mobile music device that supports V CAST Music, giving customers access to more than 2.1 million songs they can download to a PC and sideload to their phones or over-the-air directly to their phones.

Packaged in an innovative slider design, the Chocolate by LG comes in a number of hot colors -- including Black, Cherry, Mint, Blue Mint, Black Cherry, White, and Strawberry -- and offers advanced multimedia features such as a microSD(TM) memory slot that supports up to a 4 GB card, a music player, a powerful speaker for music, and dedicated keys for easy access to stored music. Chocolate by LG is also V CAST-capable and perfect for use with Get It Now(R) applications, such as VZ Navigator(SM), the location-based service from Verizon Wireless that provides turn-by-turn directions to more than 14 million destinations and points of interest throughout the U.S.

The Chocolate by LG is currently available online and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. For more information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving more than 62.1 million customers. The largest U.S. wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 67,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.