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Dare to be different with Verizon Wireless’ newest phone – Dare™ by LG. This new handset will surpass your expectations with a large 3–inch touch screen that recognizes your handwriting and gives you tactile feedback. Zoom in closer to find a 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder with advanced features like face detection for outstanding image quality. Of [...]

The online price will be $199 after $50 rebate and new 2 year contract. It is the same price as 3G iPhone coming out next month, but $70 more expensive than Samsung Instinct.

Apparently, Verizon couldn’t wait much longer either as they already put up the interactive userguide for the LG Dare on their website already.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia/mim/lg_vx9700_dare/

You can buy your own LG Dare (VX9700) from Verizon store on July 3rd for $199, after $50 rebate with 2 year contract. LG was the first to come up with all touch screen, even before the Apple iPhone launch, with its LG Prada.
Some of the neat features found on LG Dare and not found [...]

It appears Verizon wants to beat the iPhone 3G release by pulling in the release of LG Dare to June 26 for online and Jul 3 for in store. Some new features not found in the iPhones.
1) Proximity sensor to turn off the LCD when the screen is near the user’s ear to conserve the [...]

No official launch date yet but should be sometime later this month.

VX plus numbering is the method LG has designated for all Verizon bound LG phones. More and more, both Samsung and LG decided to go with a unique name instead of the part numbers.
LG VX9700, which is the CDMA version of the LG’s popular Prada phone is the Verizon bound phone without the Prada brand.