So the story continues: the next LG Chocolate phone – the ‘Chocolate Platinum’, apparently, because it has that silvery band – aims to prove that style doesn’t need come on the expense of functionality, the accusation levelled at the original KG800.
So this one gets a 2mp autofocus camera, a QVGA TFT display, microSD memory card slot and FM radio. Although the KE800 is styled in a more masculine mode, with crisper edges it’s definitely in the same family: pretty much the same measurements (2mm thicker, 10g heavier), same glossy mirror-like surface, same touchpad with red navigation symbols that appear when it’s slid open.
This time though the touchpad is much more precise – you have to touch the red markings directly, a couple of millimetres away has no effect.
The only real downsides are the slow and inconvenient camera interface, a distinctly iffy web browser – and the like-it-or-loathe-it touchpad technology.
• Turns out that LG does a bloke’s phone rather well
FEATURES 85%
SALEABILITY 90%
SPECIFICATION
Size
Length 96mm
Width 46mm
Depth 17.5mm
Weight
95g
Main display
TFT, 65K colours, 240x320 pixels, 30x40mm
Camera
2mp, autofocus, video(QCIF), flash
Connectivity
Triband GSM, Bluetooth 2.0, USB
Battery
Standby 270h
Talk time 6h
Features
Touch-sensitive navigation keys with backlights, 60MB memory, microSD card slot
This time though the touchpad is much more precise – you have to touch the red markings directly, a couple of millimetres away has no effect.
The only real downsides are the slow and inconvenient camera interface, a distinctly iffy web browser – and the like-it-or-loathe-it touchpad technology.
• Turns out that LG does a bloke’s phone rather well
FEATURES 85%
SALEABILITY 90%
SPECIFICATION
Size
Length 96mm
Width 46mm
Depth 17.5mm
Weight
95g
Main display
TFT, 65K colours, 240x320 pixels, 30x40mm
Camera
2mp, autofocus, video(QCIF), flash
Connectivity
Triband GSM, Bluetooth 2.0, USB
Battery
Standby 270h
Talk time 6h
Features
Touch-sensitive navigation keys with backlights, 60MB memory, microSD card slot