LG Viewty Smart Review

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In a nutshell: The LG Viewty Smart is a massively upgraded version of the original Viewty. Its feature list includes a 480x800 hi-res 3 inch touchscreen running LG's new S-Class 3D user interface, a brilliant 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and a quality lens, music player, FM radio, A-GPS, 1.5GB memory, WiFi and HSDPA. All this in a slimline and lightweight modern-looking phone makes this a winner!
Best buy: *Free* with half-price line rental from Mobiles.co.uk (Silver) or Dialaphone (Silver).

Review: May 2009. Updated July 2009.

The LG Viewty Smart (or Viewty 2) is an upgraded version of the immensely popular LG Viewty, and is very similar to the LG Arena, except that the Viewty Smart has an upgraded 8 megapixel camera. Here at Mobile Phones UK we loved the Viewty and the Arena, so it will come as no surprise that we are awarding the Viewty Smart 5 stars too

LG KC910 Renoir Review

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In a nutshell: The LG Renoir is the first 8 megapixel touchscreen phone. Added benefits include 3G video calling, a high quality video camera with slow motion effects, an MP3 player, an FM radio, Dolby Mobile, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps for broadband internet speeds, Assisted-GPS and an 8GB memory card. This is one of the most powerful multimedia devices ever created.
Best buy: *Free* with half-price line rental from Mobiles.co.uk (Black) or Mobiles.co.uk (Pink).

Review: October 2008. Updated June 2009.

The LG KC910, released at the end of October 2008, is the replacement for the LG Viewty. We loved the Viewty, and we love the KC910 too! The KC910 is nicknamed the "Renoir". Renoir was a famous impressionist painter (you knew that, didn't you?) and so the name gives us a clue that the KC910 is a pioneering imaging device. It's LG's first phone to have an 8 megapixel camera, and it pushes the highly capable photographic capabilities of the Viewty to new heights.

LG Prada Review

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In a nutshell: The Prada phone is a stunning phone featuring a touchscreen display. It's Prada-branded and one of the best looking phones currently available. It also features an array of gadgets including a camera, music player and a built-in FM radio. But it's starting to show its age now and there are better touchscreen phones available.
Best buy: £119.95 on PAYG from Dialpahone (Silver).

Review: April 2007. Updated July 2009.

Well, LG have been pushing fashion phones in a big way in recent years but now by teaming up with Prada, they have produced their most stylish phone yet. Wait, it's possibly the most stylish phone yet. It's so cool it's not even allowed to have the LG logo on it, but is Prada-branded. Yes, it's the LG Prada, or to give it its proper title, the PRADA phone by LG. The Prada phone is the embodiment of minimalist chic, with its gloss-black finish, slender size and um, hang on, no keypad! Yes, this is a touchscreen phone, with buttons displayed on the screen. These are not like the touch-sensitive buttons used in the LG Chocolate, but actually appear on the LCD screen and change according to the current menu function (see picture on right). There are two real buttons just below the screen for send and return, so you can at least switch the phone on and off without any trouble! There are also side buttons for controlling volume, the camera and music player. There's a choice of themes, but the default is black and white, which suits the look of the phone very well. When not in use, the screen virtually disappears from view, just like the Chocolate. The Prada has some specially designed ringtones too, which frankly we found irritating, especially the ones called "Noise" and "Man". You can listen to these on the PRADA phone website.

LG GW520 Review

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In a nutshell: The GW520 is an enhanced version of the popular KS360. It's a touchscreen phone with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Ideal for texters, the GW520 also benefits from 3G, making it an excellent device for all kinds of mobile communication, including web browsing. The camera is basic and it lacks video calling, but for the price this phone offers a lot.
Best buy: *Free* with £150 auto cashback from Mobiles.co.uk (Blue); or £129 on PAYG from Orange or £146.75 from Dialaphone (Black).

Review: August 2009.

The LG GW520 is an upgraded version of the very popular KS360. The KS360 has been a big seller in the first half of 2009, thanks to its QWERTY keyboard and cheap price. This has made it an extremely popular phone for texters - like a Cookie, but with the bonus of a proper keyboard. The GW520 builds on the strengths of the KS360 and looks to us like it's going to be another smash.

LG Crystal Review

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In a nutshell: The Crystal continues LG's tradition of innovative design, with the world's first transparent keypad! The slide-down keypad is touch-sensitive and completely transparent, and the main display is touch-sensitive too. The display is fantastically high in resolution with 800x480 pixels and 16M colours. The Crystal also features an 8 megapixel camera, MP3 player, FM radio, 1.5GB memory plus a memory card slot, HSDPA and WiFi. It's very expensive though!
Best buy: *Free* with half-price line rental from Mobiles.co.uk.

Review: July 2009.

LG are well known for innovation in their designs, and the Crystal is another unique design concept. It's the first mobile with a transparent keypad. Like the Samsung Tocco Ultra, the LG GD900 combines a touchscreen user interface with a slide-down numeric keypad. The difference here is that the keypad is touch-sensitive too and is completely transparent! There are no individual keys, just a flat transparent surface with numbers etched on it. You just need to press the right part of the surface to enter numbers. The main display is a large touch-sensitive screen, with a phenomenally high resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and 16 million colours. It's larger than the Tocco Ultra screen too, at 3 inches diagonal. The main display uses LG's S-Class user interface with its hallmark rotating cube, as featured on phones like the LG Arena and Viewty Smart. There are some extra features such as gesture shortcut (draw a character on the touchscreen to access your music, inbox, etc - gimmicky!) and multi-finger touch (to control zooming, etc.) We like the user interface and we absolutely love the hi-res screen. Despite the novelty factor it works well and is perfectly usable.