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LG KG920 review

2008-01-23 17:41:50

LG has made an excellent new mobile phone which can easily be mistaken for a camera. On the front side, it has a big TFT screen with 240x320 pixels, 2 inch, QVGA resolution and it displays 262,144 colors.

If you rotate the phone in 180 degrees, the back side looks like a camera and not like a cell phone. Half of the front and half of the back side can be replaced. The keyboard can be rotated by 180 degrees, which is very useful while using the camera.

LG KG920

The camera has 5 megapixels, with 2592x1944 pixel resolution, and a digital zoom up to 4x. Camera has options like effects, "red eyes" reduction, timer... It can shoot pictures that can be up to 2MB big. This fantastic camera has a CCD chip and autofocus that enables video recording. There is also a xenon flashlight that excellently illuminates the enviroment. The camera has a small switch that protects the lens from dust. To start the camera you have to open the lens lid or press the camera button, or open it through the menu. Underneath the camera there is a speaker and next to it a microphone which can be used for sound recording during recording of videos.

LG KG920 has a very solid box and the dimensions of the phone are also very good. Metal parts combined with plastic give the phone a lot of firmness.

There is a slot for earphones on the side, a slot for the charger and USB cabel, and a slot for miniSD card that comes with the phone. The card has 256MB of capacity. On the back side it has a lithium-ion battery with 820 mAh capacity, and the phone comes with an extra battery of the same capacity.

A number of different keys enable access to a numerous functions. It has a navigation key that's positioned on the right bottom of the phone, which enables access to different functions and also enables setting your own shortcuts to the phone functions. On the left side, next to the screen, there are commands for MP3 player, calendar and zooming, and a little bit more on the left there is a key for activating the camera.

LG KG920

Inside, there is a menu with 12 submenus and through which you can move by using the navigation keys in left or right direction. It comes with 2 games: ZooZoo and Othello, and it has Java MDP 2.0 so that new games can be installed. Memory capacity is 8MB and it's expandable with microSD cards of 256MB capacity. The phonebook stores up to 1000 contacts, and to each contact you can add its mobile phone number, home number, office number, e-mail address, fax number or a photo.

It has Bluetooth for connecting with other devices and GPRS for Internet access, E-mail client, and a currency converter that can come in handy. MP3 player has capacity of 256MB, and the speakerphone can be useful during long conversations. The device also has a dictaphone which has the ability of saving up to 20 voice records with max lenght up to 20 seconds.

LG KG920 is an excellent cell phone, and its main characteristic, the 5 megapixel camera, is also excellent, and it makes high quality photographs. KG920 comes with a very slick packet that contains 2 batteries, 256MB memory card, desk charger, USB cabel, earphones and a lens cleaner.

ADVANTAGES: camera, keypad rotation, screen, memory
SHORTCOMINGS : It doesn't have an FM radio, data transfer system