LG KG800 European Chocolate Review

Performance:

The phone's response was good enough and there were no delays while surfing through the menus – on key press reacts instantly. Loading the camera and JAVA applications takes longer than the usual time and it's annoying you have to wait. Using the camera as a whole is a bit slow.

The sound volume is not high – neither when it rings, nor during a conversation. In fact the same speaker is used in both cases – the one on the front. The lower frequencies are very badly reproduced and listening to the music with is not justified. The vibration is strong enough and reduces the possibility of missing a call. The sound quality during conversation is good but there's a problem when in noisy environments because of the week volume.

Conclusion:

Overall the Chocolate achieves its aim of being a fashion phone – it grabs the attention with the stylish combination of black and red, with a modern slider design, well-made and featuring a comfortable keypad. It's a pity that functionality suffers because of all the style – the display is almost impossible to use in bright light, the upper keypad is very inconvenient and mistakes are easily made, the music player is not what it should be and even the phone book is not good enough as it lacks basic capabilities like personal ringtone.

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