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LG KS20 Review

Prada-like Pocket PC ...

Prada-like Pocket PC ...

Published on: 08 January, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

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Performance:

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Definitely we are not pleased with the KS20’s system performance. It wasn’t rare when we had to wait the menus to load. Sometimes we event thought the phone has blocked, but after 30 seconds or so it just continued working. Using SPB Benchmark, it can also be noticed that the KS20 is slower than the similar in size HTC Touch and Eten X600.

Also disappointing is the sound quality during a call. The sound in both directions is at good level but with poor quality, characterized by unreal, sharp sounding voices and strong background noise. It is  monotonous and slightly unclear as well. We recommend not using the speaker phone, because both the incoming and outgoing sound is very unclear with a lot of crackle.

The Device is equipped with a 1050 mAh battery, which according to LG provides 4 hours of talk time and 400 hours standby time, these being pretty good indicators considering the size and the functionality of the phone.


Conclusion:

LG continues to produce beautiful phones. KS20 is definitely one of them, impressing with its stylish design, which distinguishes it from the similar smartphones. Externally the new LG KS20 is very alike the PRADA, but it is equipped with the Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, which sends it into the next class. If you are looking for a small and stylish PPC phone the LG KS20 is almost the perfect choice, and if you don’t like the extremely shiny image, check out the HTC Touch.

Pros

  • Very stylish and beautiful design
  • Small and light
  • 2.8 inch display

Cons

  • Bad sound quality
  • Inconveniently positioned buttons
  • Can not be used globally
  • Skype can only be used for chatting

PAppeal

Christian Dior:
9 of 10
Very high

This one is almost the same as the PRADA, but with smartphone functionality. It’ll definitely suit me.

Average Joe:
2 of 10
Very low

A nice phone, but is pretty expensive and it’s loaded with stuff. Definitely not what I’m looking for.

Corporate US:
5 of 10
Average

Quite beautiful and functional phone, but the lack of a QWERTY keyboard and a GPS will make it hard to use.

High-Tech junkie
6 of 10
Average

It looks very good and it is Windows Mobile 6 Professional based, but the camera is only 2 megapixels and it lacks a GPS.

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PA phone rating

  • Design 8
    • Build Quality 8
    • Look 8.5
  • Display 8
    • Quality 6
    • Resolution 9
    • Size 10
  • Camera 6
    • Resolution 6
    • Quality 7
    • Features, Comfort 6.5
  • Battery 9
    • Talk time 9
    • Stand-by time 9
  • Connectivity 8
    • Local 9
    • Internet 7
    • Data 8
  • Multimedia 4
    • Interface Comfort, Options 6
    • Quality 3
    • Supported formats 5
    • Connectors (3.5/A2DP) 5
  • Organizer 9
    • PIM 10
    • Phonebook 9
    • Messaging 9
Good
8
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great phone can wait to have it ;-)
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how fast work with finalburn?
test anybody?
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Why Skype can only be used for chatting?
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I'm sorry but I can't believe the KS20 (utms) loads web pages slower that the X600 (gprs)...
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Consultant
Are you sure voice calling with skype failed because of poor ram availibility? Couldnt it have been poor network coverage? Do you know the upload speed capacity of the device?
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Is it true that phone mic is muting when switching between 2g and 3g and it can't be used? and what about gapi support (I have heard most of games are not working at all)?
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tv
is it possible to download a program on this device to enable tv viewing or should i opt for the LG vu if i want that capability?
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is the phone reliable? i planed to buy one smart phone,anyone can help.If compare with BB 8320 which one is more worth it?tks everyone.
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The phone is absolute terrible.
I own one since 3 month.
The menu is damm slow, and if you are lucky, the standby will be 16-18hours
But if you want also to use it as phone, you have to recharge it after latest 8hours.

What a terrible phone.
The homepage from Lg is also only pure horror. Never ending redirects, links to non existing pages, absolut no support page for this phone (just a short tech spec page).

Damm, I wish I had never bought this terrible phone

Meisder
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Why not: 1- A data backup available directly to the memory card? 2- A direct definition of saving data and media directly to the memory card? All this was highly useful in case of reinitialization...
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