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Posted: 27 Sep 2010
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Tracfone - Available as LG 500G (Since 28 Jun 2011)

The LG C100 (Nelson) is a feature phone on the GSM EDGE standard, with a 2.2" LCD display, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3MP camera, music player, FM radio, and microSD card slot.

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LG C100 specifications

also known as LG Nelson, LG Wink C100, LG 500G

Pros

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Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (128 ppi)
Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE)
Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (16 MB RAM)
Low-resolution camera (1.3 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Feature phone
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 4.51 x 2.35 x 0.51 (114.5 x 59.6 x 13 mm)
Weight:
- 3.32 oz (94 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.20 inches
Resolution:
- 176 x 220 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 128 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 9.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Stand-by time:
- 25.0 days (600 hours)
  the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
- 950 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Single core, ARM11
System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 16 MB RAM
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added
  - 4 GB

Camera

Camera:
- - 1.3 megapixels
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Mirror
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, WAP 2.0

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EDGE

Phone features

Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.1
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Computer sync

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