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Posted: 16 Feb 2009 Announced: 16 Feb 2009
Market Status: Released
Release date: 02 Jun 2009
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The LG Crytal utilizes the slider form-factor, which contributes to its stylish nature. When the phone gets opened, it attracts everyone’s attention, since a light illuminates the transparent keyboard. Other features include a 3" WVGA multi-touch display, 8MP camera, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth and microSDHC card slot.

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Excellent 9 out of 10

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LG GD900 Crystal specifications

Pros

Extremely high pixel density screen, over 300ppi (311 ppi)
High-resolution camera (8 megapixels)

Cons

Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Slider
Dimensions:
- 4.13 x 2.07 x 0.53 (105 x 52.5 x 13.4 mm)
Weight:
- 4.48 oz (127 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 3.00 inches
Resolution:
- 480 x 800 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.
- 311 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
- 16 777 216
Touchscreen:
- - Capacitive, Multi-touch
Features:
- Scratch-resistant glass

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 6.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 12.5 days (300 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 1000 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 1500 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC

Camera

Camera:
- - 8 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Yes
- Features:
  - Auto focus, Digital zoom, Mirror
Camcorder:
- - Yes
- Features:
  - Video calling
Front-facing camera:
- 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
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 900, 2100 MHz
- Other version supports UMTS 850/2100 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.
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Document viewer, Calculator, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.1
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- TV-Out, Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Sensors:
- - Accelerometer
- Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 16 Feb 2009

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