Tempted away from Nokia by the LG Renoir... (LG KC910)

Member Name: Ostinato

Product:	LG KC910
Date:	12/06/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: Great camera, 8GB memory card, large touchscreen, Wifi

Disadvantages: Loudspeaker quality, screen easy to scratch

Finally took the somewhat scary plunge away from Nokia, which I've used for my entire "mobile life", and went for an LG Renoir back in October when it first came out. Initially, I was concerned about moving away from Nokia, but having had serious issues with my N95, the guy in the shop convinced me to have a play with one at his recommendation to see if I liked it. Luckily, I was immediately impressed!
Interface is very similar and feels very familiar to the Nokia design and layout, and everything was easy to find, and with a bit of jigging about to move icons to my preferable places, everything was set up just for me!
Being new to touch screen, I thought it'd be a pain to get used to, but apart from having to be a bit more careful with texting and getting used to not having the feel of a "click" under your fingers, it was really easy to use. I recommend checking the calibration every now and then, how much difference this really makes I'm not sure, but it felt more responsive to me!
Wi-fi connection turned out to be a real bonus for me. Connecting to my wireless network at home, on holiday in Starbucks in New York, or at friends, even if I didn't have my laptop on me, and being able to quickly check Facebook/email/msn without having to pay extortionate data charges was great! (My network package didn't have any mobile internet bundles included.)
Came with an 8GB memory card include, which seemed to be more than enough for me and all my photos and texts, although the text message memory filled up fairly quickly, and certainly more quickly then my Nokia...this wasn't really a problem for me, just meant I had to keep on top of my texting and make sure I deleted unsentimental texts regularly. I did find, that when my message inbox was getting full, the phone would become a little slow, and hang for a few seconds, but nothing major.
8 megapixel camera is very impressive, and the effects and editing facilities are really good fun too...just be a little bit warned that obviously using these functions a lot can reduce the battery fairly considerably!
As for battery life, I'm a fairly heavy texter/mms sender, make a few calls here and there, used the camera a fair bit, and I got 2-3 days worth of battery out of it, or more if I was consciously trying to save battery. Impressive considering I was only getting a few hours out of an N95!!
Definitely a phone worth considering or testing out :)

Summary: All round a good phone with some great features, definitely worth a look!

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