Fun rather than functional (LG KF600)

Member Name: emiloony

Product:	LG KF600
Date:	10/09/09 (10 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks funky and lots of stuff to play with

Disadvantages: Doesn't do anything particularly well, short battery life

I bought this phone (in purple) because it had reasonable reviews and I found it for a good price. At first I totally loved the phone - from the delicious chocolate box purple colour, to the shiny screen, to the satisfying slide and click when I opened it, to the smooth look button panel and the funky touch screen.

Unfortunately frustration soon set in. For a start the manual doesn't provide a lot of information about what the various available options mean. Trying to get the phone to do any of the wonderful things it does is mainly a case of trial and error.

In regular use, the phone is not as amazing as first impressions imply. The touch screen is fun, but has a tendency to seize up, and after using a full screen touch screen phone it seems a bit amateurish. The smooth design keypad buttons are really difficult to press accurately for texting. The camera is good quality, but very slow to capture a photo. The handwriting recognition is haphazard. And so on...

Battery life is reasonable on standby, but when in use (even just for texting) it drains pretty quickly - and the indicator is not very informative, it drops from 3 bars to 2 to 1 before you can fire off many more texts.

In summary, if it's gimmicks you want this is a fun phone, but if you're looking for a phone with serious functionality then you are probably better off looking elsewhere.

Saying that, it does the job and having got used to its foibles I am happy with this phone for the money I paid.

Summary: Does the job

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