
An Attractive and Powerful Phone
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The LG KF750 is a beautiful phone. Its design is one of the finest I have seen, epitomising simple elegance. Not only that, but within its svelte lines, it manages to contain a wealth of powerful features not previously seen in LG's Black Label phones. Given its small size, it is also surprisingly heavy, which works in its favour, to make it feel all the more well constructed, in addition to the fact that there are no creaks or squeaks from it when pressed.
The toughened glass screen gives the phone a smooth line that catches the light wonderfully...for the first two minutes, until you handle it, and it picks up every fingerprint. However, I don't feel I can blame LG for this - how can you avoid fingerprints on a smooth, shiny surface? The rear of the phone is similarly sleek, with a carbon fibre battery cover, which is surprisingly weighty for its size, and which is finished with a glossy glass-like surface. Curving over the top of the handset, a leather-look piece continues the high-quality appearance.
Adding to the aesthetic beauty is the unique navigation panel at the bottom of the large colour screen, which LG calls "Blue Touch". This is a touch-sensitive panel incorporated behind the same unbroken sheet of glass that covers the screen, and it contains four directional buttons and two soft keys, as well as one "normal" protruding key in the centre. The directional keys are lit up as blue dots when the phone is turned on, and when touched, they appear to ripple in blue. However, this leads on to the one problem I have had with the phone, and which I have heard of in various other cases too: some of these lights seem to have slightly dubious wiring, and the 'up' touch button on my handset disappeared after a couple of weeks. The touch funtion still worked, but the accompanying light did not. However, the phone has been sent away for repair, and I am hopeful I will soon have it back with all lights blazing!
The KF750 Secret packs in the features: 5mp camera with multiple modes and functions to get the best from your pictures, along with a power LED flash, which, while not as bright as xenon, is useful for recording film. This leads on to one of the most interesting functions of the camera: the ability to record slow-motion films at 120fps, or extra-high speed films. The resolution of these films is somewhat disappointingly low, but it is still an interesting and unusual function.
The picture viewing is also fairly slick, with the in-built accelerometer rotating photos automatically to make them easily viewable.
The KF750 also features parcial touch-screen capabilities, but only for certain functions. Press the touch-screen button on the side, and you are taken into the menu that allows you to choose between games (that use the accelerometer), photo viewing, music playback and document viewing among others. While it might be nice to see greater touch-screen integration, one of the reasons I went for this phone was that I previously had a Samsung i900 Omnia, and was driven insane by the uselessness of the touch-screen. I needed something with real buttons again!
This is by no means an exhaustive review, but I have highlighted the reasons why I think this is a really cracking good phone, excusing its electrical fault with the lights on the 'Blue Touch' buttons. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for an attractive, durable phone with a wealth of useful and powerful features.
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