LG KF700 (Virgo)

The LG KF700 also known as the LG Virgo is one of the latest LG full touch phones. Its 3 inch touch screen display and slide mechanism makes it stand out from the rest of the phones. The phone has 3G capability which means faster upload and download speeds.

Design:

The dimensions of this LG cell phone are 102 x 51 x 14.5 mm and weighs around 110 grams; not the lightest phone available. The LG KF700 comes with a beautiful 3″ touch screen display with a resolution of 240 x 480 pixels, the large resolution is a nice touch but this can also be a problem for many people. As due to the unique screen resolutuion special custom wallpapers will have to be used and you will really have a hard time finding java games for this phone that will fit your screen resolution. The front part of the phone only contains the large display and the menu can be accessed via the touch screen when the phone is closed (when slider is down) when the phone is slided up we see the nice looking keypad with different shades of grey. This keypad pattern has become a signature pattern of LG since the release of chocolate.

On the left side of this LG Cell Phones we have the special scroll key that can be used for menu navigation. This is a really helpful tool and I really love to use the scroll wheel in my pocket pc and am glad that LG has added this to the KF700 sadly you cannot press the scroll key, instead you will have to use the adjecent ok key, which is also located on the left side of the phone near the scroll key. It would still would have been better if they had added the ok button within the scroll key. On the right side of the phone we have the USB port where we can connect the headset, data cable and charger, a dedicated camera key and a lock function for the touch screen. On the back of the phone we have the 3 mega pixel camera, an LED flash and the special scroll key. On the top of the phone we have the memory card slot.

Camera:

This LG Cell Phone comes with a 3 mega pixel camera with auto focus and an LED flash. It also claims to have a digital image stabilizer. Due to the unusual display resolution of 240 x 480 pixels, the camera only uses the center of the display as the view finder. The dedicated camera cay can sometimes be a nuisance. In this phone LG wanted to add more function to the camera key and wanted to integrate that camcorder into this key also so in order to take an image all you have to do is press the key once and in order to start the camcorder you will have to press and hold the camera key. This can be a problem as those people who do not have a habit of locking their keypads can accidentally turn on the camera a lot. As for video recording it can record in QVGA resolution at 15 fps.

The camera supports a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and its results are very good. This phone was never advertised as a dedicated camera phone so dont expect too much from the camera.

Specifications:

Display: TFT touchscreen, 256K colors, 240 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches.

Network: 2G Network: Tri-Band(GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900). 3G Network: HSDPA 2100.

Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 800 mAh, Stand by time: 400 hours, talk time: 4 hours.

Size: 102 x 51 x 14.5 mm . Weight: 110 g.

Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, image stabilizer, video (QVGA 15fps); secondary videocall camera.

Features: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, WAP 2.0/xHTML, pre-installed and download able Games.

Connectivity: GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps, EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps, Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP, USB: 2.0

Memory: microSD card slot supporting up to 4 GB card.

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