LG KT610

LG Cell Phones have announced their latest symbian phone, the LG KT610. Its a dual display phpne with a full QWERTY keyboard, lets check it out in more detail.

Design:

The dimensions of the KT610 are 108.9 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm and weighs around 99 grams which is really impressive for a phone with dual displays and a qwerty keyboard. The phone comes only in black color.  When the phone is closed we can use the secondary display of 256K colors, 1.45″. It is a 4 line display and can be used for telephony and messaging. Below the screen we have 6 rows of keys of adequate size, hence they are easy to press and use. The two halphes of the phone are connected by only two hinges and LG Cell Phones have done a wonderful job here. The two halves are connected with such perfection that there are no creaks or wobbling when opening or closing the phone.

When we open the phone we are greeted by a full QWERTY keyboard. The keys are placed atlest 1 mm apart therefore making it very easy to locate the keys and type. The main display is located here and is a TFT 256K display. It is of 2.4 inches so we can have a lot of fun with such a big display with symbian applications. It has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

We do not have any keys on the sides of the phone as everything is accomodated in the keyboard whereas the memory card slot is placed on the right side of the phone. On the back of the phone we have a 2 mega pixel camera which is sad, without any lens cover which is even sadder.

Camera:

There is not much to say about its camear, its a standard 2 mega pixel camera without any flash capability. So dont expect any imaging miracles from this camera. They could have at least added a 3 mega pixel camera here, I just dont get it why they went for a 2 mega pixel camera. It has a maximum resolution of 1600 X 1200 pixels. We also have a secondary camera that can be used in video chatting.

Software:

The operating system used in the LG KT610 is Symbian OS v9.2, S60 rel. 3.1. The use of symbian means great things since we can install almost unlimited numbers of 3rd party software’s. This set comes with 3G capabilities meaning faster upload and download speeds.  It also has GPS mapping capabilities. But the most disappointing thing in this phone is that id does not have Wi-Fi capabilities. Who in their right mind designs a communicator kind of mobile without the option of WLAN. Its just madness.

Specifications:

Display: TFT, 256K colors, 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches, Second external 4 line 256K display, 1.45 inches.

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

Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion.

Size: 108.9 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm . Weight: 99 g.

Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video; secondary VGA 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, 3.6 Mbps, Bluetooth: v2.0 without A2DP, USB: 2.0

Memory: 64 MB shared memory, microSD card slot supporting up to 4 GB card.