LG KC910 “Renoir” Review

The LG KC910 (Renoir)

The 107.8 x 55.9 x 14 mm phone with a mere weight of 114g is a very intriguing new gadget to be released by LG. It has a powerful 8MB camera with GPS, WIFI and 3G support and has very good video playback. It plays DivX/Xvid codecs plus many more.

Features

It has extremely good 8mb camera. It has a powerful Xenon flash and is cheaper than the only other 8MB camera mobile out there, the Sony C905. It also has ISO sensitivity included, which determines how much light to let into the lens, and can be set as high as 1600 which enables you to take photos in the dark. The camera has geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection all included. You can also take panoramic photos with this phone.

If you need a good media related phone, this is the one to go with. It has support for MP3/MPEG4/AAC/DivX/Xvid media files and has a micro SD memory stick slot for tons of space for all your music/videos needs. The Renoir usually ships with a free 8GB micro SD memory stick. Sadly, the Renoir does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack. It has Dolby mobile audio which makes it very enjoyable to listen to music. It has natural bass, sound space for headphones and a high-frequency enhancer.

It has a FM tuner included in the phone, a document view with support for DOC/XLS/PDF files. It has TV-out, voice memo, built-in hands free and T9 included.

The UI of the KC910

Screen

It has a 3 inch touch screen with 256K color TFT, 240 x 400 pixels resolution. The touch screen is not the most responsive but is still use-able. It comes with a stylus. The phone has an accelerometer like the iPhone so you can use the screen in landscape as well has portrait.

The onscreen keyboard can be portrait or landscape as well whilst you type your SMS, MMS and emails on your phone.

Connectivity

The phone has Wifi and 3G included. The 3G is has HSDPA and 7.2 Mbps. The Wifi is Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. It also has bluetooth v2.0 and USB 2.0 support as well.

Body

The LG is very well made. It feels good in the hand and looks great as well. It is not the slimmest phone, 14mm thick, but it is worth it with all the features they have packed into it. You can only get it in one colour, black.

Other

The KC910′s battery life is very impressive with up to 264H of standby time and 3 whole hours of talking time. The Renoir has a built in web browser and comes with a few games. You can download extra games as well if the default ones aren’t to your satisfaction. It also has all the other usual apps like a calander, alarm clock and to-do list.

LG KC910 from the back.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages:

• Has Wifi, GPS and 3G,
• Brilliant Media player,
• Landscape keyboard for SMS and emailing,
• Looks gorgeous

Disadvantages:

• Touch screen is not the most responsive,
• Not as thin as the iPhone,
• No 3.5mm headphone jack.

To summorize, this is a brilliant phone for media, with its mini SD memory stick slot, as well as everyday phone releated things. It has a landscape keyboard which is a big plus and it has a brilliant 8mb camera. It doesn’t have the most responsive keyboard but it is definately still use-able.

Price: You can get it off Amazon.com for $544.

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