LG KF510 > Reviews > KF510 - The new phone from LG

Author's product rating:   

Look & Feel	Excellent
Durability & Robustness	Very Strong
Reception quality	Excellent
Battery standby time	Good
Value for money	Excellent
Range of features	Large selection

Advantages:	Animated touchpad, slim, strong, good features
Disadvantages:	Not enough memory

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I have now (finally) bought the phone. The only place I could find it in store on pay as you go, here in the UK, was in Carphone Warehouse, for only £129. I must say that i believe it looks better in real life than it does in some photos i have seen.

The LG KF510 has a 2.2 inch screen and is only 10.9mm thick and is usually available in Stardust Grey, Silver and Red. It is the first mobile phone to have a metal graduation colour. It is also quite heavy, which makes it feel more expensive. The only not-so good thing about how it looks is that i feel it is just slightly wide.

Once slid open, you see the keypad, which is checquered, similar to the one of LG Chocolate. The numbers are large and easy to see.

There is an exciting touchpad for the softkeys, navigation buttons, cancel, and dial button. When the phone is not in use, the easy-to-use touchpad is not lit up, giving it a more sophisticated look. When using it you can see that the touchpad is animated. Also, you can slide your finger horizontally or vertically to browse through menus and songs. (Videos can be found on the internet about the phone's touchpad.)

This phone, like any most other phone can make and recieve calls, SMS and MMS. It can also send and recieve emails.

The KF510 has a 3 megapixel camera (which can record videos) with flash, auto-focus and image stabiliser. In the front, the phone has a light sensor, which is used to automatically adjust the screen brightness to how light or dark it is, saving energy and battery life. This sensor also is used by the camera, so that flash is used only when it is needed.

The phone has an MP3 player and FM radio, which can be quite useful. There are 2 preloaded Java games if you are bored. The phone connects using Bluetooth, USB data cable (which is included in the box), EDGE and GPRS. It even has an organiser, where you can add alarms for different days and times and add important events and memos to the calendar. The phone, however, has only 16mb of memory, so if you are going to be taking photos, videos and downloading songs, it would be a good idea to make use of the Micro SD slot. There is also a document reader, which may be handy.

Overall, the LG KF510 is a sleek, slim, good-looking phone with great technology and features.