LG KT520
Discontinued 29th July 2008
According
to LG, the LG KT520 is a phone aimed
at prepay customers wanting "basic functionality".
From this statement, you'd think that the LG KT520 was
a cheap-and-cheerful device with not much to offer..
but it has a surprisingly good technical specification
which makes the KT520 quite possibly more high-tech
than the phone you have in your pocket right now.
On
the surface, the LG KT520 looks like a fairly unassuming
slider phone. But underneath, this is a 3.5G device
with HSDPA high-speed data, a 3.2 megapixel camera with
autofocus plus a secondary video calling camera, a 2.2"
QVGA high-contrast display, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0,
a pretty comprehensive multimedia player and microSD
expandable memory, plus a web browser and email client.
One unusual feature with the LG KT520
is the "finger mouse" embedded into the navigation
key to make one-fingered navigation easier. It's also
worth pointing out that the display has a 2000:1 contrast
which should make it very easy to read.
A couple of notable omissions are the lack of an FM
radio and the camera appears to have no flash. But then
the KT520 is designed to be good value for money,
and it's pretty feature packed as it is.
Internal memory is a modest 35MB, but
this can be expanded by up to 4GB using an optional
microSD card. Overall, the KT520 measures 101 x 50 x
15mm and weighs 97 grams which is pretty good for a
3.5G device. The internal 800 mAh battery is capable
of 3 hours 20 minutes talktime and 10.6 days standby
time.
We don't know how much the LG KT520
will cost, but if it is aimed at pay-as-you-go customers
then it won't be too expensive. There's no release date
for the phone either.
From what we can see, the LG KT520 has
the potential to be a very good value phone that easily
offers all the features that most people would ever
need. Give it a few months, and the KT520 may well be
a very welcome addition to somebody's Christmas stocking.
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LG
KT520 at a glance
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Available:
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2008
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Network:
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GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS
2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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3.2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
slider 101 x 50 x 15mm
/ 97 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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No
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Battery
life:
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3 hours talk / 10 days standby
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