LG Secret / LG KF750
Discontinued 24th April 2008
The LG Secret (LG KF750)
is the successor to the LG
Chocolate and LG
Shine, but it comes with a high-end specification
much closer to that to the LG
Viewty.
Forming part of what LG called their
third-generation Black Label series of devices, along
with a new music phone rumoured to be announced in the
next couple of months, the LG Secret is a high-end device
with a price tag to match.
This is a 5 megapixel camera phone,
it comes with a fairly large 2.4" 240 x 320 pixel
touchscreen display, it supports HSDPA high-speed data
and comes with an unusual carbon fibre casing to give
it a distinctive look. At just 11.8mm thick, the KF750
Secret is possibly the slimmest 5 megapixel device on
the market.
As with the KU990
Viewty, the camera is a strong point, although it
lacks the KU990's advanced lens. The camera has an autofocus
and LED flash, and can capture VGA resolution (640 x
480 pixel) video at 30 fps, with QVGA (320 x 240 pixel)
video at up to 120 fps. There's a secondary camera for
video calling too.
The
Secret's touchscreen interface is reported to be derived
from the KF510
and KF600
handsets. Most phone operations can be carried out with
the numeric keypad safely tucked away, because the main
controls are on the front and side of the KF750. Touchscreen
phones are definitely in vogue, and the LG Secret will
certainly have some market appeal because of this.
The screen can work in either landscape or portrait
modes and will rotate automatically, and there's also
a light sensor that can adjust the brightness according
the ambient lighting conditions.
The KF750 Secret also has a multimedia
player, plus an FM radio. The internal 100MB of memory
can be expanded using microSD cards up to a maximum
of 4GB. Stereo Bluetooth is supported, and there's a
3.5mm headset socket too. Software includes a web browser,
email client, document viewer, Google Maps and
YouTube support. However, the LG KF750 Secret does not
come with GPS, so its use as a navigation tool is limited.
It's a relatively heavy device at 116
grams, although that's lighter than the rival Nokia
N95 8GB. Talktime is quoted as being 200 minutes
with up to 11 days standby time. It's a tri-band GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 device with UMTS 2100, which effectively
means that the KF750 is not suitable for North American
markets.
This is an expensive device - LG say
that the SIM free price of the LG KF750 Secret at launch
will be around €549 (£440) which is significantly
more expensive than the current price for an N95
8GB. For that sort of money, we would expect to
see GPS support - but then the LG Secret does have
a touchscreen, unlike the Nokia. If you view the Secret
as a rival to the iPhone,
then it certainly looks better on paper.
No exact launch date has been given,
although LG have stated that the KF750 Secret will arrive
in Europe first, followed by Asia and then the rest
of the World.
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LG
KF750 / LG Secret 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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5
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
slider 103 x 51 x 12mm
/ 116 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 / 11 days standby
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