Sunday, March 29, 2009

LGs worst kept Secret

LG Secret- all my own opinion for what its worth.

 

Overall impression  - not worth the money

 

Features:

Phone - OK apart from the ringer

Internet  -Using the STD browser - poor, Using Opera Mini  - better but input is still cumbersome and slow. Adding the .extension yuk, so sloooooow.

SMS - poor due to hideous input method- v slow and non-intuitive. Adding a @ symbol takes for too many clicks as you need to access a separate menu to add symbols….rubbish.

Camera - OK for 'snaps' awful for real photos. Even though its 5mega pixels, its still hopeless IMHO.

Video camera - good

The overall size is great and the black screen is pretty, I dislike the white theme.

 

The music player is very slow to load. I had a 4Mb card and half  filled it with music. This took a very long time to activate and allow access to the music. Then there is the Touch mode…….hopeless.

 

If what you need is a neat, sexy phone this is fine. If you are looking for functionality, look somewhere else.

The entire thing is great to look at but with such a cumbersome input process it is very annoying  to use. I used mine for less than a year before I couldn’t cope any more. 

 

I also have an issue with the so called LG service…….

I have  updated software on many  phones and for Orange and Sony Ericsson the online help is great. SE is esp good. LG have a hideous Q&A with no downloads ( that I could find) you get directed to their email support… what about people who want to do it themselves?

 

I will not buy another LG phone, no matter how pretty.


This is as link to another review - they appear to like it even despite the pitifully slow response , there is no accounting for taste


LG Secret Review


Well thats all for now ..... CUL8R



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