“An incredible phone with an even more incredible price”
LG Nexus 4 user review
9.2Out of 10
Superb
R3loaded posted on
This is currently the most powerful phone you can buy, and its power is evident throughout usage. Everything is buttery smooth, games load quickly and play without lag. The screen is beautiful, the colours, contrast and resolution are top notch (only the iPhone 5 possibly beats it in the first two categories). It's also 1280x768 rather than 1280x720 of other Android phones so the extra width really helps when reading…
I was very pleased with this phone for making and taking calls, but found sending text messages rather a pain, probably me rather than the phone, but not a good point. Nice phone, and comfortable with it, for it's use as a phone until it failed to switch on after only 18 months. All seemed OK, phone in as new condition, not a scratch or mark on it, but no…
Excellent QWERTY smart phone. Keyboard slides out in a very smooth action to reveal a keypad that has fairly big buttons that are easy to use. The battery life is outstanding, one charge lasts me at least one week. The screen is approximately 2" by 3", very clear and bright. Has a camera to record still and video images, again the resolution is very clear. The phone is slightly heavy…
I absolutely love this phone, I had bought it on Orange nearly three years ago and it is still going strong, I had it unlocked and even this didn't effect it which I thought was amazing since some of my friends with different phones had problems after unlocking their phones. Top phone, I would seriously recommend that people buy it.
It may not look very big, but it has some many…
I would not recommend this phone to anyone under any circumstances. Major problems since the moment I got it. Phone hisses loudly when charging, and gets louder the longer it is plugged in for/the older the phone gets. Camera occasionally stops working spontaneously, phone can randomly shut down and start up during phone calls/writing texts - this nearly ruined a job interview I had. Touchscreen feature sometimes stops working, as…
Design is fantastic! As for usability, LG could have done better. Touch screen is very hard to operate. It is a solid and durable phone though none the less! the best thing about this phone is the design, features are also good. My overall rating for this phone is a 6. Could of qualified for an 8 but the touch screen really is a let down, considering the design is…
This phone has some good points, its lightweight and charges quickly but needs charging regular times a day and there's not much phone memory. The touch screen is simple to use but can be touch sensitive. Its signal strength isn't very good, takes ages to load any Internet including apps and the GPS signal is rubbish. Overall a very average phone I certainly wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone, its…
Good phone, only problem I have is the battery indicator doesn't show percentages of battery life, so the battery has ran out a few times. Like the built in viewer for PDF, spreadsheet and word files. Phone can be tilted so that typing is much easier, uses all letters, (qwerty style) rather than 3 letters and number (phone type keyboard) especially when using supplied stylus. Data can be stored in…
I have had few phones in my time, but none as good as this. I was a bit skeptical at first; it was given to me from my work, which meant I had to give back my beloved iPhone, but I was quickly impressed. It is easy to use, lightweight, and quite stylish- I'm still the envy of all my friends! The touchscreen responds fast and has enough memory for…
The phone is great aesthetically and ergonomically. Over time this phone develops problems, it starts switching its self off out of the blue and crashing which is no good if you are trying to make important calls, and has slow response sometimes. What I found about this phone is that the call volume is very good compared to other phones. The phone doesn't come with much memory, but the option…
This phone is attractive and stylish and comes in a range of colours. It is easy to navigate and has good picture quality. The battery life could be better and the screen scratches easily. On a daily basis I use my phone mainly for text messages and the odd phone call. A negative aspect to this phone is that when you miss a call, if you don't fully view the…
Needed a second phone without any of the extras, just for contacting home when out working as the one I had was broken. Bought this one and thought it may not be much good, but only needed to phone home and for home to contact me. However after using it a few times found it very good. Then I found I was using it more than my phone that is…
“Good all rounder for a person who wants a mid-range phone.”
LG GM360 Viewty Snap user review
8.2Out of 10
Great
VikNewton posted on
The phone is fairly easy to use although the scroll areas on the touchscreen are very thin and can be difficult to navigate. The battery does run down quite quickly with only moderate usage. If I have used the Internet quite a few times it will run out in around 3 days. It is very quick to charge though - around 20 minutes to fully charge. I like the design…
Personally I find this phone to be highly reliable when it comes to wear and damage, as its the only phone I have seen that has not broke after dropping it a fair few times, which I believe is an essential, if your an active and social person. Previously owned phones Ive had haven't lasted for longer than 6 weeks. The options are simple yet there is always room for…
Good points: The phone operates on the Android system and has great apps that can be downloaded so you can have fun with your phone. The LG GT540 is a modern looking smart phone. Access to the Internet is quite quick especially if I connect to WIFI at home (although a little slower if I use my phone network provider)
Bad points: The biggest negative scroll mechanism is clumsy and…
“A budget, comfortable and excellent performance phone!”
LG GD510 Pop user review
9.4Out of 10
Superb
Shahin786 posted on
In my opinion, the LG Pop GD510 is a stylish and a very easy to use mobile phone, which includes many features. I would recommend it to a friend because the handset is the smallest, lightest and one of the cheapest 3-inch touchscreen phones around. The set of features which is offered by the phone is reasonable for this handset and includes music and video players, a 3-mega pixel camera,…
This phone is good to carry as it is small, thin and light. It is easy to hold but not too small for someone with large hands or eye sight issues to use. It had a decent sized screen but doesn't look like a brick like some of those HTC phones! It has a decent camera and calculator but not many games. It's faster than my old LG GD510 on…
This is a good and quite easy to use phone even to one not completely familiar with mobile phones. The camera is excellent taking clear and precise pictures and is comparable to a decent digital camera. It is easy to move pics from the phone to a PC, just plug in the USB and without the need for complicated installation your pics are displayed on your desktop. I am…
This phone looks good, stylish, slim and not too heavy. It has all the usual features including sat nav but unfortunately it is let down by very poor, insensitive and unresponsive touch screen. It often has to be tapped several times before it reacts, except of course when using the qwerty keyboard. When using the keyboard in portrait it is far too easy to activate the wrong letter. It is…
I liked the look and feel of this phone very much as I was in the market for an iPhone but was persuaded by the shop that this would be a better phone. Having got the phone home, I found it easy to use, clear and good graphics and some interesting features.
I found the keyboard a little small which meant that it was sometimes difficult to type correctly. The…
A big name in electronics LG have also had success in the mobile phone industry, their LG Cookie handset sold in huge numbers followed by the LG Chocolate and LG Viewty, a good range of handsets covering a variety of styles, features and budgets.
The ads may suggest LG stands for "Life's Good", but it's actually short for Lucky-Goldstar: LG was deemed more appealing to the Western market. The phone bit of the business is LG Electronics, while other divisions are involved in chemicals, displays and mobile phone networks.
LG Electronics is split into four divisions - Mobile Communications, the phone bit; Home Entertainment; Home Appliances; and Air Conditioning and Energy Solutions - and owns around 75 subsidiary companies around the world. It's a big player in all of those markets, and in 2010 it sold an impressive 116.7 million mobile phones. In the UK it's best known for its high-end Optimus devices, which come in Android and Windows Phone flavours, but LG also offers a range of more affordable handsets for mass-market customers.
Until recently LG was the world's third-biggest phone maker, but Apple overtook it in February 2012. It's significantly behind Nokia and Samsung too, and its market share has dropped: research firm IDC says it had 8.4% market share in 2010, but just 5.7% in 2011. Those figures cover all phones, not just smartphones.
LG history
Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corporation was founded in Korea in 1947 to make plastics, and in 1958 it created a second company, Goldstar. Goldstar produced Korea's first radios, TVs, fridges, washing machines and air conditioners in the 1960s, and in 1995 it acquired the US Zenith company and was renamed LG Electronics. It developed the world's first 60-inch plasma TV in 1998, has the dubious honour of selling the world's first internet fridge in 2000, and went on to launch the world's first internet-enabled washing machine, air conditioner and microwave oven in 2001.
In 2002 LG Electronics was split in two, with the divided business becoming two businesses: LG Electronics and LG Corporation. LG Electronics manufactured colour GPRS phones for the European market, and by 2005 it was the fourth-largest supplier of mobile handsets in the world. It jumped a place in 2009 to become the global number three, and its 2010 Optimus 2X was the first dual-core smartphone.
Since 2010 LG's star has waned somewhat, largely due to the astonishing growth of Apple and Samsung. By comparison LG's phones seem a little bland, and while they're certainly well-designed and well-made it seems that consumers prefer rival models. LG's Windows Phone handsets haven't sold particularly well since LG began making them in 2008, and in April 2012 the firm told the Korea Herald that it was going to concentrate on Android rather than lose any more money on Microsoft's platform. Some observers suggest that the problem isn't so much Windows Phone as the devices LG put it on: according to the (admittedly biased) WPcentral.com, "LG's offerings for Windows Phone have been extremely lacklustre".
