LG 800G, a Feature Phone with Touchscreen

Designed as a feature phone, LG 800G is mainly targeting for those who want to experience touchscreen phone without being bothered by complicated features. It features resistive touchscreen, 2 megapixels camera, Bluetooth, Speakerphone and many more. To be detailed, here is the review of specification of the 800G by LG.

LG 800G

LG 800G comes in a full touchscreen and a candy bar design with rounded edges. It is very compact and light measuring 102.9 x 56.9 x 11.9 mm and weighing 86.5 grams. The front side is resided by 2.8 inches resistive touchscreen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 262k colors supports. Below the screen, there are three physical keys for Send, Back and End function. Exploring the phone’s side, there are a standard audio jack, a lock or power button, a volume rocker and a microUSB port. The back side is only resided by 2 megapixels camera.

LG 800G is a feature phone, not a smartphone as there is no OS inside the phone. Fortunately, the phone is most likely being capable of using Java application. LG 800G runs on GSM network and supports EDGE data network. For browsing internet, there is built-in web browser with WAP/xHTML supports. In addition, it also comes with pre-loaded Opera Mini 5 browser which gives faster performance than the built-in browser. Other connectivity available includes Bluetooth and microUSB connection.

LG 800G is also equipped by 2 megapixels camera with no flash that can capture images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution. Some of camera features include shooting modes, scenes and adjustments. The camera can also record video but limited only on QCIF resolution at 15 fps. To store data, the phone provides 20 MB internal memory and additional external memory up to 4 GB via microSD card. In multimedia features, LG 800G comes with media player for playing music and video. The music player manages to sort album by playlists, artists, albums and even genres.  Not to mention FM stereo radio with built-in antennas that allows you to listen to radio directly through speakerphone without using headset.

In messaging features, LG 800G supports text messaging (SMS), multimedia messaging (MMS), Instant Messaging and email. Text input comes in two ways; portrait alphanumerical keypad and handwriting recognition. There is also a Java-based SNS application that allows you to keep in touch with your friends on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. LG 800G is also supported by Phonebook that can save up to 1000 entries; each may consist of multiple numbers, notes, picture ID, ring ID and other related information. Sound alerts and notification types of the phone are Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration mode, Flight mode, Silent mode, and Speakerphone. For the Organizer features, the phone is equipped by Calendar, World clock, Alarm clock, Stopwatch, Reminder, To-Do list, Unit Converter, and Calculator. Lastly, LG 800G is powered by standard battery Li-Ion 900 mAh that is rated up to 8 hours of talk time or 20.8 days of standby time.