US$ 265 US$ 195.00

LG KT610 comes save the day with its consumer-friendly price tag. It enters the niche market of QWERTY Symbian communicator to compete head on with the Nokia’s E-Series. LG means business this time.

LG KT610’s package is packed with the phone itself, a battery, a stereo handsfree, a travel charger, a USB cable and a user guide.

Compared to other communicator-style phones, LG KT610 is rather small and light, with a dimension of 108.9 x 53.9 x 17.2mm and weighs only 125.5 gram. It fits really well in your pocket. Truly portable I’d say.

When it’s closed, LG KT610 reminds me of an old-school cell phone from the 90’s last century with its humongous keypad and tiny display. It does not go to the realm of elegant sleek and space-age looking wide-green phone, but still I think it is stylish with its nostalgic feeling. Of course you don’t have to worry about the tactility of the exceptional large keys. The D-pad and the controls are also very finger-friendly. But the D-pad can only allow scrolling up and down, it could be a roadblock for texting if you don’t want to swing out for the QWERTY keyboard.

The external display is only 1.45”. It is extremely small and the picture quality is not exactly good. However, it is enough for merely handling calls and playing music.

The construction of the phone is surprisingly good for a communicator at this price range. There are two stereo on either sides of the screen. I think they can be made smaller for room to fit a bigger display. The desktop items can be customized to suit your needs, the shown default ones are pretty frequently used too.

The 2.4” internal screen does a decent job. Unlike other LG models, it works well under broad daylight. The menu is clearly listed in four rows, very conveniently for navigation.

The QWERTY keyboard is a four-row full one with number keys, just like any other expensive communicators. The tactility of the key is excellent.

LG KT610 can be locked at two positions, the 120-degree position which is good at desktop as we have seen at previous pictures and fully flat position which is good at hands.

There is a MicroSD slot which allows an extension of memory up to 8GB.

The camera is only 2MP, since it’s not a camera phone, considering the high-end E90 has just a 3 mega-pixeller, it is not that bad. The camera comes with night mode but no flash! I wonder how this could work. One thing to notice is that when you hold the camera horizontally for shooting, your fingers could block the camera easily.

LG KT610 is definitely a functional communicator with even HSDPA, and GPS (but no Wi-Fi), it does not look sophisticated or high-end (it’s not what KT610 aims at anyway), but it is an over-achiever for a phone of this low price.

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