“Ubiquitous” is probably as good a word as any to describe the modern mobile phone. With technology progressively dialing down the limits of what a mobile phone can do, and with society increasingly coming to rely on them for the various communication needs and situations that are mushrooming with each new societal shift, mobile phones are indeed seen and heard everywhere these days. They’re being carried around both by people who need their technological sophistication and capability for work and other serious pursuits, and by people who enjoy what this sophistication can bring them when it comes to entertainment and enjoyment.
Mobile phone and electronics manufacturer LG has built its reputation on providing users with enough technological wizardry to accommodate their varied needs. To that end, they’ve released a good number of mobile phone models that can cater to a wide range of budgets and needs. The LG Imprint is one such new handset, and one that accomplishes the goal of providing texters with a good introductory phone. While its multimedia features are somewhat limited by the only-average camera and lackluster headphones, its convenience in composing and sending messages thanks to a spacious QWERTY and support for email is worth the price of admission.
Seeming like the Kin One and LG Remarq at first glance due to its smooth, compact black frame and silver face band, the Imprint later reveals enough of itself to stand apart. With a sturdy-feeling body frame and slider, the Imprint fits well in hand with its rounded-off corners and compact 3.5” long, 2.5” wide and 0.6” thick frame. It’ll fit well in pockets and purses too, and won’t get lost amongst your other belongings thanks to its small but sizeable [and hefty 3.8-ounce] build. Once in use, the 2.2-inch, 262,000-color, 320×240-pixel display screen gives you somewhat plainly-designed menus and backgrounds rendered crisply and clearly.
The phone’s face slides up to show off the roomy QWERTY keypad, which is surprisingly functional and spacious given the phone’s compact frame. The tall and narrow keys are fully separated from one another with slightly domed tips that help typing by feel. All that’s missing is a backlight for the keys, although the Imprint does have a dedicated messaging button and music player button. The music player can support a variety of file types that can be stores in the minimal 23mb internal storage or the expandable [via microSD card] 16GB storage. Play quality is pretty good, but you might have to supply better headphones to enjoy it with.
The LG Imprint will also make its bones by being a socially-targeted phone, thanks to its threaded text/multimedia messaging display scheme. There’s no instant messaging or standalone Web browser, which mark this as more of a texting phone – however, you can set up POP3 and IMAP email and download apps, pictures, ringtones and other things. The 1.3 megapixel camera isn’t anything to write home about, but its inclusion is a good thing nevertheless [and its post-production tools aren’t half bad]. Call quality is also good, with natural-sounding strong audio.
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