The mobile phones of today are almost entirely different from their predecessors. Where the original generation of mobile phones took their cue from expanding on what the landline phones were – and as such carried many of the traits those phones did, right down to the bulk and heft – modern mobile phones are closer in appearance to the computers that their generation has been released alongside. Miniaturized to insanely pocketable and comfortable levels and able to carry on as many tasks as you need despite their compact size, the mobile phones of today are indeed the next step in technological evolution to watch.
One of the many mobile phone manufacturers committed to continuing this evolutionary path with each new mobile phone model is LG. Their many mobile models are each a step in a new direction, and their latest effort is no exception. The LG Prime is their first touch-screen phone on AT&T’s GoPhone network, and one that sort of plays across the line between standard and smart phone – with a touch screen and a good range of basic features like email support, HTML Web browser, Bluetooth and a 2.0-megapixel camera. While its touch screen lacks a bit of responsiveness to bring it up to par with most actual smartphones, it’s a good phone with a lot to offer for the price.
The Prime is an LG phone through and through, as one can readily tell from its overall look. The 4.25” long, 2.08” wide and 0.5” thick design is simple and rectangular in nature with LG-typical rounded edges, and it clocks in at a somewhat light 3.14oz. Despite this relatively lightweight, cheapish feel, the LG Prime establishes itself as a quality handset with its eye-catching display – this vibrant screen is 3” and has a 400×240 pixel resolution with 262,000 color support. The stylish shaded icons and bright, colorful interface show this capacity off well. Font size and color are adjustable for dialing fonts and general phone text, as are brightness and backlight timer.
As one might expect, the resistive touch screen requires more pressure than a capacitive display, and accuracy is also not much to write home about. LG has wisely included a calibration wizard to help you tweak the way your taps register, with vibration and sound feedback to help you along by confirming tapping. For speed and accuracy, though, the touch screen ultimately doesn’t measure up to the capacitive displays of phones like the iPhone. At least the Vu Plus-esque home screen is customizable with a tweakable widgets tray that allows you to prioritize access to eight widgets at a time aside from the dialer, inbox, main menu and phonebook.
The Prime’s phone dialer is a virtual keypad that’s fairly roomy and endowed with shortcuts to often-used things like the call history and voice commands, and creating a new text message makes the phone reveal a landscape-orientation virtual QWERTY for easy typing. The text input area is a little small but that also means the keyboard is fairly roomy.
Aside from a 1000-entry contacts list, voice recorder, instant messaging feature and FM radio, the Prime offers Bluetooth and [paid] AT&T mobile email, as well as a Social Net application that lets you check Facebook and Twitter. There’s also an HTML Web browser, and the Prime is also endowed with AT&T Mobile Music. The feature set is rounded out by an effective 2.0-megapixel camera that takes fairly good shots.
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