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26 February 2008  |  Avg user rating: RatingRatingRatingRatingRating 

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Look and feel

With its smoked glass and chrome finish, the KF600 is a striking slider phone that’s well built, feels good and looks original. We also think the InteractPad user interface looks great, even though only a section of the screen is touch-sensitive.

 

Features

The InteractPad is a quirky feature that’s integral to the handset’s usability. Elsewhere, the feature set is distinctly mid-range. The three-megapixel camera is a plus, but the lack of 3G is a shame. Although the display is large and undisturbed by any unsightly keys, a good third is taken up by the virtual InteractPad.

 

Ease of use

For a touch-screen phone, the KF600 is easy to use, but it achieves this by mimicking a regular phone interface. As a result, you don’t get the large display benefits of other touch-screen phones. It’s still good fun though, and well thought out.

 

Performance

Aside from the slow data speeds for web browsing, the KF600 is a good all-round performer and the camera takes decent snaps.

 

Battery life

As with the feature set, the battery life is satisfactory without being overly impressive.

 

LG KF600

Pros: A fabulous-looking slider phone that’s easier to use than most touch-screen phones.
Cons: The phone lacks a few key features and the InteractPad takes up too much of the display.

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Verdict: We’ve wound up rather liking the KF600, despite its little quirks and flaws. It’s a good-looking phone that’s easy to use for a touch-screen device, even though it achieves this by embracing a traditional user interface.