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LG KC910 Renoir Review
06 November 2008
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The Renoir is a full touchscreen device that closely resembles handsets like the Samsung Omnia and, to some extent the Apple iPhone 3G.
Considering it houses an eight-megapixel camera phone and such a generous feature set, it’s remarkably thin, but it’s still larger than you average mobile. Overall, it’s an attractive device without being striking.
The LG Renoir is absolutely crammed with features, serving up full touch-screen functionality, HSDPA speed internet browsing, an accelerometer for motion-sensor gaming, Dolby Mobile sound quality, DivX video capability, A-GPS, an eight-megapixel camera, a music player and loads of video functionality. Plus you get an 8GB memory card in the box so you won’t be short of storage.
A relatively easy phone to use and the touch-screen interface is pretty responsive. We have one or two issues with the screen auto-locking in widget mode and scrolling through pages can be a little hit and miss, but it’s a fun and intuitive phone to use.
The camera is excellent and produces photos that look excellent on the Renoir’s huge screen, even if we did have problems transferring them from the device to a PC or printer. The video function is also top notch, as is the sound quality of the Dolby-enhanced music player. Motion-sensor gaming is also great, although we preferred the sports orientated games on the LG Secret and KC550 to the board games available on the Renoir. However, even if you find touch-screen phones fiddly to use, you can’t quibble about the overall performance of the Renoir.
The battery life on the LG Renoir is adequate without being overly impressive. You should get by on a charge every other day with average phone use. However, use it intensively and it’s more like a charge a day.
Pros: The LG Renoir packs in a tremendous camera plus every feature you could hope for in a mobile device.
Cons: It is not the sleekest touch-screen device.
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Verdict: Verdict A powerhouse of a phone and a real early adopters’ device.
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User opinions(2)
Orange - is this legal?Is it legal for Orange to block google maps? This phone is advertised as having ordinary GPS and google maps. Orange are blocking both, trying to force people into using theircharged AGPS and presumably orange maps when it comes out. If you buy the phone, especially through a third party supplier like mobiles.co.uk, you'r not told that teh advertised features are unavailable on orange. Surely consumer law can be used to stop orange vandalising these phones.
LG RenoirI've had one of these for about 6 weeks now. The camera is superb, with the exception that if you want image stabilisation, you have to turn it on every time you turn ion the camera, which is a pain. If this had an optical zoom, my compact camera would go in a skip. Touch screen accuracy is occasionally suspect.
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