Sorry for taking such a long time to write this promised update on my new phone! So the whole story started on the eve of my birthday – I lost my 3-year-old Nokia 6610i and I need a new phone. I survived one week with the backup phone my roommate had kindly lent me, and I finally found a phone that I love after spending a week searching for it. I’m not really into phones so that’s why it took me ages to decide on which to buy – I have no idea which are the new models, which brand is better at which aspect and etc. All I did was to camp in front of my lappie and google my ass off for my new phone.
I discovered (considering that I’m so out of touch with phones) LG KF700 – a hybrid between a touchphone and a slider. The interesting hybrid was what that captured my attention and soon, affection. I wouldn’t want to live with a full touchphone – I knew iPhone’s way of typing a SMS is innovative and interesting, I preferred cold, hard keys to press on. Yet, I would love to have access to functions without using hardware keys, but through touch. I guess that’s the main selling point of this phone.
Actually my choice of this brand, LG, is partially influenced by the favourable, positive review wrote by Ivy, about her LG Viewty KU990R. LG KF700 can be said to be a sister of the phone (with extra hardware keys). Thanks Ivy for the review! I’ve never regretted my decision for choosing LG.
I purchased it online from Spider88.com. To be honest, I had my reservations for online shopping because I was worried of data pilfering and scamming. In addition, the price of this phone was cheaper than the market price that is around 400~500 SGD, which got me a little more cautious. I called to their office to make sure that everything is okay, and did a somewhat brief search on the company’s background. No bad records or reviews so far, so I proceeded with the online purchase.
The very helpful lady from their office messaged me upon receiving my order whether I wanted to push forward my delivery. Yes, they do door-to-door delivery free-of-charge (but only for buyers in Singapore, that is), as long as you’ve confirmed your order. On Saturday morning, Ben, the sales person from the company came over and we checked through the whole package before I paid using NETS – it was pretty interesting that he actually brought a portable NETS machine around in his bag. He was really helpful too – for checking me for sure that the bright silver colour code of the phone is not what it looks like (in fact, the real phone looked more like BLACK than silver), and for going through the entire package with me. I must say that I’m impressed!
Of course I took a few photos of my new phone!
LG KF700 and its packaging. See, just as what I've said - the phone looks more like piano black than bright silver.
Photo collage of LG KF700
Now I shall start writing about the phone! The review is after the jump.
What I like about it
This phone comes jam-packed with a whole lot of features! Let’s see…
- 3-inch touchscreen – With a resolution of 240*480 pixels, this phone has a bigger resolution that its close rival, Samsung F700. In addition, upon launching the phone for the first time, the phone will prompt you for a touchscreen calibration exercise. This makes sure that the phone responds to your gestures according to individually tailored calibration system, and saves you from all the trouble of extremely precise pressing.
- Hidden hardware keys – The phone is a hybrid slider, so it comes with a standard set of number keys hidden elegantly underneath the touchscreen. The keypad conveniently omits the need of arrow keys to save space – you can always navigate to a part of the screen or your message with the touch of your finger, albeit a little inconvenient for the latter if you’re not a T9 dictionary fan.
- Lock / Unlock key – Located conveniently within the reach of your right thumb (sorry left-handers!), you don’t need to slide open the phone just to unlock the phone. And this brings us to the next point…
- Ease of operation – You don’t need to slide open the phone all the time (all thanks to the convenient lock / unlock key) because you can dial phone numbers, look up your phonebook, check your organiser, access your music player, play games and etc just via the touchscreen! The only instances that you’ll need to gracefully slide open the phone to reveal the hardware keys is when you need to type something.
- 3.15 megapixel camera – The camera does pack some punch! At 3.15MP, the camera is able to take photos with resolutions of up to 2048*1536 pixels, which isn’t half bad compared to other phones of the same price like Sony Ericsson’s (they usually come with 2MP cameras). The camera comes with a LED flash, autofocus and image stabilising capabilities… that’s a lot to offer for a phone camera (considering that there are still consumer-grade cameras on the market that do not have image stabilisation functions). Check out the photo samples below:
Test photo #1 - Macro. The phone is able to take close up shots and they look pretty good!
Test photo #2 - Exposure. The phone detects exposure pretty accurately but for this scene where exposure values differ significantly, the performance falters.
Test photo #3 - Nighttime shooting. The camera does not perform well under low-light conditions. As you can see, the photo is out of focused and noise-ridden too.
- Secondary video call camera – I doubt whether I will be making use of this video call camera but you can use it to take photos of yourself (camwhores, rejoice!), although the image resolution is significantly smaller at 640*480 pixels.
- Touchback – Touchphones now aim to make interaction between the user and the machine two-way. That means that the phone will acknowledge your inputs and respond to them by vibrating. You’ll know when did you press a key and when you did not – especially at times when you tuck your phone in your pocket without locking it. Any accidental input will be alerted by vibrations as well.
- And lots of user-friendly features – Widgets on the phone’s home screen, the touchscreen locking up when you are making a call, flicking through your contact / message list with ease (although less intuitive than iPhone’s) and etc.
Fumble tumbles!
Well, no phone is perfect!
- No Wifi – The biggest mistake by the phone manufacturer. This phone doesn’t come with Wifi capabilities and yet it is released at an era where wireless networks are as ubiquitous as Starbucks. Although it comes with 3.5G, bluetooth and GPRS capabilities, nothing beats surfing the web with Wifi.
- Fingerprint magnet – Just like Ivy has pointed out in her review on the sister phone LG Viewty, touchscreen phones are exceptionally prone to being horribly smeared by fingers. I don’t have sweaty palms and yet the screen still manage to suck out the oil from my fingertips. For people who love their phone to look like those fresh out of the production line or in product shots, you will have to either live with it or have a cloth with you all the time (I chose the latter).
- Weak backlighting – The screen looks terrific under regular and low light conditions, e.g. indoors, sheltered walkways, brightly lit rooms, but under bright daylight, everything on the screen seemed to be rendered invisible by the glossy surface of the touch screen.
- Rotating wheel – I find the incorporation of a rotating wheel pretty pointless. Although it can help you to scroll through long lists and provide access to shortcut functions, these maneuvers are usuall a few light touches away and this renders the wheel redundant. The only practical use I can find of this wheel is it being the volume control for your regular phone conversations and the music player.
- Inability to mute keypad sounds – A common problem for LG phones. The keypad will not shut up unless you set your profile to silence. This means that if you want to have ringtonesm, you’ll have to live with the clanky dingdong tunes of the keypad whenever you use the keys. However, the multipurpose touch screen makes the situation less embarrasing as you don’t need to use the keys that often.
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So now you’ve become an LG user too, eh? You can’t mute keypad sounds? I was going to say ‘I can!!’ then I realized that mine doesn’t have a keypad… my bad!
I think it’s quite a smart more for LG to add an extra keypad. It’s definitely a good addition to an already pretty good phone!
Hope you enjoy your new LG (as much as I enjoyed mine!) I’m gonna go check out this spider88 thing!
Thanks for the plug btw!
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Yeap! First time too! I was using Nokia for my entire life – in fact I only had 2 phones prior to this LG phone, and I can’t believe how quickly technology has changed over the course of merely 6 years! From monochromatic phone display to coloured ones equipped with built-in camera, and now we have touchscreens!
Lucky you, Viewty doesn’t come with a hardware keypad! I was queuing up for Old Chang Kee in my university the other day and the guy in front of me was using his Viewty. I nearly shouted that’s Ivy’s phone! Go read her review… lol!
I think they should manufacture another variation, where the keypad slides sideways (instead of vertically in KF700) and the message screen will automatically switch to landscape mode when the keypad is slided out. That will make a good QWERTY input!
I’m so in love with my new LG phone :) simply fantastic stuff.
Hey, we used to be faithful plurk chatting buddies. :lol: Before I got my domain..
Any who, I’m totally jealous of your phone. Your mobile is better than mine times infinity. The camera is amazing and the features sounds great. Have fun with it :grin:
Jay
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Hey Jay! It has been quite some time since we’ve talked! Your presence on Plurk is so badly missed! I’m not very active on Plurk nowadays because I find the karma system too dictator-like and barbaric. Now I’m kind of taking a hiatus over at Plurk and I’m switching back to the good old Twitter soon.
Congratulations for getting your domain anyway! It’s a really wise choice that you’ve made to get a domain for yourself. What phone are you currently using anyway?
Hurr. Time to incur the wrath of the Apple fanboy.
I own(ed) an original iPhone and now the iPhone 3G and I must say they’re terry-rific devices (ha ha, Peppery made a funny.). I much prefer the QWERTY keyboard to any other, even if it is only virtual. The software on the LG looks very much slapped together, although the video calling and improved camera looks nice.
Lol Peppery, I mean no harm! :) Loving iPhone is an acquired taste (which everyone has now). I just don’t like the way Apple made the battries non user-replacable, making the iPhone more like an iPod touch that can make calls. Teehee!
Frankly speaking the touchscreen technology of LG still lags behind that of Apple’s. I’ve used iPhone’s touchscreen before and I must say the user experience is simply fantastic! It’s very responsible and non-laggy. Unlike LG, the perfomance may be under fire when you have the music player on or when you are multitasking.
And yes, I believe that iPhone still tops all the other touchphones. That’s some good news for you Peppery!
p/s: You’re not the first one to pull that terry-fied, terry-fic, terry-ble thing on me, but I must say that I’m amused! :razz: heh!
sleek phone, coussie! the macro shot’s very nice :grin:
Thanks allie! How are you doing lately? It has been some time since we last spoke :)
That is such a nice phone. I am actually looking for a phone with both touchscreen and the conventional 1-9 keypad. I am currently using O2 XDA atom, which does not has the 1-9 keypad, making me hard to type SMS.
The macro picture taken by KF700 is really nice. However, phone camera always do not perform well in low light condition.
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Then this will be the phone for you! LG has recently released a new phone model that has a slideopen QWERTY keyboard. I read about it on the papers today but I forgot the name of that model. Damn! I only know that an interesting feature of the phone is that it threads your conversation with another friend (just like what Gmail does if you reply back and forward about the same topic). Very neat feature! For your O2 XDA atom, are you forced to used a stylus to type?
Yea it’s kind of expected that phone cameras don’t do well in low light conditions – they’re not professional cameras anyway. But for normal use, they’re just as good as a digital camera! Now you remind me of the highly-prized Samsung Innov8…
Let’s just wait and see, as currently I have no money to get new phone. I have to use stylus to type sms, which is quite troublesome. I still like the conventional 1-9 keypad.
Samsung Innov8 is really powerful, with 8 MP camera. It is really like a normal camera + phone.
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WAHHH, i am sooo jealous right now, i’m gonna tell you, the phone looks like a beauty. in fact, it does look a little bit like an iphone when it is closed.
brand wise, based on your review, i do agree buying an LG phone really does put your money on the line. before i bought my SE, i was thinking about this brand, but because LG phones were relatively new that time, i decided to go for a more known brand.
as for the features, i think your phone rock lar, albeit the potong steam because it doesn’t have wifi, but i guess phones with wifi comes with a hefty price tag. IMO, the camera performs REALLY WELL, the touch screen based on your feedback is quite good, the only thing i wanna know is whether the phone is user friendly and easy to use or not.
i am thinking of getting one like this, but my mind is kinda set on the nokia 5800 which features everything the iphone has ( it’s fully touchscreen), PLUS GPS, WIFI and XpressMusic features and a more kickass 3.2MP cam. but it ain’t released yet and it’s sooo gonna cost a bomb, i bet with ya.
haha, i really hope it’s cheaper in SG, and if it is, i maybe considered buying it over here. eh do keep a lookout for it okay, and do tell when if it is released already and how much it costs.
and again, congrats on your new toy. happy playing. :smile:
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Awww don’t be jealous! *pats pats* it does look like an iPhone? Maybe not for the home button on the frontal surface of iPhone – LG KF700 is buttonless for the front surface but I don’t know whether is that a good thing afterall, since the buttons were squeeze to the side of the phone, which constricts their size. Maybe LG wants to keep it as simple as possible.
So far LG phones enjoy largely positive reviews, and their sliders have no problem so far. Samsung does have a huge range of slider phones but none of them came close to ousting KF 700. Plus, I heard that Samsung’s slide phone might not be as lasting as LG’s for some reason. My friend got this Samsung slider and it only worked for a year before the sliding mechanism broke.
It’s pretty tragic that they don’t have Wifi for KF700 – even Viewty doesn’t have it! That killed quite a lot of points off the cool meter of KF700. Wifi access points are everywhere now and it’s quite dumb to leave that feature out.
For the touchscreen responsiveness I will give a 65% score. Sometimes the screen fails to respond to your sliding touches (yes, you can slide up and down to scroll through lists, e.g. contacts, messages, etc.). This is very evident when you play their mobile games where the problem of its failure to parse your sliding gestures gets thrown into light.
Nokia 5800 will cost a lot! I heard it’s quite heftily priced… oooof! Okay I will keep you posted… but be warned that I’m quite laggy when it comes to mobile phone updates and releases. Heh!
Lol. Your phone is so warm it keeps you warm when you are shivering in the lecture theatre. Lol.
I’ve been spending a lot of time on blogs. I better get down to some revision.
: )
Nah! It’s just because the lecture theatre was cold and I kept the phone in my pocket! Haha! But thank God I brought my ah-beng jacket (according to what Mingyun and you’ve said, lol!)
I didn’t do much this few days and I’m getting panicky! *shudders*
me too! let’s get down to some business…
Haha I haven’t visited your blog in a long time. And I’m still using my non-color nokia phone -.- Haha I haven’t really tried LG phones before.
The macro shot and the exposure shot are _really_ impressive for a camera phone. Of course that depends on the user too – Probably due to your proness in photo-taking skills XD
Hmm.. Is the touch screen iPhone-like or Viewty-like? ‘cos I kinda dislike the touchscreen on Viewty, it’s kind of ‘fake’ since it requires you to actually press into the screen itself.
I’m currently not planning to buy any phones.. Why can’t Nokia make good feature phones stylish?! The N-series phones are really good except for their design.. Haha.
What happened to your other phones? I thought you had quite a few good Nokia phones back then heh. And you’re quite knowledgeable when it comes to phones (so as your brother) – I bet you wouldn’t have a hard time choosing a good one that suits your need.
LG phones… they sound pretty unfamiliar to me until they brought Viewty to the market. When I was younger I thought Nokia was the only manufacturer of phones! Haha speaking of monopoly in the old times aren’t we? Now it’s Nokia’s league no more – other phones, especially the iPhone, is snapping up market share pretty quickly!
Errr no la I’m not really good! You should look at those really professional photographer’s portfolio – I get blown off my feet too! Anyway the exposure shot isn’t as good as you think! The platform to the left of the photo is tremendously over-exposed… but ah well, it’s a camera phone! Maybe Samsung’s new Innov8 will change the definition of a camera phone. 8 megapixels! Now that’s awesome.
The touchscreen is… of course Viewty-like, considering that it’s a sister of Viewty. It has many features inherited from her sister phone so it isn’t surprising that it inherited the not-so-brilliant and not-so-iPhone-rish touchscreen. It’s not that responsive afterall, and transitions are indeed laggy. But ah wells, I shouldn’t be expecting so much given the price!
Nokia is rolling out N8500 soon. Check it out!
Haha I used to have a 6230 and a 6670 but then due to my ‘impressive care taking’ of the phones they.. died on me :(
Hmm now that I look at the exposure shot it’s true.. Haha but I think that for a camera phone, the color that it produces (especially on the leaves) is really vibrant and impressive. I’m eyeing the INNOV8 too! Ahh but it’s like, so expensive > infinity)! Crazy mugging.. Haha
Uhh, wait I can’t use the more than/less than sign?! Half of my message disappeared -.-
Anyway, I was trying to say that the N85 is quite good IMO, as it has a lower price than N96 but still retains (almost) all the good specs on the N96! But it’s still expensive. Haha.
And I’m going through the stupid period of crazy mugging! Sigh. Haha
Whooops sorry my bad! WordPress will automatically remove codes that look wrong to it (like words wrapped between two < and > tags). To insert these characters, you’ll have to enter < for < and > for >. Frustrating eh?
My comment form does have a recovery feature (it automatically copies your comment to the clipboard upon submission) and so you can technically recover your comment by just pasting it. But I guess I didn’t make it clear enough :P
Your phones are all quite cool! I was stuck to my 6610 for years :D haha! When you get into uni next year your should really get a new phone, heh. Plus, there’s still student plan for you and you’ll definitely love the pricing!
All the best for your A levels! Now stop responding to my replies and go mug your ass off! Heheh. Take care!
teddY, i want a new phone too! i’m craving for iPhone.. ergh! i hope my telco company going to bring it to KL within next 2 or 3 months.. my phone always restart when i wanna make calls.. :(
i heard singtel got the price out.. how?
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iPhone… that was what I was craving for too! But the price, and inability to forward sms (I couldn’t believe that Apple developers ditched such an intrinsic function of a phone) and the irreplacable battery kind of turned me off.
For Malaysia, so far I haven’t heard of any news of any telco to bring it to the consumer market, considering that quite a handful of hardcore fans and so-called Apple evangelists have purchased it from either the US release or the Singapore release… hurhur.
Snooping around Google, the prices of the iPhone are as follow:
- iFlexi Value $348 (8GB) $508(16GB)
- iFlexi Plus $49(8GB) $208(16GB)
- iFlexi Premium Free(8GB) Free(16GB)
And hang on! There’s stilll a monthly subscription fee for you to frown upon:
- iFlexi Value $56/month
- iFlexi Plus $95/month
- iFlexi Premium $205/month
What phone are you using now by the way?
right now, i’m using SE Z550i, which i bought 2 years ago. hehe. it went through acids in lab, drop-then-kick moment, and some normal drop on the floor. haha.. i guess, the system already got haywire.
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Woah that must be some really tough, weathered phone! I couldn’t believe me dropping my new phone now! My friend challenged me that I shall not drop my phone in a year’s time… let’s see!
Have you tried to get it repaired, if it’s worth the price?
You’ve got another jealous soul here Teddy! Apart from the phone’s slick looks, it’s 3.15MP camera takes great photos too! Especially that macro shot like everyone’s been saying. =D
I still can’t figure why Wi-Fi isn’t in the KF700. =( It’s a definite must for a feature in my next phone if you ask me. But hey, it does HSPDA right?
Have fun with your phone, Teddy! *hugs*
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Ooooh yes, my evil plan has succeeded. In fact, I placed your voodoo doll in front of my phone for the whole night *inside joke* just joking, heh!
The phone is actually quite firm and solid to the touch but the thickness is a little too much. But I wouldn’t blame it on them because it’s also a slide phone. The phone does HSPDA and 3G too, but it’s indeed very, very tragic that they didn’t include the Wifi function which was absent in Viewty (and frustrated quite a handful of LG enthusiasts).
Thanks! *hugs back, twice the strength*
Wah … Nice phone … Cool look …
Myself never use LG … but it do really have good look outlook … My friend bought 2 of LG during our stay at UK … Cheap there … But Locked … However cheap to unlock …
Me are Former Moto big fan … But now is W series big fan … Just bored on all the porblem coz by Motorola phone itself after using two of the phone from Moto …
Happy with Se W phone now … Transforming to Nokia soon … Just too like the N series …! :mrgreen:
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Thanks Eric! I thought phone operatures in UK are not supposed to lock the phones? I remember reading about it in an EU statement or something. Nonetheless, I’m relieved to hear that it doesn’t cost you a lot to get the phone unlocked! I know iPhone’s unlocking process is quite a heftily-priced one.
Motorola. I see a lot of people using phones of this brand but weirdly enough, I am never into it. Just weird. Maybe it simply doesn’t appeal to me I guess.
Sony Ericsson phones are one of the most common phones I’ve ever seen! I planned to settle for a SE phone until I read about the unbelievably cheap price offered by a retailer so I just snapped it up. Teehee!
I’m liking LG too – I’m looking into getting the new LG viewty when it comes out – 10mp camera (and wifi!)
I desperately need a new phone!
Woah there’s a NEW LG Viewty? Cool! Especially when it comes with Wifi. That’ll be the greatest improvement for the phone! How much does it cost you approximately to get it over there? Are you going to sign a contract with a telco?
Oooh, congrats on getting your new phone!! LG definitely has come from a long way, but I’m not too big on LG only for the fact that their materials don’t have a life span longer than 2 years, some even 1 year. But it looks sweet! 3.15MP on a camera is still pretty fair and great, and your daylight shots look fabulous!
For myself, going from a wifi phone (my HTC Touch) to a non-wifi phone (my blackberry) didn’t really make a difference at all especially if you’re one not to use the internet a lot. Now that I got a plan that allows me to use 30gb of internet, there’s really no need for wifi now. ^_^
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Thanks Destiny! LG started manufacturing phones a few years back but it wasn’t until they released Viewty that the brand commanded for my attention, heh! I didn’t know much about LG’s durability, but I know Samsung’s slidephones die out pretty quickly (esp the sliding joints) according to my friends. One of their phones died after 9 months because the sliding joint just locked itself up and refused to move… geee! Or maybe they’re just rough!
Same here – having Wifi or no Wifi doesn’t really bothers me because I rarely use my phones to surf the Internet, even when 3G or HSPDA is available. I prefer using those huge widescreen monitors, haha! I’m currently using a prepaid line so I can’t even use 3G. But then again, as if I really gonna be bothered. I’m just glad that it had a pretty good camera! Heh.
yo coussie..cool looking new phone u got there ;) the next phone i am getting..when i decide to upgrade..must have GPS at the least and wifi would be good too…in addition to the other mandatory features which i have gotten used to these days such as decent camera, media players, radio etc…and good battery life hehehe…enjoy ur new ‘toy’!!!
Thank you! Hmmm judging by your need, you might as well get an iPhone haha :) and you definitely can afford it, heh. Too bad iPhone doesn’t come with a user-replaceable battery… so to me and many others, it is more like an iPod touch that allows you to make calls XD and it’s just tragic that iPhone comes with a 2.0MP camera. Speaking of good cameras, you might love Samsung’s new phone, Innov8. It has an 8MP camera – get blown off your feet!
I’m not a fan of touchscreen phones (love my Blackberry keyboard) but this is a nice phone and the camera pictures are really good quality!
I had an LG Shine before and the response time was soo slow so that put me off LGs for a while.. although I think they have the nicest cellphone designs compared to other brands.
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That’s because you love your Blackberry’s QWERTY keyboard, heh :) too bad this phone only comes with an alpha numberic keyboard and nothing else… it doesn’t even have the touchscreen input for messages (well, that’s what the slide open hardware keys are for anyway).
Sorry to hear about your experience with LG Shine. I guess everyone just loves the way how iPhone works – responsive, quick and elegant. A lot of touchphones are yet to reach that nirvana status of haptic technology!
Actually Samsung’s designs wow me too, but too bad the brand simply isn’t my cup of tea.
I just got my touch HP last week and accodently drown it into a river.. Some of the keypad damaged but luckily it’s a touch HP..
what i’m trying to say is dont worry if your keypad is broken :razz:
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Sorry to hear about that unfortunate incident! Well I hope the keypad isn’t damanged beyond repair or you! The best way to solve it is to let it dry… because water can cause short circuits in the chips.
If my phone’s keypad is broken, I’ll be doomed! The short messages are typed using the alpha numeric keypad and not the touchscreen (LG KF700 isn’t a really, urm, pure-blooded touchphone). So yep, if the keypad spoils, I can’t do any inputs except calling numbers! Interestingly you can call numbers without bringing up the keypad – a virtual keypad appears on the screen instead.
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What I have about modern phones is absence of wifi while presence of relatively good web browser. At least in cafe it is boring to wait for sites to load – and I wonder if phone designers are know about free wifi in such places?
Good text, I used that model a bit ago and find this blog by chance. Thanks for reminding me my ex-phone!
What really disses me off about the phone is its inability to use Wifi, and that is a major setback for a phone in this era where wireless technology is advent and most smartphones have this feature built-in already.
I don’t know whether if this is a blessing in disguise, but the phone was stolen 10 months after it was bought. In a fit of anger (and shame, because it was me being too careless) I bought a cheap Nokia phone and it lasted me for another year before I settled for my current iPhone 4.
In my university and most public places in my country, free Wifi access are readily available so it is a huge disadvantage if one’s phone has no Wifi connectivity.
p/s: Thanks for the compliments, and I see that you have a really lovely website!