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LG KG320
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User Score (22)7.6
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Expert Score (2)7.5
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Design (7)8.6
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Value for money (10)8.8
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Features (9)8.2
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Ease of use (9)9.0
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Review Summary
Although the candy-bar LG KG320 is neither the slimmest nor the smallest cellular on the market, it’s an affordable phone with good multimedia features. Interestingly, the KG320’s display takes up a good half of the real estate. Combined with a streamlined keypad design, the overall effect is to make the LG seem more like an MP3 player than a phone. The numbers on the keypad are huge and prove responsive and comfortable to the touch. The navigation pad is intuitive and easy enough to access, with our only gripe being the center button. This is simply too flushed with the navi-pad to offer any tactile feedback when pressed. The KG320 had no problems at all in terms of reception. Audio quality over the ear piece lacked bass, but was still acceptable. Unfortunately, voice dial and voice command are not supported. Battery life was average, with the KG320 lasting just three days with average use. However, LG also includes a second battery with the phone. The KG320 includes wireless connectivity options, from Bluetooth and USB to triband GSM support, although there is no Infrared port. The included browser supports WAP 2.0 compliant pages, but with the low-resolution screen, browsing is quite limited, and you will probably do best to stick to your carrier’s portal. The SMS and MMS system worked well, although it may not be fast enough to keep up with a user’s typing, though new words can be added to the built-in T9 dictionary.
The KG320’s music player is compatible with most of the common audio file formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, M4A, WMA. It also comes with onboard support for MPEG-4 video playback. What’s missing, though, is an FM tuner. One drawback is that the music player can’t work in the background. Listening with the provided ear buds, the KG320 sounded tinny and lacked bass. The LG KG320’s 1.3 megapixel camera is capable of capturing images in five different resolutions, and provides quite an impressive range of settings for users to tweak. A big letdown here is the time the camera takes to activate - the user is left waiting for three seconds before the camera starts, and shutter lag is an agonizing three seconds on top of that. The KG320 is also capable of recording video clips. Though the KG320 does not have an external memory card slot, it provides 128MB of on board memory, which is adequate for most casual multimedia users. The LG KG320 is a very stylish phone, but those looking for major multimedia features may want to explore other models.
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Reviewer: MobileBurn02 October 2006
Despite its tendency to look a little like a calculator, LG has brought a great looking, thin device into its Black Label range. Though a good performer, Jin discovers a few niggling things that need to be overcome should you want to make it yours. Read more
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Reviewer: VR-Zone29 September 2006
While the KG320 breaks no new grounds, it has its hands in the right cookie jars. The phone pleasantly fits into small pockets comfortably, offers a straightfoward User Interface menu, which is enhanced by convenient dual-function buttons. The on-phone camera looks plain on paper but is actually pretty good when you look at the picture quality. In any case, this is an economical offering, priced at SRP of alone, and with a 2-year plan. Read more
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Reviewer: BusinessMobileAsia.com21 September 2006
- Overall 7
Despite its shortcomings, the KG320 offers a good combination of size and multimedia features aimed at those who want a small yet functional mobile phone. Read more
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Reviewer: OCWorkbench13 September 2006
- Overall 8
- Ease of use 8
W e reviewed the KG800 sometime ago and was impressed with its design. LG released another Chocolate phonea, this time it is the LG KG320, an mass appeal small form factor bar type phone. Squarish in design, it looks like the conventional bar type phone from other manufacturers. Gone are the red arrows and touch pad. In replacement, you have the conventional keypad for SMS input. In fact, other than the design, the phone functionalities is quite similar to the... Read more
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LG KG320
Reviewer: Mobile Review15 June 2006I personally experience only positive emotions in course of working with this unit. The assembling quality is, as always on all LG’s handsets, fine. The metallic parts of the casing make it feel solid and somewhat austere. The camera’s shutter possesses several advantages, e.g. while on a desk, the phone is lifted a little, so you can see who is calling without taking the phone in your hands. Nevertheless the same shutter makes all hopes of the handset for appearing s... Read more
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ok phone with horrible synchronization software
Reviewer: Anonymous, BusinessMobileAsia.com20 August 2006- Overall 3
I bought this phone in Hong Kong recently, mainly because it's one of the smallest and lightest phones out there. As a phone, it works pretty well, but the main weakness is the sync software. I normally sync my Outlook contacts with my phone and LG's PC Sync software theoretically allows you to do this however I could not get it to work (and I'm a tech geek). On top of that, all the LG software looks like it was designed as part of a high-school programming project --... Read more
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