The LG Renoir Continues to Feed the Fascination for the Keyless Phone
LG constantly needs to remind the public that the first ever Touch screen mobile phone is an LG phone – the LG Prada, in particular. Its latest reminder comes in the form of the LG Renoir. But how does the LG Renoir stand in the way of touch screen phones? Let us take a closer look.
Glassy, Classy and Light
At first glance, the LG Renoir is a sleek and classy phone that is nice on the eyes. The body is only 14 millimeters thick, and its size is 56 x 108 millimeters. A shiny, metallic trim lines its sides and circles are etched at its back. It also has a glass face which is pretty to look at, except that it makes the phone susceptible to smudges and fingerprints.
The glass face is also a bit of a weakness for the LG Renoir. While it is viewable when one is indoors; the glare can be too much when one is outside or when under a really bright light.
The LG Renoir also feels very light in the hands. Some may like this near weightlessness when holding a mobile phone or sticking it in the pocket, but some may also find that the phone feels like some cheap plastic because of its lightness.
The Barest Essentials in Connectivity
Connectivity options are a must among high-end phones these days, and there is nothing fancy about the LG Renoir’s connectivity. The phone model sadly offers only the basic essentials: Wi-Fi, WAP 2.0, Bluetooth and microUSD. It is installed with HSDPA, however, and this allows for fast mobile Internet surfing, emailing and instant messaging on this phone.
The LG Renoir is a GSM Quad with global roaming. The US version of the phone will be UMTS dual-band 3G, while the version to be released in other areas will be UMTS 2100 MHz.
Winning Multimedia Features
Perhaps one of the most solid features of the LG Renoir is its camera. It is a powerful 8-megapixel device with a Xenon flash. What makes this camera so great is that it has face detection, smile detection and blink detection. This means that the camera can be programmed so that it would not take snapshots if the subject is not smiling or has closed eyes. It also has digital zooming and ISO controls.
The only downside to the LG Renoir camera is that it has a thick ring around it that makes the silhouette of the phone uneven. The Xenon flash also leaves a lot to be desired because it does not produce enough light to brighten pictures taken indoors or in poor lighting.
For people who love to take their music with them, they will certainly be pleased with the fact that the Dolby Mobile software built in with this phone model makes the music so clear and crisp. This beauty, however, is marred by the fact that it does not have a 3.5 millimeter jack for earphones, although adaptors can be used. The LG Renoir can recognize mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC and WMA music files. It also has an FM radio tuner.
As for video playback, the LG Renoir can record video at 120 frames per second. It also has support for MPEG4, WMV, AVI, H.264, DivX and Xvid video formats. Watching videos, however, may be limited because this phone model only has a 3-inch screen size and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. It can also only recognize 262,000 colors.
Not Too Touchy
Despite the fact that the LG Renoir is a touch screen phone, the touch layer is not really sensitive enough. It may take a number of taps to get the commands done. On the other hand, the LG Renoir works using widgets and these widgets are easy to operate.
A Good Enough Keyless Phone, But…
…It still has a lot of limitations. It is a brave attempt by LG to try to reclaim its due recognition for giving the public the first true Touchscreen phone, but the LG Renoir has minor issues that make the attempt fall short. Nonetheless, for people who are turned off by the overhyped touch screen phone models, the LG Renoir is a good alternative.
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