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LG Renoir KC910 Review
| Author | Sandra Vogel |
| Published | 7th Nov 2008 |
| Manufacturer | LG Electronics |
| Price | From Free on Contract |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersAs Gordon pointed out a few weeks ago 8-megapixel cameraphones are like buses. You wait ages to see one, and then three come along at the same time.
Well, I've already seen Samsung's i8510. Its camera took some good photos, but had some issues too. Read the review for the full low-down, but the shortened version is that the i8510 came out with a TrustedReviews Recommended award for which the camera was just one constituent part.
Now I have the second of the flotilla of three 8-megapixel cameraphones in my hands - the LG Renoir KC910. This is a 3G handset with HSDPA to 7.2Mbps, a front-facing camera for video-calling and Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth among its non-camera treats. There is about 100MB of internal memory and micro SDHC card support. The phone didn't baulk at my 16GB microSD card.
In order to differentiate it from the current pack of 8-megapixellers (all three of ‘em), LG says the Renoir KC910 is the slimmest one on the market.
The LG Renoir (I'm going to call it that as it is so much more evocative than simply KC910), measures pretty much 107.8mm tall, 55.9mm wide and 13.95mm thick. (Don't you love how hundredths of a millimetre have suddenly become important to phone measurements?) It weighs 110g. Samsung's i8510 (also known as the INNOV8), comes in at 106.5mm x 53.9mm x 17.2mm and 136g. This boils down to the fact that the Renoir is taller and fatter than the i8510 but thinner and lighter. Really, there's not enough in it to worry about.
There are three buttons beneath the screen. The End call button doubles as the on/off switch, there is a Call button, and between them is what LG calls the ‘multitasking key'. Hit this and you can switch between running apps. They pop up on screen in an icon based menu and you tap the one you want. A second, tabbed screen gives you access to a grid of nine favourite shortcuts.
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Horseymare said on 27th May 2009
ginger said on 28th May 2009
I have had this phone for 2 days today and I love it!! The Renoir has lots of things to offer but it could be better by installing better speakers in it so when you are talking you... more
Nigel1111 said on 27th July 2009
Disappointing phone - touch screen scrolling through lists is clumsy without the stylus, screen lock keeps cutting in when you are trying to send parking texts etc, and the sync so... more
liam said on 14th September 2009
im sorry but i have to agree with what Horseymare said on 27th May 2009, i love the bits and bobs on the phone, the look, the feel and i even love thetouch screen but the random cr... more
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LG Renoir Kc910 is the worst phone I have ever used! Apart from the appaling battery life, it locks me out and crashes, meaning battery has to be taken out and put back before goin... more