LG KC910 Renoir
Review
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In a nutshell: The LG Renoir is the first 8 megapixel touchscreen
phone. Added benefits include 3G video calling, a high quality video
camera with slow motion effects, an MP3 player, an FM radio, Dolby
Mobile, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps for broadband internet speeds, Assisted-GPS
and an 8GB memory card. This is one of the most powerful multimedia
devices ever created.
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The LG KC910, released at the end of October 2008,
is the replacement for the LG Viewty.
We loved the Viewty, and we love the KC910 too! The KC910 is nicknamed
the "Renoir". Renoir was a famous impressionist painter
(you knew that, didn't you?) and so the name gives us a clue that
the KC910 is a pioneering imaging device. It's LG's first phone
to have an 8 megapixel camera, and it pushes the highly capable
photographic capabilities of the Viewty to new heights.
The Renoir looks very similar to the Viewty. It's
a flat touchscreen phone that's slightly larger than the Viewty,
but more compact than the iPhone 3G.
Weighing 110g, it's a fairly weighty phone, but feels about right
for its size. Remember that heavier phones are better for taking
photos, as you can hold them steadier. The size of the phone also
gives space for a large LCD display - an important factor in a camera
phone, and a fact that also makes the touchscreen user interface
easier to use. The screen is exactly the same size as the Viewty
in fact - a monster 3 inches across, with an ultra-high resolution
of 240 x 400 pixels. We like the touchscreen user interface very
much. It uses haptic (vibration) feedback to confirm that you've
pressed a "button" on the virtual screen. New users may
take a little while to get up to speed, but after some practice
you should be able to text just as quickly as using a numeric keypad.
Some things may be slightly trickier, but the sheer pleasure of
using a virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard and buttons more than
compensates for this. The phone also supports T9 predictive text
via a virtual keypad, and you can use handwriting recognition if
you prefer. There are real buttons below the touchscreen, so you
should have no problem turning the phone on and answering calls!
The Renoir launches one full year after the Viewty,
and LG haven't been lazing about these past 12 months - far from
it. There are many improvements and new features in the Renoir.
Headlining these is the upgrade of the camera to 8 megapixels. This
makes the Renoir into a superb camera phone, with a high quality
Schneider-Kreuznach lens, autofocus, xenon flash and new features
such as face tracking and beauty shot. The xenon flash is a much
more powerful flash than conventional LED flashes, and gives substantially
improved after-dark shots, especially when used with the camera
sensitivity at its maximum setting of ISO 1600 . Beauty Shot is
a very innovative feature that automatically detects faces, brightens
them and removes spots and other imperfections. Now all your friends
can be as beautiful as you already are! Another camera feature makes
imaginative use of the touchscreen UI. Called Touch Shot, it enables
you to focus on an object by touching it on screen. The shutter
fires when you remove your finger from the screen. The result of
all this new technology and gadgets is that the Renoir can easily
take pictures that are good enough to print. It may not beat a dedicated
digital camera, but with photos this good, will anyone care? The
Renoir also features an outstanding video camera too. With the ability
to capture video at 120 frames per second, you can then playback
in slow motion for fun or special effects. 3G video calling is also
supported.
But there's much more to the KC910 than just its
camera. This is the first mobile to feature Dolby Mobile. This brand
new technology from Dolby processes sound to enhance music, in particular
by boosting bass output. The music player can play virtually all
popular digital music formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC++ &
WMA. It can also play back video in DivX and Xvid formats so that
you can watch movies on your phone. An FM radio is built in too,
so you have a very wide range of music and video options available.
We're delighted to see that the Renoir has even
more memory than the Viewty, which was already pretty well endowed.
The Renoir has 100 MB of built-in memory, and comes supplied with
an 8GB microSD memory card too. This is capable of storing around
2,000 MP3 tracks, or even more if you use a compressed format such
as WMA. The maximum phonebook capacity has been increased too, up
to 1,000 entries.
The connectivity options of the Renoir are unbeatable
as well. It's one of the few phone to offer full speed HSDPA, giving
download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. In addition to the standard USB
and Bluetooth connections, it's also WiFi-enabled, so you can connect
wirelessly to a home or office network, or access a WiFi hotspot
in your local cafe or pub. The combination of fast internet access
and the super-large LCD screen makes the Renoir a formidable platform
for mobile internet access. Whether you're web browsing or accessing
email, the Renoir is a good device to be using. The email application
supports attachments, and you can view TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT &
XLS documents on the phone. It may not beat a BlackBerry if you're
a corporate emailer, but for many users it will be an excellent
choice. The Renoir makes web information available using so-called
Widgets. Widgets can be used to display live content such as the
local weather forecast.
If all this was not enough, the Renoir also comes
with Assisted GPS. This puts it on a par with the very highest spec
phones out there - the Nokia N96, The
Samsung Omnia and the Sony
Ericsson X1. Unlike its competitors, the LG isn't a smartphone,
and this is both its strength and a weakness. It means that the
user interface is fast and responsive, and that the operating system
is a lot more stable. It also means that the number of applications
that you can download is limited. But with a phone that already
does so much out of the box, we think that most users will be happy.
Just one thing: the quoted battery life of
the KC910 is significantly shorter than the Viewty, and when you
consider how many things the phone does, it isn't really surprising.
Just bear this in mind when you choose your phone.
We are super-impressed with the KC910 Renoir. It's
definitely a candidate for phone of the year 2008, and we think
it'll be one of the biggest sellers in the 2008/2009 winter season.
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Features
of the LG Renoir KC910 include:
- 8 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach
lens, autofocus and xenon flash
- Video recording (MPEG4, 320 x 240 pixels, 120
frames/second)
- 3G video calling (VGA camera, 30 frames/second)
- Touch sensitive screen: TFT LCD, 262k colours,
240 x 400 pixels (3 inches)
- Music player (MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA formats)
with Dolby Mobile
- FM radio
- Assisted GPS with geo-tagging of photos
- Speakerphone
- Voice recording
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS,
Email, Instant Messaging
- T9 predictive text
- Document viewer (TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS)
- Ringtones: 72 voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3
ringtones
- Wallpaper
- Java 2.0 games
- Phonebook (1000 names)
- Memory: 100 Mbytes plus 8 Gbyte microSD memory
card
- Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 1.2, WiFi
- Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 12, EDGE, 3G HSDPA
(7.2 Mb/s)
- Vibration alert
- Triband (GSM 900/1800/1900) plus 3G HSDPA
- Size: 108 x 55 x 14.5 mm
- Weight: 110g
- Talktime: 3 hours
- Battery standby: 264 hours
LG KC910 Renoir
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Average
rating from 49 reviews: 
Reviewed by Liz from UK on 4th
Jan 2009
Great phone. Love It
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Reviewed by Phil from UK on 4th
Jan 2009
Well the phone is pretty cool to be honest the touch screen is responsive
enough i can even say more respncive than the omnia and it dont
lag as much as the omnia and it has a better quolity pictures so
just for that i have to rate it 5 star and i prefer it alot better
than the pixon or any other phone on the mrket at the moment!
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Reviewed by lee liverpool from u.k on
1st Jan 2009
great phone nice features but terrible for texting. viewty buttons
were easier to text with. problems with downloading updates (orange)
great camera and sound
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Reviewed by abdul teronia from uzbecistan
on 28th Dec 2008
thiz fone iz da bomb buy it any day.
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Reviewed by §UkHÍ № WĄИ‼
яfc¹ from glasgow!! no.1 on 28th Dec 2008
a bought this phone from orange and worked for about 2 weeks then
the camera started having problems like when i started it, would
start jamming then not odng something and when i inserted the memory
stick it would not read it soo i absoulutly not recommened this
phone... look people theres people on this site saying this is the
phone ever but i bet you that they are having problems aswell!!!!
BUT JUST NOT ADMITTING IT!!!! $%^&* CHICKENS
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Reviewed by Sophia Azamika from Bradford
on 28th Dec 2008
DONT BUY this phone. It has fantastic features but the touchsreen
is awful...really hard to use... buy the pixon...much better
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Reviewed by curly from uk on
27th Dec 2008
this is the best phone i have ever owned and i have owned a lot
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Reviewed by Sabha Ul Haq from Newcastle
upon Tyne on 26th Dec 2008
This is an excellent phone. I love. Itr is much better than the
tocco and pixon. Camera Quality......fantastic. Video quality.....outstanding.
Love it.
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Reviewed by Lawrence from England on
25th Dec 2008
I just got this phone for Christmas!....and its superb the sound
quality is awesome due to the Dolby sound system, the eight mega
pixel camera is even better with its Schneider Kreuznach optics.
It could quite possibly be the best phone in the world.
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Reviewed by ben from england on
24th Dec 2008
got this phone after having a bad two weeks with the samsung innov8
and it is so much better the touch screen is great, and the internet
access is the quickest i have ever seen, Not to mention the fantastic
camera. p.s BUY IT
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Reviewed by skinner from ENGLAND on
22nd Dec 2008
what can i say this phone is by far one of the best phones i have
ever had the camera is magic the touch screen is very responsive
wifi is very fast i upgraded from n95 8gb and i am very pleased
and i will be quite happy to keep this phone for more than my contract
lenth i would say buy this phone well worth it 5 stars
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Reviewed by Maria from UK on
21st Dec 2008
This phone is a little technological marvel. The camera is amazing
and is way better than my normal digital camera. I'm very happy
with this phone, texting is much easier than I expected, the qwerty
keyboard is good, but I don't find it makes it much quicker than
using the normal phone layout keyboard. This is my first LG phone
and I'm very pleased with my first impression.
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Reviewed by Cleave from UK on
19th Dec 2008
Little tip for anyone struggling with wifi. Make sure you dont use
a key thats more than 27 characters long, thats providing you are
connecting to a home router.
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Reviewed by Padraig from Ireland on
19th Dec 2008
This is an absulute magic phone i love the fantastic 8 mp camera
and the slow motion effects on the video camera the touch screen
is extremely impressive and very responsive although scrolling up
and down can be a bit hit and miss. The gps is fantastic and the
wifi is lightning speed although the bluetooth can be a bit slow
at times but this doesn't put me off it and i do not know why some
people can say bad things about the best phone currently on the
market
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Reviewed by Pete from UK on 13th
Dec 2008
This is my first touch-screen phone. I've previously owned an LG
phone (U8110, a few years back and I was fairly impressed with that
phone - even tho it too had PC-connection problems as have been
mentioned with the Renoir). Have to say, I've only had the phone
3 days now, and my initial impression is generally good. It would
be unfair of me to comment on a lot of the features of the phone
that I haven't used, so I won't. I haven't even used the camera
yet! So no review of that. I'll re-post after I've had a play with
it. For the most part I've been transferring contacts, sending texts
and using the internet connectivity. Got Windows Live Messenger
working no problem. Same with Google Mail. Wifi and Bluetooth work
great. Call clarity is very good. Menu's can sometimes slow down.
This is a minor annoyance when it happens - which is rare - but
maybe I'll experience this more as I get used to the phone and where
everything is. Can't fault the phone on calls/texts. Internet browsing
is "useful" to have, and it's good to be able to check my e-mail/MSN/Facebook
on the move. The speed is great WHEN you have sufficient signal
strength to achieve full speed on the 3G HSDPA. My advice would
be to use a wifi connection (if available) - it seems to be more
stable - although I suspect it will probably reduce battery charge
quicker than normal (not had a chance to confirm this though). Navigating
around the internet in a 3" display takes a bit of getting used
to ... mainly because of the software's "zoom" facility which can
be cumbersome to use at times. Sometimes it just doesn't seem to
zoom when you want it to, and other times it will zoom when you
don't want it to. This may be more to do with the touch-screen though.
I'm using it with the original LCD protective film cover and you
do have to apply a little pressure. My biggest "gripe" so far has
to be about trying to position the cursor when editing a word. It
is virtually impossible to achieve (I haven't tried the stylus to
do this), but using a finger, or even a finger-nail it is VERY "hit-n-miss".
And unless I'm missing a trick, there doesn't even seem to be anyway
to MOVE the cursor to a different position without having to constantly
tap on the screen in the proximity of where you want the cursor
... and then when it DOES decide to move the cursor for you, it
usually puts it anywhere BUT where you actually wanted it, and where
you actually clicked (and my touch-screen calibration was pretty
good!!). Overall, the Renoir appears to be a very stylish and quite
accomplished PHONE. So far so good then :) I'll give it 4 stars
for now, as some things on the phone could be better, and some things
I've not had a chance to check out. Finally just a rather general
observation although this applies to most of the latest mobile phones
- not just the Renoir. Battery life, and people who complain that
they have to charge their new touch-screen, camera-phone EVERY DAY
(or even every other day!). Considering that you are watching videos,
taking pictures, surfing the internet, making/taking phone calls,
sending/receiving text messages, using bluetooth and wifi (possibly)
and lighting the screen EVERY time you do ANYTHING on the phone,
then I don't think having to charge it every day is necessarily
a bad thing ... look at it this way ... you can do most of these
things with a suitable laptop computer and how long do those things
last? a couple of HOURS if you're lucky! Yeah we ALL wish batteries
would last longer, but they don't ... accept it and plug it in ;-)
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Reviewed by Cleave from UK on
11th Dec 2008
This phone is my first LG but i am picking through the menus fine.
I can also say that i have found no problems to date. As to any
negative views, i have yet to find a phone that is totally bug free
there again nothing is built to last . Overall this phone is highly
recommended & comes as the ideal all rounder
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Reviewed by Moke from uk on 11th
Dec 2008
my first LG after a long association with sony so found the user
interfacew very strange at first, but once used to it its quite
ok Reception is excellent, though i have changed networks - no lost
signals yet travelling about Scotland!! music quality ok, have had
difficulty loading music using supplied sorftware so bought a micro
sd card reader for 2.99 and it syncronises wit hthe pc really well.
WiFi - i havent been able to get this to work yet, bluetooth seems
to have difficulti recognising new devices but once paired this
has been fine. Havent had any proble,s ith the touch screen - this
is my first touch screen phone. Camers i have founfd this to be
very good and easy to use, flash is fine for indoors. The stylus
is usefull for some of the menus, my fingers are pretty big though
the stylus holder of a bit of a faff though after a while i dont
really notice it. Overall i can recommend the phone
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Reviewed by Scratchy from England on
10th Dec 2008
The renoir is a very good phone, but mine got sent back before 14
days.... there was too many little niggles that i couldnt get on
with. Everyone complained that they couldnt hear me properly. May
have just been a fault out of the factory but it was there from
day 1. The texting 'board' has too many junk buttons around it (dedicated
key for language, T9 on/off etc?), meaning the actual keypad is
just that little smaller. Compare it to the Tocco/Pixon keypad and
you will see what i mean. Makes texting just a bit harder. The landscape
keyboard is only useful with the gaybar stylus, which looks wrong
hanging off the phone. The alarm has a STUPID glitch that if you
set an MP3 to wake you up... it sometimes wont stop until it has
played the WHOLE song! Not fun at 5am, good way to wake the whole
house up. i think most poeple will love this phone, and it was so
close to being perfect... but i decided the bugs were too many to
live with for the next 18 months.
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Reviewed by rhonda from united kingdom
on 9th Dec 2008
i think this phone is great! my mate has got one and it is very
easy to use. it has a big memory and its touch screen!The only thing
wrong is that it is a big phone.this is a pretty good phone for
this size and great for people who have big hands, well what do
you expect ?if it has all of those features it wont be very tiny!
overall this is the best phone yet from LG and it beats the iPhone
by a long shot!
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Reviewed by Tahir K from Kenya on
9th Dec 2008
got this phones as an upgrade from my viewty and i love it its awsome!!!!!!!!
the cameras great love the pics the internet is really fast and
i love the large screen display plus im used to using the on screen
QWERTY keypad and i love it on the down side when ever i try to
wipe the finger prints of my screen it creeks and everytime i put
it on the table it rings (vibrates in a funny way)
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Reviewed by lee from u.k on 26th
Nov 2008
had this phone for over 2 weeks now its been brilliant so far battery
life is excellent although i do turn my phone off late at night.
sound quality is excellent, photography is brilliant and no delays
like my old smart phone (n73) i would recommend this phone due to
ease of use and how all round nice it is. only slight gripe is updating
the software (orange) seems to not work and texting isnt the easiest
task. i tend to use the stylus for that as i got fat fingers
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Reviewed by Col from England on
26th Nov 2008
Well i've had this phone for 5 days now and already its in need
of repair, the loudspeaker seems to have blown even though ive hardly
used it for music. But on the plus side i found this phone to be
very good, touch screen is very accurate and responsive. Camera
and video recording is excellent, best ive seen yet. The only drawback
is when playing back an album it will play the songs in alphabetical
order instead of numerical, maybe LG will fix this if they release
a new update
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Reviewed by Paul from England on
24th Nov 2008
I can't understand the bad comments. This is the best phone on the
market and I've not experienced any of the problems that feature
in the negative reviews. the camera works great in low light and
I tested it by snapping a picture in a completely dark room with
excellent results. I too have upgraded from a Viewty and LG (not
known for customer service) have really listened to the users' comments.
Every annoying Viewty problem has been fixed and I highly recommend
it. buy it now.
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Reviewed by Branavan Sivakumar from
Sri Lanka on 24th Nov 2008
Phone not good. It have the poor interfaces. WI_PHI is not in the
league of the my 52 kps broadbands. And i have diffulyts about the
camera zenon flashing. it is not brite enouf. i ulso don like the
screen it is not responsing to my touches and i don like the recepsion
i have 1 and half bar of recepsion. In concludision i think the
pohne can has many improvemens. thanks for yur time.
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Reviewed by scooper from UK on
22nd Nov 2008
Great phone especially after the Viewty I really like this phone
it's easy to use and the 8gb memory card is great for storing all
those mp3's and the playback with Dolby is good through the phone
or headphones Camera is miles better than the Viewty- no horrible
delay My only gripe is the horrible plastic cover for the power/headphone
slot which will easily come off in time
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Reviewed by michelle c from uk on
20th Nov 2008
Had this phone for 5 days. On first impression its great. Camera
is great. Touch screen is easy to use. finding your way around it
is pretty much common sense. Only problem ive had is it wont synchronise
with my pc. Lg have not been too helpfull becuase the phone is a
new release and they don't even have a handset yet????. Have given
up, if you set the phone to mass storage then you can just download
pics and videos via usb, or get a micr st card converter and pop
it straight into the reader.. Have not tried putting any music on
yet though. Apart from the software issues im really pleased with
this phone.
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Reviewed by Chrissy from UK on
19th Nov 2008
I got this phone as an upgrade and loved it. Touch screen great,
no problems messaging and camera is Excellent. However, here comes
a warning. If you have a Mac and not a PC then this phone, great
as it is, may not be for you as LG, like samsung, do not do software
for Macs. Therefore the only way to connect is bluetooth, so if
you like using PC suite etc you can't on a Mac. Apparently both
companies think Macs are not a big enough market and have no plans
to do any softwre, and I didn't find any on the www. Found a problem
because of this - can only transfer music via bluetooth and the
phone did not always play the track afterwards - said file was corrupted,
but if turned phone off then on again it found and played the music.
Also cannot sync calender/contacts so would end up inputting twice
- once to phone and to mac. I got the phone paired with my car's
HFT no problem. Because of the mac issue, I am returning the phone,
which is a shame as it looks and feels great. I am going back to
my nokia E65 smartphone while I find another upgrade - either C905
or N96 - at least Sony E & Nokia do some Mac software!!
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Reviewed by Dominic Pianolica from Wales
on 19th Nov 2008
This phone is not that good! It has terrible UI and the camera flash
is perfectly inadequate!! wi-fi okay, but the rest is just not up
to scratch!! I will be taking this phone back for sure!!
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Reviewed by Paul S from UK on
19th Nov 2008
T-mobile, branded. Have been waiting to replace a first edition
K800i. iPhone 3G didn't get a better camera so here I am. As a summary,
if I keep it then I'll use the Renoir for camera and phone duties
but sticking with my iPod Touch for everything else. Sound in video
is often out of sync. As others have mentioned, autofocus is slowwww
but it does work. The fast and slow motion is fun. When email client
crashes (which is often) it causes the phone to reset. I've *never*
been able to get the client to sync with an Exchange server - locks
up as soon as it tries to get a folder list. (I'm an IT Manager
- I know what I'm doing!) Browser is poor - often will not follow
links or download images. TMobile bookmarks can't be removed and
make using the bookmark menu tedious. Click a bookmark and it still
asks you if you want to go online... well, duh. Just loaded Operamini
instead. Assisted GPS is nice and fast - T-Mobile have put Google
Maps on but nothing with tracking/waypoints/routefinding. The camera
is supposed to geotag but, as is the same with most of the other
settings, it's got to be turned back on every time you turn on the
camera AND you can't tell if you've got a GPS fix so often there
isn't anything in the EXIF. Also, photos aren't saved to a DCIM
folder so when you plug the phone into PC/Mac Adobe Photoloader
or iPhoto won't find your images and you have to manually drag them
over. Not a biggy but an added annoyance. The WiFi works - hooray!
- BUT (you knew that was coming) it doesn't automatically reconnect
to known networks. Bluetooth... no problems so far. Dolby Mobile.
Nope. I can't work out what it's supposed to do either. I've got
a few more days before I can no longer return it. I'm still deciding.
May go to the SE C905. It's probably no better.
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Reviewed by rik halton from england
on 19th Nov 2008
been uming and arring which phone to get, had the sony e c905 for
a week, even though it is a good phone, it was the size, look and
buttons that put me off. i swopped it for the lgkc910 and had it
2 days now. must say totally diff to wat i have had before, im still
finding pages and contents, things that i not found,lol does take
a good sense of touch for the touch screen and will get easier to
use. no probs and everything working fine, looks good, feels good
and is good. i do recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Theodoric from England on
14th Nov 2008
Never done a review before but I'll give it a bash, Im approaching
40 so don't expect too much. After nearly 15 years of Nokia's and
refusing to "buy" an upgrade from Orange (N95) I thought I'd try
this, it's getting easier to understand the more I use it but some
things are still beyond me for now. The camera is very good and
Ive even got the hang of texting on a touchscreen, drag and dropping
my Mp3's and connecting via WiFi. If I have one gripe it's the volume,
both the ring tone and conversation doesn't seem very loud, but
then I am from the era of "classic rock" (Saxon Motorhead ACDC)
so my hearing may be to blame. All told it's a good phone, if a
40 something can use it anyone can.
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Reviewed by Rob from United Kingdom
on 12th Nov 2008
Currently have this phone on orange and I will definately be taking
it back. I hate the phone! Sound Quality Through Decent Headphones:
Dolby Mobile is a complete waste of time it makes music sound like
your listening to it in another room with a thick curtain rapped
around your ears. Turning off Dolby Mobile helps things allot and
only then does it sound acceptable ish (But still not loud enough).
Touch Screen: Inconsistent and buggy it took me 5 minutes to move
the slider and press buttons when trying to set the alarm. Camera:
Ok its 8 megapixel but actually the N95 produces better pictures.
Bugs: If you have auto phone lock on and decide to connect your
PC via bluebooth to the phone you will notice if the lock is on
and phone displays an allow request then the phone will lock up
and the only way to get it working again is to take the battery
out... Good Ey? However I have to praise the browser, wifi and Video
features. The LG Renoir is probably the fastest phone I have seen
with the Internet and Wifi is brilliant on this phone not to mention
the class leading video recording
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Reviewed by Jack from UK on 12th
Nov 2008
Good, but with major flaws. I really, really wanted to like this
phone. I usually do a lot of research before buying a phone, and
will happily wait until the right phone becomes available. So I
waited for the Renoir. I've had it a weeek and a bit now... Mostly,
I have loved the phone, but it isn't excellent by a long shot -especially
for usability. The major problems I have are twofold. 1) The phone
will not sync with the PC- even though it sets it up for outlook,
when I try to connect it says not supported (when it isn't saying
other stuff about idle screens and it being failed to connect. I
need to get my outlook appointments onto my phone, and I cannot.
LG support don't even have a handset, so cannot possibly help. 2)
The camera. Yep, I know it is 8mp. My last phone was 5mp (N95) and
it took better pictures. Autofocus makes it auto blur, and manual
focus- while excellent eventually, takes far too long, and the touch
screen is far too unsphisticated to make it work properly. I have
had two handsets already, and it was the same in both. I am now
sadly considering taking it back and getting a SE 905.
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Reviewed by Hundred Legs from England
on 10th Nov 2008
This phone is an outstanding phone thats full of great features
and it looks the biz too. Its weight for me is just perfect. This
is my first touch screen and my first LG and im hooked on touch
screens now, the only gripe i have is the battery life. I'm getting
just over 36 hours out of it and i haven't started to watch any
vids or play music yet. I've ran the battery down several times
and fully charged it again but its had no effect. I swapped my n95
for this same reaon so i'm swapping the renior to the X1 but it
took along time to decide wether to or not. I will miss the 8 meg
cam for sure. If you can live with the short battery life than this
would be a great phone for anyone.
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Reviewed by TiM from UK on 8th
Nov 2008
Upgraded from the Viewty to the Renoir... Love this phone.. Its
perfect!.. BUY IT!! ;)
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Reviewed by gerard from glasgow on
8th Nov 2008
as someone who only liked motorola's i gave this phone a go as my
contract was up i'm glad i did top phone excellent camera and it
also works as a phone
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Reviewed by Mark from England on
8th Nov 2008
I got the LG Renoir as a free upgrade on Orange. The guy at Phones
4 was quite honest with his opinion on the latest phones - which
was good, which was not so good; so when he recommended the LG Renoir
I thought "why not?" I've had the phone three days now and have
a good old play of it - I am very impressed. The main use of any
mobile phone is obviously to make calls on it and the Renoirs clarity
is very good. The 8mp pixel camera does everything an 8mp should,
except take good pictures in very low light. Night shots leave a
lot to be desired but photos I've taken in daylight are very good.
The touchscreen is very responsive with just a very short delay
between touching an application and the application opening. The
scrolling effect is very smooth and the fact the display changes
from "portrait" to "Landscape" when you turn the phone round appeals
to me a lot. Texting is made simple by the activation of a qwerty
keyboard when the phone is turned to its side although the hand
writing recognition is something I haven't been able to master yet
- doesn't mean to say it's bad though. All the connectivity stuff,
i.e, bluetooth, wi-fi, etc works as it should and connecting to
the internet is very easy and quick. Out of all this amazing stuff
this phone can do, the thing that made me go "wow!" is a game that
came with mine. It's a dice game and to shake the dice, you simply
shake the phone side to side; to throw the dice, simply flick the
phone forward - brilliant! I would recommend this phone to my friends
and since I like my friends a lot, take this as a good indication
this is a phone you should own.
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Reviewed by Johnny from UK on
6th Nov 2008
Only ever had Sony's before but decided I'd give this a go due to
it's spec, had it a couple of days now and am slowly getting used
to it and quite impressed, the slow motion video is brilliant altho
I'm not sure it has any real world use. Slightly disappointed with
the camera though, not as good as I expected it to be, I'm sure
my Sony k810 produced clearer pics..maybe I haven't given it enough
chance yet.
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Reviewed by lizzie hart from new york
on 6th Nov 2008
this phone feels, hold the part it is so nice i love it and i am
going to buy the phone for my it sister and my 2 little brothers
so yeh it runs in our blood we love good looking phones thanks bring
some new good phones out PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Nick from England on
5th Nov 2008
I h8 it. I hav had this fone since it came out nd i am very unhappy
with it.It freezes and it also has an over sensetive screen. My
previous fones hav been gr8. My dolce and gabanna v3 razr was brill.
My lg prada was brill. As was my samsung armarni. Ted baker was
rubbish tho. Im goin bk 2 desighner fones.
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Reviewed by jonesdude from england on
1st Nov 2008
Had it 4 days, mixed opinions. Texting tricky on screen but getting
better with practice. Had 10 years practice on "button" phones,
4 days on touch screen. Video problems. Plays some divx files, rejects
some. Same with xvid. Don't know why yet. Should really play any
divx/xvid as it says it supports them. Video camera, audio and video
out of sync. Makes it useless for any decent movie shots. Orange
have changed appearance of home screen and logos. Removed GPS Maps
in favour of their, chargeable and not operational yet, "Orange
Maps" They too have added 5 non deletable bookmarks. The built in
browser i found very difficult to click on any link, repeatedly
poking at the screen with nothing happening. And the press-hold
to zoom percentage seems completely random, unless i haven't figured
it out. I've installed Opera Mini instead. Camera seems good, though
does not save straight to memory card, despite setting it to do
so in Memory Manager and Camera Settings. PC suite software is terrible.
Best to change usb settings to Mass storage mode and add files by
drag & drop. On the whole it's a pretty cool phone, just the niggling
details, i'm going to stick with it. Maybe there will be updates
to help the lack of full divx/xvid support. Anyone else tried changing
their divx files to suit it, i.e. audio codecs or bit rates/video
resoulutions?
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Reviewed by paul from uk on 31st
Oct 2008
after reviewing many fones when my contract renewal came along i
was uming and areing what fone to get and finally plumped for this
over the SE c905. I have to say it is one of the best decisions
I have made about phones. the interface is easy to use and the touchscreen
is brilliant and very responsive. although txting is a chore at
first arter a few messanges it becomes easy and you feel that it
is even easier than an actual keypad. the camera is also outstanding
with smile and blink detection and beauty shot all taken with an
amazing 8mp camera. this fone although not a full smartphone is
the closest your going to come to being one without actually being
one. i would recommend anyone to get this phone as in my opinion
it is currently the best phone on the market at the minute.
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Reviewed by MI from UK on 30th
Oct 2008
I just got my phone today for 3G on contract, its brilliant so far,
right now Im copying films on my phone, love it, and I love the
texting, qwerty keybard is awesme.
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Reviewed by SK from England on
28th Oct 2008
Got this phone monday and have mixed opinions on it. If you like
texting alot and quickly think again about getting this phone. It's
a bit of a chore to tx! The camera is great though and probably
its best feature. The touch sceen is also less responsive than the
iphone & Samsung Omnia.
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Reviewed by GER DAVIES from UK on
27th Oct 2008
ONLY HAD PHONE SINCE SATURDAY- SO FAR ITS OUTSTANDING - CAME FROM
THE NOKIA N95, THIS NEW LG IS EASIER TO USE AND FAR MORE FLEXIBLE.
IT IS LIGHTER AND THINNER, THE CAMERA IS FAB AND THE BATTERY SO
FAR IS WAY OUT BETTER - CHARGED IT SAT NIGHT STILL OVER HALF FULL
AND BEEN USED A LOT TO FIND MY WAY AROUND THE PHONE. SO FAR 5 STAR
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Reviewed by STEVEN MURRAY from SCOTLAND
on 22nd Oct 2008
THIS FONE ROKS MAN ITS DA BOMB
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Reviewed by mrs small from usa on
21st Oct 2008
this phone rocks man!!!!! You must get it
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Reviewed by sam thoma from england on
14th Oct 2008
i have previously owned an lg kc910 renoir and it is an amazing
piece of kit with an 8 megapixel camera and touch screen capabilities.
truly AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by mr big from usa on
14th Oct 2008
its great what more can i say
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