LG KF600 review

LG KF600 Review

Reviewed by: Andrew Lim

Reviewed on: 3 March 2008

Fortunately, the sliding mechanism is smooth and spring loaded, so you won't struggle to pop the phone open. The back of the phone has a rubbery finish that feels nice to touch and while the keypad is flatter than we'd have liked, it does have a mechanical cancel key on it.

On the back of the LG KF600, you'll find a 3-megapixel camera

Chocolate users will know how frustrating it is to have to use a touch-sensitive cancel key, particularly since it makes it much easier to delete things accidentally. The KF600's mechanical cancel key is far more responsive and only deletes things when you press it, which is hard to do unintentionally.

Features
While we weren't convinced by the touchscreen navigation pad, we do think that the software interface looks good and is an innovative idea, offering you direct access to different functions depending on what you're doing. A nice touch is the selection of Keith Haring- inspired, animated themes. The phone is brought to life in a different way to your average phone theme. It's something we hope to see more of in the future. The question is, though, does it make using the phone easier?

Another interesting feature is the KF600's photo viewer. Using the touch-sensitive pad, you can zoom in on photos and view different areas using a mini-map-style interface. This interface would work brilliantly to see different areas of a Web page, too -- unfortunately, it isn't used in the Web browser, which we thought was an oversight. It's actually more difficult to navigate a Web page with the KF600's touchpad. Moving up and down on a page isn't as smooth as we'd like it to be.

It seems the KF600's forte is its music player. The player lets you create playlists, adjust the equaliser, set songs to shuffle and repeat all tracks. We were glad to see a 3.5mm headphone adapter that lets you listen to music using you own headphones but we'd really like to see a built-in 3.5mm jack on LG phones. The KF600 does support A2DP, so you can listen to music wirelessly should you choose to.

Camera-wise, the KF600 boasts a 3-megapixel camera with a variety of settings, including white balance and setting a timer. It's not the cream of the camera crop in terms of performance, but it is easy to use.