LG GW620 pros:

+ Comfy keyboard
+ 5 megapixel camera
+ Supports DivX and XviD videos
+ Camera with plenty of functions
Powerful battery
+ 528 MHz processor and 256 RAM

LG GW620 cons:

- Few personalization options
- Obsolete Android version

The design:
LG GW620 measures 109 x 54.5 x 15.9mm and weighs 139 grams. The front of the LG GW620 houses the 3-inch display and below it are two touch-sensitive keys. When you slide the phone open you will see the the full QWERTY keyboard with 5 row of keys. The key layout reminds the one on a computer keyboard, the keys are responsive and large enough to prevent accidental presses of several buttons at one time. The LG phone has a few standard ports including microUSB, microSD slot, and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Performance:
The 3-inch display in the LG GW620 features a resistive technology which means you can use it even in gloves and it has great sunlight legibility. Although the phone runs an old version of Android (1.5) which means you don’t have some of the latest functions the pre-installed applications in fact provide such functionality (as with the support of Exchange server for instance). Although the phone has only a 528MHz processor and 256MB or RAM it runs smoothly and does not lag. The animations and transitions are fast and all the eye candy features make it only more appealing.
The LG GW620 is integrated with social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo to make it easier to keep in touch with your friends.

Memory
Phonebook: 1000 entries – Photocall
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash) – up to 16GB
Network
2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 2100
Camera
5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus
Video
Yes
Sound
Alert types: Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic / MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone: Yes

Features
MP3 / MP4 / AAC / AAC+ / EAAC+ / WMA player
MP4 player
Organizer
Photo / video editor
Voice memo
T9
Radio
Stereo FM radio
GPS
with A-GPS support
Data
GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
HSCSD
Yes
EDGE
Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Wireless
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth
v2.0 with A2DP
USB
v2.0 microUSB
Price: ??
Other recently reviewed cell phones:
HTC Nexus One, LG GW300, Acer Liquid A1, Motorola MILESTONE, BlackBerry Curve 8520, Nokia X3, Samsung OmniaPRO B7330

LG GW300 pros:

+ 2.4 Inch TFT 262k Colour Screen (320 x 240 Pixels)
+ 2 Megapixel camera
+ Quad-band GSM support
+ Four-row QWERTY keyboard
+ Standard 3.5mm audio jack
+ 15 MB internal memory
+ Hot-swappable microSD card slot
+ Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
+ FM radio
+ Standard microUSB port and Mass Storage mode

LG GW300 cons:

- No 3G or Wi-Fi
- Camera has no auto focus or flash
- Video recording no good at QCIF resolution
- No DivX/Xvid video support
- No office document viewer

Performance:
The LG GW300 runs on the latest non-touch LG proprietary user interface. It has plenty of animations and transitions, moreover it is quite customizable and thus user-friendly. Although the phone may resemble a BlackBerry its interface is much better than in the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and somewhat resembles the one in the Acer Liquid A1. The entire interface is very straightforward and it supports multitasking so you can listen to music while browsing the internet with the LG GW300.
The phonebook in this LG phone can store up to 1000 contacts with multiple fields for information. The phone has no troubles with signal reception or in-call sound quality. As the LG GW300 is aimed at teenagers who frequently write plenty of messages its messaging system is great. The SMS and MMS share an editor and setting up an email account takes only a few seconds. Additionally, the phone features a Facebook Java application so make it easier to stay in contact with your friends.

Selected LG GW300 features and specifications:

• 2 mega-pixel camera with Camera Key & Photo Album
• Video Recorder & video Player
• Video Gallery
• Wallpapers & Screensavers
• 2.4 inch TFT display with 262k colours & 320 x 240 pixels
• Music Player
• Polyphonic & MP3 Ringtones
• SMS, MMS & Email Messaging
• Downloadable Games & Built-in Games
• Personal Organiser with Phone book, Calendar, Clock, Alarm Clock, Calculator & Call Log
• QWERTY Keyboard
• MicroSD™ Memory Card Support
• USB & Bluetooth® Connectivity
• EDGE & GPRS Technology
• Web Browsers & Facebook campatilble
• Tri-band 1900 GSM, 1800 GSM & 900 GSM Networks
• Talk Time 5 hrs
• Standby Time 384 hrs
• Size TBA mm

Other recently reviewed cell phones:
Nokia N97 mini, Sony Ericsson Yari, Samsung OmniaPRO B7330, Nokia X3, BlackBerry Curve 8520, Motorola MILESTONE, Acer Liquid A1

LG BL40 New Chocolate pros:

+ 4.01″ 16M-color capacitive touchscreen of 21:9 aspect ratio
+ Quad-band GSM support and UMTS with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
+ S-Class Touch UI with pinch zooming and gesture controls
+ Office document viewer
+ VGA@30fps video recording
+ 1.1GB of internal memory, microSD expansion
+ GPS receiver with A-GPS support and WisePilot satnav app
+ Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, microUSB port, TV out
+ Standard 3.5mm audio jack
+ 5-megapixel autofocus camera, Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics, LED flash,

LG BL40 New Chocolate cons:

- Hard to use single-handedly
- Video recording output is very poor
- Piano black surface is a fingerprint magnet
- Web browser with no Flash support

Performance:
The LG BL40 New Chocolate has quite a powerful battery which according to LG will last for about 400 hours of standby and 6 hours of talking. The user interface on the latest LG phone is seamless and full of pretty transitions, animations and colorful icons. Additionally, thanks to the built-in accelerometer the screen auto rotates and you can also make use of the touchscreen gestures to run applications or unlock the screen. The interface still looks like a cube with one side responsible for all the widgets, one serving as multimedia home-screen, one for contacts and the last one for shortcuts. Everything’s touch optimized and since the LG BL40 New Chocolate supports multitasking you can organize your work pretty efficiently.

Selected LG BL40 New Chocolate features and specifications:

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 1900/2100 MHz, EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps

Touchscreen bar

• Platform: Latest S-Class UI

• Memory: 1GB internal memory

microSD card slot

• Camera: 5-megapixels auto-focus camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens,

LED flash,
geo-tagging,
image stabilization,
face detection,
Smile Shot,
Blink detection,
Intelligent shot,
Beauty and Art shot,
VGA video recording at 30 fps

• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP,

standard microUSB port,
GPS receiver with A-GPS,

• Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate,

Proximity sensor for screen auto-turn-off,
FM radio with RDS,
FM transmitter,
Dolby mobile,
TV out,
multi-touch input,
office document viewer

Other recently reviewed mobile phones:

HTC Magic, LG GD900 Crystal, Nokia 3720 classic, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, Sony Ericsson C901, Nokia 6600i slide, Acer beTouch E200, HTC Touch2, Nokia 6760 slide, Sony Ericsson Satio

LG GD900 Crystal pros:
+ Unique see-through alphanumeric touch-sensitive keypad
+ 3G with HSDPA (7.2 Mbps)
+ 3″ 16M color capacitive TFT touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
+ 8 megapixel autofocus camera, LED flash, manual focus, geotagging, image stabilization, multi face detection (up to 3), smile detection
+ Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
+ D1 (720×480 pixels)@30fps,Hot-swappable microSD card slot(up to 32GB)
+ microUSB v2.0, mass storage mode
+ Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
+ DivX and XviD support
+ FM radio with RDS
+ Dolby for Mobile audio enhancement

LG GD900 Crystal cons:
- Poor screen sunlight legibility
- Poor camera image quality
- No GPS receiver
- No standard 3.5mm audio jack
- Video recording in 3GP format
- Email attachment size limit is 1MB (both ways)
- Limited DivX/XviD video support

The design:

LG GD900 Crystal measures 105 x 52.5 x 13.5 mm and weighs 127 grams which might seem a bit too much for a slider phone, yet when you consider the built quality and the abundance of features it does not seem that bad. The most noticeable feature in the LG GD900 Crystal’s look is the see-through keypad and the transparent plastic finish. The front of the phone is dominated by the 3” touchscreen displaying 480 x 800 pixels and 16M colors. Above the display there is the proximity sensor which automatically locks the screen then the phone is next to the ear. Near the proximity sensor are the video-call camera and the loudspeaker grill. Below the display is the set of touch sensitive buttons. When you slide the phone open you will see the alphanumeric, see-through keypad. All the keys feel responsive and comfortable. The left side of the LG GD900 Crystal features the microUSB port covered by a lid, whereas the right side houses the volume rocker and the camera key. The back of the phone features the 8 megapixel camera lens, the self-portrait mirror and the LED flash. The overall built quality is very good and the cell phone seems solid and durable.

Performance:

Unfortunately, the screen on the LG GD900 Crystal is hard to read in direct sunlight. The signal reception is always very good, as is the sound quality.
The user interface on the LG GD900 Crystal is practically nothing new and so it should be well known to many readers. There are four homescreens which make it easy to access widgets, multimedia, contacts and shortcuts. At the core of the entire interface is the 3D Cube which still looks nice and can be nowadays found in a number of phones, including the recently reviewed Samsung S800 Jet. The menus look nice and are full of nice transitions and animations. The phone supports multitasking and you can use the CUbe key on the side of the phone to launch the task manager. Yet, the multitasking is somewhat limited as you can run only two applications at a time.
The phonebook can store hundreds of contacts with multiple fields for information such as address, email a few phone numbers and birthday. Of course, you can assign a custom ringtone, or a photo to a contact.
The LG GD900 Crystal has 1.5GB of built-in memory which can still be expanded by a microSD memory card and as the phone supports up to 16GB cards you might want to make use of a file manager. Fortunately the file manager on the LG GD900 Crystal is quite fast and straightforward.

Multimedia:

The LG GD900 Crystal has two photo gallery modes: in portrait mode photos and videos are sorted by date, whereas in landscape mode one photo is in the centre and to at its sides which resembles Apple iPhone’s cover flow view. Also, as the LG GD900 Crystal supports multi-touch you can use similar gestures like on the iPhone to zoom in.
The music player offers quite basic set of functions, such as sorting by artist, genre, album. The phone displays the artwork and thanks to the accelerometer the music player is automatically rotated. There is a number of equalizer presets to choose from and with the Dolby Mobile the sound quality is excellent.
The LG GD900 Crystal features an 8 megapixel camera and although it sounds promising – it in fact is not. Even though the amount of detail is acceptable and the colors are quite good too the amount of noise can spoil every photo you take.
The web browser displays websites quite well so long as they do  nye requite Flash player. Panning and scrolling the websites is smooth although opening websites takes a bit too long.

Conclusion:

The LG GD900 Crystal is a well designed, versatile cell phone and depending on your needs it might be just the right thing for you. The phone has excellent connectivity and quite good web browser. Also, the music player and the large screen do a great job especially if you play to use the office document viewer. However, the 8 megapixel camera is a disappointment, as is the video recording. So if you do not need the last two features that much the LG GD900 Crystal is a cell phone for you.

Selected LG GD900 Crystal features and specifications:

General Netwroks
2G
GSM 850-900-1800-1900
3G
HSDPA 900-2100
HSDPA 850- 2100
Screen Specifications
Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen
16M colors
Size
480 x 800 pixels
3.0 inches
Sound/Ringtones
Alerts and Ringtones
Vibration
Downloadable polyphonic
MP3 ringtones
Speaker phone
Yes Dolby Mobile
Memory Details
Phonebook Entries
1000 contacts, Photocall
Call History
Yes
Internal Memory
1.5 GB
Card slot/ type
microSD
extended up to 16GB
Data Transfer and Communication
GPRS
Class 12 4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots)
32 – 48 kbps
HSCSD
Yes
EDGE
Class 10
236.8 kbps
3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth
Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port
No
USB
Yes v2.0 micro USB
Camera Specifications
Primary Camera
8 MP
3264×2448 pixels
autofocus
LED flash
Video Capability
Yes
720 x 480@ 30fps
VGA @ 30fps
QVGA time lapse and slow mo video recording
Secondary Camera
Video call camera
Messaging
SMS
EMS
MMS
EMail
IM
Internet Browser
WAP 2.0,xHTML
HTML
Radio
FM radio
GPS Capability
No
Java Support
DivX-XviD-MPEG4 player
Organizer
Document viewer DOC, XLS, PDF
Voice memo
T9
Yes MIDP 2.0
TV out
MP3,AAC,AAC+, WMA player
Battery Detail
Battery Type
Standard battery
Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand By Time
Up to 300 hours
Talking Time
Up to 6 hours 2G
Up to 4ours 3G

Other recently reviewed cell phones:

HTC Magic, LG GW520, Nokia 6700 classic, Samsung S800 Jet,

LG GW520 pros:
+ 2.8″ 256K-color TFT touchscreen (240 x 400 pixels)
+ Accelerometer for auto screen rotate
+ Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G (with HSDPA) support
+ FM radio with RDS
+ Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
+ 40MB internal memory
+ Hot-swappable microSD card slot
+ Standard microUSB port and Mass Storage mode
+ Pepped-up Widget interface with Live Square
+ Multi-tasking with a real task manager
+ Excellent touch optimized image gallery

LG GW520 cons:
- No Wi-Fi
- No standard 3.5mm audio jack
- Poor video recording at QVGA@12fps
- Camera with no auto focus or flash
- No DivX/Xvid video support

LG GW520

Performance:
The LG GW520 handles making phone calls very well. There are no issues with signal reception or sound quality. The LG GW520 runs on the latest LG proprietary flash based interface which has quite nice animations and transitions. The overall performance of the interface is very good with smooth scrolling and very responsive actions. You can, of course, customize it a bit and add widgets to the homescreen. The LG GW520 comes with 12 preinstalled widgets and as it supports multitasking you can do a lot of things with this phone. The menu system is intuitive and thanks to the accelerometer it is easy to navigate.
The phonebook in the LG GW520 can store up to 1000 contacts. You can group contacts, assign personal ringtones and pictures and provide much information in appropriate (14) fields.
The messaging with the LG GW520 is a real pleasure. You can use the touchscreen with a virtual keyboard or the full QWERTY keyboard to write you MSM, MMS and email messages. Setting up an email account takes just a few seconds and you are ready to go. The maximum file size for outgoing email attachments is 2.2 which should be quite enough to send photos taken with the LG GW520. Moreover, the phone can opes the office document files and has a Facebook Java app.

Multimedia:
The image gallery on the LG GW520 is fast and allows for browsing the photos in the landscape and portrait modes. You also get a image editor but who would want to use such a thing on a mobile phone?
The music player on the LG GW520 may work in the background and it shows album art and has a few equalizer presets. You can browse your music library by artist, genre, album and so on so you get all you can expect from a music player.
The LG GW520 also features an FM radio with RDS and memory for up to 50 radio stations.
The video player is just sufficient with nothing special like DivX or XviD.
The camera in the LG GW520 is capable of taking 3 megapixel photos 2048 x 1536) with fixed focus and of flash so you can forget about nightshooting. The camera interface is simple so you will not even have to look at the manual. The image quality is quite good. The photos are sharp, but not oversharpened, with acceptable noise level and good colors. The video recording in the LG GW520 is rather poor with QVGA resolution and 3GP file format.
The LG GW520 comes with a good web browser displaying web sites on the phone like a computer would on a large screen. Both scrolling and zooming are fast and the only thing about browsing the net with LG GW520 that we didn’t like is the lack of Flash support.

LG GW520 full QWERTY keyboard

Conclusion:
All in all, the LG GW520 is a very good phone considering its price and the array of features. It has some features for everyone: good connectivity and office document viewer for businessmen and great music player and good camera for teenagers.

Selected LG GW520 features and specifications:

• Network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
HSDPA 2100

• Screen

TFT, 2.8 inch
Full Qwerty keyboard

• Memory

1000 entries: with multiple contact storage entries
Expansion slot: microSD (TransFlash) up to 8GB
Data Service & Connectivity
GPRS Class 10
EDGE Class 10
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
HSCSD
Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP
USB v2.0
Ringtones
MP3, Polyphonic
Vibration

• Camera

3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
Video recording

• Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand by time up to: ?
Talk time up to: ?

• Others

SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
WAP 2.0, xHTML, HTML
Voice memo
T9 text feature
Music player: MP3, MPEG4

Other recently reviewed cell phones:

Nokia 6700 classic, Samsung S800 Jet, Sony Ericsson C903