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Detailed editors' rating - Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 30 reviews
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Product summary
The good: Slim and light; decent battery life.
The bad: Erratic call quality.
The bottom line: The LG G4050 is an ideal cell phone for callers who don't demand too much from their mobiles.
Specifications: Carrier: Cingular; Band / mode: GSM 850/1900 (Dual Band); Talk time: Up to 180 min; See full specs
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 08/19/2004
The silver handset's clean lines are disturbed only by a small volume button on the side of the unit. Because the power cord connector doubles as a cable connector, the handset is free of extra ports. Though the external monochrome display is an improvement over the LG G4010's, it is rather dull, and you can adjust only the contrast level, not the brightness. It displays the date, the time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID where available.
Another improvement over the LG G4010 is the 1.75-inch-diagonal, 65,000-color internal display. Crisp and pleasing to the eyes, it faltered only in direct light, and again there's no brightness control. On the upside, we liked the redesigned navigation keys, which consist of a five-way toggle and two soft keys. For such a small handset, there's plenty of room for dedicated shortcuts, such as setting the ring type, accessing messages, opening the calendar, activating the Internet browser, and recording voice memos. Moreover, all controls are well spaced and tactile. The blue-backlit keypad is sufficiently bright for dark environments, and the keys are raised just above the phone's surface.
Because this is an entry-level handset, the LG G4050's feature list won't blow anyone out of the water. A 255-entry phone book handles up to three phone numbers and one e-mail address per entry, and you get eight speed-dial locations. Caller groups can be paired with any of 10 polyphonic (40-chord) ring tones or with a picture, though the image doesn't show up on the external screen. Other goodies include a unit converter, a calculator, a world clock, a calendar and scheduler, a 30-second voice recorder, voice-activated dialing, a WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser (with GPRS data speeds), and conference calling for up to five lines. A Minute Minder triggers a beep once a minute during an ongoing call so that you can keep tabs on the length of your conversations. An unexpected bonus is an integrated infrared (IR) port for sending data and faxes. Continue reading- See more CNET content tagged:
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"Good for first time cell phone users but not for people who want a good cellphone."
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