LG Electronics may be one of the smaller and silent players in the mobile market but records showed it has made great success with a couple of earlier models. The LG Chocolate ranks as the 4th most popular phone of all time while the LG KU-250 became the first cheap 3G phone in the market. The new LG Secret will attempt to make a name for itself as well.
LG Mobile boasts of the Secret as the slimmest 5 megapixel slider phone so we’ll look into that feature first. Indeed, at 11.8mm it’s as thin as you can get for a slider phone. Majority of slider phones coming out of Motorola and Nokia are 15mm and upwards. It’s even slimmer than what Samsung dubbed as world slimmest phone — the SGH-D900 at 12.9mm. (See our unboxing pics here.)
Next is the 5 MP camera — LED flash, autofocus, with max resolution of 2,592 x 1,944 pixels. Taking normal wide shots in broad daylight is quite good but it becomes blurry at low light levels despite the ISO800 settings. Shutter speed is also slow (between 2-3 seconds) so taking close-up and macro shots as well as moving shots is a little hard. Here are the best samples of shots I took.
The lens is no Carl-Zeiss optics so the bump in megapixel didn’t really help much (compare this photo of the puppy with a similar shot using the N78’s 3.2MP Carl-Zeiss camera). The video recording on the other hand is smooth and of nice quality, attributed to the fast frame rates (VGA 30fps & QVGA 120fps). Audio quality is decent with high volume levels despite it not being in stereo.
The menu and navigation on the other hand is a hybrid of touch-sensitive navigation panel with haptics, limited touchscreen functions and physical button controls. The touch sensitive panels are lit by neon blue lights and reacts by blinking when tapped while the touchscreen functions can be enabled/disabled for selected functions such as playing music/videos, games, the FM radio or viewing photos and documents. It’s a good mix of navigational options although the touch panels can be a little quirky at times when you accidentally double-tap the metallic middle button with the bottom panel. Still, I learned to adapt and eventually liked the controls.
The LG KF750 runs on HSDPA 3.6MBps but missing on the connectivity is WiFi (the LG KF755 distributed in other regions doesn’t have HSDPA as well). There’s an FM radio tuner and a TV out so you can hook up the phone to your TV and play MPEG4/DivX movies up to 640×480. An accelerometer allows the phone to adjust display orientation.
The LG Secret’s design is also notable — touch screen is shielded with Tempered Glass, a metal/rubber/leatherette wrap-around casing and carbon fiber battery cover at the back. LG claims this is scratch-proof and I somewhat agree. I didn’t went all the way though by throwing the unit around. *heh*
LG Mobile has obviously packaged this phone for slider-lovers who look for slim, elegant designs. The 3rd in its Black Label Series (following the LG Chocolate and LG Shine), the LG Secret costs about Php24,800 in stores.
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Abe Olandres says:
@zioyop – yup, I was referring to the Philippine market. Yes, LG has overtaken SE and Motorola globally with their massive success with LG Chocolate.
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rose says:
ok, i’m looking for simplicity with class and elegance. i’m not after the-thousands-of-features type (though i like iphone). tx-call-and-convenient-photo-click suits me enough. despite few negative feedbacks esp on battery life and not-so-user-friendly-keys (for a few), the positive highlights i have read so far should give enough justice for me to come and get secret. and i am, tomorrow! (unless somebody else dares to change my mind, anyone?)
Trojan says:
@ms.karen
LG Secret is a great phone, if you are into a call and text, photo and video features, but if you are looking for a entertainment i-phone like, this is not the phone for you.
by the way, i love its panoramic mode, capture-capture-capture = Panorama baby
^^,
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ms.karen says:
mganda ba tlaga ang LG secret?or is just a crap..?pls.i need help,im planning 2 buy this phone,and i really confuse,ders so much bad comment about this phone……….pls. response guys ASAP
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bryan says:
i mean its NOT available here in china
bryan says:
i really want to buy this phone…
but its now available here in china.. huhu
mike says:
LOVE MY LG-SECRET!
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Abe Olandres says:
The LG KF755 is not available in the Philippines.
Bryan says:
hello. Do you know the price difference between KF750 and KF755?
I am here in china. Only the KF755 is available here. it has no 3g.
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@BrianB, actually, the camera is okay as long as you have enough ambient light. The video quality is much better though.
@Kevin, yup saw these units at some mobile shops last week. They’re actually cheap, just forgot how much exactly.
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BrianB says:
Ok, the lady must have the touchscreen disabled when I tried it. I should get another look. But the touch buttons are too damn hard especially with that big raised metal one in the middle. You sure the camera’s not that hot? I was really looking forward to buying this. I need a video cam and don’t want to spend on a standalone one.
Abe Olandres says:
@BrinB, trust me, it has limited touch screen. You need to enable it inside Multimedia -> Touch Media.
BrianB says:
It’s not touchscreen, though it has touch sensitive buttons. Very hard to navigate. Form factor is its main selling point and that 5 MP 120fps video cam. I also like the leather accents. Now, why can’t iPhone have some leather on it?