LG GT505

LG GT505 review

Release Date:  Q2 2009
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LG GT505 is a perfect candy bar mobile phone that comes with excellent features like five mega pixel camera with auto focus and geo tagging facilities, an expandable memory that can be expanded up to massive 16 GB, downloadable ring tones (both polyphonic and MP3) along with composer, speaker phone, internet, etc. The phone is a complete device that will attract the mobile hopping generation tremendously. The design of the phone is elegant and at the same time the functionalities are convenient too. We will discuss about the features of LG GT505 in more details in this review. Let’s begin with the look and the appearance of the phone. The LG GT505 was released along side the LG GW520.

LG GT505 Review – The Look

LG GT505 looks extremely stylish, sophisticated and elegant. The screen of the phone is very large and thus it is very easy to navigate and use the menus according to the requirements of the user. Due to the large size of the phone, accessibility becomes easy and the applications also open very fast. Now, let’s check out the design of LG GT505. The body of the phone is smooth black. However, black is the color of casing only but most of the portion of the device is covered by its large touch screen LCD.

LG GT505 – The Keys

This is a touch screen device and hence all the menus and keys are placed on the screen itself. However there are call keys for making the call and disconnecting the call on left and right bottom of the phone respectively. In the middle, there is a key for capturing images. The touch screen LCD of LG GT505 is three inches in size and offers a clear display that is clear and viewable with no trouble. This gives the user great liberty to modify the frontal look of the phone. He can put the contact list and get easy access whenever he needs to make call or he can give the entertainment aspect more importance and feature the music menu and image and video galleries on top of the screen.

LG GT505 Review – Camera

LG GT505 features an immaculate camera. The five mega pixel camera of the device can capture images with 2592 x 1944 pixels. Also, the features like auto focus and LED Flash makes sure that images can be taken at any sort of light conditions but the quality and the clarity of the image will be magnificent. Positioning of the camera is also done excellently in the phone, which makes the user to click photographs very conveniently and instantly. Do you think that this is it with the camera feature of LG GT505? No, it is not over yet. LG GT505 brings on a GPS navigation system that allows the user to take pleasure in the feature of geo tagging where the phone stores the location where the photo has been automatically taken. This feature provides the user with a chance to remember those special moments not just by the picture but also by the location where the picture are taken. Now, there is another camera on LG GT505, the video call camera. Enjoy the experience of 3G video calling where you can view the face of the person you are calling, if the device used at the other end also supports video call feature.

LG GT505 – Media player

You can easily record video files by using the camera of LG GT505. Put the camera into the video mode and take the video shots with immaculate ease. The video player of the pone can play the video files in various formats. Not just the recorded video, the user can also download new videos or exchange videos from other devices though data transfers.

Music is the most effective form of entertainment and no mobile phone is complete without the music features. Having a quality music player within the mobile phone is very effective as the user is required to carry a mobile phone as well as a music player like iPods separately. LG GT505 gives out an opportunity to the user to load his/her favorite tracks and arrange the play list in a systematic manner. Then the user can easily play the music file by sorting out according to the album, artist or genre, etc. LG GT505 music player supports MP3 and other popular varieties of music files.

LG GT505 – Applications

LG GT505 incorporates phone book where the name and numbers of the contacts are saved. Phone book can be placed in the main menu of display for easy accessibility. You can also save images against the contacts so that whenever you make or receive call to/from that particular contact, the image will be displayed. As LG GT505 is a touch screen device, managing contacts via phonebook is very simple.

LG GT505 is a high speed connectivity device. The web browser of the phone is supportive to both HTML and XHTML and the 3G HSDPA technology uses them to provide flawless internet experience. Even you can enjoy wireless internet connectivity in LG GT505 as it features the technology of WLAN Wife®. Accessing the social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook is seamlessly with this phone. LG GT505 works with GSM tri band network that covers GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900 along with HSDPA 2100 network for smooth 3G network coverage.

LG GT505 – Data Transfer Features

LG GT505 is enabled with EDGE and GPRS technology that makes sure that the user gets high speed data transfer facility. The phone also comes with USB cable for transferring data after connecting the phone with other devices via USB cable. Infrared is not available in the device but Bluetooth® is definitely there. LG GT505 uses Bluetooth® v2.0 with A2DP.

LG GT505 – Summary

This 5 mega pixel candy bar is definitely a high profile phone, if we go by the features it possesses. Apart from features, it is also important to check out the steadiness of the phone. The battery of LG GT505 is a Standard battery, Li-Ion but the talk time and the stand by time of the battery is yet known. LG GT505 is expected to arrive soon and then more details on the specifications and reviews will be out for making better judgment.