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The cheapest QWERTY keyboard mobile phone, LG GW300 is on my desk and ready to be served to the happy masses with the low-end pricing. LG are quite keen to build on a winning concept on QWERTY. Start from LG KS360, Best Handset Award nominee and then the midrange bestseller, LG KP500. After that, they have LG GW520 with QWERTY slider and finally come out with the GW300 which looks similar to a Blackberry. QWERTY keyboard no longer only appeared in the high-end device, but low-end also. Can’t wait to have a look on this cheapest luxury device.

Considering the price tag, no one is really expecting wonders with the retail package of the GW300. It included the phone, a battery, a handsfree, a USB cable, a charger, a CD-ROM and a user’s guide.

The GW300 comes with the well spaced out QWERTY keyboard looks similar to a Blackberry Bold or HTC Snap, in as much as it has a similar shape with rounded edges and its front face is taken up by a 2.4”display and a QWERTY keyboard. The phone measures 115.5 x 61 x 12.8 mm and weighs just 95 grams.

GW300 has a very friendly four-row QWERTY keypad and excellent touch orientation. But doesn’t have the trackball here, maybe let’s not to request too much on the cheapest QWERTY phone.

3.5mm audio jack onboard here which is lacked on HTC Snap.

On the right, we have the camera shutter.

The lanyard eyelet and microUSB port are located at the top left corner.

And turn to the left, you may find the volume rocker and the microSD slot which is expandable up to 4GB.

The 2MP camera which is the same as the HTC Snap is located at the back and the speakers grill is hidden in the flower-shape hollow. The speaker is very loud here to make sure that you won’t miss any incoming calls.

The main menu here which is alive with color, much better than the over simple one in HTC Snap and similar to the Nokia menu.

It comes with an MP3/Mp4 player which is able to play most audio and video files while a stereo FM radio offers the ability to tune into local and national radio stations.

LG GW300 is an accomplished handset with a variety of basic features. The QWERTY keyboard is user friendly. Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a 3.5mm audio port for using regular stereo headphones are the other goodies inside plus a fair camera and the most eye-candy price. It is such a good choice for many. There’re the other choices of mid-range devices like Samsung B7300 Omnia Lite, HTC Snap.

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