Plemix

LG KC780 is heralded as the slimmest 8mp camera phone to date with a rather low-end price. I have just got the phone today and we can see how powerful this shooter is and check out what more the phone can offer.

The package are bundled with the KC780 phone, a battery, a charger, a data cable, a hand free set, a CD-ROM as well as a user’s guide.

The outlook of the phone is not on the impressive side. Although it claims to be a low-end phone (indeed, it’s more a mid-range I would say), it does not have to look cheap (but it does!). The round-edged design manages to make the 13.9mm thin phone look bulkier than it is. LG, what’s wrong with your aesthetics this time?

The metallic D-pad and main function keys are not enough to give it elegance and unfortunately looking rather out of place.

The key pad is a traditional LG one with large and tactile key pieces that are thumb-friendly.

Here comes the 8-megapixel phone. It is considerate to have a self-portrait mirror for the suicidal. (I mean people who love to shoot themselves, like me)

The camera is indeed mega like it is said. The lens are Schneider-Kreuznach certified. Light sensitivity can be adjusted up to ISO 1600. SmartLight technology helps tune the over bright lighting condition. There is also an image stabilizer to make sure clear image ridding of blurriness from shaking. It can capture DIV-X DVD-quality video.

MicroSD slot is on the side. You don’t have to remove battery to access it. (I don’t know why some of them out there still bother us with that!) It is compatible to maximum 8GB memory.

The display is 2.4 TFT LCD screen. But no, it’s not a touch screen, I’m sorry

The menu is easy to navigate. It has got a FM radio, MP3, Smart Bluetooth (which can also be used as a webcam), not a juggernaut in terms of its other functions.

The camera provides, face and smile detection, auto focus. Easy-mode for snappers to do beautiful snap shots, beauty mode that removes spots and imperfection on faces. What impresses me is that when you focus with the camera, you can actually hear the sound of lens movement that is like a real camera operating. It heightens the professional phototaking experience.

KC780 has a killer camera but its other features are kinda lopsided (it’s a GSM banded phone, shame). It can satisfy shooters who don’t care anything else but the camera. If you want a more all-rounded phone, I would recommend LG KC910 Renoir.

LG KC780 Video Review

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