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There is not much multimedia stuff. There is no camera, and the same is true for the music player. We will have to do without an FM radio as well, and since the Java language is unknown for KP100, we won’t need to painfully think about what games we will install on the phone. There is a Sudoku on-board, we can have fun with that for a while. We should forget about PC synchronization really fast, this is not the phone we will use to store our meeting dates. Unfortunately Bluetooth is missing as well, so the only way we can use the phone during driving is to obtain a wired headset.
I think it’s no surprise now that there is no WAP browser either, and since no data transfer protocols are supported we can forget about MMS as well. SMS messages are supported (wow), but I didn’t find any information about how much of these can we store.
The 900 mAh battery can keep the little LG on for a rather long time, which is due to the lack of features that could consume power. We can make calls with the phone, write text messages and that’s about it. I think the color display was quite unnecessary for all these. The phone is cute and small, its shape might be preferred by girls, but I think it’s not very good as a granny-phone, thanks to its display and keypad size. The SIM-free edition costs about 30 euros, but its price is much lower in other countries. If you can get it only at this price, then I don’t really recommend it, there are much better ones with a similar price-tag.
I can image only one place on the market for this phone: they could give it away as a surprise gift in fast food restaurants in the kids’ menu. This way part of the targeted users would get a phone (although it’s hard to think about a kid today who would be ok with a phone that has no camera and music player) and they wouldn’t cry for more than two minutes if they lose it.
Gubro
Translated by Szaszati
LG KP100 has been provided by MGSM.hu. Thanks.
The handset can be purchased online at www.mgsm.hu.
Specifications
| LG KP100 | ||
 | General | |
| Technology | GSM | |
| Size | 101 x 46 x 12.9 mm | |
| Weight | 65 grams | |
| Available colors | Red, black, white, blue | |
| Display | ||
| Display diagonal | 1.5” | |
| Display resolution | 128 x 128 pixels | |
| Display type | CSTN | |
| Memory | ||
| Phonebook capacity | 300 entries | |
| SMS memory / max. MMS size | ? / - | |
| Internal memory | no data available | |
| Memory expandability | - | |
| Data transfer | ||
| Frequency bands | 900/1800 MHz | |
| GPRS / EDGE | no / no | |
| UMTS / HSDPA | no / no | |
| IrDA / Bluetooth | no / no | |
| WiFi | no | |
| USB | - | |
| Push-to-talk / RSS | no / no | |
| GPS receiver | no | |
| Basic functions | ||
| Profiles | yes | |
| Vibra function | yes | |
| Built-in handsfree | yes | |
| Voice dialing / voice commands | no / no | |
| Sound recorder | no | |
| Alarm clock | yes, also when turned off | |
| Predictive text entry | T9 | |
| Software | ||
| Platform | LG | |
| WAP / HTML browser | no / no | |
| E-mail client | no | |
| Java | no | |
| Games | 1 (Sudoku) | |
| Currency converter | yes | |
| Extra software | - | |
| Multimedia | ||
| Main camera | no | |
| Secondary camera | no | |
| Video recording | no | |
| Music player | no | |
| Equalizer | no | |
| FM radio | no | |
| Battery | ||
| Main battery | 900 mAh Li-Ion | |
| Standby time | 630 hours | |
| Talk time | 6.5 hours | |
| Others | ||
| - | ||
