If you are looking for a basic telephony machine but with some additional features, and willing to accept a rather awkward interface, LG GW305 will be enough for you. After all, you only have to pay less than $99 for it.
Compared to those highly sophisticated and expensive iPhone, Nexus, or Nokia N8, LG GW305 of course will looks humble. They’re of different class. However, when it comes to messaging, this LG will be more effective than those deemed as “smartphone”: in a sense, the gadget is a “smart-phone” if viewed from “effective functionality” side.
You really can use this phone to make a call and texting as well as to showcase that though you are one with basic-functioning-minded in phone matters, you still can take it off your pocket and need not be ashamed since its qwerty pad makes an appearance of a blackberry-like with rather cheap price. That way this gadget becomes “smart”.
However, being a quasi-smartphone makes LG GW305 does not have those features you usually find in the “true” smartphone: no fast and comfortable viewing browser such as one in iPhone or Nexus, no front camera, no document editing, no Wi-Fi. Nevertheless aside from basic telephony such as making calls and texting, this gadget still have several cool features to offer.
One of the remarkable among them is the music player. When you turn it on, you will have two options for the display. This is rather humble still. But you can make playlists and when the songs are played you will be amazed. The sound from its internal speakers is enough to make people’s head turned around asking what sound is that. If you already had a 1 or 2 GB microsd, you will not let it spare to spare songs and played on this phone later.
Add to this is a dedicated FM Radio and the LG Equalizer – not a characteristic of LG GW305 though. Selecting this will make you hear pre-determined setting of sound such as cool, deep etc. You should hear it yourself to believe.
The next thing is its qwerty keypad. Apart from its youthful and popular appearance, the keypad will keep relatively smooth for your thumbs – unless you or a wagon steps on it – for months – or may be years. A big plus for this is the delightful navigation pad. As long as you do not get too delighted in clicking the pad, you will get comfort through all the phone’s features.
A candybar-qwerty, this gadget is available in two colors, i.e. black and grey. This gadget has enough to make you rather cheerful because it applies TFT 26k colors, 320 x 240 pixel. Into this screen, you can apply self-made wallpaper from your camera shots or let the machine displays the default wallpaper. However, you still have to peer rather painfully when use this 115.5 x 61 x 12.9 mm gadget in a broad day light.
In a highly networked world, social network is a must. This gadget gives the user a default Facebook application. However, this is not to be boasted for LG GW305. Opening this will charge you with some fees. It will be better opening Facebook through sms-Facebooking because the charge will be nil.
This GSM-gadget (Quadband on GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) does not have Wi-Fi feature. It rely its connectivity solely on Bluetooth 2.1 and EDGE/GPRS service. The default search engine is Yahoo. However, if you are a diehard Google or Bing or other search engines, you can always fill their address in the browser menu and you will get what you want. No opera, so you can’t expect to have a colorful browsing experience – mostly black and white texts and poor pictures. However, just like new low- and middle-end handset, it can be made into a modem too with sync feature.
Since connectivity is still a primitive one, opening your email here will be troublesome. You will have to enter the default browser (Yahoo) or type the address in the browser. Once you’ve been in, you must select the email service and login. It is too troublesome if you are in a hurry – better not trusted this gadget for your e-correspondence.
Playing games in LG GW305 should be wiped out entirely from the list. Games are available only through downloading JAVA application – this will mean extra expense, though you can always play the two demos. However, if you are an ardent lover to do things with a handset, this gadget provides you with a 2 megapixel camera which able to produce pretty good pictures. It can record video as well though not for long duration and of rather noisy pictures.
These mostly-humble features give the gadget a pride because it does not eat too much energy. Its battery 900 mAh lasts almost three days in one charging if used in normal way (making calls, texting, playing music).
So, if you are looking for a basic telephony machine but with some additional features, and you are willing to accept a rather awkward interface, LG GW305 will be enough for you. After all, you only will have to pay less than $99 for it. Why don’t you give it a try?***
