LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum – The Mobile Phone Comes Of Age

Once in a while, a mobile phone will come along that, if you were one of its competitors designers, would make you think you should maybe give up now. Whether it’s the looks, functionality or overall “cool factor”, knowing that you’re going to have to step up to the mark in a major way to compete must be galling. With its LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum edition mobile phone, the Korean manufacturer has not just laid a gauntlet down – they’ve raised the bar so high it may be a while before anyone comes close.

Aesthetically, LG have always been known to favour style and the KE800 doesn’t disappoint. Coming with the ever-popular sliding screen option, this mobile phone is the very definition of stylishly sleek – at just 95 mm tall, 46 mm wide and 17.5 mm in depth, it’s almost embarrassingly slim (embarrassing to other manufacturers, that is). By concealing all the major buttons behind it, the screen on the KE800 is a generous and crystal clear 2″. This allows the photos taken on the impressive 2.0 mega pixel camera to shine even more.

Adding to the desirability factor of the phone is the sexy way that the buttons that are on display work (or rather, don’t) when the phone’s not in use. Utilising a clever red glowing light behind the screen, the touch sensitive buttons light up when the phone is inactive, giving off one of the coolest and must-have effects on a mobile phone yet- simple but highly effective.

Along with the camera, there’s a video recording feature which you can personalise to your own desire, which you can then store either on the large 60MB of internal memory, or the extension memory card which will give you a whopping 2GB storage space – more than enough for your films, pictures or media files.

Speaking of media, the LG KE800 Chocolate Platinum mobile phone delivers yet again in this area. As well as your normal MP3 player, it also comes with an FM radio and music player. Combine this with the fact that the supplied headphones have a remote control built in to them, and this is ease of use at its highest form.

One of the smartest features of the phone is the new Flight Mode feature – this allows the user to still be able to use their mobile phone even in technology aware places such as airliners and hospitals, by using a different encryption code to pass network information. This is a definite bonus for the frequent travelers of today’s world.

With the highly competitive world that is today’s mobile phone market, you have to come up with something truly special to stand out. With the KE800 Chocolate Platinum model, not only does LG make its phone stand out – it positively shouts to be looked at.

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