LG KM 900 Arena: Stylish & Silverish Beauty with 3D Interface

Viewty,Cookie,Renoir…and now it’s time for this dainty wide-screened cell phone to shine brighter than any of its predecessors. By releasing Arena, LG seems to be quite sure about how consumers will respond to it. S-Class is what a new user interface LG tries to offer this time,and Arena is the first LG phone using this newly invented UI. Will Arena make our consumer-darling iPhone 3G lose its edge? Only time will tell.

Let’s take a look at ‘her’ features now…

BANDS

UMTS 2100, QUADBAND GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

 

DESIGN

Small, compact size is definitely a plus. And miss Arena is seemingly flawless in terms of design. The dimension is 10.59×5.53×1.2 cms, weighing 105 grams only,so it’s really phonelike, unlike the more costly,heavier,and thicker iPhone. There’s practically no keypads stretched on ‘her’ body, other than call,menu/multitasking,and end button,which don’t really look like normal buttons. The color is silverish white, or whitish silver, if one may say. Simply put, the design is simply irressistible, impeccable.

SCREEN AND TOUCH USER INTERFACE

We may see someone’s traits through his/her eyes,and we can do the same thing to cell phones. Screen is a cell phone’s eyes which tells literally anything embedded in it.

Our slim Miss Arena tries to captivate its potential users’ heart by providing the latest UI called S-Class,which is allegedly devised to compete with iPhone’s touch UI. A 16-million-colored TFT capacitive touch screen with 3 inches diagonal and 480×800 pixels density is said to be sensitive to finger press or touch, but not to stylush. And the drawback is quite classic, TFT is great under shade or indoor,but sucks outdoor.

CAMERA

Schneider Kreuznach apparently loves to cooperate with LG since their last colaboration,LG KC 550,if I’m not mistaken. A 5-MP,flash,photography-software-supported camera which satisfies even the pros. Oddly enough, this phone can play DIVX video file but only can record a 3GP video file. It can be a downside for the phone overall performance .

 

CONNECTIVITY

What I hate from LG is that LG sometimes doesn’t even care about how its users connect their phones to another gadget, by wire/cable. Our miss Arena can only be connected to your PC via LG USB cable which of course isn’t compatible with any other phones. Therefore, if you lose or break it, you have an annoying problem to solve. Data and connection lines are various. Except the conventional USB cable, you can find WI-FI,and Bluetooth A2DP.

MULTIMEDIA

Arena provides complete entertainment features ranging from FM radio to internet-based applications which you can directly use without even downloading them first.

GPS
GPS receiver is provided here, though the access is rather hard even when using the HSDPA network.

BATTERY

With 1000 mAh, the stylish Arena can last for approximately 2 days (normal usage). HSDPA,GPS,and a wide touch screen are a deadly combination to drain the battery’s energy.