LG Renoir [8MP Camera / Touch Screen]

[Wayne]

It's a phone that makes me think "Should've got an iPhone".

Tacky silver piece of crap imo. Widgets? Yeah, THEY'RE REALLY HANDY ON A SCREEN THAT SIZE. CAN'T WAIT. Whoever thought that crap up deserves a medal, awarded by the paraolympics committee.

I suppose the screen is smaller than iPhone so widgets would be a bit stupid. It's black btw, not silver. :rolleyes:

[Pyroka]

I suppose the screen is smaller than iPhone so widgets would be a bit stupid. It's black btw, not silver. :rolleyes:

Looks silver in the pic. O_o

[J0SH]

I had a LG Viewty and I hated it, this'll probably be a disappointment too so I'll give it a miss

[Hazza]

My mates got a Viewty and I really like it. I'm attracted to touch phones and this is the only one I can really afford. The 8MP camera really appeals to me, I know there is the new cybershot out but I've got a Sony Ericcson now and its pretty much the same, its boring

[Wayne]

Looks silver in the pic. O_o

Yeah, I chose a bad picture tbh, sorry.

My mates got a Viewty and I really like it. I'm attracted to touch phones and this is the only one I can really afford. The 8MP camera really appeals to me, I know there is the new cybershot out but I've got a Sony Ericcson now and its pretty much the same, its boring

Is the new cybershot touch screen?

[AgnesIO]

Not bad phone!

Similar to the G1, iPhone

I may get one of them, guess it all comes down to the best deals now!

[Wayne]

Yeah, I think it's £30 a month contract for 18 months or about £360 pay as you go.

[Shawnstra]

One thing with Windows Mobile phones from samsung is that the beautiful interface is only skin deep, as you keep going in deeper the menus, you get the old Windows Mobile interface, as I seen on my friend's phone. I don't get why they just spend a little more time reworking the entire UI.

Not trying to sound like an apple fanboy here but with the iPhone, it is straightforward and easy to use. Notice on home some phones you need to click somewhere to get to the menu? Although the iPhone has a "locked screen", most phones have that to.

Don't get me wrong though, the 8 megapixel camera looks great, and quite small (the size of the lense) so its not too obstrusive. However, I hate the "8.0 megapixels, dolby mobile, etc." on the side, makes it look ugly.

[Wayne]

Yeah, I know what you mean by skin deep menus Shawn, it gets annoying. :@

[The Professor]

I suppose you're entirely right Alex. Tbh, the Viewty doesn't look that much different, it's just that I like using the camera on phones as oppose to using a separate gadget such as a digital camera.

What do you mean by you dislike the shell?

The actually body of the phone is just ugly. Considering how nice the viewty looked its a shame they didn't think about it more. The back looks ok though.

One thing with Windows Mobile phones from samsung is that the beautiful interface is only skin deep, as you keep going in deeper the menus, you get the old Windows Mobile interface, as I seen on my friend's phone. I don't get why they just spend a little more time reworking the entire UI.

Not trying to sound like an apple fanboy here but with the iPhone, it is straightforward and easy to use. Notice on home some phones you need to click somewhere to get to the menu? Although the iPhone has a "locked screen", most phones have that to.

Don't get me wrong though, the 8 megapixel camera looks great, and quite small (the size of the lense) so its not too obstrusive. However, I hate the "8.0 megapixels, dolby mobile, etc." on the side, makes it look ugly.

Not fanboyish at all, everyone knows the iphone is the benchmark for touch screen phones, and imo not a lot has come close. I'd like to think the omnia I'm getting at christmas will but I don't think so, the iphone's touch screen quality just outshines anything else on the market (mainly because most other screens are resistive and the iphone's is capacative) and the navigation is so ridiculously easy to use. I don't think windows mobile will ever come close to the iphone, the viewty's OS is quite nice though.