LG Flare LX175 Review

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Cellphones nowadays have more and more feature, more complex controls and more advanced technologies. Tech savvy users would love these phones, but for those who wants only the basic functions, this can be a burden. That is why, simple entry-level phones with the most basic features are still on the market.

The new LG Flare LX175 is a simple phone that basically gives you all that you need in a phone. It is easy to use, very basic, and gives you just enough functionality to make it useful.

Despite its fancy name, the Flare is anything but fancy. It does not have a colorful or eyecatching design that most phones today have. It has an all-black exterior and very bland indeed. What does attract people is its sleek and minimalist appearance. It’s slightly curved on the sides, which contributes to a nice feel in the hand. Measuring 3.54 inches by 1.85 inches by 0.78 inch and weighing 2.72 ounces, the Flare is fairly lightweight and fits easily in a pocket or purse.

One thing that is good on this phone is its external display. It supports 65,000 colors and measures 1-inch across. Not that big, but enough to display standard date, time, battery, caller ID, and signal-strength information. You can also find a voice dial/voice memo key, a volume rocker, and a headset jack on the left spine, while the charger jack sits on the right.

Once you flip open the phone, you’ll find an adequate 262,000-color 1.75-inch diagonal internal display. Users have the option to change the font size for the messaging, browser, and notepad applications. You can also change the backlight time, the foreground on the clock/calendar or a greeting, the menu styles, plus the incoming call screen.

The navigation keypad consists of a four-way toggle, a middle OK key, two soft keys, a dedicated speakerphone key, a dedicated Web browser key, talk and end/power keys, plus a back key.

The LG Flash’s features is not really that many. It has a decent-size phone book, with room for 500 contacts. Each contact can hold up to five numbers, three e-mail addresses, a Web address, and notes. Other basic features include text messaging, a speakerphone, a vibrate mode, a notepad, a scheduler, an alarm clock, a tip calculator, a regular calculator, a world clock, a voice memo recorder, and a notepad. It also has Bluetooth support.

The Flare has a rated battery life of 3.5 hours talk time and 7.1 days standby time.

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