LG GD900 Crystal review: Crystal clear

23 July 2009
When talking about good design it's usually all about placing the right elements in the right places. And in the rare cases when an R&D team actually comes up with something innovative, they usually reserve it for a 2000 buck handset like the Motorola Aura...

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  • Rocco
  • Ui}
  • 20 Aug 2009

i just buy this phone for 2 days only the phone spoil already when ppl call in the lcd blank screen i can't even see who's calling me only when i end my call the screen than will appear again.sian

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    • Anonymous
    • q@%
    • 10 Aug 2009

    will there be a US compatible 3g version released? no point in buying this if it won't even work on US 3g (at&t at least)

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      • Anonymous
      • mEB
      • 07 Aug 2009

      Amazing

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        • Anonymous
        • Skd
        • 06 Aug 2009

        Anonymous, 24 Jul 2009WTH where is the audio test! GSMArena again lacking cons... more>WTH where is the audio test!
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          • Tucks
          • M3s
          • 29 Jul 2009

          Koss_x_treeme, 29 Jul 2009Picture quality are very very bad 3/10 mark. Design is wond... moreMp is just how big you can blow the picture up. Your ericsson uses cybershot, a true cannon lens. MP is marketing bullsh**.

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            • Koss_x_treeme
            • nDW
            • 29 Jul 2009

            Picture quality are very very bad 3/10 mark. Design is wonderful but why 8 mp when pictures taken are worse than my k810i ?!

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              • Anonymous
              • tAV
              • 28 Jul 2009

              This is sexy. Love the see-through keypad. Interface looks a little too novelty though.

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                • Tucks
                • M3s
                • 28 Jul 2009

                On sale now! exclusive to carphone warehouse for two months!! truely awesome design . I'm not by any means an LG fan, infact quite the opposite but this phone has turned a few heads. Trackball's are now a thing of the past, thank god! This is just as easy browsing as a laptop. Shame you can't get opera or safari (yet).

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                  • Anonymous
                  • pTK
                  • 24 Jul 2009

                  WTH where is the audio test!

                  GSMArena again lacking consistency!

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                    • bummy
                    • jDv
                    • 24 Jul 2009

                    "File browsing is generally fast, even when your memory card has loads of images on (800+ in our case). Fortunately, the files on the phone memory and the card don't get listed together as it was on some previous LG handsets. That eliminates the problem of always seeing the files from the microSD first on the list."

                    Thanks for that! Those are the 2 things that bugged the heck out of me using Viewty. Image browser became insanely slow when loaded... and file manager is terrible!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • PEK
                      • 24 Jul 2009

                      Why is there no audio-quality test... AGAIN? You guys need to be more consistent with your reviews please!

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                        • Vinny
                        • ji{
                        • 24 Jul 2009

                        I really dont care about cameras on a phone as i hardly use it, what i want is an innovative form factor and of course the wow factor, crystal has em both. May go for it mostl likely. The only thing iam worried about is, its not a smart phone. i currently have a E71 which i have personalised to the hilt with dozenes of apps, dont know if i can do that with crystal....

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                          • Anonymous
                          • UuT
                          • 24 Jul 2009

                          i lol'd at the world of warcraft picture

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                            • NOKIA
                            • B@t
                            • 24 Jul 2009

                            Man LG is really making some gr8 designs, and the O/S is very nice and eye catching...

                            i dont know alot about LG the Harware quality nor the O/S if it has bugs or it hangs or what ever... but it seems really nice...

                            i hope Nokia will show us something that impressive in September...

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                              • johsh
                              • vai
                              • 24 Jul 2009

                              What a bad camera did you see the shots!

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                                • Zabih
                                • pw2
                                • 24 Jul 2009

                                I cant wait for this phone, it will be best present to my other half, it will be a ladies phone only as ladies only care about design, its features are very good only if LG looks at gsm arena page and read the review about worlds mos beautiful handset and put it right before release date. LG Rocks Since Prada and Viewty.... Keep it up

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Yci
                                  • 24 Jul 2009

                                  HD engr, 23 Jul 2009Beautifully simplistic phone design! Gorgeous crystal like ... moreOh yeah, you know that apple won't go in this direction because their plan will probably be make full (and not with a keyboard) touch screen phones that have a bigger screen than the crystal. Also, they wouldn't put in a microSD slot (knowing apple) and they'd probably have a non-user replaceable battery.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • n}b
                                    • 24 Jul 2009

                                    pics quality is very bad... a shame for an otherwise really impressive piece of design engineering... what a bummer!

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                                      • bummy
                                      • jDv
                                      • 24 Jul 2009

                                      I personally find the "S-Class" interface really ugly.

                                      So this phone's got the gimmicks.... how will this phone compete when the gimmicks wear off?

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                                        • HD engr
                                        • jWL
                                        • 23 Jul 2009

                                        Beautifully simplistic phone design! Gorgeous crystal like icons! One of a kind see through keys, very classy yet high tech. It should be patented befor Apple will copy it, lol.