LG TU500

By Alex Kidman, CNET.com.au on 28 April 2008 12:15 PM

Tags: lg, next g, mobile, telstra, tu500, phone, tft, buttons

Manufacturer: LG

Battery

  • Talk time
  • 3 hours
  • Standby time
  • 250 hours

Camera

  • Camera resolution
  • 1-megapixel
  • Digital zoom
  • 4 x
  • Video capture
  • Yes

Connectivity

  • Networks
  • GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS 850
  • Connectivity
  • Bluetooth, Next G, 3G, HSDPA
  • Data services
  • GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA
  • USB connectivity
  • Yes

Display

  • Main display: Screen resolution
  • 176 x 220 pixels
  • Main display: Number of colours
  • 262K
  • Secondary display: screen resolultion
  • 96 x 96 pixels
  • Secondary display: number of colours
  • 65K

Entertainment

  • Video player
  • Yes
  • Music player
  • Yes

Functionality

  • Input method
  • Numerical keypad
  • Voice recorder
  • Yes
  • Ringtone options
  • Polyphonic
  • Java
  • Yes
  • Supported audio file formats
  • AAC, AAC+, MIDI, MP3, WMA
  • Supported video file formats
  • MPEG-4, WMV
  • Video calls
  • Yes

General

  • Phone type
  • 3G
  • Form factor
  • Flip
  • Availability
  • Telstra
  • Dimensions (W x D x H)
  • 96.5 x 49.6 x 19.3 mm
  • Weight
  • 104 g

Memory

  • Internal memory
  • 14 MB

Messaging

  • Messaging options
  • SMS, MMS, E-mail

Physical features

  • Available colours
  • Black

Overview

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The good:
  • Decent talk time
  • Solid construction
  • Loud speakers
  • Next G capable
The bad:
  • Low internal memory
  • Doesn't meet claimed standby battery life
  • Subjectively ugly
The bottomline:

The TU500 isn't going to win any fashion awards, but underneath its pedestrian skin lurks a highly capable Next G phone.

RRP: AU$619.00

Editors’ rating:

7.8/10

Related topics:

lg, next g, mobile, telstra, tu500

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