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LG KC910 Renoir
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Features of the LG KC910 Renoir include:
- Camera: 8 megapixels with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus, Xenon flash, Smile Shot and image stabilisier
- Video Camera: Yes, up to 120 frames per second with slow motion effects and DivX and Xvid playback
- Display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 400 pixels (3 inch touch-sensitive screen)
- Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA formats plus FM radio
- Ringtones: 64 voice polyphonic / MP3 ringtones
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
- Games and applications: Java games
- Special features: aGPS with Jogging Buddy, Dolby Mobile
- Memory: 100MB plus microSD memory cards (8GB card included)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB 2.0, WiFi
- Internet: Web browser
- Operating Frequency: Quadband plus 3G HSDPA (7.2 Mbps)
- Size: 107.8 x 55.4 x 14.5 mm
- Weight: -
- Talk Time: 3 hours
- Standby: 264 hours
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Reviewed by franky on 03/03/2010
i love this phone best phone ive had xxx
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Reviewed by Payam on 02/03/2010
Yeah, It's Kind of rubbish, Touch Screen usually have problem after one year and hope the guaranty change it otherwise u should pay for touch, Quality of touch screen is poor and the Sensitivity is poor. sometimes it didn't work as u want. camera is like good 5 Mega pixel and the space that is shown in the screen is smaller than the picture that it get (means u don't see some thing in the scrren but when u shoot and look at the picture u see it's taken more space) and sometimes sms go to out box and stay in sending mode and u can't cancel or delete it !!! u can't delete most recently used sms number even with master reset (from system menu) !!! sometimes it's reset for many times for itself and is happy !!!
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Reviewed by Paul on 26/02/2010
It makes me cry and the reasons have been said before
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Reviewed by cinda on 26/02/2010
Rubish phone. I have it on a two year contract and i feel like crying every time i use it. Its horrible. I had it for 3 weeks and my screen broke. I took out inshurence on it and LG still tryed to charge me £60 for a new screen (Ended up getting it fixed by a locol shop for £40) The phone ALWAYS freezes on me (little blue dots apear on the screen) ... The only way to make it work again is to take the back of and the battery out and switch it back on... Nothing seems to work right on it apart from the camra, Its the best thing on the phone. Thats the about the only thing its good far. I'm going to sell it and bye a new phone i'v only had it about 4 month and i hate it. Wish i'd have never got it (spare of the moment thing, wanted a new phone there and then and didnt bother looking around) Wouldnt recomend LG phones to anyone. AWFULL PHONE!
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Reviewed by rebecca musollari on 23/02/2010
i think its a great phone i love the wi fi on it its the best phone i have had to date as my parents got it for my birthday
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Reviewed by Tom on 20/02/2010
Possabilty the worst phone EVER CONS Camera macro mode refuses to focus Camera very slow to turn on - meaning too late you've missed he shot you'd hoped for Camera washes out any colour with the flash Can't take photos at night due to this Music player doesn't recognise tags Music Player doesn't Recognise album art Music Player sounds dreadful Music Player scans the entire memory card EVERY time you shuffle - 8gbs of tunes can take up to 3 mins!!!! Touch screen is unresponsive Randomly turns itself off - even with flashed up-to-date S/W Battery life is awful - tried differnet batteries no difference No S/W updates on 3 to fix any of the problems] PROS ............I'm nearly at the end of my 18 month contract and I can change phones DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND NEVER USE THIS PHONE READ THE OTHER REVIEWS AS THEY HIGHLIGHT POINTS I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO MAKE BUT THEY ARE ALL TRUE RUN RUN RUN AWAY TO ANY OTHER BRAND LG ARE THE PITS AND SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR THIS RUBBISH BIT OF HARDWARE - TRULY AWFUL
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Reviewed by mark on 18/02/2010
had it for yonks, no problems with it, absolutely fantastic phone! the best communications/personal audio and video/8mp camera device ever! although the standard headphones were a bit, er, cheap lol. replaced them with a pair of nice sony ones haha. kept tellin everyone i'll never get a touchscreen, until this monster come along.
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Reviewed by owen on 13/02/2010
dont buy one of theses phones!!! its the worse phone ive ever had screens terible, keeps switching its self off,slow and just not responsive enough, limted battery life only a day at max!!! it freezing up dont waste your money on one~!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Abbie on 12/02/2010
i hate this phone! GPS does not work neither does joging buddy. Everytime i go onto the internet the screen would crackle and reboot itself. The camera worked fine for a while then went fuzzy. Everytime i go to update the software, i would never work! DON'T BUY THIS PHONE!
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Reviewed by curto on 11/02/2010
I am pretty happy whith my renoir but it is too sensitive on installing aplications, it doesn't accept them
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Reviewed by unknown on 09/02/2010
Just a warning to those who have this phone on contract, CANCEL. The phone battery is seriously awful, mine has got to the point where if won't even last half a day. It keeps freezing, turning itself off, rings people without you doing anything, the scroll function is a pain and even though the camera is 8 megapixel the pictures can often turn out blurred. I'd also never have a touchscreen phone after this, as the keypad is terrible. It does come with an 8 GB memory card but takes forever to load anything you put on it. I've also had problems with it deleting all my photos and music and also have had serious problems getting the PC suite to work. So overall I wouldn't even bother looking at this phone.
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Reviewed by Rex on 03/02/2010
Impossible to use touch screen, horrible OS and WONT SYNC WITH A MAC..... but they dont tell u that. Lots of little things make this a painful phone to use. LG are no help and not good to deal with either. Dont go there!
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Reviewed by Mick on 03/02/2010
I Purchased the Renoir for the camera side of it, that works well although slow in response. The other features do not add up to expectations, The profiles section packed up after 11 months. I took it to the supplier and I am still waiting for the return after three months with the service agent, the back up is terrible. I would definitely not recommend this phone to anyone. The touch screen is very fickle and has a mind of its own sometimes. If any one wants to buy one mines up for sale.
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Reviewed by cal on 31/01/2010
terrible, screen wrecked with scratches and colours are all wrong, shadows menu buttons all wrong colours. i have done nothing with it but take it round in spacious soft pockets and schoolbags, with plenty space. in short. unreliable.
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Reviewed by Ross on 28/01/2010
OK good camera good memory rubbish OS had this phone replaced around times for software issues, phone switching off on a full battery for reason, not charging, weird noises on earpiece etc.. Basicly good features but worst phone I have EVER owned
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Reviewed by kate b on 26/01/2010
don't buy one - i have REALLY looked after mine, only for the camera to deteriorate into fuzziness and the speaker to rattle shortly after. can't hear music, people i'm talking to, better to get something simple instead!
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Reviewed by Catherine on 25/01/2010
I loved this phone when I first got it. But now I really hate it. It's so hard to use the touch screen, unless you have nails. If I didn't have a long thumb nail I would not be able to use this phone at all. I don't even reply to texts anymore because it takes to long, and you don't get better with practise, the touch screen is just..stupid. The camara is meant to be good quality but my old phone with a 3.0mp camera taked better photographs, It is ok though. Like the last comment says, handsfree is terrible, it's so hard to put the phone on speaker or to turn hands free on etc... If you put a lot of music on like I do so I can play in on my car CD player you will notice the more music you have on the slower your whole phone goes, I hate ringing people on it to, when you scroll through your contacts you end up pressting someone elses name and ringing the wrong person. Its Krap!! Other than them points though it is a good phone. I like the way the main screen is with those few extra bits at the bottoms you can put on your screen? Apps are they called? Well on most touch screen phones I have seen they have them on the left side and you have to scroll up and down to see them, I dont like it :)
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Reviewed by unhappy customer on 23/01/2010
wouldnt recommend it anyone reason being it freezes all the time and switches off when ever it wants. the battery life is disgustingly low and the phone is very slow and texting is hell. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE IM SERIOUS!!!!
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Reviewed by Andrew on 20/01/2010
I have been using this phone for over a year now. I posted a review ages ago. It really has been very good. I am on a 3 contract that I am happy with too. This is best phone I have had. It has some little design quirks but nothing that is not easy to work around or live with. Interestingly I went into Carphone Warehouse recently and asked what I should upgrade it too and they said it really was not worth upgrading at the moment and best to wait until Easter. I was well impressed at this refreshing honesty. Well dome Mr Sales Guy in Sheffield, may you go far.
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Reviewed by Aimee Walker, Derbyshore on 18/01/2010
I hate this phone now, was alright till last few days, i cant use the whole of my touch screen at all and i have to send it off 2 o2 store to repair it :( i dont recommend it x
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Reviewed by John Taylor on 14/01/2010
this phone is absolutely rubbish! when i finish with my contract i will see to it that i burn it in my back garden while laughing gleefully....bliss!
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Reviewed by Russell B on 12/01/2010
It looks like all the reviewer has done is to read the specification and features list, and then write about it. It seems that he or she hasn't even seen one, let alone used or played with one. Don't be fooled by 'Dolby Mobile', this is a complete con. It is nothing more than a bass boost and a treble cut feature, that when listened through good quality headphones, makes the quality of music sound pathetic, like an AM radio. It is purely there to give some 'meat' to the sound produced by the phone's own single speaker. The picture gallery and the music payer take forever to load. I don't know where the reviewer got the information from that the phone was fast and responsive, it most certainly is NOT! The touchscreen is, by a million miles, the absolute WORST feature of this phone I have ever had the displeasure to experience. The web browsing experience is slow and flaky in operation, with pages often not loading until you try again. This can happen on WiFi as well as via mobile network. The number of touchscreen presses needed to access any of the features makes this the most irritating piece of nonsense you would ever want to use. The KC910 has now been completely brushed under the carpet by LG as though it was an embarrassment to them that they ever released such a mess of a product. Notice how it became hurriedly overshadowed by the swift introduction of the Arena! The KC910 Renoir is now a dead duck. Pity really, because the camera is possibly the one redeeming feature of the phone,the picture quality being actually quite good. Sorry, I have to give it one star as this site does not let you give a zero star rating.
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Reviewed by Tom Seedham on 11/01/2010
I really enjoyed using the renoir for the first 6months or so, but now the menu's and scrolling has become painfully slow. Excellant camera probably the best ive seen on a phone so far. messaging becomes annoying, keep pressing the change language button by accident and that hasnt changed over the 6 months ive had the phone. overrall good phone but a pain in the backside to use after a while.
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Reviewed by Mike Oxsaw on 10/01/2010
I've got to say that this must be the absolute worst piece of technology to be labelled a "mobile phone" (I should qualify this by adding that I've been in mobile phone operations all over the world since the days of analogue networks). Many have already covered the drawbacks and the few positives that the phone may possess can only really appeal to a 3 year old. Avoid.
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Reviewed by Villiiee on 09/01/2010
Woah I Had That Phonee. Got It The Day It Camee Owt ((Likee Over A Year Agoee)) Buh I Lovee Itt!! Its Well Great And Hass A Well Kool Cameraa!! :) HaaHaa Greatestt Fonee Evah Apart From Me New Onee Recomemd It Tuu AniiOnee :D xx Ohh It Jus Needs Too Be More Abusablee I Likee Too Throw Thiings But This Breaks If I Throw It!! :(
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Reviewed by Chris on 06/01/2010
I hate it! The touch screen is terrible. It crashes and has to reboot. Yo cant really customize it, you cant add theme. The interface is confusing and irritatingly slow. The camera is great but once again the interface is rubbish.
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Reviewed by sascha on 03/01/2010
I have this phone, i understand fully how to use it, but I hate it and I would never recommend it to anyone! Its too slow, the touchscreen only works properly when its in the mood (which is not often). The volume is very quiet and the sms tone does not play personalised tones all the way through, the list goes on but i will leave it there :) P.S. I miss having a keypad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Luke on 03/01/2010
A quite spectacularly awful phone. DO NOT BUY. Where do I begin? One of the reasons I bought this phone was because the Pixon - the phone I wanted - was withdrawn from the UK market so I ended up settling for second best, and what a mistake. The touch screen interface is extremely difficult to use and makes texting so labourious that I usually gave up and called the person. This wouldn't be a problem in itself except that the phone regularly dropped calls and, to add further insult, beeps loudly in your ear to warn you when it does. So, it's not much cop as a phone, perhaps it excels in other areas? Nope. The camera claims 8MP and Schneider Kreuznak (or something) optics but the start up time is very slow meaning you end up missing the thing you want to photograph. When you train it on a stationary object the photos it takes are of an acceptable quality as long as background light levels are high. Otherwise the shots are grainy, often blurred and colour resolution is poor. Using the flash does not help. Video is okay but suffers in the same way as taking photos if ambient light is low. Viewing photos you have taken is painful too - I timed it and it took over a minute to open the gallery. The web browser is not good either. I didn't have any problems accessing the internet but turning on wifi is slow and detection isn't automatic(??). Controls during browsing are completely alien. Scrolling is quite nice but zooming and scaling are just bizarre - if you press and hold the touch screen it zooms, sometimes by 40-45%, sometimes by 2% and it makes these rules up as it goes along. It doesn't optimise websites (even WAP and mobile sites) to the size of the screen so sometimes you have to scroll left and right to read text. The DivX movies are a nice touch but I defy anyone to convert many of these as it takes approximately an hour for one movie using the bundled software. Even if you do have the patience to do this (I did) the battery life is so short that you won't make it to the end of a movie before it needs to be charged. On the subject of charging, LG need to learn that people may want to charge the phone while they have headphones in (not possible as they use the same jack) and proprietary headphone sockets are not cool (there is a 3.5mm jack on the hands-free but why can this not plug straight into the phone?). This adds another layer of frustration when watching video because the on board speakers are terrible. Even at full volume they're barely audible. MP3 playback is good, if only on the bundled headphones, but I would have preferred a reasonable start-up time (again well over a minute) to the embarrassing animation they refer to as a 'visualisation'. The customisable home screen is nice but even this has its faults. You're limited to about 6 widgets (one of which is the clock which is next to useless as the time is permanently displayed in the top right corner) and apart from the calendar I didn't find one that worked well. I could go on - the bundled software is some of the worst I have used and made my computer crash, the phone software itself is not very stable and removing the battery and restarting became a frequent activity - but I will end with this: I 'upgraded' to this from my Nokia N95 and I am now back using an N95. This phone has shaken my confidence in LG phones and LG electronics generally and reinforced my belief that there are only 3 manufacturers worth bothering with - Nokia, Sony-Ericsson and, now, Apple. Seriously this is an abysmal phone phone best avoided.
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Reviewed by Mr Jot on 01/01/2010
I received this phone as I had numerous problems with C905 although they were trivial matters. Firstly its a decent camera but if you are not used to a touchscreen then dont bother. Battery life isnt too bad but having to use the stylus does hack you off a bit. In a nutshell if I had the choice again of this and a C905 I would pick the C905. Im due to only have this phone for one month till I get my I Phone so to be honest im glad , Still should get £100 on e bay for this towards it .
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Reviewed by Ellie on 28/12/2009
I admit it is a good phone, I have had it for about 5-6months now I think and unfortunately my battary has died, I will charge it fully and then be on the phone for 5mins and it will have run out of battary, I have done some research and it seems to happen to a few people, so be aweare!
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Reviewed by chloe on 21/12/2009
get this phone it is absoloiutley fantastic!!!!
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Reviewed by gammo on 19/12/2009
Rubbish, dont get one. the only good thing, it plays divx films.
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Reviewed by Liam on 14/12/2009
The worst phone in history, i had it for 2 weeks and loved it, but as soon as you put your photos and music on the phone, it takes atleast 5 minutes to load up, you need to have half a finger to use the touch screen the icons are so small, even on the highest setting you need the pen for every utility, an when you lose the pen, you will have to buy a new one, the speakers are ok, but do crackle badly, and it surely can't be a 8 mega pixel camera because the quality is awful. If you have any sense avoid this phone at all costs.
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Reviewed by chloe on 12/12/2009
my friend has this phone and it is absolutly amazing. you can get really good signal and it has every app you want. it has a keyboard and keypad to text on and i love it. all i was wondering is how much is it becausehe phone websites it has all details about the phone but not its price :/ x
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Reviewed by Chalochesu on 10/12/2009
I had this phone from the Orange shop about 8months ago, so 10 mths of contract left !!!! And I cannot wait. Only had Sony Erricsons before.....should have stuck to them. The Renoir is a brilliant Camera BUT a worthless phone.Many times I have nearly destroyed mine due to freezing or mysteriously reverting to Emergency calls Only for no reason and then 10 minutes later in the same spot it is fine. This is the best Camera on a fone I have had but as a phone the WORST. Back to SE next time.
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Reviewed by Pete on 09/12/2009
not sure how this has such a good rating. In the 12 months I had this phone, I have had it replaced 3 times. Battery life is acceptable altho one of the reasons for one of the exchanges was erratic battery readings and the phone shutting off claiming battery was dead, only to be put on charge and claim it was full only 5 minutes later! Camera is excellent, *when it works* both of my first two phones suffered from getting stuck on the loading screen when trying to access the camera. This apparently is a common problem. Also it appears LG could not be bothered with the widgets, while competitors are making sure you can add extra things to your main screen and extra widgets, LG have no downloadable content at all. Java not being full screen is a big let down too, whats the point in a huge touch screen, if all the content for it has the silly panel taking up about a 5th of it with navigation arrows that are not needed. While this can be hacked and the apps made full screen, it doesnt solve the problem on apps that dont support the resolution. All in all, an awful phone and put me completely off LG.
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Reviewed by Chamikara on 08/12/2009
Never, Never ever buy this phone. If you are just making calls and browsing it's fine, otherwise always go for a phone with a proper OS like Symbian, Blackberry or Windows.
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Reviewed by geotheemo on 02/12/2009
up until now i have had no problems with my renoir. i have had it for 8 months but now it keeps going on to a blank screen and the battery life is getting unbearable. my battery can be fully charged then i will make a two minute phone call and it will start beeping low battery in my ear. if i lock the phone and leave it for half an hour it will tell me i have a full battery again but as soon as i start using it again sure enough its beeping with low battery. if you want a camera or mp3 player its fine but if you want to surf the web or play a game definitely do not get this phone!!
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Reviewed by Sam on 01/12/2009
Had this phone for 4 months now and absolutely love it....Sorry to start on a negative but ive got to defend a good phone from crticism it doesnt deserve. The negative comments are generally from people who want to have a high-tech phone but lack the capacity to use it. You can hardly blame the phone for not working how you want it when you dont know how to use it in the first place. The icons/buttons are a fair reasonable size and are perfectly fine for practical sensible use...unless you are visually impaired or have sausages for fingers (for which reason they have also supplied a stylus). Trashing the phone is hardly justifiable as a means of venting frustration at your own inability to use it. Having said that there is no perfect phone and there may well have been problems with some service providers or defects within certain models but this phone, generally, IS FANTASTIC. The user interface is great, the camera is brilliant, the media facilities are excellent, to name a few. And it is also durable as I have dropped my old iphone and smashed it but Ive also dropped this (not on purpose obviously) and its fine. It does have flaws too...the battery life would be 4/5 as it could be improved. The organiser on the phone is basic as the calendar cant really do much in terms of adding notes/reminders/birthdays/meetings. The camera settings are resetted every time you close it so its a bit of hassle changing them every time you decide to open the camera. The flash setting cant be set to flash every time, but when the phone sees fit. The manual shutter at the back of the phone isn't ideal as it can prove to be impractical. The organisation of the phones media such as the images for example in the gallery folder is poor. The range on the volume is limited as it doesn't go very quiet but not at all loud. These minor flaws are not outweighed by the positives, which are far more to name but the point of writing this view is that possible customers who are considering buying this phone can see the good and bad side of it and make their own balanced decision. No manufacturer/ salesperson is going to advertise the flaws and it is unfair for you to buy it not knowing what you're getting so hope you can see what you're in for as Im sure you'll see the shining positives from the sales reps anyway...and its not just hype ;)
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Reviewed by cHIKA on 26/11/2009
I have been using this phone since Dec 2008. For the past 4 months its been a nightmare. I lose signal in between call. I could barely hear the other party while talking..., especially when I put the phone to the ear. Maybe they expect me to always use the phone handsfree. Apart from the camera, this phone is simply rubbish and the O2 from who I bought the phone is not helping matters. My advice..., get a phone, but definitely not this one.
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Reviewed by james on 19/11/2009
i got this phone it a bit slow compared to some other phone out there ..it freezes and i on my second one but that might just be me .i recomend this phone and at the same time i don't because it good but not good :)
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Reviewed by lisa on 11/11/2009
ive had my renoir for 8 months and hate it its the worst phone ive had it doesnt charge, it cuts out mid phone call, and now its knocking its turning its self off the volume is quiet ive sent it back 3 times and each replacement i get seems to be worse than the phone before
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Reviewed by KeZa on 11/11/2009
The renoir is brilliant at everything apart from being a phone, looses signa, cuts off callers and admits an ear piercing beep when it does all this. locks while on a call, and rings people I don't want to call. If you need a camera or an MP3 brilliant, if you need a phone buy summit else.
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Reviewed by Neel on 10/11/2009
I have owned about 15 phones and I would say that this is a great phone, although not as well built as i thought, i dropped it and the metal ring around the camera broke off.. just need to find some glue now. N
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Reviewed by Leonie on 08/11/2009
I had the Viewty and I loved it, I was quite sad when my contract was due up and I had to get a new one. I chose the renoir believing it was an upgrade of the viewty. It is not. My biggest gripe is that HORRIBLE material on the back. I cannot touch the phone without plastic covering the back. It's that type of texture that makes my skin crawl. I despise this phone. My first Renoir had to be sent back for repair within a month. I got it back still broken (phones4u's fault!). This was in February. My second Renoir is awful. The phone takes forever to get into anything. I've sold the phone onto envirophone and I'm using a basic blackberry until my contract runs down this time. iphone here i come.
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Reviewed by box standard on 03/11/2009
best phone ever, i got it 3 months ago and it was busted dead as a dodo, it couldnt have been more dead had it been in a coffin buried 6 feet under. 2weeks later got my replacement phone and took it out of the box, charged it up switched it on made a call and the phone restarted, tried to make a call again phone restarted and came back on with a blank screen, after many attempts i took it into the shop, they said its knackered and asked if i had dropped it or jumped on it from a great height (strange question i know, anyway they took it and i got a new one, this one switched on and off about 20 times in the space of an hour,and then failed to work ever again.. back it went and i got yet another one, guess what it didnt even switched on.. i chucked it against the wall with as much force as possible and smashed it.. took it back got my money back and have been using my trusty old nokia 3310 since, no dropped calls, no switching off and restarting. If you want to be tearing your hair out and suffering bouts of extreme depression then get this phone, if not get another mobile
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Reviewed by Dave on 01/11/2009
I've had this phone for about three months now and I hate it. The software on the phone is some nasty LG java rubbish which has many minor but annoying glitches. The software provided for synchronising with a PC when I plug the phone in causes my machine to blue screen 70 - 80% of time. The key lock comes off way too easily when not in use so that it keeps making calls in my pocket. Scrolling through menus is difficult as the screen is not sensitive enough. Often there is an annoying lag between pressing a button and the phone actually doing something. I've had a lot of phones in my time and the LG Renoir is by far the worst. I would certainly NOT recommend it to anybody.
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Reviewed by karen on 30/10/2009
I loved my fone for thr first eight months easy to use great for txting and taking photos. I hate changing phones but loved this straight away, however since then i have had mothing but problems my fone stopped charging and dropped calls then kept crashing i have had four replacement fones and all of them are having the same problem.
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Reviewed by Jade on 24/10/2009
Hmmm... Average. Looks nice but battery runs out awfully quick. The camera is good, but thats if your battery dont run out before you can actually take a picture. I have had 4 replacements of this phone as the screen just blanks out or the battery goes too quickly!
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Reviewed by paul on 23/10/2009
had this nearly 8 months now when it works its a good phone. text messaging is to awkward constantly pressing wrong key or changing language without actually wanting to. works well with head phones but volume without is very poor. camera is good. a right nightmare when on a call if u need to press button on an automated call as screen constantly locks itself after just a few seconds. also i hate to imagine how many times it has made phone calls whilst being in my pocket even though screen was locked when i put it in there. it also keeps freezing and turning itself off and on or saying to many applications running when only looking at 1 thing. this is my second one now as first one wouldn't connect to internet. when this phone works it is a really good phone just wish volume was louder for music.
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Reviewed by ross on 17/10/2009
phone is average and if you think you need fingers like needles get a pen the camera is great its not the loudest phone ever and turning it on and off takes ages it unlocks in your pocket you take it out to text or check the time and your calling somone? you try and take it out of your pocket when someones calling you(dunno if any1 else has done this)and you accidently press the hang-up button but.. it does look very nice the camera is great blurry when you zoom to much though to be honest its a camera that can call and text people you'd be better off getting a different phone hope this helps
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Reviewed by M Stevens on 16/10/2009
This is the most unreliable phone I have ever owned. 9 months old, it has been repaired 5 times. Touch screen replaced, Camera replaced, Failed to work after auto firmware update, Speaker failed (sounded like a can of nails. Speaker failed again no volume. LG pushed this phone out too quick, to try and get the drop on other manufactures.
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Reviewed by JJHALL on 15/10/2009
I love this phone. It looks fantastic and does everything I want it to do. :) I am definately looking forward to seeing LGs latest model. It never crashes and I can see it clearly in harsh sunlight. The touch screan is beautiful and very easy to use.I cannot understand about the pinpricks remark. Mines easy!
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Reviewed by Ronen on 02/10/2009
I Love it. It's a camera with a phone. Very intuitive and the touch screen is very accurate. Excellent - Superb - Beautiful phone.
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Reviewed by kevin on 01/10/2009
i put a cd on the phones and it says unknown artist. add a further cd and it mixes the whole lot ( tracks ) ionto one file so i cant have named seperate albums on the siil phone. I hate hate it. been trying for 12 months of and on. Can i put single named albums on this phone or do i need a better phone.
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Reviewed by Harry on 25/09/2009
Can somone help me the phone somehow changed its language to SPANISH while it was in my pocket please please please help i need it Email: Harryw_boi@hotmail.co.uk
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Reviewed by Renoir Disgust on 18/09/2009
Touch Screen responds when Renoir like other wise no operation,typical Disgusting issue is when selecting one menu the output will be anything it feels like opening. O2 support is poor very poor . Touch screen alignement is impossible at this stage. Waste of Money for me.Never again
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Reviewed by MARKUS on 09/09/2009
The phone is awsome I have had for 4 months working briliant except 1 thing i can tell u poeple Lg renoir hardly works with 8gB SLOW Sometimes don't even work proppely. I prefere people u to use the 4GB memory card for extra speed because renoir hardly works with 8 Gb after using it for few months.
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Reviewed by wally b on 08/09/2009
Amazing phone, cant go wrong with this phone blud
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Reviewed by Georgia Eddy on 29/08/2009
had this phone about 7 months and im in love with it except today the bit of the camera saying the make and auto/manual focus came un-stuck so tried to re-glue it and now the camera wont open :( i am seriousley annoyed and upset as i use the camera more than anything else on the phone! i am now asking if any body knows how to un-stick it???
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Reviewed by becki lavery on 27/08/2009
when i first got the phone i couldnt fault it but now after having it 9 months i really cant stand it, the battery is dodgey one minuet it could be full next its saying low battery, everytime i try to ring someone it just turns its self off and i have to plug my charger in for it to turn back on, at random times it will not recongnise my memory card, and yes i have to admit the camera is great but overall i would say awful!
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Reviewed by Sarah on 21/08/2009
I've had this phone for around 8 months now I can't stand it any more. It crashes constantly, turns itself off all the time, and turns off most of the time when I plug in the charger. It also seems to think my memory card isn't inserted sometimes and goes back to default. I thought maybe I just got the odd dodgy phone but a friend of mine got one as well and she's returned it 3 times now and has had the same problems with each one. The features on it are brilliant though I have to admit. The camera is great and the wifi and everything else work brilliantly.
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Reviewed by Matt Pike on 18/08/2009
Awesome phone, does everything you could ever want and more, I just put American Psycho film on there, amazing, the only phone better is the Pixon 12 due to the better quality screen, me bro has one and we compared pics, but its only noticable when you zoom really in, I mean, who wants to zoom that far in ? make no mistake this is the best phone on the market and I will NOT be swapping it for another for a very long time indeed, 100/100 :)
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Reviewed by Shel on 17/08/2009
I’ve had this phone for nearly 9 months so have had a good chance to have a play around with al the features. As a touch screen phone it does take a little while to get used to, it does come with a stylus but I opted not to use it, it also comes with a screen cover already on and a replacement one should you decide to replace it…after about 2 weeks the first one started to bubble off so I thought right I will change the cover…ha that was interesting. Even though I used my glasses cloth to make sure there were no specs of dust it was ridiculous trying to get the thing stuck in place with no lumps or bumps so ended up jus not using it and found that the screen sensitivity did improve. For general menu functionality it is quite good once you practice a bit and you’ll find your way round which is the same with any new phone. My only niggle is that it comes with two themes and you can’t download anymore without hacking the phone and some shady software…so I opted for a no go with that. Memory wise it is expandable and you can get a good amount of music, pics and videos on there and still have loads left. Will say that I think by default it saves all music and pics to the handset memory which after a while can cause the phone to slow down but I rectified that by moving everything to the memory card. Making calls is easy enough, even though it is touchscreen you can navigate the menu while on a call which is always useful. One of the main things that attracted me to this phone, was at the time I bought it it was one of the phones with a high end camera and in all honesty I feel a little bit let down. I previously had a sony ericsson with a 5mp camera and thought this would be a step up in a good way…if you are into taking set pictures then this camera is very good, if you are into spur of the moment, not always goin to be in a well lit area with a steady hand etc then this phone struggles, in all honesty I preferred my old camera phone. I also found it very annoying that once you have changed the settings on the camera if you go out then go back into camera mode you will have to reset them all again as it doesn’t save. Oh and recording video…well it is now safe to say that I do not use this function anymore which is quite annoying! The sound is VERY tinny. I go to quite a lot of gigs and wow the sound is absolutely atrocious to the point that I had to mute the sound jus so I c ould watch the video without being deafened by some insane squeeling. Being aware that it is a touch screen phone it is obviously going to take up some battery…i will admit that I can be quite a heavy user of my mobile with a few calls and usually quite a lot of texts thoughout the day. 9 months into my contract I am faced with having to buy a new battery as my phone is constantly turning off. I can’t even get through a text sometimes without it jus going off without warning. Batteries only have a 6 month warranty period as they are considered to be consumable goods…well I have to say then that I am not impressed and if I had the money I would buy a different phone. My old sony ericsson faced the same amount of calls and texts and still could last up to 2 days without charging after being used for about 15 months. This one even at its peak needed to be charged every day and that is after I have turned on power save functions and turned down the brightness of the handset. Overall I would say it is a sleek phone with lots of features, if you are not too bothered about taking pics in all conditions it still works a treat, the only thing I would say to look out for is the battery life and consider how much you are going to use it!
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Reviewed by Harleu on 15/08/2009
I absolutey love this phone !! I tried it in the shop and really want to get it. Although it's a bit pricey I think it's definetly great value for money and after reading this review I'm 100% convinced that this is the phone for me. I've had the lg chocolate before and I think that was an amazing phone but you couldn't buy a memory card and for me that's a problem as I love my music! Since then I've always had Sony ericssons and I think they are great as music phones, but if you don't get a cybershot one, the quality of the camera can be bad. So thanks LG for another great phone !! :D
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Reviewed by jack on 13/08/2009
this phone has a beautiful deisign and thats all i could really say thats good about he phone bad points.i no this does not matter to some people but it does to me you cant reli get a feel for it if you no what i mean and the camra and video is very overated i had a LG secret and that has a 5 megapixel camra and it looks even betta than the LG KC910 the video is basicly the same as a 5 mega pixel camra as well and the kypad for texting or whatever your prefrance is horrible too small for hands and you just feeli reli slow when typing with the styleist so my advice get rid of it and by the nokia 5800 a supurb phone great touch features and the camra is great for its megapixel if you agree with me or any quires emial me at wwwjack211@live.co.uk
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Reviewed by amiiee on 12/08/2009
could be better i think, the touch screen is very difficult to control- would need to use something other than your fingers if you want it to be accurate enough.
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Reviewed by Siobhan. . oxox on 05/08/2009
Fabby Fone. Would strongly recommend a Lot, Buy it nowww.!!! -x s
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Reviewed by ellie ballington on 04/08/2009
this phone is quite goood ive had it for nearly a year now and im abit sick of it, its volume is ridicoudly low only goes up to 20 max when the lg cookie goes up to 30. yes the cameras a good megapixel but quite hard to use as it takes a while to take the picture, wifi connection is good; but the touchscreen can get annoying as on the scroll it hurts your fingers. i would rater the pen was in the phone because i hate the little compartment you have to attach and if i dont ill end up losing the pen. all in all not a bad phone, but has its difficulties
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Reviewed by michael james on 30/07/2009
I have had the phone about four months without any problems but all of a sudden its started jamming and freezing on me can not Even use the phone now.
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Reviewed by luke on 28/07/2009
A good handset that does everything but dosnt do everything well. its hard to use at times due to the touch screens sensitivity.
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Reviewed by chelzalishious on 25/07/2009
i hate it
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Reviewed by Anon on 22/07/2009
Cheap Built Quality, Camera is Rubbish, even though it says 8 Mega Pixel, Sound quality is Poor, Touch screen is Not Respontive,Overall a Rubbish Phone, Avoid if you can.
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Reviewed by Paul Davis on 20/07/2009
Thought I'd get a new phone on my upgrade and switched from Sony Ericson to the LG Renoir. To be honest I'm disappointed. Sure it's got a decent camera on it but I don't see much else to shout about on this phone. It's far from intuitive and I think LG really need to brush up on the usability side of it. If you're switching from Sony don't bother. You'll not like this phone. It looks nice and has a good camera but that's about all I can say about it.
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Reviewed by Andrea Rice on 19/07/2009
I got the KC910 from O2 in december 08, and since then have had the handset back for repair 3 times for the same thing. This seems to be an intermittent fault but if i try to unlock the phone whilst a message is coming through, then the phone stops unlocking, and freezes. I end up taking the phone apart and removing the battery to reset it. Not great if I'm outside in the rain eh? O2 lost my handset when I sent it back for the third time, so are sending me a new one (would have preferred it if they hadn't bothered). I'll post a second review on that handset to say if I think it was just a problem with that handset, or an LG fault with more of them. Otherwise, the phone is easy to use, but slow on the internet. I cant get youtube to play. I like the camera, and liked how easy it hooked up with my mac. Ive not yet added music, as i dont think LGs like macs (the software updater program doesnt seem to be mac compatible) How do I feel about this phone? well lets just say I felt so much better when I sent it back and started using my 2 year old Sony Ericcson W880i.
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Reviewed by Phone Lover (; on 16/07/2009
Its a fab phone and i enjoy usin it but the zoom in the camera isn't as good as i hoped! The fast and slow motion is really good andi had fun using it. (: My favourite bit of the phone it the fact you can change the widgets that you have up on your wallpaper! The memory card is really usful and i have enjoyed using the phone. Sometimes the touchscreen stops working but all you have to do is leave the phone locked for a few minutes and then it will work again! I reomend this phone to someone who uses their phone alot and will use most of its great features!
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Reviewed by Tori :-) on 14/07/2009
It's a fab phone! Really really great. Everything works brilliantly. Had mine for about 7-8 months, not a single fault. Love it! Would strongly recommend to anyone!!!
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Reviewed by Sophie on 14/07/2009
Its an okay phone, but you have to really tap the screen to get on to the main menu, texting is a pain and its rather slow. The best thing is the camera. The Samsung Jet seems better.
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Reviewed by Marilyn on 14/07/2009
My phone hang on startup and the battery is so hot and i am left with an LG screen. It is not the battery. the last i had finger nails and callibrate using my finger nails. Now i cut them, they couldnt recognise my small finger and it jammed my phone.
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Reviewed by loz on 09/07/2009
the lg renoir is a really great phone
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Reviewed by Beverley Latham on 07/07/2009
Once u get used to using a touch screen phone, its a gr8 phone. You're either gonna love it or hate it and i love it xx
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Reviewed by nigel c on 06/07/2009
Agree with Wayne the touch screen is only usable with the stylus. Also the sync software is unreliable and does not work with Live Mail.
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Reviewed by Steve on 03/07/2009
I have the LG KU990 which is similar and I have to add my frustration at having to unlock during the call when replying to "press 1 for more options" etc eg. when picking up messages, getting through to a call centre etc both of which I do often. And not just having to do this once during the call but having to do it every time I want to key a number because it locks itself again! I hear people saying but what about accidentally pressing a key during a call - well it's very rare I don't use hands free these days. Just having the option to switch it off would be nice!!!
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Reviewed by Flots on 30/06/2009
The screen is shattered inside, and there was no impact. I bought it for the camera which I have enjoyed for the whole 3 weeks I have owned it.
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Reviewed by robbie on 27/06/2009
just a warning dont buy this fone the screen breaks easily rubbish screen need 2 have small hands 1/10< just for camera quality everything else is rubbish
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Reviewed by Margaret Carr on 25/06/2009
I would have returned this phone to o2 after 1 day, but I had been on holiday and missed the return date, so now I am stuck with the thing. I have had this phone for 3 monthsand i hate it. Maybe it is me. I cannot upload anything from my computer, I want to put photos of my daughter on it. But no it will not allow me. Have tried using mass storage but no go. it cuts out when talking for along time. I read the reviews before I brought it and thought great but on hind site I should have had the iphone. I have gone back to my samsung which is so user friendly. I now have the photos on it no problem. Maybe it is me but heck I have tried. I personally would not recommend it to anyone
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Reviewed by Susan on 21/06/2009
The lg renoir is a great phone especially 4 its fantastic 8mp camera
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Reviewed by Jon on 21/06/2009
had exactly the same problem as Benjamin when trying to upgrade the software: the 'phone just displays: "please wait". I will be calling LG asap! that's no use at all!
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Reviewed by mastadon1 on 18/06/2009
i cant believe some ppl gave dis fone 1 star i mean come on have u actually had the fone for more than a day ? apart from battery life lastin less than a day if ur on facebook all day like me! i really cant fault it,camera is superb so are all the editing features,internet is rapid,divx an dolby are top notch to.If you dont own dis fone my question is why not ?
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Reviewed by helena simmonds on 17/06/2009
i had a viewty before but i have just upgraded to the renoir and it has to be the best phone i have ever come across. the picture quality is outstanding and the sound is even better. it is so easy to use. well done Lg this has to be the most impressive phone on this planet.
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Reviewed by Dan on 17/06/2009
Having looked at a variety of phones to upgrade to from my SE C902, I eventually went with the Renoir. I had the Renoir for a week before I sent it back, however this was not because it's a bad phone, quite the contrary, however, I just couldn't get on with it. Being my first all touch-screen phone, I must say I was impressed with the Renoir. The user interface is smooth, the touch screen is responsive, and the battery life is not too bad considering the phone packed with so many features. The web browsing is good, and the camera is particularly excellent. I found texting with it simple, easy and didn't have any issues pressing the wrong keys as the display allows more than adequate space for realistically sized icons. However, even with all the features, it just wasn't what I was looking for in a phone. I can't really pinpoint what was not to like so I am grateful to o2 for having a 14-day no quibble returns policy on upgrades if you don't like the handset. One gripe is that there were more than a few occasions when it wouldn't receive messages* (*unsure if thats o2 or the phone though). The bottom line - a fantastic handset if you've had a touch screen phone or PDA before, and 100% a tough contender against the iPhone. Have a go on one in a shop before you buy the Renoir. I'm sure most will love this phone, I for one though just didn't. This is not to say its a bad phone and I must reiterate that the features are brilliant.
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Reviewed by Abby on 17/06/2009
Just an Average Touch screen Mobile, 8 Mega Pixel does'nt mean Better Quality Pictures, which i think Are Average, as for the Touch screen, no where neer as good as iphones, I also get low Memory Warning when using Internet, Speaker is still rubbish, overall the LG Renoir is a Recycled Phone made from Older LG mobiles Parts, A little Disapointed i think, i'll go back to my Humble Nokia E71 instead. Avoid.
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Reviewed by vicky on 15/06/2009
its quite good but its too touch sensivity and when it rings u canr hear it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Ann on 14/06/2009
A upgraded to the LG Renoir from a Nokia N95. I have used a nokia for the last 10 years and was a bit apprehensive about the change. Well, I needn't have been, The Renoir is simple and easy to use, finding my way around the touch screen was not a problem. I'm very pleased with the phone and have already recomended it to family and friends.
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Reviewed by sam on 14/06/2009
brilliant phone didnt get many game siwth it found a few at www.touchmobi.darkbb.com and the camery is superb. mp3 player not so good but does the job
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Reviewed by Lee on 11/06/2009
Ive had the phone for about 2 months now and on the whole I love it.Ive had some problems but these have mainly been with 3 as most of the time ive got no signal...Its so easy to use texting is a breeze.The wi-fi is very handy for my visits to Facebook!!!...Ive found the camera a bit of a mixed bag,outside in good sunshine its better than my dedicated camera and ive blown photos upto A4 size and they look amazing,but using inside and at night or out in the pub its not so good,unless its just me not using the correct settings.Overall though its the best phone Ive owned,it has its faults but I still love it!!!.
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Reviewed by Sanje on 10/06/2009
Good phone, But need skype on it badly. any ideas. No external memory card inclueded when I bought in Australia. ???????
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Reviewed by Des on 09/06/2009
I Think this Mobile is Great, the touch screen is responsive & i have Big hands, 8 Mega Pixel Camera is Great, WIFI pick up internet Fast, the speaker is fine, if you want a loud speaker then get a getto Blaster, for all those people giving this mobile a 1 Star, learn how to use it before reviewing it. I love it, great.
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Reviewed by leanne on 09/06/2009
I got this phone a week ago and i love it. After having the LG viewty for a while before i accidently shut it in the car door i was so happpy when i got this phone. i think that it is much better ! i find the phone more responsive than the viewty and little features like being able to scrol through the texts by sliding your finger across makes it alot easier to use. overall i think this phone is GREAT !
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Reviewed by Martin on 06/06/2009
What a fantastic phone! It's easy to use, with a great touchscreen UI and intuitive operating system. The PC Suite software is great for transferring contacts, media and files. The photo and video quality is staggeringly good for a phone, and with the 8gd of storage, you don't have to worry about running out of space when filming or taking photos!
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Reviewed by kristan on 05/06/2009
good phone, great camera. easy to use after a while. though screen scratches easy, i havent dropped mine or anything but it has already got so many scratches! i prob wouldnt buy this phone again, when you are talking on the phone it is fuzzy at times, wish i stayed with nokia. would recommend this phone if you dont have a digtal camera, if you do then go for the samsung omnia or nokia n85!!!
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Reviewed by L Nield on 02/06/2009
I've had this phone for about 5 months now, thought it was great to start with but bit by bit it's getting slower and slower, a few weeks ago it started turning itself off when i plugged it in to charge this only happened about 4 times and then went back to being fine, but i put it on charge last night and this morning woke up to a very broken phone the sound is all distorted when ringing and making calls to the point i can't even make any calls now and probably wouldn't hear it if it rang anyway!! rubbish and i have another 12 months left on this contract why can't they make phones that last anymore!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Liam on 01/06/2009
Just got this phone 2 days ago as a free phone upgrade on Orange. Originally I thought I was going to get the Black-Silver version of this phone which had the camera slider but when I got the phone it did not come with a camera slider at all and the phone's colour was totally black! I was worried incase I had the wrong phone but I read up that apparently LG have recently replaced the LG Renoir KC910 with the KC910i and all Renoir's sold from now on should be the KC910i model instead of the original KC910 model (just to clear some confusion!) I must say it is a very well built device for a touchscreen & I was a bit worried to start with because of the screen incase it breaks but from what I've heard these new LG's come with a re-inforced screen on these phones which means the are very hard to break but also durable for the touchscreen & fingers. I must admit though texting on the touchscreen will take some getting used to but I very much like the touchscreen pen that comes with the phone! All the usual features like the 8MP camera is spot on and the phone's speaker is very good too. The build of this phone is very solid and the phone itself feels very light too, much more lighter than my old Nokia 6300 & N95! I certainly do recommend this phone if you are after a Touchscreen one! Also people who are writing reviews for the phone even though they do not own it please do not write a review as you are giving a false idea of a phone that you have never even owned!
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Reviewed by mark on 01/06/2009
I have owned the KC910 Renoir for almost a week now the phone itself looks good and has a great 8mp camera. But the phone has many bad points. Its just not user friendly I think Lg launched this phone without testing it with the everyday user. Firstly the phone is pretty slow, it takes about 10 secs to load up pictures and movies. The touch type with qwerty keys is pointless the keys are small and when you type, it ends up displaying the wrong word ot letter (this can be very frustrating if you just want to sent a quick text). The sound quality is very poor (so much for dolby) when playing movies you can't even hear it. Also when you have it on loud speaker the sound quality is very distorted. You cannot hear the person cleary over the phone which means you have to constantly repeat yourself. When tilting the phone to a horizontal postion to watch a movie the phone has a 5 second delayed reaction time and sometimes doesn't work at all. The pictures do not scroll across from left to right properly when using the gallery feature. Also the phone locks automatically when on a call. There is also a great difficulty on updating themes on this phone. Take my advice don't get this phone!
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Reviewed by Aok on 29/05/2009
Despite some negative reviews at the bottom, this phone is brillant and it looks really cool - the pictures dont do it no justice! a Brillant camera, although the flash may not be as good as other phones, the screen is really nice and although you may not be able to text as fast as a normal phone, you can still do it quite fast if your good at knowing where the letters are on a keyboard. It is responsive and has a nice vibrate feature when you touch it. It also has widgets to customise the homepage and a jogging buddy so you know how many calories you burnt and what not. I had my phone on 02 and so far it has been great (Y) AND it does support hotmail, even though somone said it didnt. I accessed my hotmail acount today, its really easy to setup, you just type in your email address and your password and its done; thats it, v. simple. It sounds amzing aswell with the dolby digital stuff!
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Reviewed by jenny bibby on 29/05/2009
im looking to find the computer lead that comes with this phone i have lost it and need a new one and the phone is great
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Reviewed by lisa on 27/05/2009
My personal opinion is try before you buy and get one and do not be wowed by just its good points. The touch screen is very irritating especially when it comes to texting. What used to take me seconds to do a text on my old nokia n95 takes me minutes to do. This phone is not good when your walking or on a bus. My best advice is to check out proper phone forums as they can give you the highs and lows
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Reviewed by Antony on 24/05/2009
I am on my second renoir, the first had an unresponsive screen and poor call quality the second is much better but far from perfect. Firstly as a media player it is average, for videos I have found it to be very good - although the way it sorts your videos and does not display the file names correctly is incredibly annoying. For music it is appalling, it takes an eternity to open the music player, if you close the media player it then takes the same ridiculous amount of time to open if you open it later. It will not remember that you used the shuffle function and starts from the same track everytime, whilst deleting a track results in the player shutting down and starting from the first track again, my K810i was 1000 times better as a music player. The camera on this is good, the flash is average and using the zoom function is very tricky but in honesty you may as well zoom in a paint package so this is isnt such a problem. getting software for this phone is very tricky and it is quite obvious that the phone is underpowered for the tasks required of it with regular slow downs, especially if you run a game - it just cannot cope. The touch screen doesnt actually work too badly and the inclusion of wifi is a god send - just make sure you set the internet profile to wifi otherwise it will automatically use your mobile downloads rather than wifi even if you connect to an access point! The in built browser isnt too bad although the touch screen isnt sensitive enough to click on links - you need tiny fingers to do it properly and the qwerty keyboard is far too small to be of any use, as has already been stated hotmail does not work properly on this phone. Overal if you intend to use this as a video player/camera as well as a phone it will do you just fine but if you want a music player/mobile internet phone definately look else where!
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Reviewed by JoHin on 18/05/2009
had this phone for just over a month now and it is starting to get on my nerves. camera is brilliant. mp3 is brilliant but text space is so small. when trying to press 3, 6 or 9 it either goes to cancel, change it to numbers or change the language. the screen takes ages to load! i spend more time standing there to wait for a text to load up on the screen than to read a 3 page text! battery life is not good, i have to charge it at least every 2 days even when i am not using it! also when you are looking at a picture or texting, the slightest movement to the side, it will change to the side mode and its very annoying when it doesnt change back when you sit it up right again and have to shake it or whatever to get it back! i don't think i'll be getting another touch screen phone again anytime soon...
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Reviewed by Lola on 17/05/2009
Best phone ever. Absolutely fab. All that nonsense about having to 'press too hard' on the screen... Not true. Stunning, fast, excellent camera, music features, everything. Love it. I would recommend to anyone!!! XXX
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Reviewed by Jellie on 17/05/2009
Simple. 'Mazin'. X Recommend! X
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Reviewed by Emma on 16/05/2009
I am very dissapointed with this phone, and i really dont recommed people to buy this. First off, the phone totally bores me, (i am 19 years old and a girl) The themes are very basic and i swear i got more out of using a bog standard nokia 3210. The camera is ok, very slow to operate. EVERYTHING on this phone is very slow to operate, it takes about 15 minutes to delete texts in my phone! (i only had 200) I'm having trouble with the screen being too senstive and doing the wrong things, the sound quality is horrific. the screen is scracted and dirty as anything, and theres nothing you can do about it. which gives it poor vision. Im having trouble receiving texts, infact i dont recieve them at all, i get interferance from OTHER peoples calls when i try and call people. Sometimes i dont even connect to them. I've rang LG orange up today and theve told me to delete all my messages and start again...:/ Im stuck with this phone for another year...someone please trade.
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Reviewed by Ethan on 16/05/2009
I have had this phone for a while now and i think its great, the applications are great,the dolby speaker sound is great,the video capabilities are even better. Im not sure if they make the LG Renoir differently in the UK but everyone i know with the Phone where i live in Australia loves it, i can honestly say ive not come across a single problem yet. As for not being able to use hotmail, i don't know what the other person from Australia is doing wrong but i can use Hotmail, Myspace and Facebook on my Renoir.
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Reviewed by Joycey on 15/05/2009
i bought this phone last year on 3, the features are great especially the camera & video, but the ringtone volume is just appalling, i miss calls & texts even though vibrate is on! i upgraded from having a viewty where the ringing tone was superb. after 3 months of having the phone the back plastic cover (viewty's was metal) split & do you think anywhere sells replacements....LG themselves dont sell them & sister companies wont get replacements for another 4-6months as the phone is too new!.....that means i now have no back cover with the battery & sim hanging out. finally, stay well away from 3, they're customer services is absolutely awful!....i kept getting charged atrocious amounts for internet use i.e £3.50 a minute, even though paying the extra £5 a month for internet access. i am now stuck with this phone & scum of a service provider for another 11 months.....great!
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Reviewed by Chris on 15/05/2009
Good phone, until you try and connect it to a pc! Software is worse than garbage, spelling is rubbish, constantly crashes, cant get features to work. Because it's a proprietary phone o/s don't expect any sort of decent software for it! Shockingly awful!
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Reviewed by Dom on 14/05/2009
An important factor to take into consideration is also... only buy this if you are very comfortable with the changing trends of technology. Not a recommended buy if you are a technophobe - a button phone would be much more suited. Also, I've had no problems with the muffled speaking and the screen lock. Screen lock settings can be adjusted - just set the power-save option to off. Simple. Texting (and previous Samsung Phone Owners may agree) on this phone is bliss compared to the lengthy horrible texting of my old Samsung G800. The samsung sent texts horrificly slow, and you couldn't do anything on it until it had sent. LG sends messages in the background so you're not stuck there for ages while it sends. Also... NO FLIPPIN WONDER that the phone screen locks during a call, would you like it if your cheek kept randomly pressing end call or dial while on the phone? It is simple to quickly unlock it and type in the numbers on the keypad option. Easy. Great phone, don't listen to very many of the horribly bias reviews as they were no use to me. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.
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Reviewed by Rebecca on 14/05/2009
I love this phone, it does everything that i want it to. If you have trouble with your fingers on the screen it also comes with a stylus, so there is no reason why you cannot use it properly. I find it easier to use that the samsung tocco and iphone as they only require your fingers to use, whereas the renoir has the benefit of a stylus for those with awkward fingers. 8 mega pixel camera is excellent and with a 8gb memory card i can put so much music on it, fab. it has great sound, and yes as with all these types of phones you do find yourself on a diffent screen occationally, but that is part of this type of phone, so stop moaning!! This phone is great value and has very good features, i would definately recommend.
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Reviewed by harriet on 13/05/2009
i have the renware phone its great u cn download loads for free its soo cool u can take pics and edit and everything
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Reviewed by Dom on 13/05/2009
I KNOW THIS REVIEW IS LENGTHY BUT IT IS WORTH THE READ IF YOU'RE TORN BETWEEN THE RENOIR AND THE PIXON. I've had this phone for 4months now and no such problems have occured at all. (Except for one time it froze because I overloaded it with too many applications - which it does warn you about). The camera is fantastic - I personally find the camera interface very easy to use - LOADS easier than my friend's Samsung Pixon which is horrible. The picture quality is immense, and all the features work properly (Except Face Detection is slow, but I've only ever used this as a test when I first got it!) Texting is great, I find, although it can be a little frustrating when on the move, but this is expected off a touchscreen phone and there is no way of preventing it. Texting on the iPhone while on the move is hell. The scrolling is very good too (The iPhone's is probably better but this one exceeds all of it's competitors by a long shot). Screen Lock - you can change the length after which it locks so that isn't a problem. Making calls is dead easy too - just press phone-up for recent contacts or you can dial the start of someone's phone number and it'll recognise it. It does take you a while to get used to the touchscreen interface (as it would with all phones), so don't go putting it down after like, two weeks, because you need to get used to it first. I got used to it after about 3weeks and now I use it very easily. The games are a bit poo - nowhere near as good as the one's available on the iPhone or iTouch, but this is only games and I hardly ever go on them. Music is VERY good quality on the phone and the earphones are great - but if you don't like them you can plug in your own ones. Although the speaker isn't very loud, it's loud enough. Videos are oustanding too - fantastic range of options and the quality exceeds ALL opposition - even the iPhone as that doesn't even take videos. Note: This is predominantly a CAMERA phone, and that is what it is best at. Athough, it does deal with other media very well too. I love this phone, and I have always used my phone as a camera, and it does it's job very well. Let's compare it to it's main competitor - the Samsung Pixon. My closest friend owns a Samsung Pixon, and it is actually quite a nice phone. However, texting is a bit of a nightmare when trying to access extended punctuation and capitals / numbers. This is much easier on the Renoir. The QWERTY keyboard is very good however, as the buttons are bigger than on the Renoir. Making calls is easy, virtually the same as the Renoir. However, scrolling is a PAIN! On the Renoir, scrolling is fast, so skipping through contacts is easy. On the Pixon, it is very... very... very slow. You can literally only skip about 3-4 contacts at a time. You may get used to it, but I find it a nightmare. The camera is very good, and takes great photos, alike in quality to the Renoir. However, the camera interface is ugly and HORRIBLE to use because it takes ages to know what the buttons mean. Plus, it doesn't have as many features as the Renoir such as Beauty Shot, Touch Shot, Art Shot. When you take a photo it is annoying because it takes you straight to gallery... I don't know, however, if this is an option that can be changed. Renoir is much better at taking photos. Music - the Pixon's speaker is of high quality and a little tiny bit louder than the Renoir, however it can sound tinny. The music player isn't as user-friendly as the renoir though. The earphones are very good, similar to the Renoir's. Games are exactly the same as found on the Renoir, so there is no comparison in the quality of games. Besides, if you're looking for gaming, you're looking at the wrong phones. Also, (as far as I know) this phone doesn't have Wi-Fi, so browsing the internet is VERY VERY expensive from this phone. You can connect to many wifi access points on the Renoir however, making the internet on this phone easier, quicker and cheaper. The renoir also comes with an 8GB memory card which is HUGE - around 2,500 songs. The Pixon doesn't, however. Although, PC software on the samsung is good and easy to use, I couldn't get my head round the LG one (Possibly because I've only used it once for like 5mins lol). I just use Mass Storage connecting my phone and that's even simpler than both the PC Studios, so this isn't an issue. Please note, Mac doesn't support either phone's PC software. Widgets - the Renoir's widgets are easier to organize as you can scroll through them, however there aren't many of them. The Pixon has loads of great widgets but you're screwed if you want more than 3 on there and still want to see your background picture - they're HUGE !! Overall, when looking for a touchscreen mulitmedia phone, the Renoir is a good option. The touchscreen is easy to use and not overly sensitive unlike the iPHone. Consider the Pixon aswell, but personally, I think this is a better bet... But that all depends on your personal opinion. Note: this review is based on mostly opinion so read other reviews and try and get a go on the phone yourself before finally deciding. I hope that this has been useful!
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Reviewed by N on 11/05/2009
Personally, i think this phone is fantastic! its sometimes easier to use the pen to text, but overall its great!! There are some bad reviews about it, but personally ive had no problems... it just takes some getting used to! Id definately recommend it.... enjoy :)
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Reviewed by Ian on 11/05/2009
Overall a nice handset; however there are a number of minor issues although not massive do add up and stop me awarding 5 stars. When you upload music no matter what you do the media software sorts all tracks alphabetically! I don’t want my tracks stored this way! The only way to sort this is by creating playlists in the order you want, trouble is there is a limit to the number of playlists you can have. The games!! Baseball and snakes and ladders OK but Flying Wheel WTF!! I do like the text option where you turn the phone on its side and get a full QWERTY keyboard, makes texting so much easier. They do provide screen protectors but these seriously affect the sensitivity of the touch screen and unfortunatly the media software they provide is difficult to install (don't know why) and not very good, the screen lock is a nightmare and you cannot increase the wait time.
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Reviewed by Bob. on 10/05/2009
All the moaning about the screen locking during calls. If it didn't you'd be inputting all the time, probably ending the call. Not that much hassle to press the centre button, unlock the keys and make a choice. It takes two seconds. I admit browsing the web is a pain, clicking a small hyperlink is awful, you have to zoom right in then click. It sometimes freezes on keypad lock. The camera not reataining it's settings is annoying. Battery life is good. Speaker volume is poor and tinny. The gallery view for photos is very slow. It plays movies well! Sound output through headphones is good. Lens cover opens easy, but at least it has one. Texting is acceptable. It feels unfinished. Like when you select texts to delete you mark the ones, then press 'delete' at the bottom of the screen. Do this in the alarms section, and it says 'deleted', but you've not deleted them yet. It's a typo..?! Can't update the software yourself. Which is stupid, so you're stuck unless you send it back. Mine's with phones4u now. One week and counting.
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Reviewed by Kourosh on 09/05/2009
This is the one which i was looking 4 I'll never chenge it.
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Reviewed by Larry on 09/05/2009
Great phone. I give it a 4 because the bundled software is lousy. Upgrading the phone software is not straightforward. More features than iPhone but lacks applications & games. Managing the phone using the supplied USB cable is slow, however files transfer zippily using Bluetooth. Cannot sync with Apple iSync yet, but do using BluePhone Elite. Best phone I ever use to date.
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Reviewed by Sarah on 09/05/2009
Had my iphone stolen so a friend gave me this phone. Touch screen is terrible compared to iphone - can only use it with the supplied stylus. Scrolling is very difficult - many times you will phone the wrong number when attempting to scroll. Ringtone too quiet. sending sms very cumbersome. As others noted - lock screen turns on too soon. Very frustrating experience .I don't reccommend buying this phone .
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Reviewed by Emma Basson on 07/05/2009
I just got a Renoir through O2 and I too hate it and completely agree with everything Wayne said! Why when you are on a call does it lock? How annoying!! I have turned the screen lock off but it still persists on doing it (even after resetting the whole phone!); when on a call to a company which requires you to enter a number option (like O2) you have to unlock it first by pressing down on the padlock symbol ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!! I have shouted at it god knows how many times! I wanted a phone with a great camera but I also do a fair bit of texting so would like one with a keypad preferably or a touchscreen that you don't need a stupid pen thing for!
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Reviewed by G Soor on 06/05/2009
I have had Sony phones for the last 4 years and found them to be excellent but this year, on renewal, I wanted a change so I decided to look at touch screen phones. My criteria was simple, I needed a very good camera phone having had the Sony K850i and a cool phone for my wife. Having read reviews on the camera phones, I decided to choose the Renoir over the Sony C905 and I think I made the right choice. As a phone, the Renoir is very easy to learn and the features are excellent. The Camera is superb and comes with editing software. Its easy to use and very sharp. The PC software is also very easy to install and work with. I was up and running within minutes. I got the LG Arena for my wife and she is very happy with the phone. Verdict: To be honest, I would have been happy with my Sony K850i but now that I have the Renoir, I’m glad I upgraded. As I am a light user, the phone is a joy to use and more importantly, the camera is superb. I don’t text a lot or use the web browser so I can not say if it is any good for heavy users.
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Reviewed by Bill. on 04/05/2009
Thought it was impossible to make a worse phone than the viewty.Well its not.Like all l.g camera phones.Garbage.
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Reviewed by k eales on 03/05/2009
i think the renoir is an appauling phone and should not be distrabuted at all. i sighned up to an 18month contract 30th dec 08. i am now on handset number 4 as i keep needing replacements because of the sheer amount of faults. i am now going to the bbc and watch dog as i am sick of the trouble my insurers are giving me. T mobile have taken the renoir from their contract as the phone is just not reliable. i have requested a swap for the samsung pixon as it is more reliable than the renoir. however i have been refused this trade and have been offered a phone two years older. even though the pixon is on the same price plan. i urge those who are drawn to the look of the renoir and the camara to run in the opposite direction. i can't set a screen saver nor send pic msgs, nor edit my pictures as apparantly my memory is full, how is this possible with an 8 gig card and external memory is activated? the phone crashes all the time, the screen becomes snowy, internet doesnt work half the time. i am at witts end with this! the various renoirs i have had have been in repair that much that they have been away from me for over half the time since jan. I am as far from happy as i could be. Sort it out LG!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Nick on 02/05/2009
Had this phone for a couple of months now, and have been waiting for it to be as bad as some of the reviews. Admittedly it took some time to get used too, and my pigtit fingers didnt help!! BUT. Its a ferkin fantastic bit of kit!! I recommended it to my boss, and she loves ot too. Yes sometimes i hold the buttons a fraction too long and it does something its not supposed too, but its worth taking your time to learn how to work it. Every function on this device is really good. Easy to download and use applications. I have google mail and maps, and now have a london underground application and its real easy to use. The best phone i have ever had!!
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Reviewed by Fazd on 25/04/2009
Bought this phone 2 weeks ago. upgrade from Viewty(still keep it). Excellent video n cam phone but a bit slow...hmmm...dropped it recently after jog...huhuhu...got few scratch n dent...but still an excellent phone
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Reviewed by bob on 25/04/2009
Got this phone on 3 and i think it works very well and has lots of features to play with.The draw backs i found are screen can be bit fiddly but i put that down to not being used to phone also ringtone or musc is not loud enough but what really bugs me is WI-FI, can connect to router but when i try to access the web it fails but i will fix that later.So this is great phone just need to learn to use it
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Reviewed by dilmeet on 25/04/2009
this phone rocks this is the worlds best phone buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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Reviewed by Mike on 17/04/2009
I got this phone in Jan 2009 as I loved the camera and the touch screen, I liked it from the start but after a few days I started to like it less and less. There are only 2 themes, black and white which is a real let down, There is hardly anything in the way of applications for the phone, java applications do work on it and you get a little navigation and number bar at the bottom of the screen which can be annoying if a game uses the numbers to move such as snake. I recommend only getting this phone for the camera, it takes some great shots although I haven't been able to get some of the features on the camera to work. Watching videos on the phone is pretty good and I recommend using the headphones. The phone does not have a 3.5mm socket however it does come with a handsfree kit which can be used with other headphones.
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Reviewed by Jack on 16/04/2009
Avoid LG's at all cost! I have an LG Renoir and I have had 4 replacements now since December. All with the same fault. Orange have agreed today ironically enough to finally send me a different phone (Samsung Pixxon Ultra). My LG has had the same fault 4 times (speaker stops working). The music volume on it is total rubbish. When it rings even on maximum volume its pretty quiet. In normal daylight the camera is excellent but in dark conditions with the flash, photos have a blueish tint. The touch screen randomly freezes and the only way to rectify this is to remove the battery. The phone key locks itself automatically during phone calls so if you need to access anything during a call (e.g. press numbers on an automated system) you need to unlock every time (this feature cannot be disabled). Battery life is OK at 2 days but if you anything such as take lots of photos, use the web/wap or listen to music this will reduce to one day. Possible the worse phone I have ever had. I will never go near anything made by LG ever again. Stick to Samsung/Apple/Sony Ericsson/Nokia. By 4 the best phone manufacturers. Anything else isn’t worth mentioning.
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Reviewed by Ally on 15/04/2009
Dont buy this phone. Its utterly agrivating. Numerous times my phone has frozen and has wiped off everything on my memory card. Also the added affect that it NEVER connects to the lg suite, so you cant backup or put pictures/videos or whatever onto the pc. This has occured with most renoir users, so its not a one off. The scroll bar is stupid, it freezes and clicks on the wrong things, you need 2 day old fingers to be able to use the key pad. Java games? i think not, the tetris game only works for 2 seconds, before telling you to buy the real game.
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Reviewed by laura on 13/04/2009
this phone was good for the first few weeks thn i froze on me ..whn i send a txt it will send thn say it delivered to someone else i on my sencond phone and i thinking about getting a samsung or a nokia i would not buy this phone
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Reviewed by zoe on 11/04/2009
superb phone ,just got pink one ,upgraded from viewty . cant fault it ,lg phones are the future .
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Reviewed by lisa on 04/04/2009
I loved the phone until I had to take it back after only 2 months as the speaker has gone, what is the point of phone if no-one can hear you. Just a bit concerned that it is going to happen again, all my other phone have been great.
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Reviewed by Johny B Good on 04/04/2009
I bought the LG Renoir a couple of weeks ago, and when it comes to video and photos it is absolutely amazing, excelent pics and video for a camera phone, definitely one of the best out there. Music is OK, not great just average and it has some issues recognizing ID tags, minor but annoying. NOW, as a PHONE this thing totally sucks. I have no other words to actually describe it... dropped calls, the quality of the sound is awful, "less bars in more places" should be the motto. If you want a camera that also makes phone calls, buy this... on the other hand if you want a phone that can also take an occasional picture and video, then look somewhere else. Really....!
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Reviewed by Andy Vale on 03/04/2009
Its a nice looking phone, and worked fine for the first week i had it, after that ive had nothing but problems. when surfing the net the phone would turn itself off and then turn itself back on, very annoying. I am now on my third LG renoir and the problem seemed to have gone. This phone working for a couple of months, before you know it i got the same problem. I am now in the process of swapping it for a samsung pixon. this phone is great with brilliant features, great camera but there are things that can be improved with the main one being the touchscreen.
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Reviewed by Craig on 03/04/2009
I've had this phone for two days and I'm already adjusting to it. My previous phone was a Sony Ericsson K810i, which was a great phone for texting because of it's nice keypad. I text 15 times a day and really needed a successor to handle that well. First day with the Renoir and texting proved so tough: mistakes were made easily and I sent around five blank texts by mistake. I thought I'd live to regret my decision, but two days on and texting is so natural and easy. I like the other features too. The camera is good, but I find the flash could come on at times when it doesn't. You can only set the flash to Auto, red-eye and flash off, so you can't actually set it to just "on". The Wifi was easy to set-up and I got it working with my router in minutes. The "my stuff" folder is a little annoying. It's just not as neat and how memory card and phone memory items are separated just isn't as good as it could be. Overall this is still a great piece of kit.
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Reviewed by mac on 02/04/2009
its great if ur looking for a touchscreen phone this is sure to be the one
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Reviewed by kof on 30/03/2009
This is a follow up to a review I wrote earlier on this phone and guess what? Ive got rid of the phone! The reason being is that after first using the LG Renoir, the call volume is so very low that friends can barely hear you and it is worse when using a bluetooth handsfree. And the ringtone at the HIGHEST outdoor setting is tinny that even in public no one takes notice. Why couldnt LG at least add a dedicated speaker to handle ringtones and music like Nokia and Sony Ericsson include on thier phones? A shame as the LG had so much going but to me was a let down. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY..
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Reviewed by Warlock666 on 30/03/2009
Problem when updating phone Phone will crash and go into endless loop please wait rebooting it self. Even try'd to reupdate failed due to phone reseting. Luckly had old phone so put sim card noticed that this stopped loop problem try'd update again success REMOVE SIM CARD BEFORE UPDATING (worked for me)
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Reviewed by Clyde HIlls on 29/03/2009
The Renoir certainly does what it says on the tin....i am also super impressed with it ..my solution for short battery life was to purchase two more from ecell on ebay good value, plus a desktop charger which means i have three ready charged batteries. they charge much quicker with the desktop & they also seem to last a bit longer than the originals.
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Reviewed by Aeisha x on 28/03/2009
Its just amazing , stuff u lot who think its rubbish , coz i think its bladdy outstanding !! 5 outa 5 , deffo BUY THE LG KC910 RENIOR NOW!!!! Aleisha x
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Reviewed by dave on 28/03/2009
Absolutely awful - nightmare to use from a usability point of view and terrible quality as an actual phone. Everyone says I am muffled when I speak. Stay well away
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Reviewed by JJKing on 26/03/2009
Maybe i'm impatient, but when the main menu takes 2s to come up, I think there's something wrong... Aside from the horrible firmware, it's poorly made, the 8mp camera is worse than the 3.2mp on my K800i. For me a really anoying thing is the way the music player works, it sorts your songs by alphabetical order as opposed to track number. If you're a texter - don't even bother with this phone, it's just too slow and awkward to use. I'm swapping for a SE c905.
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Reviewed by Neil V on 26/03/2009
I gave it a 4 due to the build, touch interface & camera but the music player is shocking, my bluetooth headphones are extremely quite on this phone (not on N95) and the included headphones are awful. haven't tried putting others in yet but music player has no equaliser/tone control, where is this wonderful base I read about?? And it doesn't allow you to browse through the albums as covers but I suppose that was to much to expect.
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Reviewed by Goose on 25/03/2009
THE WORST PHONE EVER Once again I have to take my phone back to the shop as it keeps telling me that I have reached my maximum limits of applications which not only baffles me to what that means but also the staff at 02.I need my phone as I need to be contactable at all times. Will not be leaving the shop with this phone today
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Reviewed by Laura Catchpole on 25/03/2009
Not as impressed as i was hoping It's not a bad phone, but if you like your phone to be responsive and quick, this phone will disappoint you. When you press the screen it often doesn't register, intially i thought it was me, not being used to the touchscreen, but it stills takes several touches to get it to respond, even though it has registered the touch. Overall its ok, but i was not impressed and am now swapping it for another phone.
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Reviewed by Simmone Stubbs on 25/03/2009
i love it no better then this out!
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Reviewed by Brad on 22/03/2009
It isn't versatile, and is extremely slow to use every application. The music player is awful, it takes 7 minutes to open the music player for the first time after adding new tracks (at the moment I have 1000 on there) and to create playlists is a serious pain. On the plus side, the design is excellent - it just seems to be the software that's let this phone down.
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Reviewed by aaaaaaaaa on 20/03/2009
i like this phone it's verygood.
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Reviewed by SAFARI MAITARIA on 19/03/2009
LG KC910 'RENOIR'is the best phone money can buy.It has value for your money.I love it, I love LG now more than ever.
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Reviewed by Carrie on 19/03/2009
I have read a few review regarding the uses of the LG renoir. And due to these I decided that this was the phone for me. I've had it 3 days already and have no problems with it so far. People have wrote saying that they find it not very sensitive to touch I find it very precise and theres no lagging with texting either. I have long nails and medium sized fingers and find the touch screen very finger friendly. I love touchscreens now. lol!! The camera is good aswell so much so that my dad is getting my digital camera and I will just use this from now on. Saves carrying 2 cameras about on nights out. I would recommend this phone to everybody as it is easy to use and very trendy looking! **** Now **** cany anybody who has the phone help me with one annoying thing. I have the phone on pay as you go and after I send a message my balance automatically comes up with the ringtone " you've got mail " its sooo annoying when I recieve a message its ma normal message tone and I've tried everything to get rid of it and I need to keep it on silent because it annoys me that much!
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Reviewed by Bas fromholland on 14/03/2009
Wanna see the quality of pictures the lg renoir makes? www,youtube,com/watch?v=0Zb_sbuXTGM in high defanition! i made the pictures! This phone is great.. my fingers are huge! and i dit the touchscreen calibration thing and now it works great.. the camera is mindblowing and i love the way you can view your pictures in the gallery the quality of the sound with an without headphones is awesome if you turn on the dolby music option everything on this phone is great.. what i dont like is that sometimes when my batary is low the screen crashes and i see blue dots over my screen then i have to remove my batary and put it back in to make it work, i have the phone for a month now and the screen crash acured like 5 times now also the batary is pretty low in a quik time but overall its really good outstanding phone i would suggest this phone to everyone if you got questions my email is vvnoobvv@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by Lee on 11/03/2009
Overall, I do like this phone but havent completely 'gelled' with it. Here are my Pros and Cons Pros: Camera/video quality excellent It's 'look' (size, weight etc) Great internet browsing Cons: Music Player - Doesnt play your albums/tracks in numerical order Dolby mobile - it's a gimmick, trust me There are NO music equalizer settings The headphones/earbuds supplied are trash (considering it's a high-priced phone) No stylus comparment Touch screen is sometimes sluggish and not very responsive Texting is a nightmare - predictive text is frustrating and the small in-screen menus (such as word recommendations) simply cannot be accessed by adult fingers! LG have a far way to go before they have the same touch screen capabilities as the iphone, hopefully the new LG Arena will sort that out
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Reviewed by jimbooooooooooo on 03/03/2009
good best phone in the world jimbo
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Reviewed by colleen mason on 03/03/2009
i wanted a phone with a good camera & this has a great camera the pictures are superb. I have a digital camera and this does all the things my digi does. however i do find it a little annoying as the auto lock on the screen cuts in while I am still working out which icon to touch. I am not overly impressed with the sound quality on this phone even with the dolby sound. also the touch screen is not always responsive with finger touch although it is ok when using the stylus. not much choice of in built wallpapers so need to download your own. games on the phone are not very impressive so again need to buy & download your own
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Reviewed by Adella leiser on 02/03/2009
i had the n96 and took out a contract for my husband and i was offered the Renoir my husband now has the n96!!! i love the Renoir it is absolutely brilliant, the camera is great, the internet is quicker than my Dell desktop and the battery life is a million times better than the n96, the touch screen is responsive and alot better than the viewty which i didn't like.
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Reviewed by gareth lewis on 02/03/2009
this phone has good features but it has very poor sound quality i am trying to change mine had it in pocket, had 5 missed calls in which i had it on the highest volume didnt even hear it ring very poor otherwise the camera is good along with the other features i rate this phone 1/5 purely due to the sound quality being so poor
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Reviewed by James Rai on 01/03/2009
Looks great, touch pad seems fine and some great functions. Also has a few probs like pressing screen and nothing happens even with the touch pen! Stalls, won't connect to wifi. Locks itself during calls-you can switch it off but it still locks within 10 seconds so forget inputting numbers and pin codes. Pain in the backside to navigate. I really wanted to keep this phone but I'll be send it back asap. If you have one that works fine-great! If you're happy with the menus and lack of adjustment, poor support and connects to the net through your provider-no over rule. I've read the manual twice, I know the phone inside out-hey I might have a dodgy one but even the stuff that works is a pain. Don't expect to do anything fast. It does have good sound quality using ear phones with dolby-impressive. How about some qualizer effects? Camera is Outstanding, amazing functions and ease of use. They concentrated on this area and it shows. Shame they couldn't get the rest of the phone to follow suit. I'm giving it a 3 due to the faults it has that make life hell and also the touch pad and camera are great. The menu system is too out of date. Buy for camera and touchpad. If mine was working great-I would keep it. Maybe I was unlucky? I'm not taking the risk!
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Reviewed by John Higons on 01/03/2009
The camera is fantastic and all of the features work fine. The slow motion is a real laugh with my mates and a great feature. But i love the GPS and WiFi internet. I just walked into a restuarant the other day and checked the football scores!! GREAT PHONE
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Reviewed by susan on 28/02/2009
iv had this phone for three days so far and its not the phone for me, i thought this phone would have excellent internet as well as 8mp carmera but internet is absolutely rubbish and people like me who go on the mobile msn alot i can tell you you cant even download msn due to its a LG software, the only way to go on the msn is to go on the mobile internet and use ebuddy. the other thing i dont like about this phone are the sounds it comes out not that sharp its quite mumblely when i go on youtube. but overall its a nice phone if you are a talk and text person who dont use internet alot and you like to take pictures. due to its a upgrade with tmobile i cant change it to another model how bad is that! i have no choice but to put it on ebay..
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Reviewed by Simon on 26/02/2009
What is the point of high tech if the phone cant do the basic functions well ? Auto lock extremely annoying.You are supposed to be able to switch this of but you cant.Call volume low,therefore missed calls.battery life very poor..phone generally irritating to use.Camera temperamental. Havent got to know all the faults yet as the phone is going back after 6 days as i have a 7 day cooling of period Are all touchscreen phones this bad?..Not recommended..
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Reviewed by andrew hendry on 16/02/2009
phone is great, camera fantastic easy use for everything. but the quietest ringtones i have ever had on any phone i have owned in over twenty years phones going back can't hear even in the quietest of surroundings.
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Reviewed by jack on 05/02/2009
overall a very good phone but the touch screen can be a bit iffy at times, but overall i think it's an outstanding phone and deserves high respect.
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Reviewed by James on 02/02/2009
The touchscreen can be a bit dim witted at times, when scrooling through my favourites it often goes the wrong way for no reason, but the divx is great, the dolby is an interesting gimmick and then the camara sits in the mix like a giant anchovy on a party size pizza. if you can put up with the touchscreen its brilliant
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Reviewed by Michelle on 23/11/2008
Really wanting this phone for christmas only used it about 2 times because a friend has one but so far nothing but good comments the only flaw i have about this phone is it does not connect to pc but its hard to find any imprefections in such a perfect phone ;)
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Reviewed by GMAN on 15/11/2008
Dying to get this phone as a replacement for my Viewty. I've used the phone only for a view minutes in an Orange shop and was impressed by the light weight build. The touch screen is a lot more responsive, almost "ipod like". Couple of things I didn't manage to check is ability to store more than 3 numbers for one conatct in the phone book for incoming call id and being able to send long sms (over 2 msgs) as an sms and not switching to mms (very annoying. This is an issue on my current Viewty.
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