LG U400 Review - It Scores High for Novelty and Innovation

With just one look the innovative design that LG U400 has can quickly be noticed. It's quite eye catching and surely a mobile phone for those who love music.

What's the Catch with the LG U400?

With a dimension of 99.8 x 48 x 20.4 mm and a weight of 114 grams, the LG U400 is a little thicker than the similar phones, but it still remains a compact and pocketable handset. Coming in a sleek black and silver finish, LG U400 is no doubt a slim and fashionalbe device for you. But what really makes people take notice of the LG U400 is its unique design in terms of the positioning of the control keys. To the young and hip, this could be that something fresh they crave for. But for some, this is somehow a bit inconvenient, however, it will be better after continual use. So, while it makes the LG U400 cool to many people, it makes it cumbersome to use for others as well.

LG U400 is a slide mobile phone that sports a jog dial that enables you to go through the menu. This is quite inconsistent in some units but you can always use the up, down, right and left buttons to navigate the menu.

One thing that makes music lovers want an LG U400 is the creative music features installed in it. For instance, there is a "DJ scratch" feature. Using the jog wheel, it allows you to mix music and edit tracks just like a DJ does. Now you can produce new five- minute tracks using this feature . In addition to that, you can compose music anytime you want to. With 31 styles, 5 tempos and 10 instruments, the LG U400 certainly allows you to make your own composition using its Melody Composer feature.

The built in media player may playall the most common music files like AMR, MP3, AAC, WAV, MIDI and WMA formats. It also supports video formats like MP4, WMV and 3GP so you can watch many video clips in your LG U400.

More LG U400 Features

The LG U400 sports a 2-inch, 262K colors, QVGA screen. This allows more detail and vividness in everything you have in it. With a wide viewfinder you can certainly see the photos and videos more clearly. You get to enjoy them more using your LG U400. You can also personalize your screen and even set up caller ID using photos and videos.

LG U400 has dual cameras. The LG U400 has a 2 MP primary built-in camera and a secondary VGA camera. This allows you to make video calls so you can actually see the people on the other end in real time. It's certainly the next best thing to talking to them in person.

The LG U400 has 52 MB internal memory. you may also use the expandable memory slot to suit your memory requirments. More photos can also be stored in the memory card.

Of course, it's possible to transfer photos and videos to the PC using Bluetooth technology. You can do it anytime and as often as you can without hassle since you can do it wirelessly. That's not all you can do with your LG U400. You can also make calls wirelessly using a Bluetooth headset.

As for messaging, the LG U400 allows you to make and get SMS, MMS, EMS and email too. Since the LG U400 supports EDGE and GPRS, you can use the WAP 2.0 browser for better use of the LG U400.

If your network supports it, you can even get Audio on Demand and Video on Demand straight to your LG U400. Of course, the LG U400 has games and organizer features too.

With a cool look and certainly cool features, you have a cool mobile phone in ">LG U400. And since it supports the tri-band technology, you can use it in most cities all over the US and Europe.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.