LG KC910 Renoir Review
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In a nutshell: The LG Renoir is the first 8 megapixel touchscreen
phone. Added benefits include 3G video calling, a high quality video
camera with slow motion effects, an MP3 player, an FM radio, Dolby Mobile,
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps for broadband internet speeds, Assisted-GPS and an 8GB
memory card. This is one of the most powerful multimedia devices ever
created.
Review: October 2008. Updated June 2009.
The LG KC910, released at the end of October 2008, is the replacement for the
LG Viewty. We loved the Viewty, and we love
the KC910 too! The KC910 is nicknamed the "Renoir". Renoir was a famous
impressionist painter (you knew that, didn't you?) and so the name gives us
a clue that the KC910 is a pioneering imaging device. It's LG's first phone
to have an 8 megapixel camera, and it pushes the highly capable photographic
capabilities of the Viewty to new heights.
The Renoir looks very similar to the Viewty. It's a flat touchscreen phone
that's slightly larger than the Viewty, but more compact than the iPhone
3G. Weighing 110g, it's a fairly weighty phone, but feels about right for
its size. Remember that heavier phones are better for taking photos, as you
can hold them steadier. The size of the phone also gives space for a large LCD
display - an important factor in a camera phone, and a fact that also makes
the touchscreen user interface easier to use. The screen is exactly the same
size as the Viewty in fact - 3 inches across, with a high resolution of 240
x 400 pixels. We like the touchscreen user interface very much. It uses haptic
(vibration) feedback to confirm that you've pressed a "button" on
the virtual screen. New users may take a little while to get up to speed, but
after some practice you should be able to text just as quickly as using a numeric
keypad. Some things may be slightly trickier, but the sheer pleasure of using
a virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard and buttons more than compensates for this.
The phone also supports T9 predictive text via a virtual keypad, and you can
use handwriting recognition if you prefer. There are real buttons below the
touchscreen, so you should have no problem turning the phone on and answering
calls!
The Renoir launches one full year after the Viewty, and LG haven't been lazing
about these past 12 months - far from it. There are many improvements and new
features in the Renoir. Headlining these is the upgrade of the camera to 8 megapixels.
This makes the Renoir into a superb camera phone, with a high quality Schneider-Kreuznach
lens, autofocus, xenon flash and new features such as face tracking and beauty
shot. The xenon flash is a much more powerful flash than conventional LED flashes,
and gives substantially improved after-dark shots, especially when used with
the camera sensitivity at its maximum setting of ISO 1600 . Beauty Shot is a
very innovative feature that automatically detects faces, brightens them and
removes spots and other imperfections. Now all your friends can be as beautiful
as you already are! Another camera feature makes imaginative use of the touchscreen
UI. Called Touch Shot, it enables you to focus on an object by touching it on
screen. The shutter fires when you remove your finger from the screen. The result
of all this new technology and gadgets is that the Renoir can easily take pictures
that are good enough to print. It may not beat a dedicated digital camera, but
with photos this good, will anyone care? The Renoir also features an outstanding
video camera too. With the ability to capture video at 120 frames per second,
you can then playback in slow motion for fun or special effects. 3G video calling
is also supported.
But there's much more to the KC910 than just its camera. This is the first
mobile to feature Dolby Mobile. This brand new technology from Dolby processes
sound to enhance music, in particular by boosting bass output. The music player
can play virtually all popular digital music formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+,
AAC++ & WMA. It can also play back video in DivX and Xvid formats so that
you can watch movies on your phone. An FM radio is built in too, so you have
a very wide range of music and video options available.
We're delighted to see that the Renoir has even more memory than the Viewty,
which was already pretty well endowed. The Renoir has 100 MB of built-in memory,
and comes supplied with an 8GB microSD memory card too. This is capable of storing
around 2,000 MP3 tracks, or even more if you use a compressed format such as
WMA. The maximum phonebook capacity has been increased too, up to 1,000 entries.
The connectivity options of the Renoir are excellent as well. It's one of the
few phone to offer full speed HSDPA, giving download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps.
In addition to the standard USB and Bluetooth connections, it's also WiFi-enabled,
so you can connect wirelessly to a home or office network, or access a WiFi
hotspot in your local cafe or pub. The combination of fast internet access and
the super-large LCD screen makes the Renoir a formidable platform for mobile
internet access. Whether you're web browsing or accessing email, the Renoir
is a good device to be using. The email application supports attachments, and
you can view TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT & XLS documents on the phone. It may not
beat a BlackBerry if you're a corporate emailer, but for many users it will
be an excellent choice. The Renoir makes web information available using so-called
Widgets. Widgets can be used to display live content such as the local weather
forecast.
If all this was not enough, the Renoir also comes with Assisted GPS. This puts
it on a par with the very highest spec phones out there - the Nokia
N96, The Samsung Omnia and the Sony
Ericsson X1. Unlike its competitors, the LG isn't a smartphone, and this
is both its strength and a weakness. It means that the user interface is fast
and responsive, and that the operating system is a lot more stable. It also
means that the number of applications that you can download is limited. But
with a phone that already does so much out of the box, we think that most users
will be happy. Just one thing: the quoted battery life of the KC910 is significantly
shorter than the Viewty, and when you consider how many things the phone does,
it isn't really surprising. Just bear this in mind when you choose your phone.
We are super-impressed with the KC910 Renoir. It's definitely a candidate for
phone of the year 2008, and was one of the biggest sellers in the 2008/2009
winter season.
Features of the LG Renoir KC910 include:
- 8 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, autofocus and xenon flash
- Video recording (MPEG4, 320 x 240 pixels, 120 frames/second)
- 3G video calling (VGA camera, 30 frames/second)
- Touch sensitive screen: TFT LCD, 262k colours, 240 x 400 pixels (3 inches)
- Music player (MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA formats) with Dolby Mobile
- FM radio
- Assisted GPS with geo-tagging of photos
- Speakerphone
- Voice recording
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
- T9 predictive text
- Document viewer (TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS)
- Ringtones: 72 voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
- Wallpaper
- Java 2.0 games
- Phonebook (1000 names)
- Memory: 100 Mbytes plus 8 Gbyte microSD memory card
- Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 1.2, WiFi
- Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 12, EDGE, 3G HSDPA (7.2 Mb/s)
- Vibration alert
- Triband (GSM 900/1800/1900) plus 3G HSDPA
- Size: 108 x 55 x 14.5 mm
- Weight: 110g
- Talktime: 3 hours
- Battery standby: 264 hours
LG KC910 Renoir User Reviews
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Average rating from 100 reviews:
Reviewed by Wayne Higgerson from England on 25th
Feb 2009
It's rubbish. The touch scren needs fingers like needles to operate
correctly, you'll throw it out of the window as it trys to access functions
other than the one you've "pressed". If you ever have to make a call
with some sort of automated operator system "press 2 for sales" etc
you'll be crying. It is truly appalling for music without the headphones,
my old SE K800i was 100 times better. The camera functions are clunky
and unrefined, and the zoom has a mind of it's own. Handsfree is almost
unuseable, try answering a call while you're driving, it's dire. The
stupidly short screen lock comes on when you're trying to turn on the
loudspeaker! Trying to scroll menus by dragging is a pain, spend too
long on one spot and it'll try and access it, lost count of the times
I've made error calls when scrolling through contacts. The text screen
is too small and what's the point in handwriting recognition? You have
to write like a five year old in their first english class to get it
to recognise anything. Rubbish for games too. Honestly the worst phone
I've ever used, I will not be getting another touch screen phone, and
not another LG either. Because of the faults above, I only use it now
for making and receiving calls, which I could do with an old Nokia 3310
to be honest.
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Reviewed by Paul from Wales on 25th Feb 2009
I bought a Renoir on Orange, but from Tesco Contract Mobiles, almost
a month ago and haven’t made a single call. This is because it
has been with G’s repairers for the last 3 weeks with no promised
return date. The full story would take far too much space to post here,
but in summary: The first thing I tried to do was download my hundreds
of contacts by Sync’ing with Outlook on my PC. After numerous
problems with the provided PC suite, I got to a point where I could
connect, but the phone always disconnected after reading all contacts
and without storing them. I therefore tried to download the latest upgrade
from LG, via the PC, following instructions in the manual as far as
possible. In the middle of a very slow upgrade, it crashed Windows and
left the phone in a completely unusable state, having presumably wiped
the original software but not installed the new. Nothing would work
at all. After a round of frustrating and unhelpful calls to Orange and
Tesco Mobiles, I was advised to send back to LG for repair and a pre-paid
sack (enormous thing for a small phone) was sent to me. It has not been
returned and, if I can speak to the repairers at all, I am told it is
‘awaiting parts (from LG!)’ which seems bizarre for a brand
new phone. I have complained to LG but not heard back from them. So
I am paying about £30 a month for a phone I don’t have and have
never used, although Orange say I am paying for the sim, which I retained
as instructed by both Orange and LG. But as I have retained my previous
phone and sim until I am confident I have a working replacement, this
isn’t being used. How frustrated am I by all this? What do you
think?
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Reviewed by sarah from egland on 24th Feb 2009
my mates got this phone an she thinks it's great!! after having the
iPhone for 12 months she was propa put off gettin another touchscreen
but decided to give this ago. the cameras boss and it is easy to use
(for me it is anyway cos av got the lg cookie an it's like that}. me
mates come with an 8gb mem card so thats boss!! defo 5/5 xx
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Reviewed by michael from scotland,uk on 24th Feb
2009
The LG KC910 is great only thing is it has no animated emotions when
you text,Other than that it is just what i was looking for.
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Reviewed by Hytham from Libya on 24th Feb 2009
Not what i expected at all when the salesman sold me the phone, wouldnt
recommend it to anyone who wants a fone that plays songs and videos.
The camera is good but the face detection doesnt work! Not a fone you
can use for quick texting expecially on a bus! My advice go for a smart
phone but one that also has a normal keypad touch screen was a bad idea!
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Reviewed by Paul from UK on 24th Feb 2009
Don't believe the hype. This phone has been nothing but irritation for
me. From brand new out of the box: Regular crashes and freezes whilst
in various screen modes. Full screen turns black and the only way to
rectify this is to remove battery and switch on again. When moving through
the screens it starts. to. go. verrry. slooooowwwwwww. After taking
pictures the phone couldn't retrieve them from the memory card - it
reported 'cannot execute. conflict with camera' - the only way around
this was to reformat the card - the phone was nearly executed by throwing
against a wall. Touching key tones gives audible response and vibration,
but did not actually DO anything. Often went to 'emergency calls only'
when in perfectly serviceable areas - internet 'connection' is also
tediously slow in serviceable areas. The pc suite software is garbage
- wouldn't recognise phone (this was on an xp and a vista pc). The ring
tone is ridiculously quiet even when on 'loud' setting - great if you
work in a library. Extremely irritating fact is the phone automatically
goes into auto lock when you are actively making a call - this means
if you need to use a touch tone service you have to keep unlocking the
phone every few seconds then press the keypad button to continue making
the call. WTF?! FFS! This is incredibly annoying. If you use the camera
and change settings, the next time you use the camera the settings have
defaulted back to the original. The speaker quality on calls is hit-and-miss,
sometimes superb, sometimes rubbish. The phone does look good and does
genuinely have some nice features, but the bad points in this phone
far outweigh the good ones. It is just too tedious to bother with. I
have better things to be doing than tolerating this aberration of technology.
Anybody who has XP and then moved to Vista on their pc will see the
similarity with this phone. Maybe I've been unlucky with mine, but the
phone is being exchanged for a different model after just one week.
I'll be glad to see it gone. Utterly woeful.
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Reviewed by Mario from Australia on 24th Feb 2009
Have had the KC910 for about a month now. Love it very much. However
I'm dissapointed with features that the phone doesn't support such as
Skype. With 3, I purchased one of the Essential pack that offers you
to use 4000 minutes of Skype calls for free, but unfortunately it can't
use Skype. It seems that there are features of that kind that are not
compatible. Let's hope Skype and such think of the KC910 when they design
their next release. Otherwise, great phone.
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Reviewed by John from UK on 23rd Feb 2009
Some facts they don't tell you before you buy a Renoir. a) it doesn't
support Hotmail; b) you can only listen to an album in alphabetical
order - not track order; c) the user manual is atrocious - barely covers
the basics; d) LG customer service is the worst you could come across.
Idiots answering the phone with ZERO knowledge of the product (I promise
you, one of them actually said "Oh, I've not used a Renoir before" -
!?!?!?!?!). Then, when they can't help you, they just sit there mute.....
I bought this so I didn't have to carry an MP3 player and a phone. But
it's a bit like one of those DVD/Video players you used to be able to
buy; it does neither job particularly well. In hindsight, should've
bought something more straightforward and an MP3. May have cost more,
may have meant more gadgets to lug about, but at least they would do
the job they are designed to do.
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Reply by Arron from UK on 25th Feb
2009
Hotmail cannot be accessed by any device or application other than Windows
Live Mail or a browser unless you upgrade to the premium version ($19.99
for a year), and this is not therefore a limitation of the phone. However
I agree with you about LG customer service - hostile, arrogant and utterly
useless, even worse than Samsung.
Reviewed by Mel from UK on 22nd Feb 2009
I bought this phone a while ago, and have to say I absolutely love it.
I've had my fear share of phones; sony ericssons, samsung, nokia (the
list goes on) and the LG Renoir is by far the best. Its so easy to use,
you won't need to touch the user guide. The camera's got a good lens,
with some pretty cool features. The sound quality is really good too.
It'd be better if it was thiner, and I would prefer it if the stylus
slotted into the device rather than be externally attached, but that's
not a big deal. So yeah- amazing phone, I'd recommend to anyone.
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Reviewed by Jazza from Australia on 22nd Feb 2009
This fone is awesome!!! the camera is the best so now i dont have to
buy a digital camera.. All the features on the camera really makes the
best out of the shot... The touch shot is great and the ISO 1600 is
really useful at night time with dull light... I love the 120 fps video
recording. I use it al the time with my mates recording stuff in slow
motion. Yeah its a bit pricey but i think its worth it considering how
much this phone can actually do.. The texting will take a little while
to get used to but once you've mastered it, its great! Ive fallen in
love with this fone!!! 100/100 beyond outstanding
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Reviewed by chez from uk on 21st Feb 2009
only had this phone a few days love every thing about it except the
ring volume is very quiet i have missed calles and not realised i have
had messages i have on full volume cant understand why its so quiet
the last lg i had was the venus and that was very loud adn thats the
only reason im giving it 4 stars other wise would have been 5
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Reviewed by Mike from Crawley, West Sussex on
21st Feb 2009
Compared to my first phone, this is an absolute dream to use, its responsive,
easy to use, compared to my old W850i from my first contract with Orange
(i know), the camera is superb, im thinking of selling my old camera
as this has a better resolution on it, the Video capabilities is amazing,
its like nothing i have used before... Now, the downsides: The volume
level when speaking to someone is INSANELY low, its not supposed to
be that low in volume at all, the music is tinny, the loud speaker is
very, very bad and sounds like the other person is underwater, and the
overall volume for the music played through the Dolby (nice touch) sound
system is a bit sketchy... So overall, this is a brilliant phone, but
by the looks LG have been more concerned with the camera compared to
the rest of the phone, otherwise, its a superb phone, a must buy for
budding photographers, but not for music fans
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Reviewed by azam from singapore on 21st Feb 2009
Phone is good , but the worst thing is ringtone, when people call we
hardly can hear the ringtone, when went to LG customer service and told
about this problem they asked me to go and tradein this phone with other
model.And told that this phone is designed with low ringtone volume.
Iam very upset about it, I have also used viewty but the renoir ringtone
is lessthan half of viewty
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Reviewed by Carl from UK on 20th Feb 2009
I agree with all the good points mentioned so far. My battery is fine,
normal useage lasts me two days. Anyway this is supposed to be a qucik
one so I'll just say I had the Samsung Omnia and this LG beats it hands
down if you want a snazzy does most things kinda phone. If you really
want a business phone then the smartphones will win because of the Microsoft
compatibility Word etc etc But if you want a good looking phone where
camera, net surfing, looks, ease of use and you're not that bothered
about downloading applications (games are around) then buy this. I've
had N95->HTC Diamond->Samsung Omnia-> the LG KC910 and the LG wins
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Reviewed by Benjamin from England on 20th Feb
2009
Lovely phone until you attempt to update the software. It doesn't matter
how well you follow the instruction it crashes the phone, displaying
the message "LG mobile phone.com please wait" which flashes on an off
constantly. There appears to be no way of getting the phone back from
this point. The first phone was sent back and the replacement has done
exactly the same. For all of the phone's features and selling points
it has not been worth the hassle and inconvenience of sending the phone
back and waiting for it to be exchanged.
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Reviewed by bob from U.S.A on 20th Feb 2009
the best phone i have ever had u should get one now
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Reviewed by Howard from UK on 19th Feb 2009
This is a lovely phone and I am massively happy with it - The camera
is Excellent and the video is a wonder over my old phone (SonyEricsson
K800i) and I agree with all of the review above with only a few exceptions...
The touch screen can be a bit non-responsive on occasion, but a bit
of fiddling with the calibration settings sorted out 90% of this. Occasionally
it feels as if the processor is a bit overtaxed and the phone can be
a bit slow to respond, but this is not often. The use of the virtual
keyboards and item selection etc are surprisingly good compared with
the other touch screens I have tried and is definitely the closest I
have come to that I-Phone feel. Having said that, the browser can be
a bit fiddly at times, especialy when trying to select from a list of
options, but by zooming, you can make this a lot easier. When using
the camera, I have not been able to make the "touch shot" work. (take
a photo by touching the screen) and the anti-shake feature is on the
button beside the shutter button and in average use have found myself
turning it off unwittingly when taking a photo with obvious consequences.
The music player is great and the bundled media card holds massive amounts
(all my digitised, but slightly small music collection with space to
spare - a first for me on a phone). I have had an issue with switching
from the player whilst listening to music to the artist/track lists
etc where, when using Bluetooth headphones the processor maxes out for
a moment causing the music to stall for a second and is a bit irritating
in its frequency but not a killer fault. I have had major issues with
the bundled PC Suite that caused problems with my laptop and it's Bluetooth.
However, having contacted LG customer services they have offered assistance
without hesitation and my guess is that it is a conflict with either
software on my laptop or more likely in my mind, the Vista operating
system (although I would have thought that by now all new products would
carry compatible software). OVERALL: I am more than happy to recommend
the phone to others and have every confidence in using it (so much more
reliable than phones I have had before).
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Reviewed by Jimboman from England on 18th Feb
2009
Had the phone now for 3 months. Camera is very good although the settings
need to be amended each time you switch to camera mode, impressed with
the panorama shots, touch screen is responsive but some of the icons
are too small and many times have hit the wrong ones. Internet access
is ok but on 3 network be careful unless you have paid for the privelege!!
The 2 really annoying things about this phone are the timeouts which
means you have to constantly unlock the phone to use the keypad and
teh battery life. I fully charge it everyday and with normal use it
needs to be done the next day...now bought a car charger as well as
a wall charger. Dont really use it much for music so cannot comment.
Another really annoying thing is teh low battery alarm...I use the alarm
clock function so its next to my bed. Usually at about 3 oclock the
3 beeps go off....and they are very loud! Its an ok phone but I should
have gone for an iphone...regretably Im stuck with this for another
15 long months....anyone wanna swap?
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Reviewed by girl from united kingdom on 16th Feb
2009
This phoneis great. Good Features And a really good camera. First i
thought lg was rubbish because i never used lg before but now i think
it is great. And worth the money. So get it.
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Reviewed by zak peel from england on 16th Feb
2009
this fone is awful i wouldnt recommend it to anyone! when pressing the
touchscreen to hard the screen turns all blue and misty. not a grest
fone to say the least.
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Reviewed by J from UK on 16th Feb 2009
Had LG Renoir about 5 weeks. Some good aspects, however, the loudspeaker
is inaudable. I have bought a Parrot bluetooth kit and the phone keeps
dropping this signal too. Also the internet brousing is restricted on
Three and redirects you to the Three pay per view adult content. I wouldn't
mind but it was my neighbour who wanted to show me a funny picture on
a questionable site. I hate censorship.
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Reviewed by Kof from UK on 15th Feb 2009
My advice for anyone who is going to get this phone is to at least read
the instructions first or else it will frustrate you when using the
touchscreen and the menus for the first time. If you can do that then
you will enjoy the LG Renoir just a little bit more. Its my first time
in using a touchscreen phone and though not perfect, so far I have not
had any major problems. The best feature is the camera and the ability
to film in slow motion which is cool. Battery life is just about average
but understandle as the LG Renoir packs so much technology like WiFi
& GPS. My only disappointment is this so called Dolby Mobile which is
just a gimmick and sounds dull and tinny but again it could be the supplied
earphones. Ringtone volume could be higher too but on the whole not
a bad phone.
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Reviewed by Rumikon from U.K on 15th Feb 2009
Ive never had an LG phone before so was taking a bit of a risk taking
an 18 month contract with a phone make ive never used but after reading
up on the phone and comparing it to what is out there i decided to go
for it. I love the phone, its probably the best phone ive had so far.
In terms of ease of use its a breeze to do things on and the touch screen
is easy to use and has just the right amount of sensitivity. To me the
only phone that matches it with regards to the touch screen is the Iphone
everthing else ive used isnt as good. My dad has a tocco and i absolutely
hate that just isnt as easy to navigate and not as intuitive. The camera
is great too and all the extra features arent just gimmicks but actually
enable you to enhance your photo taking experience. The only thing i
can think of that is at fault on the phone is the PC suite that comes
with it as like mentioned before it sometimes disconnects the phone
when your in the middle of transferring large files but i managed to
get round this thankfully as in the settings on the phone you can tell
the USB to connect to the PC as a Mass media storage device and just
drag and drop instead of it only connecting via the pc suite. another
tihng was i didnt think i needed to format the 8gb card when i got the
phone so just started using it as normal but i began having problems
with the phone reading the card. I formatted the card (you can do this
on the phone) and since then anything ive put on the card has been fine.
Overall im extremely satisfied with the renoir and would recommend it
to anyone
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Reviewed by laura from uk on 14th Feb 2009
had this fone for 3 months now LOVE IT best fone ive ever had (and ive
had a few) the quality the camera is amazing the fone in itself is just
great ive had sony ericsson fones, samsung ect. none are as good as
this
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Reviewed by bty from uganda on 14th Feb 2009
what a rubbish fone had automatic shutdown problems with it may i recommend
the lg cookie(kp500)or the lg ks360
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Reviewed by arthur from uk on 11th Feb 2009
had lg phones before this 1 is the best so easy to use very smart looking
phone well done LG
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Reviewed by andrea from england on 8th Feb 2009
little dissapointed about sound as its very quiet but overall like the
phone!!
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Reviewed by varun from uae on 5th Feb 2009
the phone is ok, butt not excellent :( All features are gr8- smile detection,
face tracking, beuty shot etc for camera & video recording is also good
but i found some problems with the phone :( whenever we take videos
in slow motion or in fast motion i cant hear any sound during the play
back though in the settings it is shown as unmuted !!! and another problem
is with the FM radio, no response whenever i try to tune the stations
though the range is good !! some times phone hangs while trying to tune
the stations tried my best to make FM radio work but i failed :( how
SAD !! Can anyone help me with an appropriate solution ???? Plzzzzzzz
:(
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Reviewed by philip smith from england on 5th Feb
2009
i had the phone for 2 months and my screen broke and now i cannot find
anybody who sells replacements
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Reviewed by Geo from Scotland UK on 4th Feb 2009
Well I got this phone at 5pm last night as a replacement from O2 for
the long awaited SE X1 I got last week !(not worth a Da** do not buy
it !!) so far I have set it up in about an hour synced to my computer
music email the works. This phone is a dream to use functions are gr8
the fact you can change the font size is superb(Not so good eyesight
now) after the SE X1 and three days to get it just working! my last
4 phones have been SE and the latest gen seem a tad under par. All In
All the LG Renior is A Damn good piece of kit. BUY IT BUT NOT ON ORANGE
.
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Reviewed by jamie from england on 3rd Feb 2009
I spent weeks looking for a decent upgrade and finally picked the Renoir.
The features on it (the 8mp camera, 3g etc.) are all well and good,
but it's the common things you'd expect a phone to be able to do that
end up letting this down. For example, the qwerty pad is useless unless
you have the wand to hand or skeleton-like fingers. Also, LG have conveniently
placed the language icon right next to the usual lettering in a text
message. This means that if you use the predictive text and type pretty
quickly, a slight miss hit means you will change the language to German
or Italian and be halfway through a foreign word in at least 1 in 6
texts. Surely the language doesn't need to be changed THAT much that
it is deemed necessary to put it as a key option? Also on the subject,
to change a word in the predictive text menu, you have to push the tiniest
of icons that appear. So tiny, that you miss it the first 3 attempts
at least. But that's not all. When you do miss it, it thinks you've
okayed the word you were trying to change in the first place AND puts
the cursor in the middle of the entire text. You'd need the patience
of a Saint not to quit the whole thing and call the person instead.
Plus the send icon is right next to the space bar, so you end up sending
blank or half finished texts. The camera and video quality is very good
and the added features (smile mode, beauty shot etc) are all well and
good, but the fact you have to change every setting whenever you use
it is a major flaw. It has a setting called GPRS tagging. This means
that it pinpoints your location on the globe whenever you take a picture,
so when you look back at it on your computer you know where it was taken.
Perfect for holidays or when you are travelling around the world. Not
so good that you have to select it after every single photograph, until
you simply cannot be bothered anymore. As Matthew (the review prior
to this) has commented on, the phone re-locks itself after about 5 seconds
when you're making a call. So if for example you use telephone banking,
you have to keep unlocking the phone everytime you need to key in a
set of digits. This is SO ANNOYING. I have also noticed over the last
couple of days my signal has become really poor and the handset drops
calls in the middle of a conversation. If you get the phone on the Orange
network, using their web browser is a joke. The text on their home screen
is too small to be selected so you have to stop, zoom in, then select,
everytime you want to open something. Orange have also put their rubbish
software on the handset too so every icon on the start screen is a boring
orange and white colour. The GPRS used to work but now I have to pay
a minimum of £5 a month to keep it. Even the google map application
i downloaded doesn't work until i pay the extra fee. It seems like nobody
at LG bothered to actually use this phone before it went into mass production.
Had anyone bothered to do so, they would've discovered that at times
it gets so annoying that it makes you want to throw it against a wall
and wish you'd picked another handset.
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Reviewed by Andrew from UK on 3rd Feb 2009
I have had this phone for a week now. I got a very good deal from 3
as I had been a seriously annoyed off customer for 12 months mostly
due to the N95 but there were other issues. Anyway they gave me this
good deal, a big apology and the phone. Fair enough. My previous phone,
the aforementioned Nokia N95 was rubbish. It had chronic memory problems
that just would not fix and I had the latest firmware, hard resets and
the lot but it just did not work. The memory reduced so much it would
only txt and make calls like some £10 cheapo phone. The Renoir is a
revelation in comparison. Great memory control, superb camera, touch
interface works like a dream, the browser is excellent, the PC sync
with Outlook just does what it is meant to do. Txting is easy and the
generally subdued but stylish and clear interface layout just works
for me. It's logical unlike the N95 layout which was always a mystery
tour. Google maps is fine for my purposes but I have yet to try the
GPS in anger, though this feature is nice its not that important to
me because as part of my work I have GPS devices all over the place.
I tend not to listen to music on the move or at my desk and at home
I use my own full on sound system so the music capabilities are not
that important though again nice to have. The touch interface works
well through protective covers too. Great phone, well pleased.
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Reviewed by ibzy from uk on 3rd Feb 2009
one heck of a phone
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Reviewed by Matthew from England on 1st Feb 2009
This is going to be warts and all, honest review. When I swapped tarrifs,
I was offered this phone as an upgrade, moving from a Sony K800i. At
first I thought "ooh, nice and hi tech.." The reality was soon clear
that LG are more concerned creating a triumph of style over function.
1. The touchscreen seemed to vary in sensitivity from day to day. Some
days it worked well, some days it didn't. The stylus looked nice though,
being very well constructed. 2. The camera lense was good. But if the
touchscreen was having a sensitive day, it'd jump to "send photo to
MMS or email" menu without me actually wanting this to happen. When
I then backed out of that menu and returned to the camera, all the camera
settings would return to default which was very frustrating. I had to
write down the settings I wanted to use and keep entering them in, every
time this happened. 3. Accessing the internet by GPRS was appalling.
The page would either not find the host, or would hang in a much reduced
view, completely unusuable. This was despite repeated reset instructions
via my service provider. 4. It may have GPS, but it doesn't work on
Orange. You can download Orange Maps, but it simply isn't worth the
effort. I can say this in complete honesty, as I now have Garmin Mobile
XT on my replacement phone which is outstanding. 5.Whenever I was calling
an automated service, eg Orange Customer Care or my bank, the phone
would auto lock once the call was connected. This would mean having
to press the unlock icon (hoping it would work), then pressing the keypad
icon (again hoping it would work) before pressing "1" or "2". The phone
would then immediately relock again meaning that I'd have to repeat
the process for every menu choice. Not funny at all! 6. The MP3 player
would only list songs in alphabetical order. What is the point in hyping
the phone as having a really good, Dolby equipped, MP3 player when this
was a clear design fault. 7. The onscreen qwerty pad was quite good,
using T9 to predict and then give you a choice of what words to use.
8. The LG PC Suite Software was less than useless. The phone would connect,
then disconnect to the PC, making file transfer a time consuming and
annoying experience. 9. There is next to no online support from LG.
When I tried upgrading the firmware, following the LG updater software
instructions, it crashed my phone, only displaying "LG Mobile, Please
Wait...." on the screen. It is now being returned to LG for reflashing.
10. It's impossible to personalise the phone. I either had to put up
with Orange's white and orange menu or LG's black and white menu. I
was very disappointed. The phone did not live up to the hype. I did
read the instructions, but the majority of the problems that I've described
are clearly a result of LG shipping an incomplete product. I would not
buy another LG again, given the lack of customer support and over complicated
and eventually useless software. As this phone was free, I didn't lose
out, although I chose to purchase an unused, unlocked Nokia N95 8GB.
Guess what, it has 3 megapixels less but the camera is far easier to
use. I can find contacts instantly. The internet connection works flawlessly
and very fast. The GPS in conjunction with Garmin is superb. The software
is a dream, works first time and puts LG to shame. Most importantly,
the data transfer mode actually works, enabling me to go into the phone
and delete applications that are unwanted. I wish I'd got this in the
first place. Sorry LG, but you've lost a customer.
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Reviewed by Katie from UK on 31st Jan 2009
This phone is superb.
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Reviewed by James :P from nEVERland on 30th Jan
2009
Pretty klas fone.... but........... as always....a few little probs.....1:
Evry time you turn da fone fone off nd turn it bck on... da music takes
lyk 2 minutes to load... 2. touchscreen scrolling can be pretty tedious
to say the least 3: No screensavers as wallpapers................. Other
than that WELL DONE LG!!!
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Reviewed by Marcus from England on 30th Jan 2009
What a pain this phone is... widgets just mess about when pressed. Texting
is a big disappointment, vertically the txt window is tiny, horizontally
it gets even worse having to plonk about with that little cocktail stick,
impossible to do on a bus. Camera great, but don't take it to a party
as everyone presses down the zoom button accidentally... Flash weak
too. Finally the sound over the headphones is pretty tinny, Dolby Mobile
is pointless and just cuts the treble off... there is no other way of
equalizing the sound and thus tiring to listen to after 30mins. So another
hugely hyped half baked gizmo that I will have to live with for 18 months
contract... Hate the thing.
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Reviewed by Tom from England on 27th Jan 2009
I've had this phone for about a month now on o2 and I have to say it's
been fantastic for me! The phone itself has a very solid, quality feel
about it and the touchscreen is up there with the best of them (You
can use your finger tip/ pad, supplied pen or even a normal pen and
it works perfectly). I find the navigation around the menu system simple
and intuitive, and when texting people the touchscreen keypad is perfect
for me (though I do have smaller fingers :D). The option to use the
keyboard and handwriting feature is also superb! The haptic feedback
when pressing on the screen also adds to the quality experience. Being
a camera buff I have to say the photo quality is supreme when it comes
to outdoor photos. Indoor photos are less impressive but can be of good
standard if you manually adjust the settings. Video quality is great
with slow/normal/fast modes and i've been making some really cool matrix
style clips! Music sound quality is superb but don't expect that of
a SE walkman phone in terms of sound equalizers (extra bass etc) settings.
There's only an option to turn the Dolby mobile Audio on and off and
that's it. I use the internet alot and the web browsing works very well
for me. Mobile sites load up very fast and smooth, full sites take a
little longer but its still very good for a mobile device! There are
so many other things to like...the call quality, widgets, document viewer,
connectivity etc. Battery life is surprisingly good too! It's a great
multimedia device and I just love it to bits!
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Reviewed by Coolio from UK on 26th Jan 2009
This seems cool;)
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Reviewed by Amy from Newcastle on 26th Jan 2009
When i first got this phone i loved it, the review were great, the whole
touch screen was fab, as i had the Sony Ericson K800i which was rubbish
it was a real step up. I got this phone about november time in the first
14days it started to freeze, so i took it back they give me a new one
straight away. Since yesterday all it does is freeze. Green lines appear
on the top of the screen, its knocked itself off, so i have to take
the battery out. Ive switched back on and it was stuck on the bit were
it says LG, it keep refreshing itself as it goes bright again so it
must be doing somthing? Its took about 30mins to get past that stage
and it switched on. I shall be taking this phone back today.
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Reviewed by marky2009 from Scotland on 26th Jan
2009
Got a G1 a week ago, but this went back within an hour and swapped for
the renior. Great phone, superb camera, this was the main reason I went
for this phone. I always forget my camera when whe we go out, so this
is a winner. This does most things well, the screen is easy to use,
syncs with outlook and email (though I am having an issue to get it
to retreive my mail every 15 mins). The internet is a little fiddly
but I will get the hang of the screen. the full querty keyboard is fantastic.
I went from a Blackberry to the renior and thought it would be a hastle
with exchange etc, but on the most part it does every thing I want.
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Reviewed by Don from UK on 25th Jan 2009
Very solid, well built phone. Picture quality is quite amazing. I have
printed lots of at A4 size and am surprised at how sharp and clear they
turn out. Macro mode is a dream for a phone. Close up pics are sharp
showing lots of detail, boke is incredible. Sound through Dolby is superb.
Cannot understand the various complaints. I am assuming they don't--or
judging by the quality of the spelling here, are unable to read or take
in the instructions. Is m8 msg actually English as taught in our schools
now? How sad.
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Reviewed by Fraz from Scotland on 24th Jan 2009
Had this phone for well over a month now, and having previously owned
the LG Viewty which I loved, I fancied a change to a different manufacturer
just for the simple reason part of the fun in getting a ne3w phone is
learning how to use it and I feared going from the Viewty to Renoir
wouild be too similar. Anyway I spent a good month looking at phones
such as Samsung Omnia, SE C905, iPhone and lastly the Samsung Pixon.
Having previously owned a couple of SE's i was tempted with the C905,
however the menus have never changed since my last SE 3years ago. I
was very tempted with the Pixon, however after speaking to the CPW I
decided to go with the Renoir and I am so glad I did. The Phone is exceptional
so good that when I go back to the Viewty that my wife is now using
and that I loved i think to myself what a load of Junk. Yes the menus
are pretty similar but with a lot more added and tthey have fixed the
one or two annoying things that were lacking on the viewty. The Wi Fi
is great although I don't realy need it due to free Internet Browsing.
The camera is exceptional, any neg reviews re: the camersa is probably
due to the fact that these people have not bother to read the instructions
on it. The touchscreen on the odd occassion can recognise your touch
and not actually do what you are commanding it to do but this is only
a minor flaw which happens now and again and you will laways get this
on any touchscreen phone. You also have the added bonus of the 8GB Memory
Card which according to the CPW you do not get with it, I went about
two weeks complaining to CPW that the phone should come with the free
card and them telling me that they didn't supply it with the phone before
I realised that it is actually already inserted in the Phone. Anyway
in a nutshell if you liked the viewty then go out and get the renoir
for all those who have never had an LG and are thinking about this phone
do not hesitate go and get it you will not be dissapointed.
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Reviewed by R from England on 23rd Jan 2009
Got this phone for the camrama. Genrally a great phone but with everything
you will find faults. The touch screen take a bit of time to get used
to but I have had it for a few weeks and I find it great. Would recommend
to peoplr over the C905 which I had loads of problems with. Hope this
helps
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Reviewed by Laura from Essex on 21st Jan 2009
I got this phone just before xmas & wasn't really overly impressed with
it. However, after a week or so I really started to like it; It has
a very good camera (although the flash is so bright, close-ups in the
wrong light don't come out) Yes the music player was a little annoying
- having to go into the memory card to play an album - but i'm used
to it now & it's not really that much of a hardship to switch albums
after like an hour (or however long the album is). The texting is easy
via the touch screen, only problem being if you enter a word that it
doesn't recognise but uses the same keys as another word it won't give
you the option to add it to your dictionary but there's ways around
this. I don't use the internet on it so cannot comment on this. Overall
I now love this phone, I bought a nice leather case for £5 on ebay so
no worry about scratches (these days I think you should always have
a case for an expensive phone!)so 4 stars from me (only missing 5 because
of the small niggles
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Reviewed by Josh from Thatcham =) on 15th Jan
2009
i love it. far better than my nokia. does everything i want. i do wish
it had a password for messages!
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Reviewed by aLEX from uk on 15th Jan 2009
I have had 3 of these phones now on the 3 network and each one has developed
a fault my current handset has now got a burn mark in the screen which
somes times appears it is most bizzare. I am hoping i can argue it now
be changed for something eles eg Sony! The camera is great the capacity
is great but the build is just not up to scratch!
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Reviewed by Carl from England on 14th Jan 2009
Ive had the phone for just over a month now, and it has surpassed all
expectations for a works phone and a personal phone, even after getting
top reviews from several sites and experts. Im not going to speak about
the many positives because you can find them everywhere. This is just
an unbiased account of the (very few) flaws in the phone to help you
decide if it is for you. 1) The touch screen isnt very durable and will
scratch easily because it isnt re-inforced, therefore take off the thin
sheet and use the thicker plastic sheet-cover supplied in the box straight
away! 2) The supplied 8gb memory cards are being reported from time
to time as being faulty and not working, therefore i recommend upgrading
to 16gb HDSC micro card (which the phone can easily handle) for only
£40 3) The biggest flaw with the renoir is the music playing function.
Unfortunately the renoir ONLY plays music in alphabetical order in their
music player. This can be averted by going into the memory card and
choosing whole albums, but you do not have the "usability" of the iPod
or iPhone's player. The phone is absolutely fantastic and there may
well be 500+ positives to every negative, but the music system it has
prevents it from getting 5 stars.
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Reviewed by Adrienne Franks from USA on 14th Jan
2009
i got my phone on the 1st jan and everything was ok and then weird things
started to happen but then it all stopped about 2 days later i have
had no problem since x
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Reviewed by Chaz from Norn Iron on 13th Jan 2009
mint!
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Reviewed by swanseaosprey from Wales on 7th Jan
2009
Great Phone, well built and great features. Would recommend. Toutch
screen can take a little getting used to, otherwise supurb A+++++++
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Reviewed by my name from uk on 4th Jan 2009
got this phone today, and it's awesome! the only problems i have had
so far are with the network, can hardly think of a fault with the phone.
camera and video quality are both brilliant, internet is obviously not
as fast as a computer but pretty quick considering it's just a phone.
sound is great. texting is a bit of a difficulty at the moment because
I'm used to keys but it hasn't taken long to speed up a bit. everything
is quick and easy to use. touch screen could be a little more responsive,
but as i've only had it a day i haven't had chance to get annoyed with
it yet. great phone all in all.
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Reviewed by Liz from UK on 4th Jan 2009
Great phone. Love It
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Reviewed by Phil from UK on 4th Jan 2009
Well the phone is pretty cool to be honest the touch screen is responsive
enough i can even say more respncive than the omnia and it dont lag
as much as the omnia and it has a better quolity pictures so just for
that i have to rate it 5 star and i prefer it alot better than the pixon
or any other phone on the mrket at the moment!
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Reviewed by lee liverpool from u.k on 1st Jan
2009
great phone nice features but terrible for texting. viewty buttons were
easier to text with. problems with downloading updates (orange) great
camera and sound
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Reviewed by abdul teronia from uzbecistan on 28th
Dec 2008
thiz fone iz da bomb buy it any day.
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Reviewed by §UkHÍ № WĄИ‼ яfc¹ from
glasgow!! no.1 on 28th Dec 2008
a bought this phone from orange and worked for about 2 weeks then the
camera started having problems like when i started it, would start jamming
then not odng something and when i inserted the memory stick it would
not read it soo i absoulutly not recommened this phone... look people
theres people on this site saying this is the phone ever but i bet you
that they are having problems aswell!!!! BUT JUST NOT ADMITTING IT!!!!
$%^&* CHICKENS
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Reviewed by Sophia Azamika from Bradford on 28th
Dec 2008
DONT BUY this phone. It has fantastic features but the touchsreen is
awful...really hard to use... buy the pixon...much better
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Reviewed by curly from uk on 27th Dec 2008
this is the best phone i have ever owned and i have owned a lot
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Reviewed by Sabha Ul Haq from Newcastle upon Tyne on
26th Dec 2008
This is an excellent phone. I love. Itr is much better than the tocco
and pixon. Camera Quality......fantastic. Video quality.....outstanding.
Love it.
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Reviewed by Lawrence from England on 25th Dec
2008
I just got this phone for Christmas!....and its superb the sound quality
is awesome due to the Dolby sound system, the eight mega pixel camera
is even better with its Schneider Kreuznach optics. It could quite possibly
be the best phone in the world.
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Reviewed by ben from england on 24th Dec 2008
got this phone after having a bad two weeks with the samsung innov8
and it is so much better the touch screen is great, and the internet
access is the quickest i have ever seen, Not to mention the fantastic
camera. p.s BUY IT
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Reviewed by skinner from ENGLAND on 22nd Dec 2008
what can i say this phone is by far one of the best phones i have ever
had the camera is magic the touch screen is very responsive wifi is
very fast i upgraded from n95 8gb and i am very pleased and i will be
quite happy to keep this phone for more than my contract lenth i would
say buy this phone well worth it 5 stars
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Reviewed by Maria from UK on 21st Dec 2008
This phone is a little technological marvel. The camera is amazing and
is way better than my normal digital camera. I'm very happy with this
phone, texting is much easier than I expected, the qwerty keyboard is
good, but I don't find it makes it much quicker than using the normal
phone layout keyboard. This is my first LG phone and I'm very pleased
with my first impression.
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Reviewed by Cleave from UK on 19th Dec 2008
Little tip for anyone struggling with wifi. Make sure you dont use a
key thats more than 27 characters long, thats providing you are connecting
to a home router.
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Reviewed by Padraig from Ireland on 19th Dec 2008
This is an absulute magic phone i love the fantastic 8 mp camera and
the slow motion effects on the video camera the touch screen is extremely
impressive and very responsive although scrolling up and down can be
a bit hit and miss. The gps is fantastic and the wifi is lightning speed
although the bluetooth can be a bit slow at times but this doesn't put
me off it and i do not know why some people can say bad things about
the best phone currently on the market
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Reviewed by Pete from UK on 13th Dec 2008
This is my first touch-screen phone. I've previously owned an LG phone
(U8110, a few years back and I was fairly impressed with that phone
- even tho it too had PC-connection problems as have been mentioned
with the Renoir). Have to say, I've only had the phone 3 days now, and
my initial impression is generally good. It would be unfair of me to
comment on a lot of the features of the phone that I haven't used, so
I won't. I haven't even used the camera yet! So no review of that. I'll
re-post after I've had a play with it. For the most part I've been transferring
contacts, sending texts and using the internet connectivity. Got Windows
Live Messenger working no problem. Same with Google Mail. Wifi and Bluetooth
work great. Call clarity is very good. Menu's can sometimes slow down.
This is a minor annoyance when it happens - which is rare - but maybe
I'll experience this more as I get used to the phone and where everything
is. Can't fault the phone on calls/texts. Internet browsing is "useful"
to have, and it's good to be able to check my e-mail/MSN/Facebook on
the move. The speed is great WHEN you have sufficient signal strength
to achieve full speed on the 3G HSDPA. My advice would be to use a wifi
connection (if available) - it seems to be more stable - although I
suspect it will probably reduce battery charge quicker than normal (not
had a chance to confirm this though). Navigating around the internet
in a 3" display takes a bit of getting used to ... mainly because of
the software's "zoom" facility which can be cumbersome to use at times.
Sometimes it just doesn't seem to zoom when you want it to, and other
times it will zoom when you don't want it to. This may be more to do
with the touch-screen though. I'm using it with the original LCD protective
film cover and you do have to apply a little pressure. My biggest "gripe"
so far has to be about trying to position the cursor when editing a
word. It is virtually impossible to achieve (I haven't tried the stylus
to do this), but using a finger, or even a finger-nail it is VERY "hit-n-miss".
And unless I'm missing a trick, there doesn't even seem to be anyway
to MOVE the cursor to a different position without having to constantly
tap on the screen in the proximity of where you want the cursor ...
and then when it DOES decide to move the cursor for you, it usually
puts it anywhere BUT where you actually wanted it, and where you actually
clicked (and my touch-screen calibration was pretty good!!). Overall,
the Renoir appears to be a very stylish and quite accomplished PHONE.
So far so good then :) I'll give it 4 stars for now, as some things
on the phone could be better, and some things I've not had a chance
to check out. Finally just a rather general observation although this
applies to most of the latest mobile phones - not just the Renoir. Battery
life, and people who complain that they have to charge their new touch-screen,
camera-phone EVERY DAY (or even every other day!). Considering that
you are watching videos, taking pictures, surfing the internet, making/taking
phone calls, sending/receiving text messages, using bluetooth and wifi
(possibly) and lighting the screen EVERY time you do ANYTHING on the
phone, then I don't think having to charge it every day is necessarily
a bad thing ... look at it this way ... you can do most of these things
with a suitable laptop computer and how long do those things last? a
couple of HOURS if you're lucky! Yeah we ALL wish batteries would last
longer, but they don't ... accept it and plug it in ;-)
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Reviewed by Cleave from UK on 11th Dec 2008
This phone is my first LG but i am picking through the menus fine. I
can also say that i have found no problems to date. As to any negative
views, i have yet to find a phone that is totally bug free there again
nothing is built to last . Overall this phone is highly recommended
& comes as the ideal all rounder
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Reviewed by Moke from uk on 11th Dec 2008
my first LG after a long association with sony so found the user interfacew
very strange at first, but once used to it its quite ok Reception is
excellent, though i have changed networks - no lost signals yet travelling
about Scotland!! music quality ok, have had difficulty loading music
using supplied sorftware so bought a micro sd card reader for 2.99 and
it syncronises wit hthe pc really well. WiFi - i havent been able to
get this to work yet, bluetooth seems to have difficulti recognising
new devices but once paired this has been fine. Havent had any proble,s
ith the touch screen - this is my first touch screen phone. Camers i
have founfd this to be very good and easy to use, flash is fine for
indoors. The stylus is usefull for some of the menus, my fingers are
pretty big though the stylus holder of a bit of a faff though after
a while i dont really notice it. Overall i can recommend the phone
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Reviewed by Scratchy from England on 10th Dec
2008
The renoir is a very good phone, but mine got sent back before 14 days....
there was too many little niggles that i couldnt get on with. Everyone
complained that they couldnt hear me properly. May have just been a
fault out of the factory but it was there from day 1. The texting 'board'
has too many junk buttons around it (dedicated key for language, T9
on/off etc?), meaning the actual keypad is just that little smaller.
Compare it to the Tocco/Pixon keypad and you will see what i mean. Makes
texting just a bit harder. The landscape keyboard is only useful with
the gaybar stylus, which looks wrong hanging off the phone. The alarm
has a STUPID glitch that if you set an MP3 to wake you up... it sometimes
wont stop until it has played the WHOLE song! Not fun at 5am, good way
to wake the whole house up. i think most poeple will love this phone,
and it was so close to being perfect... but i decided the bugs were
too many to live with for the next 18 months.
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Reviewed by rhonda from united kingdom on 9th
Dec 2008
i think this phone is great! my mate has got one and it is very easy
to use. it has a big memory and its touch screen!The only thing wrong
is that it is a big phone.this is a pretty good phone for this size
and great for people who have big hands, well what do you expect ?if
it has all of those features it wont be very tiny! overall this is the
best phone yet from LG and it beats the iPhone by a long shot!
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Reviewed by Tahir K from Kenya on 9th Dec 2008
got this phones as an upgrade from my viewty and i love it its awsome!!!!!!!!
the cameras great love the pics the internet is really fast and i love
the large screen display plus im used to using the on screen QWERTY
keypad and i love it on the down side when ever i try to wipe the finger
prints of my screen it creeks and everytime i put it on the table it
rings (vibrates in a funny way)
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Reviewed by lee from u.k on 26th Nov 2008
had this phone for over 2 weeks now its been brilliant so far battery
life is excellent although i do turn my phone off late at night. sound
quality is excellent, photography is brilliant and no delays like my
old smart phone (n73) i would recommend this phone due to ease of use
and how all round nice it is. only slight gripe is updating the software
(orange) seems to not work and texting isnt the easiest task. i tend
to use the stylus for that as i got fat fingers
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Reviewed by Col from England on 26th Nov 2008
Well i've had this phone for 5 days now and already its in need of repair,
the loudspeaker seems to have blown even though ive hardly used it for
music. But on the plus side i found this phone to be very good, touch
screen is very accurate and responsive. Camera and video recording is
excellent, best ive seen yet. The only drawback is when playing back
an album it will play the songs in alphabetical order instead of numerical,
maybe LG will fix this if they release a new update
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Reviewed by Paul from England on 24th Nov 2008
I can't understand the bad comments. This is the best phone on the market
and I've not experienced any of the problems that feature in the negative
reviews. the camera works great in low light and I tested it by snapping
a picture in a completely dark room with excellent results. I too have
upgraded from a Viewty and LG (not known for customer service) have
really listened to the users' comments. Every annoying Viewty problem
has been fixed and I highly recommend it. buy it now.
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Reviewed by Branavan Sivakumar from Sri Lanka on
24th Nov 2008
Phone not good. It have the poor interfaces. WI_PHI is not in the league
of the my 52 kps broadbands. And i have diffulyts about the camera zenon
flashing. it is not brite enouf. i ulso don like the screen it is not
responsing to my touches and i don like the recepsion i have 1 and half
bar of recepsion. In concludision i think the pohne can has many improvemens.
thanks for yur time.
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Reviewed by scooper from UK on 22nd Nov 2008
Great phone especially after the Viewty I really like this phone it's
easy to use and the 8gb memory card is great for storing all those mp3's
and the playback with Dolby is good through the phone or headphones
Camera is miles better than the Viewty- no horrible delay My only gripe
is the horrible plastic cover for the power/headphone slot which will
easily come off in time
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Reviewed by michelle c from uk on 20th Nov 2008
Had this phone for 5 days. On first impression its great. Camera is
great. Touch screen is easy to use. finding your way around it is pretty
much common sense. Only problem ive had is it wont synchronise with
my pc. Lg have not been too helpfull becuase the phone is a new release
and they don't even have a handset yet????. Have given up, if you set
the phone to mass storage then you can just download pics and videos
via usb, or get a micr st card converter and pop it straight into the
reader.. Have not tried putting any music on yet though. Apart from
the software issues im really pleased with this phone.
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Reviewed by Chrissy from UK on 19th Nov 2008
I got this phone as an upgrade and loved it. Touch screen great, no
problems messaging and camera is Excellent. However, here comes a warning.
If you have a Mac and not a PC then this phone, great as it is, may
not be for you as LG, like samsung, do not do software for Macs. Therefore
the only way to connect is bluetooth, so if you like using PC suite
etc you can't on a Mac. Apparently both companies think Macs are not
a big enough market and have no plans to do any softwre, and I didn't
find any on the www. Found a problem because of this - can only transfer
music via bluetooth and the phone did not always play the track afterwards
- said file was corrupted, but if turned phone off then on again it
found and played the music. Also cannot sync calender/contacts so would
end up inputting twice - once to phone and to mac. I got the phone paired
with my car's HFT no problem. Because of the mac issue, I am returning
the phone, which is a shame as it looks and feels great. I am going
back to my nokia E65 smartphone while I find another upgrade - either
C905 or N96 - at least Sony E & Nokia do some Mac software!!
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Reviewed by Dominic Pianolica from Wales on 19th
Nov 2008
This phone is not that good! It has terrible UI and the camera flash
is perfectly inadequate!! wi-fi okay, but the rest is just not up to
scratch!! I will be taking this phone back for sure!!
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Reviewed by Paul S from UK on 19th Nov 2008
T-mobile, branded. Have been waiting to replace a first edition K800i.
iPhone 3G didn't get a better camera so here I am. As a summary, if
I keep it then I'll use the Renoir for camera and phone duties but sticking
with my iPod Touch for everything else. Sound in video is often out
of sync. As others have mentioned, autofocus is slowwww but it does
work. The fast and slow motion is fun. When email client crashes (which
is often) it causes the phone to reset. I've *never* been able to get
the client to sync with an Exchange server - locks up as soon as it
tries to get a folder list. (I'm an IT Manager - I know what I'm doing!)
Browser is poor - often will not follow links or download images. TMobile
bookmarks can't be removed and make using the bookmark menu tedious.
Click a bookmark and it still asks you if you want to go online... well,
duh. Just loaded Operamini instead. Assisted GPS is nice and fast -
T-Mobile have put Google Maps on but nothing with tracking/waypoints/routefinding.
The camera is supposed to geotag but, as is the same with most of the
other settings, it's got to be turned back on every time you turn on
the camera AND you can't tell if you've got a GPS fix so often there
isn't anything in the EXIF. Also, photos aren't saved to a DCIM folder
so when you plug the phone into PC/Mac Adobe Photoloader or iPhoto won't
find your images and you have to manually drag them over. Not a biggy
but an added annoyance. The WiFi works - hooray! - BUT (you knew that
was coming) it doesn't automatically reconnect to known networks. Bluetooth...
no problems so far. Dolby Mobile. Nope. I can't work out what it's supposed
to do either. I've got a few more days before I can no longer return
it. I'm still deciding. May go to the SE C905. It's probably no better.
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Reviewed by rik halton from england on 19th Nov
2008
been uming and arring which phone to get, had the sony e c905 for a
week, even though it is a good phone, it was the size, look and buttons
that put me off. i swopped it for the lgkc910 and had it 2 days now.
must say totally diff to wat i have had before, im still finding pages
and contents, things that i not found,lol does take a good sense of
touch for the touch screen and will get easier to use. no probs and
everything working fine, looks good, feels good and is good. i do recommend
this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Theodoric from England on 14th Nov
2008
Never done a review before but I'll give it a bash, Im approaching 40
so don't expect too much. After nearly 15 years of Nokia's and refusing
to "buy" an upgrade from Orange (N95) I thought I'd try this, it's getting
easier to understand the more I use it but some things are still beyond
me for now. The camera is very good and Ive even got the hang of texting
on a touchscreen, drag and dropping my Mp3's and connecting via WiFi.
If I have one gripe it's the volume, both the ring tone and conversation
doesn't seem very loud, but then I am from the era of "classic rock"
(Saxon Motorhead ACDC) so my hearing may be to blame. All told it's
a good phone, if a 40 something can use it anyone can.
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Reviewed by Rob from United Kingdom on 12th Nov
2008
Currently have this phone on orange and I will definately be taking
it back. I hate the phone! Sound Quality Through Decent Headphones:
Dolby Mobile is a complete waste of time it makes music sound like your
listening to it in another room with a thick curtain rapped around your
ears. Turning off Dolby Mobile helps things allot and only then does
it sound acceptable ish (But still not loud enough). Touch Screen: Inconsistent
and buggy it took me 5 minutes to move the slider and press buttons
when trying to set the alarm. Camera: Ok its 8 megapixel but actually
the N95 produces better pictures. Bugs: If you have auto phone lock
on and decide to connect your PC via bluebooth to the phone you will
notice if the lock is on and phone displays an allow request then the
phone will lock up and the only way to get it working again is to take
the battery out... Good Ey? However I have to praise the browser, wifi
and Video features. The LG Renoir is probably the fastest phone I have
seen with the Internet and Wifi is brilliant on this phone not to mention
the class leading video recording
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Reviewed by Jack from UK on 12th Nov 2008
Good, but with major flaws. I really, really wanted to like this phone.
I usually do a lot of research before buying a phone, and will happily
wait until the right phone becomes available. So I waited for the Renoir.
I've had it a weeek and a bit now... Mostly, I have loved the phone,
but it isn't excellent by a long shot -especially for usability. The
major problems I have are twofold. 1) The phone will not sync with the
PC- even though it sets it up for outlook, when I try to connect it
says not supported (when it isn't saying other stuff about idle screens
and it being failed to connect. I need to get my outlook appointments
onto my phone, and I cannot. LG support don't even have a handset, so
cannot possibly help. 2) The camera. Yep, I know it is 8mp. My last
phone was 5mp (N95) and it took better pictures. Autofocus makes it
auto blur, and manual focus- while excellent eventually, takes far too
long, and the touch screen is far too unsphisticated to make it work
properly. I have had two handsets already, and it was the same in both.
I am now sadly considering taking it back and getting a SE 905.
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Reviewed by Hundred Legs from England on 10th
Nov 2008
This phone is an outstanding phone thats full of great features and
it looks the biz too. Its weight for me is just perfect. This is my
first touch screen and my first LG and im hooked on touch screens now,
the only gripe i have is the battery life. I'm getting just over 36
hours out of it and i haven't started to watch any vids or play music
yet. I've ran the battery down several times and fully charged it again
but its had no effect. I swapped my n95 for this same reaon so i'm swapping
the renior to the X1 but it took along time to decide wether to or not.
I will miss the 8 meg cam for sure. If you can live with the short battery
life than this would be a great phone for anyone.
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Reviewed by TiM from UK on 8th Nov 2008
Upgraded from the Viewty to the Renoir... Love this phone.. Its perfect!..
BUY IT!! ;)
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Reviewed by gerard from glasgow on 8th Nov 2008
as someone who only liked motorola's i gave this phone a go as my contract
was up i'm glad i did top phone excellent camera and it also works as
a phone
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 8th Nov 2008
I got the LG Renoir as a free upgrade on Orange. The guy at Phones 4
was quite honest with his opinion on the latest phones - which was good,
which was not so good; so when he recommended the LG Renoir I thought
"why not?" I've had the phone three days now and have a good old play
of it - I am very impressed. The main use of any mobile phone is obviously
to make calls on it and the Renoirs clarity is very good. The 8mp pixel
camera does everything an 8mp should, except take good pictures in very
low light. Night shots leave a lot to be desired but photos I've taken
in daylight are very good. The touchscreen is very responsive with just
a very short delay between touching an application and the application
opening. The scrolling effect is very smooth and the fact the display
changes from "portrait" to "Landscape" when you turn the phone round
appeals to me a lot. Texting is made simple by the activation of a qwerty
keyboard when the phone is turned to its side although the hand writing
recognition is something I haven't been able to master yet - doesn't
mean to say it's bad though. All the connectivity stuff, i.e, bluetooth,
wi-fi, etc works as it should and connecting to the internet is very
easy and quick. Out of all this amazing stuff this phone can do, the
thing that made me go "wow!" is a game that came with mine. It's a dice
game and to shake the dice, you simply shake the phone side to side;
to throw the dice, simply flick the phone forward - brilliant! I would
recommend this phone to my friends and since I like my friends a lot,
take this as a good indication this is a phone you should own.
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Reviewed by Johnny from UK on 6th Nov 2008
Only ever had Sony's before but decided I'd give this a go due to it's
spec, had it a couple of days now and am slowly getting used to it and
quite impressed, the slow motion video is brilliant altho I'm not sure
it has any real world use. Slightly disappointed with the camera though,
not as good as I expected it to be, I'm sure my Sony k810 produced clearer
pics..maybe I haven't given it enough chance yet.
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Reviewed by lizzie hart from new york on 6th Nov
2008
this phone feels, hold the part it is so nice i love it and i am going
to buy the phone for my it sister and my 2 little brothers so yeh it
runs in our blood we love good looking phones thanks bring some new
good phones out PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Nick from England on 5th Nov 2008
I h8 it. I hav had this fone since it came out nd i am very unhappy
with it.It freezes and it also has an over sensetive screen. My previous
fones hav been gr8. My dolce and gabanna v3 razr was brill. My lg prada
was brill. As was my samsung armarni. Ted baker was rubbish tho. Im
goin bk 2 desighner fones.
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Reviewed by jonesdude from england on 1st Nov
2008
Had it 4 days, mixed opinions. Texting tricky on screen but getting
better with practice. Had 10 years practice on "button" phones, 4 days
on touch screen. Video problems. Plays some divx files, rejects some.
Same with xvid. Don't know why yet. Should really play any divx/xvid
as it says it supports them. Video camera, audio and video out of sync.
Makes it useless for any decent movie shots. Orange have changed appearance
of home screen and logos. Removed GPS Maps in favour of their, chargeable
and not operational yet, "Orange Maps" They too have added 5 non deletable
bookmarks. The built in browser i found very difficult to click on any
link, repeatedly poking at the screen with nothing happening. And the
press-hold to zoom percentage seems completely random, unless i haven't
figured it out. I've installed Opera Mini instead. Camera seems good,
though does not save straight to memory card, despite setting it to
do so in Memory Manager and Camera Settings. PC suite software is terrible.
Best to change usb settings to Mass storage mode and add files by drag
& drop. On the whole it's a pretty cool phone, just the niggling details,
i'm going to stick with it. Maybe there will be updates to help the
lack of full divx/xvid support. Anyone else tried changing their divx
files to suit it, i.e. audio codecs or bit rates/video resoulutions?
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Reviewed by paul from uk on 31st Oct 2008
after reviewing many fones when my contract renewal came along i was
uming and areing what fone to get and finally plumped for this over
the SE c905. I have to say it is one of the best decisions I have made
about phones. the interface is easy to use and the touchscreen is brilliant
and very responsive. although txting is a chore at first arter a few
messanges it becomes easy and you feel that it is even easier than an
actual keypad. the camera is also outstanding with smile and blink detection
and beauty shot all taken with an amazing 8mp camera. this fone although
not a full smartphone is the closest your going to come to being one
without actually being one. i would recommend anyone to get this phone
as in my opinion it is currently the best phone on the market at the
minute.
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Reviewed by MI from UK on 30th Oct 2008
I just got my phone today for 3G on contract, its brilliant so far,
right now Im copying films on my phone, love it, and I love the texting,
qwerty keybard is awesme.
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Reviewed by SK from England on 28th Oct 2008
Got this phone monday and have mixed opinions on it. If you like texting
alot and quickly think again about getting this phone. It's a bit of
a chore to tx! The camera is great though and probably its best feature.
The touch sceen is also less responsive than the iphone & Samsung Omnia.
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Reviewed by GER DAVIES from UK on 27th Oct 2008
ONLY HAD PHONE SINCE SATURDAY- SO FAR ITS OUTSTANDING - CAME FROM THE
NOKIA N95, THIS NEW LG IS EASIER TO USE AND FAR MORE FLEXIBLE. IT IS
LIGHTER AND THINNER, THE CAMERA IS FAB AND THE BATTERY SO FAR IS WAY
OUT BETTER - CHARGED IT SAT NIGHT STILL OVER HALF FULL AND BEEN USED
A LOT TO FIND MY WAY AROUND THE PHONE. SO FAR 5 STAR
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Reviewed by STEVEN MURRAY from SCOTLAND on 22nd
Oct 2008
THIS FONE ROKS MAN ITS DA BOMB
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Reviewed by mrs small from usa on 21st Oct 2008
this phone rocks man!!!!! You must get it
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Reviewed by sam thoma from england on 14th Oct
2008
i have previously owned an lg kc910 renoir and it is an amazing piece
of kit with an 8 megapixel camera and touch screen capabilities. truly
AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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