LG KM335 Review

The phone has a standard candy bar form factor and measures 108.2x47.2x14.8 mm and weighs 84 gm. Its comparatively small in size and quite fits into one's hand. At first look the LG KM335 looks compact, its champagne gold color with red border gives it some sort of sophistication. Its metal-like finish gives a sturdy impression. Undoubtedly, you would love it from its overall looks.

The phone features a 3.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. But somehow the camera will not give a big kick as it scores less if you compare its camera with 3 megapixel cameras found in other mobile manufacturers, to be more precise, with Motorola or Sony Ericsson. However you get the option to adjust the resolution, the quality level and other technical things. TheKM335 also features a video camera that records at 15 FPS.

As typical to LG phones, display is very good, a bit smaller though. But LG needs to work a lot on its display pertaining to its poor visibility under direct sun. The phone provides some sort of blinking lights when the phone rings or when you make call. However, this kind of alert light was never been appreciated by users. In my money, it gives an unnecessary cheap look to its otherwise sophisticated looks.

When it comes to the UI, we are not very satisfied as its speed can make or break a deal. If its slow then it downplays all other features that you boast about. Users want their device to be their slave. It should obey their master as and when demanded. The KM335's UI seems to be slow, I guess its one big issue that LG needs to address ASAP. After all, in the jet age bullock cartstake you no where.

Due to its slow UI, the messaging is a pain. It does not respond the way you want. From connectivity point of view, again its a downer as LG incorporated Bluetooth version 1.2 instead of v2.0, which is the norm now. The phone however supports GPRS and EDGE.
But the biggest downer is its music player. This is because at the time of launch, LG projected the KM335 and GM200 as music phones, the later incorporating Dolby Music technology into a mobile phone. Its music player seems to be in a mess. You can not store the music in a separate category and it has to be stored in the sounds folder toenable the device to playe it. On top of it, you can not navigate between different sound tracks.

With the features and some drawbacks with the KM335, the price tag of close to Rs 9,000 seems unjustified. There are much better products available in the market in the same price band where you can get better music player and better camera phones. It seems like the Korean giant is in a hurry to increase its product portfolio in the Indian market without putting much effort to bring some really quality products.