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LG Prada KE850 is the offspring from an impeccable union between LG and uber-design house Prada. This touchscreen fashion phone is a very attractive and glamorous creation meant to carve a niche for itself with its innovative slick interface. On second look, it’s somehow identical to the LG Shine KE970 in terms of specs and the glossy interface. However, the large color touchscreen design also looks a tad like the highly anticipated Apple iPhone.

The luxuriously designed Prada phone by LG is solidly built and it measures only 12mm thick and weighs 85 grams, thus, the phone fits in your hand well and it’s easy to slide in the users pocket. Just like Shine, LG Prada KE850 is a fingerprint magnet too. However, I find it very easy to clean off the grime and fingerprints caused. Prada phone runs on a Macromedia Flash user interface and like any LCD screen, it’s terribly difficult to see the screen in the bright sunlight. When the phone is switched on, an intense chorus sounds, a soft gradient lights up the screen and the Prada logo appears on the black LCD screen. What a fantastic feeling seeing the big name on the phone.

The main attraction of the LG Prada phone is undeniably its slick touch display. You will probably need to spend some time on tapping the navigation using your finger as the Prada phone doesn’t come with a stylus. Therefore, dialing and texting can be a little challenging for users with sausage fingers, but when you do get the hang of it, your fingers fly. The touchscreen functionality is surprisingly very responsive and it works far better than I would have imagined, but it won’t work if you use it with your gloves on. However, LG Prada KE850 is somehow blemished by its hardware buttons. It isn’t completely buttonless, there are a few buttons including Dial, End, Cancel keys on the front, volume controls on the left, and camera and key lock button on the right.

Besides, this Prada branded mobile also has a 2MP built-in camera complete with Schneider Kreuznach lens, LED flash and zoom, therefore, you can expect high quality imaging and videoing capabilities. You can play MPEG4, H263 & H264 videos in full-screen mode on the beautiful 3-inch LCD TFT screen. For music lovers, the built-in FM radio and MP3 player sound great with plenty of bass but you can’t minimise it and multitask.

Nevertheless, it is a pleasant surprise that LG Prada KE850 also comes with a document reader which supports popular document formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and Text files. I enjoy reading ebooks on the Prada phone as it looks good on the high-resolution screen. The phone comes with 8MB of built-in memory and with an expandable MicroSD™ memory option up to 2GB. However, the Prada phone lacks 3G - a familiar disappointment among recent touchscreen phones.

LG Prada KE850 isn’t just a pretty logo, it is a capable feature phone with a luxury-brand appeal. LG has successfully turned the phone into a triumph, even though it isn’t a smartphone and might lack the almighty iPhone’s specs, it’s definitely a great alternative to the iPhone. If you prefer the Prada label to Apple, and don’t mind paying extra for some style and fashion, LG Prada KE850 isn’t a bad choice at all. Who says the Devil wears Prada?

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