LG U8150

It is almost a copy of LG U8100, the main difference is a battery of increased capacity (1200 mAh, Li-Pol), which is necessary, as the phone has two color displays. It is equipped with 65K external display and TFT 260K internal display. Other features of the models are the same.

• Class: fashion phone
• Position in the phone line: above LG U8100
• Rival models: Samsung Z100
• Specifications are based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in: April 2003; beginning of sales - September 2003
  • GSM900/1800, UMTS
  • Battery type: Li-Pol 1200 mAh
  • Autonomy:
    • Standby time: up to 200 hours
    • Talk time: up to 2 hours
  • Graphical TFT 260K display, which has a resolution of 128х160 pixels. The display shows up to 7 text lines and 2 service lines.
  • An external STN 65K display, which has a resolution of 96x64 pixels, contains 2 text lines
  • Java (MIDP 1.0)
  • Integrated camera, which allows to record video and take pictures
  • Dimensions: 95.7 x 49.5 x 22.4 mm
  • Weight: 120 g.

• Memory
  • Phonebook: up to 200 phone numbers + SIM-card memory. Up to 4 phone numbers and e-mail address can be added to one contact.
  • Up to 7 caller groups in the phonebook, special ringing tone and small picture or a photo can be assigned to some groups
  • Lists of the last 20 calls (mixed)
  • Lists of the last
    • 10 received and
    • 10 missed calls with date and time indication
  • Total memory pool (64 Mb) is dynamicaly shared between Java-applications, video files, photos and MMS-messages

• Call management, ringing tones
• Vibrating alert
• 32-tones polyphonic ringing tone
• Speed dialing: up to 8 phone numbers
• Minute minder
• Autodialing
• User's profiles
• Speakerphone function
• Voice dialing: up to 10 phone numbers

• SMS
  • A possibility to send a group SMS message
  • Predictive text input eZiText (including Russian)
  • Concatenateted messages (up to 980 characters)
  • 5 templates (in Russian), a possibility to input up to 6 own templates

• Connectivity
• WAP 2.1
• Bluetooth
• IrDA
• GPRS 4+2, class 10
• MMS (several pages are supported, there is a limitation only by size of the message, not nubmer of attached objects)
• Video conference supports
• Connection to PC - USB, RS232

• Organiser and extras
  • Multimedia player - mp3, mpeg4, AAC
  • Voice memo, one record (up to 20 seconds); total nubmer of records is limitated by total memory pool
  • Wallpapers
  • Musical editor
  • Time, date, 5 alarm-clock (works even when the phone is turned off; daily reminder is available), world time
  • Organier with notes and reminders, monthly calendar view
  • Calculator, currency converter
  • Games

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 20 May 2003

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