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Friday, 25 September 2009

LG UX280 Wine – the Classy and User-friendly Phone from US Cellular

Joining US Cellular’s flip phone lineup, the LG Wine, also known as LG UX 280, is an entry-level handset with a spacious keypad and a sleek appearance. Although the LG Wine does not possess many advanced features, its easy-to-use interface makes it a decent affordable phone suitable for everyone to perform basic phone functions.

The Wine is a digital dual-band handset operating on 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS and 800 MHz CDMA. Measured 3.89" long by 1.93" wide by 0.66" thick and weighed only 3.32 ounces, it has a stylish flip form factor, which comes in red and silver for selection. Other than the roomy and tactile keypad for easy texting, the phone also includes four dedicated shortcut keys underneath the internal display for instant access to messages, alarm clock, images folder and US Cellular’s EasyEdge online store.

The 2.2" TFT interior display of 240 x 320 pixels generates 262k colors. Measuring 1.3 inches, the exterior display shows you the incoming call IDs and doubles as a self-portrait viewfinder for the camera lens. The Wine also boasts a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and 10x zoom, but no video recording ability. The 48MB internal memory and the microSD card slot with 2GB maximum memory expansion shall be enough for storing pictures. However, it does not come with a music player.

The Wine supports basic messaging features including text and picture messaging and sports with a full HTML mobile web browser. You can personalize your phone with different wallpapers, themes, tones and banners. More are available from the EasyEdge store. On top of that, you will find other useful features like a full duplex speakerphone, a calculator, a 1,000-entry phone book, a mini-USB port, vibrate mode, voice command, GPS support, as well as Bluetooth wireless technology.

Integrating a large keypad, shortcut keys, GPS, Bluetooth support and the EasyEdge online store, the LG Wine UX280 is undoubtedly a low-cost phone with an attractive outlook. Its built-in user-friendly features will surely spare you from fiddling too much with the user manual.

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