LG KF900 Prada specifications (Uphgraded)

• Dimensions : 104.5 x 54 x 16.8 mm
• Weight : 130 g
• Display : 3″ TFT touchscreen with 240 x 400 resolution
• Connectivity : GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSCSD
• WLAN : WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth : v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera : 5 MP, autofocus and flash
• Other features : Accelerometer, FM Radio, TV Out
• Approx. price : $550

The biggest change has come in the form of a full QWERTY keyboard attached to the Prada. Although its always good to have one but bulkiness and thickness isn’t the USP of the Prada, LG could have done without one. There are other upgrades to media, connectivity and user interface too.

The display on the device has remained unchanged and is still a 3″ display with capacitive touch. The quality of the display is good but the sunlight visibility isn’t the best we have seen. The display’s brightness can be adjusted but not he contrast. The resolution is on the lower side and does affect the picture quality. However, the touch works beautifully and there were no hiccups in that regard.

The keyboard has a nice neat layout with sufficient gap between two adjacent keys. The keys are slightly raised from bottom and give enough tactile feedback. The top row keys suffer due to close proximity to top edge. The mode automatically changes to landscape when the keyboard is flipped out. The lighting on the keyboard is adequate for low light conditions. Overall the QWERTY keyboard does a good job, better than Sony Xperia X1.

The user-interface on the device is Flash based developed by LG. The same user interface has been previously used in the older Prada, Viewty etc. The biggest change however comes in te form of multi-touch support which was till now exclusive to the Apple iPhone. The interface has got a performance boost and responds much faster. The menu has fixed layout and the accelerometer changes the orientation but only in selected applications. There are multiple home screens pretty much like the iPhone and you can select the application shortcuts to put on them. The rest of the interface is mostly unchanged and we like the way it is.

The music player on the device is good with extensive search options based on artist, genre, album etc. The music player however does not support visualisations but have support for album art. The home screen gets a dedicated widget when the music player is running. The player gets equalizers which were missing in previous versions but still there is no custom equalizer option though.

The camera has a 5 megapixel sensor and Schneider-Kreuznac lens a big improvement over the minuscule 2 megapixel sensor in earlier Prada. The interface is same as LG Renoir which was not much appreciated by us but it has some improvements such a full screen mode that make it better. The image quality of the camera is average which is disappointing. The video recording however completely rocks.

Pros :

• 3″ capacitive touchscreen
• Physical QWERTY keyboard
• Multi-touch support
• Good video recording
• Great flash-based interface

Cons :

• Bulky
• No GPS
• Average camera

Final Thoughts

The LG KF900 Prada is definitely an improvement over the earlier Prada with multi-touch support, physical keyboard and higher resolution camera. But it does miss out on GPS and the quality of the camera is average.