LG KS360 Review

The LG KS360 is a phone aimed at the younger market; it comes in blue and pink, although the pink option which is exclusive to Orange features a slide out QWERTY keyboard and social networking functions.

LG opted for a slide out QWERTY keyboard rather than a resistive touchscreen on the KS360 but typing on it is difficult as the keys are fairly cramped together.  The handset does have a limited touchscreen capacity but it can only be used when the hard keyboard is hidden, and can only be used to type phone numbers making the decision to include it a bit pointless.

The camera is 2-megapixel and you have the option to shoot still pictures or videos.  The quality is quite good but the handset does not have a built in flash.  An annoying detail on the front panel is that when you press the camera shortcut button, you then have a further option to select camera or video.  This would obviously ruin one of those picture perfect moments when you have just seconds to shoot the picture.

The 2.4-inch screen is a decent size but wasted by overlarge fonts and menu bars. The battery life of the handset is not bad with up to five hours of talk time and up to 444 hours standby time.

The handset does not come with a 3.5mm headphone jack and the sound quality through the earphones that come with the phone is awful.

For similar phones, check out Nokia, either the 5310 or the 6300, as a comparison.