| The mobile phone market has long been split into | | | | four rows of keys. A built in accelerometer chip |
| two camps, those like physical Qwerty keypads | | | | automatically rotates the screens to match the |
| and those who do not. The first group will argue | | | | position you are holding the phone in. |
| that there is nothing to match the speed of | | | | The camera device incorporated in the LG |
| composing a message as physically pressing a | | | | GW520 is a fairly average affair. Capturing an |
| button, the latter group will argue a touchscreen | | | | image at a resolution of 3.15 mega pixels or 2048 |
| does the job just as quickly with less bulk. | | | | X 1536 resolution. The camera lacks an autofocus |
| Regardless of where you allegiance lies, the LG | | | | feature as well as a flash, however there is a |
| GW520 Silver does a pretty good job of pleasing | | | | positive side to the lack of features. This is the |
| everyone. | | | | noticeable lack of shutter lag on this phone. Simply |
| Measuring 106 x 53 x 14mm the GW520 sit | | | | put its the delay from the time when you press |
| comfortably in the hand and does not feel to | | | | the button to when the image is actually |
| bulky either weighing 125 grammes, although this | | | | captured, and to be fair on some models you can |
| is a touch heavy than some of its counterpart | | | | miss the shot altogether due to this lag. The |
| models. The 2.8" TFT touchscreen show a | | | | 40MB of internal memory is not adequate enough |
| maximum resolution of 240 x 400 and displays up | | | | to store many photos, but up to 16GB extra can |
| to 256k colours. Despite being a resistive | | | | be added thanks to the Micro SD card slot. This |
| touchscreen, it is none the less very responsive | | | | additional memory is also great when it comes to |
| and very little pressure needs to be applied to | | | | storing a host of audio files, but the GW520 fails |
| achieve navigation. When the handset is held on | | | | in its efforts to become a serious MP3 player |
| its side, a metal sliding mechanism comes into play | | | | thanks to the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, |
| when you slide the screen upwards, revealing the | | | | seriously limiting the choice of headphones that |
| full QWERTY keyboard. This keypad consists of | | | | can be used on the phone. |