LG KE850 Prada Candy Bar Touchscreen mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 6.4/10

119 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on ease of use. “Phone looks great and is easy to use, with no difficult menu options. nice and…” Nick, Coventry View all 119 real customer reviews

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119 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
62% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (119)
Battery life6.1
Design7.5
Ease of use5.8
Features6.2
Value for money (at time of purchase)7.3
Overall rating6.4
Style and looks come first (3)
Basic text and chat user (3)
Music and entertainment lover (1)
Business or web user (1)
Other (111)
 

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Nick, Coventry

Score 8.0/10

+ Phone looks great and is easy to use, with no difficult menu options. Nice and straight forward!

- If you someone sends you a message while you are replying to another, it changes the reply number to who just sent you the new message. Can be quite embarrassing!!!!

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52 of 52 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2007

Amanda, Manchester

Score 1.0/10

+ The only good point is listening to the music.

- I would not recomend this product to anyone.The Prada cover that is provided for the phone scratches the screen.The buttons stick on the phone and it freezes when sending and recieving messages.I am very disapointed in the phone and would not expect this to happen after 4months of purchasing this phone.I am upset that i will have to wait to my contract is near the end to get an up grade to a much better phone.

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50 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2007

Michael, Ashford

Score 8.0/10

+ LG KE850 Prada is a beautiful peace of art and looks great. Organiser is briliant and large screen is heaven and you can still put it in your pocket without any problem.

- Keypad gets stuck while writing messages and memory is just very small. Memory card is needed!

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44 of 44 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Aug 2007

jane , burton on trent

Score 4.0/10

+ it looks good

- freez,s all the time ...trying to find a number in phone book a nightmare..touch screen 2 2 tempremental..dialing a number an so on just cant be botherd with the hassle tend to resort to my old phone

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36 of 36 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2007

Andy, Darwen

Score 8.0/10

+ It looks stylish, fits nicely into its holder, your hand and your pocket, has decent sound quality and good internet connection! The touch screen, (even if it is a little tricky at first) is fantastically cool and the mp3 player works nicely aswell!

- The camera is only 2 megapixle, that was the big let down for me, the picture quality, unless in good daylight or a perfectly lit room is very poor.

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36 of 36 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

Nathan, Liverpool

Score 3.0/10

+ The prada phone looks great for style.

- The keypad is the hardest thing i have ever used, i would not recommed this product.

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32 of 32 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Aug 2007

miles , Lincoln

Score 9.0/10

+ sleek and very stylish touch screen is quality and its not following every one else who has or want the I phone How boaring

- Camera only 2.0 mega pixles but still amazing quality due to the screen

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32 of 32 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Oct 2007

Andrew, Hengoed

Score 9.0/10

+ Is a clean looking phone, sometimes find the interface a bit frustrating but overall good. Would be good to be able to use a stylus on the screen.

- Sometimes it can be a bit fiddly to enter commands or info on to the screen.

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31 of 31 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Aug 2007

Dawn, Newcastle

Score 8.0/10

+ small, practical, smart, efficient

- anti lock, battery life

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30 of 30 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2007

Liz, Pembroke South Wales

Score 9.0/10

+ Still a talking point with anyone who sees it, I love the style and the handling
Photo quality is excellent
In spite of being something of a techno-phobe I find it very simple to use

- Battery seems to need charging at least every other day
It slides out of the case and I find it loose in the bottom of my handbag, it hasn't scratched but I worry that it will if it is not in the case

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29 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ Looks good

- Very short battery life
Camera is not good
Memory is very small
Keypad is difficult to use when messaging
Touch screen is not practical because if you touch it while you are talking it cuts you off

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29 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jun 2007

Lisa, Helensburgh

Score 1.0/10

+ Looks Good

- Not a very bi memory, keeps freezing, battery life.

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29 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jun 2007

karen, keighley

Score 3.0/10

+ Looks.

- very easy to touch wrong set of letters when texting. Needs to be protected against scratching. Finger marks show up on screen.

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27 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Oct 2007

Joanne, Milton Keynes

Score 9.0/10

+ It is a generally good phone

- not really any bad point for me just battery life isn't very long

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26 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ looks good

- keeps freezing!! keypad is very awkward! battery life is terrible

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25 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ really easy to use.

- gets scratched easily.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jul 2007

james, falkirk

Score 10.0/10

+ it it easy to use and very stylish you can do a lot of things on it like set your daily alarm with a message to say what you have got planned.

- it does not hold a lot of music on its memory.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2007

kaz, carterton

Score 7.0/10

+ looks, features and very very stylish

- texting is impossible!

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22 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use once you get round the touch screen and looks really good

- sending pictures through bluetooth some times takes a while

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2007

amy, newcastle

Score 2.0/10

+ slim

- keeps freezing

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2007

Carl, Sheerness

Score 6.0/10

+ Nice looking phone good features

- Battery life is to be honest absoulty rubbish

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2007

ERIC, HOUNSLOW

Score 10.0/10

+ excellent clarity easy to use

- pricey if not on contract

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Oct 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 1.0/10

+ none

- all

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15 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ THE PHONE LOOKS GOOD. THE PICTURE QUALITY IS GREAT. THE MUSIC IS CLEAR.

- THE CAMERA AND CAMCORDER ARE REALLY HARD TO WORK. THE WALLPAPERS ARE LACKING. THE BATTERY GOES DOWN QUICK.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “had previous prada phone”

Score 8.0/10

+ messaging so much better with new keyboard

- sometimes touch screen hesitates

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “organised, straightforward, helpful”

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use. Very visual. Nice looking. Very sensitive to touch when dialling numbers.

- Sensitivity can be a problem when dialling or choosing action
Handbook is not clear on alarm setting, use of other products.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ It looks good, I found it very easy to use and after haveing so many problems with the nokia 6500 slide I am thrilled with it

- none worth mentioning

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ the keypad is really good, easy to use and clear. i like the touch screen because it responds quite quicky. the sound quality is good as it goes quite loud but not ad loud as any sony ecrisson phones. i love the design as it looks very nice to hold and look at and becuase it is 'Prada' it looks posh. the internet is easy to use but it don't load that quick and because it is touch screen its difficult to click on pages as it doesn't respond always, you have to press on the link a few times. Messaging is good, contacts and things like that aswell. the design of the menu is good, easy to use. I like how the fact its touch screen that it locks with a button on the side and that when you unlock you have to click on a certain thing to unlock it, not just anywhere so it doesn't unlok easy. The lg prada 2 is an all orund good phone.

- Basicallt the only bad thing for me is the 5.0mega pixels camera. i find that it doesn't take good clear pictures and i find that my old phone which was a sony ericsson, it took better pictures that were CLEAR and it was only a 2.0 mega pixel camera. i thought that the camera was going to be soo much better than my old phone but i think its worse. i don't no whether there is something to do with my camera that isn't right so that it dont take good clear pictures, but there aren't clear so thats the bad point about the prada. also i can't have my own screensaver because i have to have which i think they are 'PRADA' pictures so thats annoying and some of the pictures have faces of them which i don't realy like and everyone always asks me who is that and im like i dont no! i can't delete the pictures either.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Dec 2008

William, Bournemouth

Score 6.0/10

+ Slim and light. looks good when new. Easy touch screen operation.

- Very poor battery life. Scratches and chips easily - needs to be kept in its pouch. When texting many recipients it is very long winded. Phone freezes from time to time.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 3.0/10

+ It was Cheap

- EVERYTHING!!!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “honest fun careful kind”

Score 9.0/10

+ looks great nice wallpapers /software feels like a phone just the right weight ,big screen is great

- u have to press a bit to hard on the screen needed the feature of it knowing your touch better camera zoom

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 5.0/10

+ Good size screen to watch videos.

- The alarm doesn't always work and the date likes to change by itself.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Sep 2008

Devesh , London , “Fun & Outgoing”

Score 8.0/10

+ the best fertures of the phone is is very small & light. would nor even notice you have it.

- there are only a few software & applications avaiable for the product which is a shame since it a grate design.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2008

becky, worksop , “student”

Score 8.0/10

+ the key pad and touch screen

- cant change screen saver,longer life battery,more features i.e voice recorder,

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Dec 2008

Peter, Bristol , “I love noodles”

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks great; fab touch screen; nice big screen.

- Transfer of music and video to MicroSD card is a pain; camera only 2MP.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Nov 2008

maya, york , “fun blond silly happy”

Score 9.0/10

+ qwerty keypad, oversall look, everything :)

- the battery isnt that great but it lasts about twondays, xxx

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Dec 2008

Alan, Sunderland , “Don't buy this phone”

Score 1.0/10

+ None that I can recommend.

- Touch screen is awkward to use both before & during a call it cuts people off when you lift the phone to your ear.
The date keeps changing for no apparent reason which makes your alarm not go off when it should.
Camera takes poor quality photos.
Instruction manual was very hard to follow & understand.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Sep 2008

esther, paisley , “very nice person”

Score 6.0/10

+ the phone looks good.

- the camera is not that good especially if you have a shaky hand. and i found it hard around the phone it has taken 2 months to find my way round as the instructions are not clear either,

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Oct 2008

Georgie, Cheltenham

Score 7.0/10

+ Stylish

- Touch keypad freezes

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Oct 2008

Yang, London

Score 2.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- function is too basic. ugly outside. feel it likes a children toy on my hand. silver Prada is complete different from black Version. so so cheap plastic outside & cover. I would not buy it if I knew it likes this. so disappointment!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2008

Adam, Dolgellau , “nothing”

Score 6.0/10

+ large screen

- not that easy getting the numbers from the phone

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2008

Lindsay, Newcastle

Score 8.0/10

+ A nice looking phone.

- It takes a while to get used to the touch screen which can be a bit sensitive.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 5.0/10

+ it looks good

- the battery life is awful. the manual doesn't tell you how to use predictive text

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Aug 2008

Melanie, Whitley Bay

Score 9.0/10

+ Very stylish, excellent touoch screen and very easy to use.

- Battery life is good but if could be extended that would be great.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ Looks nice

- it crashes

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2008

katie, garmouth , “teenage girl”

Score 9.0/10

+ looks good and was value for money

- the camera keeps freezing i dont bother with it at all

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Sep 2008

Julian, Hayfield , “Leisure Manager”

Score 5.0/10

+ It is very stylish it comeswith lots of features

- A bit fiddly to use and the main thing is if you have children and it gets dropped it is cosmetically ruined almost instantly

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ looks nice

- hard to use

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Style and looks come first”

Score 8.0/10

+ Great Design, Camera and Flash brilliant (much improved from the last one) and qwerty keyboard very easy to use (much better than the electronical one on the KE850 silver)

- screen could be bigger but doesn't cause to meny problems, and the battery life is better than before but still isn't very good can get and day standby if i dont use it, but dont let this hold you back aslong as you charge it every day never notice it get low

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purchased 22 Feb 2009

Jane, Kent

Score 3.0/10

+ Pretty phone, sound quality is good

- Freezes when texting, very limited (and poor) ring and message tones, touchscreen isnt great

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purchased 26 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ Very stylish.

- I've had lots of problems with the touch screen. It takes several attempts to type certain letters in a text message, and sometimes I can't open the number pad during a call.

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purchased 29 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ Looks good

- Bad quality music, program, battery life, slow function, freezing

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purchased 01 Sep 2008

James, Belfast , “Busy Organised Youthful”

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks cool and easy to use when you get to know the phone

- Camera Takes a while to get used to the touch screen

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purchased 04 Sep 2008

Joanna, Glasgow , “Business or web user”

Score 9.0/10

+ really nice product for girls who like to have pretty things:) good camera and many options to edit pictures:)

- quite hard to get used to touch screen which is not very sensitive, quality of sound not the best

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover”

Score 7.0/10

+ looks good.

- freezes quite often.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2008

allison, sunderland

Score 4.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- It is not user friendly. Constantly freezing which means I have to turn off and switch back on. Can't wait for a replacement

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 4.0/10

+ i liked the touch screen aspect of the phone

- always breaking
battery life was poor
camera was not very easy to use
screen scratched far to easy

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2008

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Expert reviews for LG KE850 Prada

TechRadar expert review

LG very neatly made the leap from handset also-ran to style icon with the launch of its Chocolate series, which absolutely oozed minimalist cool and incorporated an interesting design quirk (those 'secret' touch-sensitive buttons). The fact that most models in the series paid not much more than lip(stick) service to the gritty business of enhanced functionality and features mattered not a jot as buyers across the country, and indeed the world, queued up to buy into the Chocolatey goodness. LG's latest bite of the fashionista cherry comes in this association with √ºber-cool fashion…

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reviewed 01 May 2007

Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen Yes
Type Candy Bar
Band Tri
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x400
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 85
Talk Time (hours) 3
Standby Time (hours) 300
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging No
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 98.8x54x12
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.84
Games Yes
HTML Browser No
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Black
Networks Orange

Also known as: LG - Prada, LG prada, Prada

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Manufacturer's Description

The Prada phone is a unique, sophisticated and elegant mobile phone with the first complete advanced touch interface.


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