Sum n substance:

Thumbs up: generous touch screen, QWERTY keypad is decent enough,awesome call quality, 3-megapixel camera.

Thumbs down: does not support JAVA, speakers aren’t that great, navigation joystick could have been a bit better designed.

Inside the trunk:

• Technology CDMA
• Band CDMA 800/1900 (Dual Band)
• Phone Design Slider
• Caller ID Yes
• Wireless Interface Bluetooth 2.1
• Additional Features TTY compatible , Voice command , Touch screen , Speakerphone , 16 GB microSD card slot , Airplane mode , Micro USB

THE WHIZ-KID SPEAKS: LG has always managed to come up with some really astounding touch screen phones and though it wasn’t the pioneer in the touch screen market it definitely rules the roost. Now  it has collaborated with Alltel and U.S mobile  to bring to you one more of its masterpieces. Without any further ado lets move forward to the review.

Razzle-dazzle: I wouldn’t be wrong if I say that the LG tritan is dominated by its touchscreen which measures 4.45 inches by length and 2.24 inches by width and 0.65 inch in thickness. It is highly comfortable in the hand with its curved corners though it is a bit bulky.

Its got a stunning display with highly animated colours at a resolution of  240×400 and  it also has a 262,000 colour support. The graphics are terrific and I was spell bound at the sharpness of the text and images. When the phone is idle the display gets overlayed by a screen which displays the day and the date and the missed calls if there are any along with the to-do list for the day. Also it comes equipped with an accelerometer which changes from the portrait mode to the landscape mode .

It has not one but four home screens which includes the main home screen, widgets home screen, the contacts home screen and the multimedia home screen all of which can be switched by just swiping your finger across the display and the name of the home screen  your on is displayed on the header. The top part of each home screen can be tapped to reveal rotating shortcut tiles that lead to the Bluetooth toggle, a new text message, the alarm clock, memory information, sound settings, the location toggle, and power save mode.

Talking about the touchscreen, whenever your touch gets registered it vibrates. Also there is a touch calibration wizard to ensure accuracy. What is kind of disappointing is that sometimes when I was just plainly scrolling down the lists, something else would get activated bymistake. Well, LG has tried to fix it up anyways by providing small real physical keys  underneath the touchscreen. The phone dialer keys are done up really well I must say, plus even while messaging we can either use a virtual QWERTY keyboard or the keypad, but still I prefer the physical QWERTY keyboard.

Amongst the advanced features being offered by the Tritan are the GPS navigation, the voice recorder, USB mass storage mode, stereo Bluetooth, and a document viewer that lets you view Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents. Also you can access your mail using the U.S cellulars EasyEdge service.

Inside dope: Hmmm…the design part surely left me flabbergasted, and I should say the performance part didn’t leave me disappointed by any means either.

I tried calling using the U.S roaming service and was highly taken aback by the awesome call quality which hardly displayed any amount of static. Plus, the caller was pretty much satisfied with the quality of the calls too, with very less background sound.

The LG tritan is loaded with a decent music player which supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WMA file formats. I would recommend using headphones for better music playback and sound quality because the speakers aren’t actually that great.

The 3-megapixel camera that the Tritan is adorned with was also pretty decent. The image quality, sharpness and the colour of the images was fabulous. The video camera is also not left far behind, though I would personally prefer it to shoot short videos.

The LG has surely lived upto its untarnished image when it comes to battery life with this one, which has a battery life of 3.5 hours and a standby time of 8.5 days.

The LG Tritan is available for less than $80 for both carriers with a mail-in rebate–Alltel requires a one-year contract, while U.S. Cellular requires a two-year agreement for that price.

Nitty-gritty: If your looking forward to getting a spectacular new phone and don’t mind the extra costs…Go ahead and grab it… its basically simplicity personified with a touch of elegance.

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