LG KP500 (Mobile Phones & Smartphones)

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Product Age Average review date: 11-07-2009

Rank 1109 

alaScore 77

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4242 reviews

May, 2012

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User Reviews (4176)

LG Cookie KP500

By Blake Hano (cnet.co.uk) Read the full review

The LG cookie KP5000 is a stylish phone on the outside but an extremely slow phone on the inside. The software glitches are highly annoying as it slows the screen down and it takes an extremely long time to load. One thing I do like is that you can...

The large touchscreen

Camera,Streaming (over the internet), loading speed,NO FLASH the camera

Dec, 2010 2010-12-19   1.5

LG Cookie KP500

By Andrew Lennon Shepard (cnet.co.uk) Read the full review

Though it does have a responsive screen, most resistive screens are flimsy and break easily, which was the case with mine after about 6 months. So theres no point on getting a great phone with a great media player and great apps etc if it simply does...

Nicely implemented features, great music player and bundled earphones, excellent build quality, mildly but decently responsive screen (even though it broke :( )

Camera in low light, no 3.5mm jack!! Great media player, easy for texting/ calling etc

Nov, 2010 2010-11-27   3

LG Cookie KP500

By Ryan Hawkins (cnet.co.uk) Read the full review

It's a nice phone, small, and doesn't weigh alot (only 89g). also it's quite "organized" as in, it has 4 "topics" and within them you have a selection of different things. It would make a great first phone, if you have a slide and you want a cheap...

Small Size, Good First Phone, Music Player, SD Card, Toughness

Everything else

Oct, 2010 2010-10-29   2.5

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Manufacturer's Description

The LG Cookie is the most affordable full touchscreen handset. Despite its low price tag, this attractive phone has the latest touch technology and features normally found in high-end handsets. KP500 offers the touchscreen technology, with auto rotation display, which shifts images and documents for enhanced viewing. KP500 has motion sensor gaming that reacts when the handset is turned, flipped or shifted.

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alaTest has collected and analysed 4243 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the usability and responsiveness. The reliability and features get negative opinions. Comments are divided on the connectivity.

We analysed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Mobile Phones the LG KP500 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 77/100 = Good quality.

May, 2012 2012-05-16 alaScore 77 3.9

LG KP500 Cookie review

By Rachel Day (pocket-lint.com)

LG has gone touchscreen crazy recently, launching a range of different devices with varying feature sets. The Renoir obviously is at the top of the pile with multimedia and camera options aplenty, perhaps making your compact camera feel a little...

Budget touchscreen handset in a slim shell

Not as fully-featured as the Renoir, but a fraction of the price

The LG Cookie is a cheap man’s KC910 Renoir. It may be purse-string friendly, but that doesn’t mean it’s basic

At the bottom of the pile though, is the LG KP500, dubbed the “Cookie”: a handset with a camera that might not put your compact to shame, but will make your pocket feel satisfyingly heavy. The swipe touchscreen interface is almost exactly the same as...

Dec, 2008 2008-12-16   4

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LG Cookie KP500

By Sandra Vogel (trustedreviews.com)

It looks similar to LG's award-winning Renoir so can we expect a similar showing from the company's Cookie?

If you want Wi-Fi, GPS or 3G look elsewhere. Ditto if you want a more rewarding camera experience. But if you aren't bothered about those things this is a reasonably good, touchscreen handset.

Jan, 2009 2009-01-09   4

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LG Cookie KP500 review

By Andrew Lim (cnet.co.uk)

If you're on a tight budget and you love the idea of having a touchscreen phone, the LG Cookie KP500 is definitely an option. Having spent some quality time with it, our only concern is it doesn't offer enough features that stand out from the crowd....

Slim design ; Good photo viewer

Lack of 3G ; Lack of 3.5mm headphone jack

If all you're looking for is a touchscreen phone that does the basics, then this is it. But, if you're looking for an iPhone killer, then the KP500 will almost certainly disappoint. The confusing thing about the KP500 is that, although it's a phone we...

Jan, 2009 2009-01-13   3.3

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Stuff magazine

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LG has kindly baked a touch phone for punters on a strict prepay budget. But is the Cookie tasty or stale?

An affordable and appealing introduction to the world of touch phones if you don't do much web browsing

Dec, 2008 2008-12-01   4

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LG Cookie Review

By Editorial Team (recombu.com)

A simple touchscreen interface guides you through all of the Cookie's features and you can customise the home screen.

This isn't an iPhone but then it's not trying to be. This is a simple, affordable touchscreen phone but LG has had to make plenty of sacrifices to bring the price down. If you're desperate for a touchscreen phone and aren't really looking for features...

Jan, 2009 2009-01-16   3

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LG Cookie

By Nikhil Pradhan (pcworld.in)

With the KP500 Cookie, LG took a fresh take on the touchscreen phone.

Inexpensive ; Smart Looks & Light Design ; Decent Screen ; Good Music Playback

Unrefined Touch UI ; Poor Camera ; No. 3.5mm Jack

The LG Cookie was one of the first phones to kick-start the affordable touchscreen phone trend.

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Review: LG Cookie

By Andrew Lim (asia.cnet.com)

The Cookie is attractive and relatively cheap, but too feature-deficient to be an iPhone killer.

Slim design; good photo viewer

Lack of 3G; lack of 3.5mm headphone jack

The LG Cookie KP500 had us torn because, on the one hand, it's an affordable touchscreen phone that works well for the most part, but, on the other hand, it has flaws. The most apparent issue is the lack of any juicy features to make it really stand...

The confusing thing about the KP500 is that, although it's a phone we could live with, we wouldn't actually do much with it.

Aug, 2009 2009-08-31   3.3

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LG KP500 Mobile Phone : LG KP500 (Cookie) Mobile Phone

By paul_smart (gadgetspeak.com)

This is a touch screen phone (no keyboard) but for those whose handwriting is better than mine almost everything can be written using the provided stylus, however there is a soft keypad for people like me.

The KP500 mobile phone from LG, also referred to as 'Cookie' measures 10.5x5.5x1cm and weights less than 90grams. Mine was black with a metallic grey strip around the edge. The face has a 6.5x4cm screen. The 140 page User Guide is very comprehensive....

The right side has the insertion point for the 5cm long stylus that expands to 7.5cm for easier writing this unusually for a stylus goes horizontally along the base of the unit.

Jun, 2009 2009-06-03   4

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LG Cookie

By James Holland (electricpig.co.uk)

LG's no stranger when it comes to making touchscreen phones with silly names, and the Cookie lives up to that history on both counts with its three-inch touchscreen and biscuit-related monicker.

Stylish touchscreen mobile at an equally stylish price

It's lacking Wi-Fi, 3G, DivX and XviD playback

The LG Cookie is about as basic as a touchscreen mobile can get. But then that's the whole point.

Jun, 2009 2009-06-10   3

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LG Cookie (LG KP500) Review

By Emma (tracyandmatt.co.uk)

Matt mentioned that LG seem to be coming up with some popular touchscreen handsets. Well it seems that LG have created a much more affordable touchscreen handset with the LG Cookie KP500. The Cookie comes in a range of colours and has a...

Slim design ; Large 3" screen ; Quite lightweight ; Handwriting recognition

Slower texting with the touch screen keypad ; No flash ; No Autofocus ; No 3G ; No WIFI

Jun, 2009 2009-06-23 No rating -0.1

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alaTest has collected and analysed 4 user reviews of the LG KP500 from cnet.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2010 to Dec, 2010. The average user rating from cnet.co.uk is 45 out of 100.

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LG Cookie KP500

The LG cookie KP5000 is a stylish phone on the outside but an extremely slow phone on the inside. The software glitches are highly annoying as it slow

LG Cookie KP500

Though it does have a responsive screen, most resistive screens are flimsy and break easily, which was the case with mine after about 6 months. So the

LG Cookie KP500

It's a nice phone, small, and doesn't weigh alot (only 89g). also it's quite "organized" as in, it has 4 "topics" and within them you have a selection

LG Cookie KP500

I got my LG cookie for christmas, it was fine at first, then after about a month it started getting slow. to unlock it , it can take over 5 seconds, i

  1 Users positive 3 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 3 user reviews of the LG KP500 from recombu.com. The average user rating from recombu.com is 43 out of 100.

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LG Cookie

"Ive had the cookie for a while know and to see if there are any significant differences between this phone and its rival the Samsung Tocco lite i tri

LG Cookie

"Very good value for money find the phone easy to use"

LG Cookie

"I bought this phone looking at it appearance. But now i understand my mistake. the phone is tooooo slow and really difficult to scroll throught menus

  1 Users positive 2 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the LG KP500 from asia.cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2009 to Nov, 2010. The average user rating from asia.cnet.com is 75 out of 100.

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"Keep your expectations low with this budget touchscreen phone"

You get what you pay for. This is a budget touchscreen phone with lackluster performance. Texting on this phone is frustrating due to the unresponsive

"Simple yet Useful!"

I Purchased this phone last thursday and so far im having a great time using it.....it doesnt have wifi and 3G but still i find this mobile phone awes

  1 Users positive 1 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 111 user reviews of the LG KP500 from amazon.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Oct, 2001 to Mar, 2012. The average user rating from amazon.co.uk is 71 out of 100.

  79 Users positive 32 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 8 user reviews of the LG KP500 from argos.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from May, 2010 to Mar, 2011. The average user rating from argos.co.uk is 80 out of 100.

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T-Mobile LG Cookie KP500 Mobile Phone

The only problem I have with this phone is that the ring tone is low.

Best Purchase Ever

It is a cool little touchscreen phone. Easy to use and it has a good battery life. I like the liitle stylus pen you get with it.

Bought as a gift

I can't really give an acurate review of this phone as it wasn't for me as it was bought as a gift for my teenage daughter but from the amount of hamm

good phone

this phone is fine for my needs , although camera it a little dissapointing , other than that i like LG's

  7 Users positive 1 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 48 user reviews of the LG KP500 from ciao.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Nov, 2008 to Feb, 2010. The average user rating from ciao.co.uk is 81 out of 100.

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kp500 lg touch screen features and an affordable price

interface and the physical appearance of this phone is good enough virtual keyboard size is too small

LG Cookie; Sweet treat or unpleasent surprise?

If you're after a cheap and cheerful phone, you cannot go wrong with the cookie. It is easy to work. Some people may feel daunted by the touch screen,

I may be hated for this but, this is the way the cookie crumbles

There are a few things i'd like to get off my chest about this phone. Hmm where to start.. I got this phone on contract a few moths ago after hearing

LG KP500: A good hardwearing phone that satisfies all my needs.

Well I've had this phone for a round 9 months now which is a personal record for me as i quickly upgrade to new one usually. Just like every over phon

  44 Users positive 4 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 31 user reviews of the LG KP500 from dialtosave.co.uk . The user reviews were collected from Nov, 2008 to Sep, 2009. The average user rating from dialtosave.co.uk is 81 out of 100.

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LG KP500 Cookie White

I bought a LG KP500 Cookie a few months back, i noticed that when i record video my phone restarts automatically without any notice and the recording

LG KP500 Cookie White

I think its brilliant.

LG KP500 Cookie White

Last week i bought new lg cookie.. it was a awesome mobile with xtra-ordinary features...i tink it has many features which can compete with the other

LG KP500 Cookie White

This is a good little phone the only thing i find a little annoying about it is the fact that it has no zoom or flash at all but it is well worth the

  27 Users positive 4 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the LG KP500 from gadgetspeak.com. This user review was collected in 0000-00-00, with a rating of 40 out of 100.

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LG KP500 (Cookie) Mobile Phone

Wow! Great article with worthy info about gadgets.

  1 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 8 user reviews of the LG KP500 from mouthshut.com. The user reviews were collected from May, 2009 to Jan, 2010. The average user rating from mouthshut.com is 48 out of 100.

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You Get what u pay for

HI I am using this mobile for the last two months. I went for this mobile becoz of its sleek design. I would say it has a good picture quality. I wil

Value for money

It has been three months since i have been usin this phone. Believe me it is the first LG phone which i think is as user friendly than the nokia 3inc

Not very effective

They say that the phone has got 3.2 MP camera, but the picture quality is very bad as compared to other 3.2 MP phones. The touch screen response is al

Not very effective

They say that the phone has got 3.2 MP camera, but the picture quality is very bad as compared to other 3.2 MP phones. The touch screen response is al

  3 Users positive 5 Users negative

alaTest has collected and analysed 6 user reviews of the LG KP500 from reevoo.com. The user reviews were collected from Sep, 2010 to Sep, 2010. The average user rating from reevoo.com is 65 out of 100.

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LG Cookie KP500

Don't let the price fool you! Just because its a cheap phone doesnt mean its a cheap phone if you know what I mean It was a present for the wife... I

LG Cookie KP500

Takes a little time to get used to all the different features. Well the the effort though as it's a great little phone. Not as good as the infamous i

LG Cookie KP500

Good looking phone The battery does not seem to last very long, particularly when using the bluetooth to connect to the in car handsfree

LG Cookie KP500

Nice design Really short battery life, slow reaction on touch, keep switching off on its own

  4 Users positive 2 Users negative

LG KP500

LG KP500: product specifications

Aerial
Antenna Type
Internal
Battery
Capacity
900mAh
Standby Time (PB)
350hours
Talk Time (PB)
210minutes
Technology
Lithium Ion
Calculator
Type
Basic
CE Input Device
Type
Touch sensitive screen
Cellular
Combined with
With digital camera / digital player / FM radio
Integrated Components
Digital camera / Digital player / FM radio
Phone Form Factor
Monoblock
Service Provider
Not specified
Technology
GSM
Type
Cellular phone
Vibrating Alert
 Yes
Voice Recorder
Built-in / Yes
Wireless Interface
Bluetooth
Dimensions & Weight
Depth
12mm
Height
110mm
Width
55mm
Display
Colour Depth
18-bit (262000 Colours)
Diagonal Size
3in
Diagonal Size (metric)
7.6cm
Type
LCD display
Flash Memory
Supported Flash Memory Cards
microSD
Header
Manufacturer
LG Electronics
Model
KP500
Packaged Quantity
1
Product Line
LG Cookie
Messaging & Data Services
EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution)
Built-in / Yes
Internet Browser
Built-in / Yes
Miscellaneous
Colour
Pink
Optical Sensor
Sensor Resolution
3Megapixel
Organiser
Alarm Clock
 Yes
Calendar / Event Reminder
Built-in / Yes
Reminder
Built-in / Yes

Manufacturer's Description


The LG Cookie is the most affordable full touchscreen handset. Despite its low price tag, this attractive phone has the latest touch technology and features normally found in high-end handsets. KP500 offers the touchscreen technology, with auto rotation display, which shifts images and documents for enhanced viewing. KP500 has motion sensor gaming that reacts when the handset is turned, flipped or shifted.

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