was released on the birth anniversary of French artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and, like the artist, the phone makes quite an impression.

The LG KC910i Renoir is an improved version of the LG KC910 – with a sleek new black look. Undoubtedly one of the best camera phones around, the cellphone drops the mechanical lens cover from the previous version, but maintains the stellar specs. An 8 mega pixel, autofocus camera, with Schneider-Kreuznach optics (German manufacturers of industrial and photographic optics, famous for their lenses.) and built in xenon flash, theKC910i Renoir is a dream come true for professional photographers who need a quick test shot and amateur camera lovers alike. It also features face, blink, and smile detection, and geotagging options to boot.

The LG mobile phones also has an improved interface from the older version. The viewfinder no longer crops images in the frame, which makes a lot of difference if you’re trying to take a family photo and uncle Tim seems to be missing.

The LG KC910i Renoir seems to be a sturdy camera phone, a bit thicker than the older version at 107.8 x 55.9 x 14 mm (probably so that the lens doesn’t stick out as much as it used to) It weighs 114g, which I guess is decent for a camera phone, it has a TFT resistive touch-screen, which allows for very fast re-drawing of the display. The screen is 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches, which is great to playback all the fabulous photographs that you take with the camera.

A pleasant surprise is the quality of the speakerphone, Dolby Mobile, which is loud and clear. I can see myself taking pictures and talking on the phone at the same time, especially during those particularly long periods of time when I’m on hold or in queue with my mobile service provider.

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LG KC910i Renoir on Orange
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LG KC910i Renoir on Vodafone
LG KC910i Renoir on 3 Mobile
LG KC910i Renoir on Virgin