LG KU580 Hero Review

After more than 1 year from its launch, LG’s Chocolate collection ends in 2007 with another high-end stylish phone, KU580 aka Hero. The “Hero” was announced in April 2007 as a Vodafone exclusive mobile phone which cannot be bought from another mobile network operator.Chocolate Multimedia can be bought only from Vodafone starting last month for about 400 USD without any plan.

The design isn’t too different from its predecessors and even if the touch-sensitive keys that made the entire Chocolate collection famous is present in the KU580 model, this time there is no responsive delay to the keys.

The touch-sensitive keys include a big 5-way multimedia key, 2 soft keys, the Accept call key and the Back key. I noticed and was disappointed by the lack of an End call key on the front of the phone, which was placed on the right side of the phone instead. On the left side of the phone you’ll find the volume key and a small button that will give you access to the music player as well as the microSD slot card for memory expansion.

The glossy black plastic and the screen scratches very easily no matter what you do. You can say that the “Hero” is identical in sizes with older Chocolates (94 x 53 x 16.5 mm), but it’s weighing only 73 grams (battery included), that’s almost 20 grams less.

Even if LG KU580 has a smaller display than its predecessors it still supports 262k colors and 320 x 240 pixels resolution. The 2 Megapixel camera is very light dependent and The colors are strangely dull and faded and there are no settings that could correct these. The maximum resolution available for the CMOS camera is 1600 x 1200 pixels, but you can also use 640 x 480 pixels or 1280 x 960 pixels resolutions. “Hero”s camera is an average one and we’ve saw better ones. On a scale from 1 to 10 I would give this camera a 5. Why ? Because i’m sure that LG can do better than this as it has already proved it in its previous models.

The Good

The best thing regarding LG KU580 is the updated firmware which corrected a whole bunch of bugs that were present in previous models (Platinum Chocolate, Shine). The phone is a masterpiece in terms of design; as usual LG did a great job. I was also surprised by the multimedia part which was much better than I expected with loud and clear vibes.

The Bad

Even if the phone features a whole range of Internet capabilities, these are working at mediocre standards and could ruin the users? Web experience. A bigger display and a better camera module would’ve made it perfect for its price.

Sales package

LG KU580 Hero
Battery Li-Po 860mAh
Charger 230V/EU
Cleaner
Headset with remote control
USB Cable
CD ROM with software
User Guide