Are your parents asking you for advice on buying a smartphone? Those who want a basic, reliable, and very affordable smartphone will appreciate the LG Enlighten for its simplicity. No bells and whistles here, but it’s a lot of phone for $80. RCR’s Parker Severns shows us the phone.
Phone Name LG Enlighten
Release Date 9/22/2011 (Online) 9/29/2011 (Store)
Carriers Verizon
Retail at Release $79.99 after $50 dollar rebate and two year contract
Spectrum Band CDMA 800, 1900
Target Audience value conscious customers and those who appreciate simplicity
Distributors Verizon
Markets/Countries United States
Size Dimensions: 4.50 x 2.30 x 0.58 inches / 114 x 58 x 15 mm
Weight: 5.54 ounces / 157 grams
Display Size: 3.2 inches
Type: Capacitive LCD Touch Screen Display (320 x 480)
Sound Speakers: Yes
Headphone Jack: 3.5 mm
Memory Internal: 150 MB
External: 2 GB microSD (up to 32GBmicroSD supported)
Battery Type: 1540 mAh
Stand-by: 840 hours / Talk: 6 hours / Gaming: N/A
Camera Primary: 3.2 mexapixels autofocus camera; Video: 640 x 480 VGA
Secondary: No
Connectivity GPS:Yes
3G: Yes
4G: No
Bluetooth: Yes (3.0 EDR)
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB: Yes
3G Mobile Hotspot up to 5 devices
Other Key Features OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
CPU: Single core 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7627T
Games: Yes; downloadable via Android Market
Browser: HTML, Flash
Colors: Black
Special: Full QWERTY keyboard via Side-Slider
Description Affordable slide phone
