LG Arena KM900 gets reviewed, called an iPhone clone

We didn't think the LG Arena KM900 was any great shakes when we briefly got to play with it at Mobile World Congress, and it sounds like our initial impression was right on the money -- GSM Helpdesk just reviewed the touchscreen handset and more or less called it a weak iPhone clone. Ouch. The S-Class 3D UI drew particular scorn for being "cumbersome," and the browser was "sluggish" and "uncomfortable," taking some 30-40 seconds to render pages. There were some positives, though: the camera was solid, and the Dolby Mobile-enabled media player impressed, but overall the phone scored a 7 out of 10 on potential alone -- let's hope LG can improve things next time around.

[Via Slashgear]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 3:07PM]

ouch... (1st)..... looks like a chrome incased instinct competitor.

[jasonlackey Posted Apr 9th 2009 3:16PM]

Sadly this is a competitor to the iPhone in a manner similar to which a Daihatsu might compete with a Maybach in that they both have four wheels and carry people.

That said, the Dolby media thing is pretty impressive, particularly the quality of audio they were squeezing out of a very light stream.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 4:38PM]

I honestly wish reviewers would stop the iphone comparisons. Geewhiz.

[Will54880 Posted Apr 9th 2009 6:49PM]

What phone SHOULD we compare this one to then?

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 5:59PM]

So is iphone a clone of lg prada...in your face steve BLOWJOBS!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2009 1:12PM]

LG wanted to make a media rich phone, and besides the browser being sluggish [just get Opera Mini], it looks like they accomplished this. Every touchscreen phone is going to be compared to the iPhone, just because its the trendy thing to do...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2009 11:21AM]

I have reviewed it too, and my conclusion is more positive.

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=nl&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaboutphones.nl%2Freviews%2F71%2FLG-KM900-Arena.html&sl=nl&tl=en&swap=1&swap=1

Of course, the phone has some things in common with the iPhone, but it's deffinitly not just a stupid iPhone ripp-off. The cam isn't that good and the browser sucks (which you can easily solve by installing Opera Mini), but apart from that it's quite a good multimedia phone.