The LG A258 is a flip type phone that has got a unique style and is quite comfortable to use. This LG handset sports a 2.2 inch screen with large keypad that is unveiled when the handset is flipped opened.
The main features of LG A258 are dual LCD display one on the outer side and another 2.2 inch when the phone is flipped opened. The main highlight however is the sleek and minimalist design. This handset comes with FM radio with buffer recording, built in widget, MP3 player, hot keys that can be customized as per your need and a 2 MP camera.
Even though the A258 is a budget phone the built in widget feature is really interesting. The built in widget come with shortcuts to applications like Facebook, Weather, Clock, RSS, Calendar, Google search and Twitter. The FM radio with buffer recording will buffer 3, 10 or 30 second of live content before recording this helps in removing unwanted content before recording starts.
LG A258 specifications
This is a 2G phone with 91.4 grams weight with 16.5 mm thick. This handset comes with 15 MB internal memory and also supports microSD card up to 8 GB. The A258 supports social networking apps and IM which you can use with GPRS / EDGE networks.
The 2MP fixed focus camera can save images in 1280 by 1024 pixels resolution and also supports continuous shot. Video can be recorded at 15 fps with 176 by 144 resolutions.
Other features are Bluetooth 2.1, USB, JAVA, Obigo 7.1 xHTML / HTML browser and built in Games. The 900 mAh Li-ion battery gives a standby of about 400 hours and a talktime of 240 minutes.
LG A258 price in India Rs. 4800 (Estimated)