Android Phone Guide

Why switch?

Reasons to buy an Android phone

So you’ve read about the apps, you’ve checked out the phones - but are you

sure you want to plonk those pounds down for an Android of your own?

Here are four reasons we’d recommend an LG Android phone.

Customisation

Like the idea of being able to design your home

screen just the way you want? Android phones

are the most customisable of all of the

smartphone operating systems. You can easily

move, add and remove shortcuts and widgets,

or download new icons and themes for a really

different look (see page 24 for the lowdown).

Low cost

LG’s Android line is more cost effective than most other smartphones, with

all the same beneﬁ ts of a powerful and easy to use OS. In fact,

the InTouch Max GW620 is available free on £20 contracts.

Free apps

Sixty percent of the 50,000 apps at the Android Market are free, while most of

the paid-for ones are under a ﬁ ver. And because developers have access to the

full Android code, they can make apps that integrate perfectly into the phone.

Camera

Android cameras can be hit and miss, but LG has nailed the snapper on

its InTouch Max GW620 (page 10) and Optimus GT540 (page 12) handsets.

Both come with auto-focus and ﬂ ash, and take decent pictures, even in low

light – a coup for phones at this price point. And, of course, you can upload the

photos to Facebook, Twitter and more.

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