Smartphones have really taken innovative interfaces to heart, with how you interact with your phone being the new way many people choose their phones. But top-end interfaces aren’t JUST for smartphones. Let’s check out two phones that show that off better than any other…
LG Arena – Unleashing S-Class on the world
LG have raised the bar for mobile phones several times, with phones like the Viewty, and they’ve done it again with the brilliant LG Arena. There’s an obvious reason for that: its interface. That’s because the LG Arena is the first handset by the Korean manufacturer to feature their new S-Class interface, which shows you everything as icons on a 3D cube, that you spin around using your fingertips. It’s a superb interface, and it means the LG Arena really is a phone you’ll want to touch and play with. Give it a 5 megapixel camera, and an awesome media player, and you get one of the greatest multimedia handsets in the industry, with the LG Arena.
Samsung Tocco Ultra – TouchWiz + keyboard = Win!
However, the Samsung Tocco Ultra has one of the nicest touchscreen interfaces of any non-smartphone. Based on their TouchWiz UI (which has previously seen the light of day in phones like the original Tocco), the Samsung Tocco Ultra puts that interface into a body that’s clearly been inspired by their Ultra Edition series of slim, sexy phones. Even the name Samsung Tocco Ultra hints at that dual heritage, with the phone being designed to look good both inside and out.
However, good looks aren’t the only thing one looks for in a mobile phone, hence the Tocco Ultra is trading on some cool features, too that, to be honest, top those on the LG Arena. Quite apart form the sleek, finger-friendly interface, it’s also equipped with a beautiful 8 megapixel camera (much like the Samsung Pixon that it will be sold alongside), and HSDPA internet access. As well as that, though, the Samsung Tocco Ultra adds a whole level of usability, but having a proper, slide-out keyboard. In other words, anyone who wants a touch interface, but prefers texting, or dialling numbers, on an old school keypad, is going to right at home with the Tocco Ultra.
Author: Hannah Nixon
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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