LG HB620T Mobile Phone with DVB-T Tuner

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Introduction

Those who cannot live without TV reception and could not also take small portable LCD TV, can now be engaged for a suitably equipped mobile phone to his passion with - The LG HB6220T mobile phone in matte black design with DVB-T tuner, to view the mobile TV programs. With prices starting from 129 EUR (cell phone without a contract), the buyer will receive a mobile phone with HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, a 2 MP camera and a secondary camera for video telephony. We were now curious to see how this compact LG HB620T mobile phone is practical in test.

LG HB620T Mobile Phone with DVB-T Tuner

Processing Features

1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Handy Folding looking mobile phone.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Metallic Design.

3. Housing dimensions - Dimensions: 88,5 x54, 9x17, 9 mm - a little wide, but just barely manageable. With a weight of 110 grams it sits perfectly in the hands and any pockets.

4. Quality of the keypad - Plastic keypad with uniform and good pressure point, but clearly audible noise tip.

5. Quality (sharpness / resolution) of the display - 2" WIDE LCD display with 262,144 colors and a resolution of 320x240 pixels. Good color and clear presentation can be seen.

6. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - Sturdy folding mechanism, which gets even after repeated folding and unfolding after a period of time. The flap has a two-stage grid. An angle that is exactly right for the mobile phone to place on the table and watch TV and open it completely to pursue other activities.

7. Quality of the battery compartment cover - The battery compartment cover looks quite cheap and is easy to use and remove. It sits perfectly.

8. Quality and scope of the supplied items - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger.

9. Processing Result - The LG HB620T mobile phone seems something like stale and unspectacular. With a bit larger, but still tolerable level, the mobile phone still fits well in the pocket. With 262,244 colors on the display, sharp and clear images can be viewed. With solid folding mechanism, the mobile phone also scores. The battery compartment cover sits fit and is easy to open. The included accessories is standard and is not to be criticized.

The back of the mobile phone seems totally plastic


Battery Cover


Stable folding mechanism


Loud / soft control buttons

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Business Features

1. Supported networks - Triband, GSM: 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS.

2. Data transmission - Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, HSDPA 7.2, GPRS und EDGE Class 12, WAP 2.0.

3. Reception and voice quality - The reception and voice quality is very good, positive - voices have substance and sound pleasant. Even with only average power demand, the reception quality is fine.

4. Voice quality of the speaker - When the speaker is in use, the user clearly hears audible scratched. Even at minimum volume, it is still audible.

5. Battery life (with normal use) - 3 days.

6. Storage capabilities of Contacts - First name, last name, number, email, groups: a group, family, friends, colleagues, school, VIP, picture, ringtone, website, home address, company name, position, company address, note.

7. Profile - Normal, Silent, Outdoor, flight mode, Custom 1, Custom 2, Custom 3, the default profiles can all be modified. In addition, you can create the menu item to customize their own profiles.

8. Calendar settings - Add new: birthday, appointment, anniversary, date, subject, location, reminder, time, 15, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day or 3 days, 1 week, no memory; Insert: Symbol, templates, emoticons, contacts ; input method dictionary off / on, 123; word to, or even a year, looking to set, as a public holiday, week, go to date, delete: messages against all entries.

9. Notes feature - Insert: Symbol, templates, emoticons, contacts, input method dictionary off / on, 123; Add Word; languages: English, German, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, adding, send: SMS message, MMS, Email, Bluetooth, Edit to move in secret memo, select: select, select all.

10. Built-in voice recorder (Dictaphone) - The result surprised us positively. The playback of the voice recording is distorted-and scratch-free and is totally natural. Duration: MMS-size, 30 sec, 1 min, unlimited, Quality: Very Good, Good or Normal; location: Phone memory or memory card, play, send: message, e-mail, Bluetooth, files: rename, file information (name, size, date, type, title, artist, genre, track number, album, description, duration, author, year, copyright and protection, install, create voice recordings: Use as: Voice ringtone, video sound, my voice memos: send, use as: Voice ringtone, Video ringtone, message tone, ON sound Ausschaltton, move, copy: phone memory, memory card, delete, mark: select, select all, order by: date, type, name, storage management: phone or memory card.

11. Email functionality - POP3, IMAP, and SMTP e-mails are quickly downloaded and the existing assistant helps with easy adjustment of the account.

12. Internet functionality - The display of the Internet pages are neat, but for an all-round harmonious page, display is too small. Pages with complex structure require only a small amount of time, thanks to HSDPA 7.2.

13. PC Sync - The data cable is included. In Windows Vista/ Windows 7, the software is installed smoothly, however, the process used until everything is quite lengthy. The synchronization works perfectly in contrast to previous LG models.

14. Other features - Alarm clock, tasks, calculator, stopwatch, calculator, world time, date calculator, favorites, VGA camera with 640x480 pixels for video telephony.

15. Business Result - Thanks to Bluetooth 2.0, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA, all kinds of connections work fairly quickly. The voice quality is very well emphasized as well as the long battery life. The storage space for contacts, and to personalize the profile, and the adjustment of the notes and calendar meet up the standards. Additional points are earned for the HB620T with its voice recorder, which convinces with a very good reproduction of the recording. The software installation takes a long time, also it will not complete Outlook records transferred. A VaGA camera with 640x480 pixels for video telephony is integrated in this LG mobiel phone.

USB - headset and charger connector

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Multimedia Features

1. Camera Equipment - 2 megapixel camera with 2X digital zoom, but at max. selected image size, not working, no flash, size: 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480, background, contact, quality: Super Fine, Fine, Standard; shooting: 1,3,6 and 9; brightness of -2 to +2, White Balance: auto, daylight, cloudy, shade, fluorescent, night mode: on / off, frame: no border or choose from a 9 frame, timer: off, 3,5,10 sec; effect: off, s / w, Negative, Sepia ; Shutter: 1 or 2; memory: phone or memory card; levels: on / off, change camera inside, outside, go to My Pictures; post-processing options: Send: Message, Email, Bluetooth, use as: background, contact photo, Switch on, off, full screen, delete, print via Bluetooth; files: rename, edit,: turn: left and right; Resize: 640x480, 320x240, 176x146, 160x120, contact size and background size, insert text and element; crop: 320x240 , 176x146, 160x120, background size, contact size, Custom, Picture Effects: Mosaic rectangle mosaic circle blur square or circle; Special Effects: Black & White, Sepia, Color Negative, B / W Negative, RGB balance, contrast, sharpness, blur, frame effect ; mirrors, Undo.

2. Camera quality - Under normal light conditions and bright light, good results and clear presentation of the shapes and colors are shown. In the darkness (despite night-mode setting), it cannot achieve any results. Even in low light, the colors and shapes hardly show from the LG HB620T.

3. Video Camera Equipment - No video light available; digital zoom; size: 320x240, 176x144, 128x96, quality: super fine, fine, standard, zoom: x1 or x2, brightness, WB, night mode, effects, memory, mirrors and camera exchange as camera settings, duration: Message , 30 sec, 1,2,5 or 60 minutes, sound: on / off, max. 60 min recording per clip.

4. Video quality - In bright light and normal light conditions, very good results with clearer color reproduction and decent motion handling are visible. In the darkness, the video quality is not convincing despite Night mode. Color loss and blurred contours are expected in the video clip if too much movement is made. Pixel clouds are also visible inevitable.

5. Facilities built-in to the music player - Format: 64 voices, MP3, WAV, MIDI, SP-MIDI, SMAF, AMR, iMelody, MPEG4, AAC, AAC +; Played on all tracks, artists, albums, genres, playlists, random, minimize, go to Music Player repeat, shuffle, equalizer: no style, classical, jazz, pop, rock, concert hall; view: Animation or file dates; playlist add file information: name, size, date, type, title, artist, genre, track number, Album, Comment, duration, author, year, protection, copyright, send: Message, Email, Bluetooth, use as: Voice ringtone, Video ringtone, message tone, power on, off.

6. Sound quality of the music player - When using the headset, tracks are vivid and amazingly natural. The results when listening through the built-in speaker, which is somewhat poorly positioned, is unfortunately regrettable. When the door is closed, it consumes most of the sound and gives back only a fraction of the sound. In addition, almost all the songs sound tinny. The small built-in EQ solves this problem and fortunately brings some useful results.

7. TV and radio functions - The FM radio is in instant messaging and TV is also reproduced on the DVB-T receiver. There is, however, to criticize, it can only be received via DVB-T. If you live in an area without DVB-T reception, you can not enjoy the TV's still coming from the radio. In DVB-T areas this LG mobile phone also is not entirely convincing. The channel search for TV programs takes a long time, but at least it will find out many stations. Due to the small screen-size, display of television is designed a little tiring. The picture quality is good, the picture is brilliant, color-fast and sharp.

8. Memory Storage Capacity - 100 MB internal memory for user data, expandable with micro SD card up to 4 GB.

9. Multimedia Result - Camera / video equipment, and quality to convince a simple operation scores good result for the LG HB620T. The operation of the MP3 player turns out to be simply and easy. The MP3 player scores points with clear, low distortion sound. Similarly, the storage capacity with 100 MB of user memory is not to be criticized. Additional storage options with Micro SD cards can easily be created. The DVB-T reception function presents itself as not yet fully developed.

The headphones sounds neat


Navigator for the Headset


Speed ​​dial buttons for TV and Radio


The antenna of the HB620T

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Handling / Menus

1. One-hand operation for key functions possible - Yes.

2. Call execute (with menu "contacts") - Lightweight and easy to make a call and to find contacts.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Very simple to add new contacts.

4. Readability of the display - On the day and at night, very good readability of the display can be seen from the mobile phone. In direct sunlight, it depends on the setting of the background and the question of how much one can read.

5. Pressure point of the keypad - Good and uniform pressure point.

6. Handling the navigation elements to prospect the menus - Good handling of the conveniently-placed navigation unit.

7. Clarity of the menu - Good straight-forward menu with not too many sub-items.

8. Scope of the menus - Menu is divided into extent content and has enough sub menu items.

9. The design of the menus - Simple graphic design with clearly recognizable menu icons.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - The navigation key is with quick access icons. Similarly, the right button to access the menu, and (simply choose the desired menu items and add) to the left to Favorites.

11. MMS and SMS Handling - Input Method: T9, 123 mode, inserting images, video, sound, icons, template, emotions, name and number, new page, subject, extras: send, calendar, notes, tasks, my business card, save a draft; input method: Dictionary / off, 123; languages: English, German, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, Add to Dictionary and draft: Send, delete, create new message (message, e-mail), Select: All or selected, filter: all, SMS, MMS, e-mail, news information, max. Two confirmations for sending SMS or MMS, if more than 772 characters, the SMS sent automatically as an MMS.

12. Settings of photo and video - Quite simple operation of the photo / video camera. The additional settings are easily set and find. Photos / videos are saved automatically and can be found in My Documents (My Pictures / videos).

13. Operation of Music Player - Easy operation of the MP3 player and easy to create playlists.

14. Reading from memory cards - The reading of memory card surprised us very positively. Easily read all Micro SD cards from the LG HB620T, and each of these subdivisions of the card and displays are correct. A short waiting time needs to be accepted.

15. File Management - Very simple to move Files.

16. Result - Easy to use, simple execution and adding contacts, good readability of the display and a good pressure point of the keypad speaks for the LG HB620T. The fairly small and clearly arranged menu has a useful menu level. The simple operation of the photo / video camera, MP3 player and the relatively simple handling of SMS / MMS are further plus points. Memory card can be read easily from the LG HB620T with no problems.

Keypad with good tactile feedback


Navigation Unit

Overall Conclusion

The LG HB620T0 comes at enormously low market prices, with a very good performance. The display can look rather small for 2-inch TV. The internal music player scores with a good sound, if slightly tinny too, but this means EQ is improved. The integrated camera offers very good results in daylight, only in the darkness there are no results. A second camera with 640 x 480 VGA resolution for video telephony is also on board.

The LG HB620T is available at reasonable prices and provides comprehensive facilities