Hands-on with LG’s Lotus for Sprint

Filed under: Handsets, Features, LG, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA

Okay, okay, we admit it: we went a little harsh on the Lotus before we had a chance to cradle it in our own palm. It turns out that LG’s latest texting machine for Sprint is actually Truly a looker in a bizarre, quirky way, with the black version taking on a well-constructed, businesslike aura and the purple Makea reasonably good job repping the high-fashion set. Don’t get us wrong, it still looks downright weird when closed — mainly because we’re just not used to a square flip, we suppose — but when it’s open, it looks as decent as any featurephone on the market. We didn’t have a great opportunity to put the keyboard through it’s paces (stay tuned for that), but that new One Click UI paradigm looks like a winner at a quick glance — so even if you’re too fat-fingered to enjoy top SMS speeds, at least you’ll enjoy watching your mistakes materialize on the screen in glorious detail.

Gallery: Hands-on with LG’s Lotus for Sprint