LG KT520

  • Released 2008, August
    97g, 15.3mm thickness
    Feature phone
    30MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 2.2"
    240x320 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 800mAh
    Li-Ion

LG KT520 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2008, February. Released 2008, August
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 101.4 x 49.6 x 15.3 mm (3.99 x 1.95 x 0.60 in)
Weight 97 g (3.42 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 2.2 inches, 15.0 cm2 (~29.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~182 ppi density)
 360 deg finger mouse navigation
Downloadable themes
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 4 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Yes, Photocall
Call records 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
Internal 30MB
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single Yes
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3 player
Voice command/dial
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 290 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min
Misc Colors
SAR 0.49 W/kg (head)     0.22 W/kg (body)    
Price About 70 EUR

LG KT520 - User Reviews

  • how can I get this phones body as my phone is still in good condition

  • Why is my phone lg kt 520 is just writting lg on the screen when i switch it on and later after 1 minute it goes off?

  • I want your old KT520 PL CALL ME 0714395661

  • This phone is useless.. It get restarted if I open a message while going through contacts... Battery indicator shows three bars and within few minutes starts blinking.. At times when the slider is opened it get restarted for no reason

  • hey my kt520 can't push easily its button was actually HARD,....please put some adviced and opinion's...

  • bombasting fascilities.bt nt performing.no mms,no blutooth,switch off n da middle f a call,buttons not pressing,... oh!! i gt cheated.i'l never buy LG phones..

  • I loved my KT520! looking for another as mine broke (wore it out) i have never found a phone as good, but cant seem to get hold of a new one!

  • why is it hard to find the spareparts!

  • Lots of good options available. but not working. Switch off after every call. I'll never buy another LG phone

  • Piece of crab. The centre button did not work properly. And, suddenly switch off while I'm trying to connect internet :(

  • Yes, I wanna sell my KT520... do you interested?

  • I have this phone use time is only 09 months. this phone ok button is not working now. two times i repaired it.

  • Hello,could you give me a system of lg kt520 ? Thank you ! (My e-mail: [email protected])

  • do you like to sell me it in 300rs

  • This phone is great! I have it for about 1 year and a half and it`s great for now...At the beggining there were problems such as turning off on itself but now everything is great...

  • hi..who can help me? 2 days ago, i tried to send a sms, but failed as the message type change it to MMS automatically. i didnt make any changes to the setting. till now i still unable to send sms. and sometimes the phone will off by itself. really funny n make me angry as well.

  • while the lg kt520 may look stylish and does have a good screen and applications , its preformance is poor , battery life is not good and turns off at any time , handling is not effective and some apps are inaccesible , not a very good phone preformance wise 3/10

  • it suck i had this phone for 3weeks now it keep turning on and off suck i though LG mobile were good but i was wrong so don't bother getting this phone :(

  • Had mine for nearly 2 years and apart for one sticky key no problems. Good value for money as far as I'm concerned. I expect performance depends on what you're used to and what network you're on.

  • Guys pls dont waste your money on this phone. Not worth it. Key pad doesnt work properly. takes ages to type one text. Characters repeat automatically. Software gets stuck after 2 weeks of purchasing. Phone fails to warn when battery is low and switches off on its own. I cant believe I traded my Sony Ericsson S500i for this. Pls dont fall for the outer appearance.

  • its not good mobile

  • this phone damn!! it restart itself when a mesage come to you... have 3g no have radio what a technology :D and worst one too slow processor.. damn a human can be cancer while waiting it open mp3 player.. i wish i didnt buy that phone.

  • the worst mobile i have ever used.this phone shuts down an on itself.i am tired of this phone.MY ADVICE IS FOR ALL THAT NEVER BUY THIS MOBILE.

  • the worst mobile i have ever used.this phone shuts down an on itself.i am tired of this phone.

  • my phone offs and on by itself for no particular reason. this is getting really annoying but it's not the worst yet. the bluetooth device has not been working for me for 1month now, i cannot receive any files from anyone. it is very hard fo me to do my work now. i wonder if anyone experiences the same problem as me? why does this happen?

  • why we cant use another themes on this phone?

  • the LG KT520 is agreat working phone the best phone ive ever used as i have one now i say its great camera is a bonus to the good phone it already is. An over all great phone

  • i want to purchase this phone, im not a techy person, so im asking if this phone would be good for me, is this a user frinedly phone?

  • We cant use our own themes :-(

  • Hi all, This is THE worst phone I've ever used in my entire life... It's a disgrace to the mobile industry itself. No more LG for me pls. Or for that matter any one I know.

  • This phone is only the one with a decent price with good camera but I dont know what were the makers of the phone doing with their brain by not putting fm radio on this I wanted to buy this phone used it for 2 days n returned it coz it doesnt have a fm radio.

  • LG KT 520 phone in no FM radio plese dond bught this phone my lg kt 520 in no radio fm..............

  • i don't even have this phone over three months and the phone is turning it self off an turning on back by itself an i don't know what is wrong with it

  • no radio!!!!!

  • yes. it doesnt hv radio. how come a phone doesnt hv radio!!!!!!!!???????? i wish i would nt buy this one...................

  • This is a nice phone. but the thing is no radio. Without radio this is useless. Becouse some LG phones have radio racording option also. Pls add this option to this phone.

  • this phone doesnt have radio at all!!! pls edit it... thanks!!!

  • Yo all, bought this phone about 4 months now. My take is: 1) Camera snap shot is good except that it cannot zoom in when you it is on super fine mode for image 2)Music Quality is not too bad considering it does not have an extra speaker at the side like Nokia and Sony has. It comes with 3D Surround and couple of equaliser mode to suit your listening pleasure 3) In Asean market yup, NO RADIO feature available 4) 3.6G speed fantastic. In Singapore I can watch live soccer and other news channel via this mobile 5) Improvement in second camera. Tradionally the front camera is only for video consfrencing and not that clear, but KT520 white balance helped a lot to contras a clear image. 6) Lastly battery life is only average. When it reaches to the second bar, better jump to a charger as it would only last for another hour or so. Depending on your screen contrass as well. Generally if you would expect not much from an average 3G phone, KT 520 delivers more than that at an average price.

  • there's no radio in LG kt520 :(

  • does the phone radio work really well? does the battery last for long? do they have a mobile-connect to facebook or myspace?

  • It's quite pretty as far as it's design is concerned but this is the only good characteristic about it. Software is way too slow and there seems to be a problem with text messages. Each time i've tried to read some old SMS there's this strange message about it being prepared/initialized or something. Moreover, the titles and the messages themselves are all mixed up!!! The keyboard doesn't seem to work properly. I've had it checked by an lg authorized technician and the problems still remain. I wish I had never bought it in the first place.

  • in internetLG KT 520 is shown to have radio- FM RADIO but in my phone which i bought on20.08.09 in NEW YORK this feature is missing . please help

  • This handset doesn't have radio

  • where's the fm radio on the phone? i've kicked my but out and i can't find it.

  • if lg kt520 can accept jar type.

  • Had the phone 4 days and am pleasantly pleased, feels good to hold, camera and vid are good once you've installed a mini std, sounds are okay on loudspeaker, am messing with it a lot, so have recharged battery twice, up to now, good, watch this space.....

  • how do you set up an email account? i don't know the server addresses for example

  • I've had this phone since the beginning of December '08 and it has only lasted til the beginning of April '09. The functions of this phone is alright. Compared with my previous phones, the keypad of this one is easy for texting. It takes pretty clear pictures and I love the fact that you can edit the pictures and such. Although, it bothers me that the picture capturing is so slow. It takes the picture about a second or two after you press the capture button. It restarts itself every now and then and sometimes says "message initializing" whenever I try to read my messages. The charger slot slightly broke very soon after I had this phone so it was difficult always trying to charge my phone. I installed the program that came with this phone but it never worked for me. Some other functions like picture messaging didn't work either. This phone stopped working for me when one morning it turned off by itself even though it had full battery, and after that, it would never turn on again. :[ So basically, do not buy this phone. It has a few pros, but MANY cons along with it. Samsung phones are better!!

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  • Menu - Setting - profile - general - options - modify - disable tone confirmation or something like that, sorry, I've translated from french menu. Good luck

  • please help me. when i go on setting and im changing something and press save it makes this annoying sound. i dont know how to mute it or remove it please,please help me. can you email me back the answer to [email protected] ! x thanksss

  • After 4 mths of this fone, I think I've had enuff!! I can't listen continuously to the songs on the fone cuz it turns itself off after awhile. At first I thought it was low battery but after charging it it does it all over again! And when it shuts off, that's the worst of all; when it turn it back on it starts up then freezes (i have to keep shutting down and turning it on over and over again). This is my worst fone purchase yet.

  • at first my friend told me that there is no beeping sound when recording , but now i discover that there is a faint beeping sound when recording conversation

  • the LG KT520 is one of the worst phone I ever had. Messaging keeps iniatialising and whole phone keeps shutting itself down after 3 mins.

  • just call tmobile up and theyll help you step by step, they dont have the fone in theyre book to read on what to do,so it takes a while but they got mine to work

  • this fone IS awesome, youre right (below) i ordered this fone from cellhut.com and everythings great, except battery doesnt last long with music player, but rhe fact you can put a memory care is cool and i had to call tmobile too to get the internet to work and picture messaging. the only thing i dont like is wen u restart the fone old texts come back and the charger is annoying since its from asia, u have to make sure its plugged in on an angle, lol

  • i just purchased this fone from tmobile i called tmobile because my mms and internet were not working on the fone, but they went step by step over with me to get tha internet n picture messaging to work. this fones great, YouTube works lol, i didnt know this fone could do that and the message initializing only happens once in a while but not that annoying, but there is no radio. overall this fone is good for texting and internet, and u can assign ringtones for your contacts using ur mp3s

  • get a 'message initializing' sign every time I want to access texts that are over a few days in age. Phones shuts down, open a messgae and other one opens. got it sept 08 and its been back twice for same problem... am sure it will only be a mtter of time before it starts happening again

  • hey does anyone know how to make mms messaging work and the internet work on this fone for tmobile? i just got this fone but i cant send/recieve pics n search the web, everything else is find tho

  • i would certainly not recomend this phone i bought in the summer had nothing but problems since keeps freezing not able to sent msgs keeps turning its self off. worst buy i have ever made.be warned

  • Hi everyone, recently I just got my hand on this phone. This phone looks nice just with a little problem here and there. a. When I am doing a mass sms, i went to contact and tried to mark several people, but the phone just restart and my msg that i composed is gone. Happen a few times and guess it need servicing. b. The clarity of the sound is not too good, quite hollow. c. It cannot read JAVA script, so some of the friends here who d/l games and that's why u can't play. :o) d. Regarding the sensitivety of the optical lens, yes, it do help instead of a joystick. U can always turn it off if u think it doesnt help. Well, thre's good and bads to the phone though.. :)

  • this phone KT520 has no radio, please update in your file so that people won't be confused. thanks a lot.

  • AWFUL PHONE - got given 4 of these as a wedding present from Korean relatives - 2 have gone bonkers in 7 weeks. avoid, avoid, avoid - message initializing, shutting down randomly - Will avoid LGs

  • Had this phone for 3 months now and i have had a lots of problems. Turns it self off / locks up / text mess. reappear after they have been deleted.message initialising ?.Software only works once and then u have to uninstall / reinstall.E-mail addresses have appeared in my contacts list of people i have never heard of.Phone going back tomorrow for repair. Stay well clear.

  • is this fone gd or crap coz im ment to be getting it soon w/b

  • the battery life dont last as long as i thought..is it the prob of the battry or the phone need too much energy??

  • does kt520 voice recording has any beep sound when calling or receiving call ?

  • Of all the slide phones that I've tried, the LG KT520 has one of the most ergonomically designed keypads for text messaging - the designers remembered to put an extra space between the top row of the keypad "1,2,3" on the bottom panel and the top panel. This makes it very easy to type out text messages even using just one hand. As an engineer myself, I personally feel that the optical finger mouse is an ingenious replacement for the traditional joystick - less moving parts means less mechanical wear and tear, which in turn means longer button life. The phone can be set to display very large font sizes - a plus point for short-sighted/older users. Start up time is rather long - just like most LG phones. The original packaged OS does seem to have some issues with older text messages though. I would recommend that users go and update the phone's OS as soon as possible.

  • Hey. I've had my KT520 frm 1st Oct 08. Can't say I'm having much technical issues yet, except that the fone keeps disconnecting frm my PC evry sec! (I think it's an issue wit MY PC.) My grouse is that the manual covers all language except English, now that's wat's really bugging me! Can i get a download link for the manual?? Bless up!!!

  • i bought KT520 n i had problems with it few days after i bought it. message initialising, phone hanging once in awhile, smses that cannot be deleted n worst of all, phone keeps restarting so i had it changed. i got a new phone, n it had the same problems except for the part where it kept restarting. if u want to get a phone, NEVER get this.

  • hey. this phone has no radio please. i followed the specs given by gsmarena, but my customer rejected the phone cos there is no radio?????!??!?!

  • I completely agree with RobTheBank. the battery's ALWAYS dead by exactly or less than 24h. & you wont be able t read the msgs you sent/recived more than abt 5 days ago. The phone memo can only hold max 500 contacts which is so limited. & worst of all, after like 2 weeks or so of getting it, it switches off & on by itself & i cant even get to use it.

  • i have a problem wiv my kt520,mainly about reading memory cards,i put a 512mb micro sd in it it didnt read it,and put a 1gig in it it read it but says memory full,so i formated it still got the problem,can any1 help.

  • I cant find the ringtones - help???

  • this phone is a load of crap 1. the battery life sucks 2. cant down load the games i play 3. the memory is crap 4. got mine sunday 31.08.2008 and ots going back today 02.09.2008

  • U give me lah.....hehehehehe....I dont have 1 handphone.....

  • .... and the battery life for the LG KT520 is incredibly short- one phone call and a couple of texts and it needs recharged.

  • I have had my LG KT520 for just over a week and it is the worst purchase of a phone I have made. I get a 'message initializing' sign every time I want to access texts that are over a few days in age. The sensitivity of the optical mouse is ridiculous to the extent that it makes this function completely useless. The camera does not have a flash making the quality of images taken in dull light incredibly poor. And now it has developed a fault in that it continuously turns off and restarts every ten seconds. AVOID AT ALL COSTS- it may seem a good buy but you wont be saying that when you have to return it to the shop.

  • Still getting used to phone, can anyone tell me how to put a stop on the messaging alert sound without silencing the whole phone. Thanks

  • this foen is awesome!!! but does any1 no how long the battery is supposed to last???? cheers

  • Anyone can tell me what's wrong: "Message Initializing..." keeps appearing when i want to read incoming/outgoing sms. LG KT520 model. Thanks

  • mine wrokz fine but da only problem is it wont let me download msn

  • I bought the LG KT520 and within in a week I had to change it. Even though I changed it, I am still having troubles with it. Today I am taking it back to the shop to change it for another phone. I believe that they should recall all of these phone as I cant believe it happend twice. Although the camera is perfect. It would be a lovely phone if all those techenical issues were not occuring.

  • hi, about your micro card problem, i put a card from my old phone into my LG520,it read it okay but when i checked the files from the card they had disappeared, i simply took out card then replaced it,no problem since, hope this helps

  • I cant get mine to download music from the pc and ive installed the software .also i put in an 2mb memory card but it doesnt read it ,,any one help me please ive only had the kt520 4 days and im all ready gettin frustrated with it !!

  • My phone is fine i don't know wot'z wrong with yours may be its just a rough one oh well better luck nxt time

  • I bought The LG KT520 on Wednesday 11th and i've already had problems with my phone. One of the problems is the keys get stuck and if you want to set your own ringtone it will only ring your choosen tone for like 15 seconds. I don't know if anyone else is having the same difficulty but if so write back Thanks x x

  • i absolutely agree wid u im 13 as well, wer did yuu get urs? coz i got mine on sunday as well in da 02 shop lol

  • Is looks nice. What about BT version LG has a lot of troubles using file manager.

  • This phone is now online to buy from o2 folks for �109.99!!!

  • Is this a slide phone? I have tried to get a 3d view but cant and really want it but want to know more about it please

  • I got this phone on Sunday and it is brilliant , i think it looks great and the functionalitie is great. best phone i have ever had....Fin 13

  • it is the best phone you could have

  • This phone is quite impressive with its functionality but it looks absolutly hideous.

  • This is supreb, just got from my inside man in LG, simply superb. Will blindly recommend to anybody and everybody. Most impressive is the call quality, clarity of camera (considering it is mere 3M).

  • This phone is really good feeling. Is it supporting OS? And SHINY

  • It looks like O2 are going to be getting this in stores in May/June time.

  • its rwlly good

  • this might be just available in South Korea... some phones in gsmarena on lg part, not all are available in other places apart from South Korea, where lg is based at

  • This looks really good