The MyTouch has a 3.8 inch AMOLED display, with a 480×840-pixel resolution. The front bezel of this phone is wide on the sides, so the display is actually a lot narrower than it appears at first glance. Although typing and Swyping using the touch screen in landscape mode was comfortable, texting with the keyboard in portrait mode was a little hard because of the slim display.
Despite this, however, the colors and images were bright and clean. Edges were crisp and when I played a demo game of Bejeweled 2 (which comes with the phone), I thought the graphics were impressively vibrant and clear.

Above the display is the front-facing VGA camera, and below are three navigational buttons: menu, home, and back. Compared with its HTC cousins, this version of the MyTouch dropped the search button. In order to gain access to the search feature, you’ll have to hold the menu button down for a few seconds and a Google search bar will pop up. That’s a minor inconvenience.

Up at the top of the phone, you have your power/lock button on the right and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the left. In between them is the Micro-USB port, which has an attached cover you can pop out. This is not unusual on LG phones, and some might appreciate the extra layer of protection for this opening. Others, however, might find this annoying to fiddle with every time they plug and unplug the charger. Lastly, there is a volume rocker on the right side of the phone.

In terms of design, when compared with the MyTouch phones on HTC, the MyTouch by LG is an upgrade. It’s slender and smooth, and, despite its plastic build, pretty sleek-looking.

Product Features

• Lastly, there is 5-megapxel camera on the rear of the phone. The camera has digital zooming, autofocus, and face detection. You’ll also have a wide array of photo options such as a brightness meter, some color effects (black-and-white, sepia, negative), a white-balance picker, and a timer. The camera can record 720 video at 30 frames per second, but it cannot zoom or focus during recordings.
• The MyTouch by LG runs on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ “4G” network and is loaded with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Inside you’ll find a wealth of standard apps that’ll keep your life organized and up-to-date. The phone has an alarm clock function, a book app that has “Treasure Island,” “The Three Musketeers,” and “Wuthering Heights” already loaded, a navigational app, a memo function called Richnote, and a calendar app for managing your schedule. There are also go-to Web 2.0 apps like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
• The phone is jam-packed with a bunch of apps as well. One is Polaris Office, which functions like Microsoft Office on your phone. It has word processing, spreadsheet, and file-viewing capabilities. Also, you can edit Microsoft Office files, view PDF and image files, and decompress ZIP files. Another is a voice command app called the Genius Button. You can call, send texts, search terms, and get directions simply by opening the Genius Button and speaking into your phone. Other apps include MobileLife Organizer, T-Mobile Mall (where you can purchase T-Mobile apps, ringtones, and games), and Slacker radio. Lastly, the phone comes with a 30-day trial of T-Mobile TV, where you can stream live TV from channels like Fox News and ESPN, and download shows like “30 Rock” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”