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LG Cookie KP500 review: 2008 budget touchscreen hit.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2008·$200
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#3 of 11
Tier
Feature Phone
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Cookie KP500.

LG's 2008 Cookie KP500 brought touchscreens to budget prices — sold over 2 M units globally.

01Display

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2008.

TypeResistive TFT
Size3.0"
Resolution240 x 400

02Music

70/100

70/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for feature phone phones of 2008.

03Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2008.

Main3.2 MP + flash

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2008.

Capacity900 mAh

05Software

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2008.

What works
  • Cheap touchscreen $200.
  • 3.2 MP cam.
  • S-Class UI smooth.
  • Sold over 2 M units.
What doesn't
  • Resistive touch.
  • EDGE no 3G.
  • 48 MB internal.
  • No Wi-Fi.
Cross-shop it against
Motorola Razr2 V9
$300 · score 64/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of feature phone devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .