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Video: Rogers LG Eve Hardware Review

By Ian Hardy on December 14, 2009 in LG, Mobile News, Reviews - Carrier, Reviews - Manufacturer, Reviews - Videos, Rogers Wireless, Rogers Wireless News, Various News

Rogers recently released the LG Eve, this is another Android-powered device that does come with some great features. In our first review we took a quick look around the hardware… mainly because our original was so incredibly blurry.

The design of the Eve is clean and has pronounced rounded chrome edges. The overall dimensions are 109 x 54.5 x 15.9mm and weighs in at a decent 139 grams. There are other Android devices that are thinner but weigh a great deal more, so the Eve comes right in the middle and feels great in your hands.

You’ll see in the video that the device has minimal keys on the face. Only a back button, OK button and home button that all give haptic feedback when pressed. Apart from these the only visible buttons are the volume rocker on the left hand side, power/lock button on top plus the one-touch buttons for the music and 5.0 mega pixel camera (can take video and has auto-focus and flash) on the right. Other key parts of the hardware are the micro USB for charging and syncing your data plus a micro SD slot that can hold up to 16GB (Rogers ships with a 2GB card).

On the top is a welcomed 3.5 mm headset jack. Under the back cover you’ll find a SIM card slot and the 1500 mAh battery that can give you around 6 hours of talk time. When you slide open the device you reveal the 5-row full QWERTY keyboard. These keys are nicely spaced out and have a directional keys with a button that gives you quick access to your main menu.

Over the next few days I’m going to play around with the Eve and give it a run for it’s money. LG is going heavy on this as a social media device that can connect to all your circles… so send us any questions you have and we’ll do our best do include them in the review.

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Discussion

13 comments for “Video: Rogers LG Eve Hardware Review”

  1. Can you give us an idea of how this compares to the Magic? Im thinking in terms of device speed, quality, usefulness, advantages/disadvantages, etc.

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    Posted by theninjasquad | December 14, 2009, 12:55 pm

  2. Wouldn’t a comparison to the Dream be a more accurate one? Since they’re both physical keyboards.

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    Posted by Brian | December 14, 2009, 1:25 pm

  3. is the lg eve good for gaming? (I dont expect Iphone Quality) Do the games use the accelerometer and the touch screen? How easy is using android

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    Posted by frank yu | December 14, 2009, 4:03 pm

  4. And Also, Can it multitask?

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    Posted by frank yu | December 14, 2009, 4:14 pm

  5. @frank yu: It runs Android OS, which is a multitasking operating system. So yes it can multitask. As for the games, it all falls on the developer, but there are good emulators available for android, as well as games that make use of the accelerometer and touch screen.

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    Posted by Matt | December 14, 2009, 6:15 pm

  6. “Over the next few days I’m going to play around with the Eve and give it a run for it’s money.”

    “it’s” is short for “it is”

    If it doesn’t make sense, then use its.

    Keep up up the great work!

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    Posted by Greg | December 14, 2009, 10:48 pm

  7. Is this phone easily scratched?

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    Posted by Anonymous | December 15, 2009, 7:20 am

  8. Thanks!

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    Posted by frank yu | December 15, 2009, 8:10 am

  9. I’ve heard bad things about LG phones (if they break, etc). I recently got the Samsung Forever and mentioned to the Rogers salesrep that I was originally thinking of getting the LG Eve and she said that she would NEVER recommend getting an LG phone.

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    Posted by MD | December 17, 2009, 12:53 am

  10. for real?.. i had the lg vu for a year or so and its fine.. but the eve looks sick.. ye as the first or second guy said can u compare it to the dream or the hero even for that matter?

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    Posted by Bobb | December 17, 2009, 11:16 pm

  11. How does multitasking work on the lg eve?

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    Posted by frank yu | December 23, 2009, 9:46 am

  12. is the lg eve slow?

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    Posted by anonymus | December 23, 2009, 10:52 am

  13. Great.phone its only 528 mhz processor but android is the bomb..no antipirate security built in. Every app can be found with google search . Oh the irony . Great battery life. No end to the customization. Net work to your home pc and watch your own tv if you buy cheap tuner card. Love it when im working out of town its leaps and bounds more fun than my old windows mobile cell .

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    Posted by will | May 11, 2010, 10:53 pm

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