The good: Stylish design; solid build quality despite plastic materials; generous 1.5GB onboard memory with additional microSD card slot; wireless features include Wi-Fi, HSDPA and Bluetooth stereo.

The bad: Fingerprint magnet; occasional clumsy interface; Web browsing experience could be better; lacks built-in GPS and a 3.5mm audio jack; poor picture quality.

The bottom line: We applaud LG for pushing design boundaries with a see-though keypad for the Crystal. The device handles tasks such as music and videos well, but we'd like to see LG iron out some kinks in the user experience in future iterations of the software.

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