LG Pop vs Samsung Monte

Both Samsung and LG have seen some massively popular budget touchscreen devices hit the market in the last 12 months.

We've decided to pur the LG Pop up against the slightly newer Samsung Monte to see which touchscreen feature phone is worth investing your ton in.

Screen
The 3-inch, 240x400 pixel resistive touchscreen covers the whole front of the LG Pop, with only a single button in the bottom right corner.

The touchscreen's design and small size makes the phone hard to navigate even for those with ordinary sized fingers.

The Samsung Monte's capacitive touchscreen doesn't feature multi-touch, but is more responsive than the Pop's.

The 3-inch display is a bit on the small side for multimedia rich activities, but at least even the small-handed should be able to manage one-handed use without too much of a stretch.

Winner: LG Pop

Camera
The LG Pop features a 3.2-megapixel camera that takes good quality images which are easily viewed on the 3-inch display.

Switching between images can be done with a neat flick of the phone.

If you’re into photography then the Samsung Monte is probably one to avoid.

The 3.2-megapixel camera comes on strong with smile and face detection but lacks autofocus or any kind of flash, which means images seriously lack in sharpness – and shooting at night is, well, just pointless.

Verdict: LG Pop

Operating System
The LG Pop's operating system is essentially the same one that we've seen on LG's phones for some time.

The homescreen comprises three homescreens, which you can slide left and right with the annoying, slow, and cumbersome rotating cube effect that LG insists on using. The rest of the operating system is basic and a bit slow but is easy enough to use.

The Samsung Monte runs on the Java-based Samsung proprietary platform but features the manufacturer's Touchwiz interface with a modified theme to account for the smaller screen.

The age-old TouchWiz problem still exists: there’s only space for about three widgets per screen, which is pretty sub standard by anyone’s standards, especially when compared to HTC and Apple.

Verdict: LG Pop

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