The LG CU500 is the latest in a line of phones inspired by the Razr's design. This flip phone has a wide body and slim silhouette and comes in black with some silver and chrome accents inside and out.

At the top of the device is a rotating camera lens that swivels up to 180 degrees. The 1.3-megapixel camera has a 4X zoom and takes photos in four resolutions and three different quality settings. There's an image editor that lets you resize, crop, colour effect, and rotate your snapshots. You can switch easily from taking pictures away from you to shooting self-portraits. Located underneath is a bright and colorful external screen having a display screen of 65,000 colors and displaying icons such as date, time, battery and signal strength, and caller ID (and photo caller ID if you have it). You can also use it as a self-portrait viewfinder, plus it'll display the currently playing song if you've activated the music player.

The design of the LG CU500 incorporates a very helpful and insightful touch that is super convenient, letting you access your music without having to flip it open. The music player itself supports MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+ file formats which makes sure that whatever it is, wherever it is, you can play it!

While the LG CU500 has an attractive design, its real beauty lies in its features. The address book stores up to 500 contacts, and each entry can accommodate up to five numbers, two e-mail addresses, a picture ID, a memo, and one of 10 72-chord polyphonic ring tones and can be assigned to a caller group. Other basic features include a vibrate or silent mode, a speakerphone, support for stereo Bluetooth, text and multimedia messaging, a voice recorder, instant messaging (AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ), a wireless Web browser, an alarm clock, a calendar, a notepad, a calculator, a world clock, and a to-do list. It also comes with Micro SD card slot. The CU500 is a quad-band GSM phone, which means you can use it almost anywhere in the world.

The CU500 offers personalization options and you can customize the display background to better suit your mood. You can switch out the wallpaper, change the colour schemes, and choose the way you want the clock or calendar displayed on the internal or external screen. You also have the option to download additional graphics if the included ones don't suit your taste. The CU500 also has Java 2.0 support for games

The navigational controls in the LG CU500 consists of the usual two soft keys and a five-way toggle in the middle with the obvious shortcuts to text messaging, instant messaging and the address book.

This luxurious and stylish phone can be yours at a very reasonable rate. Just browse the various web sites to get the best deals.