The LG KE850 PRADA is a tri-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE, there's a large 240x400 pixel touch-sensitive display that can playback widescreen video clips, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD expandable memory, and the KE850 has an FM radio and a two mega pixel camera. The display is 3.2 inches diagonally, a little smaller than the phone’s 3.5 inches.

The KE850, sized at just 98.8 × 54 × 12mm, is a touchscreen-only mobile phone, in this case using a 3-inch display with 240x400 resolutions. The display is a minimalist white on black - no iPhone-style colored icons here.

In terms of specifications, the KE850 is tri-band, EDGE compatible and features a 2-mega-pixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens and LED flash, Bluetooth 2.0, an MPEG4 video player and an audio player with MP3/ACC/ACC+/WMA/RA support. There's also a document viewer supporting Microsoft's PPT, DOC, XLS formats, plus PDF and TXT. Memory is via SD card - none built-in I'm afraid.

On top of the hardware specs, the LG KE850 PRADA comes with a comprehensive set of software. As you might expect, there's a multimedia player capable of playing MP3, AAC, WMA and RealAudio sound files, plus MPEG4, H.263 and H.264 video. The KE850 has a web browser with Adobe/Macromedia Flash support, a document viewer (supporting text, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat file types), plus an email client and messaging applications. We understand that the KE850 PRADA's interface continues the sleek, understated look throughout.

Amazingly, all these features fit in a handset weighing just 85 grams (according to LG), which is 50 grams lighter than the iPhone. The KE850 measures 99 x 54 x 12mm, which is somewhat more compact than its Apple rival.

There are a few drawbacks - the LG KE850 doesn't have 3G or WiFi support (although it's very lightweight). The PRADA phone is quite expensive at around €600 / £380 before tax and any subsidy (although certainly not the most expensive phone on the market). Internal memory is a measly 8Mb, so a memory card will be essential.