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Hands–on video with the LG GD900 Crystal

Time was when mobile gimmicks left us cold. But with everyone reeling out spec heavy hard hitters, it's good to see something a little different hitti

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

The LG GD900 Crystal certainly falls into that category. It’s the world’s first phone with a transparent keypad. Ok, that might sound a bit, well, pointless, but it really does serve a purpose, acting as a seconday touchscreen for the feature–laden blower.

You can see it in action now in our hands–on video. Check out the gesture controls, marvel at the unique zoom function and see us play nice with one of 2009’s most leftfield phones.

For more, check our our full preview too. And take a look at our Top 10 fashion phones to see where you think it should fit in.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home