The top has both the power and mute keys with the entire thing wrapped lovingly in plastics with some metaltrim on the edges and a metal battery cover.
Built with a sleek, stylish frame that is only 0.36-inches thin, and surrounded by premium metaltrim to provide designer-level styling, the LG Optimus L9 is the latest in the style-focused L-Series of smartphones from LG.
But that launch too was less than perfect, with technicians during the final days before liftoff deciding to trim off four feet of rocket-motor nozzle extensions with metal shears to address an unexpected problem with cracking.
