The Tri-Band Secret is the latest in the ultra-stylish Black Label range from LG. It is a very easy phone to fall in love with, with its glossy, tempered glass front panel and carbon fibre back cover. The LG Secret oozes quality from every pore; just from picking up the handset you can really appreciate the build quality and attention to detail which went into its making.

Like the LG Chocolate, the first of the LG's Black Label thoroughbreds, the Secret is a super stylish slim slider, being just 12mm thick. The Secret is composed of high-grade durable materials which means that it will retain its box fresh feel long after purchase. The exterior of the front panel is covered with a thin metal frame, which really gives the Secret a rich, durable feel, and the back of the phone is protected by a black carbon fibre canopy, and the main screen and the touch-sensitive 'Neon Touch' soft keys are protected by a scratch-resistant tempered glass plate.

The Neon Touch interface is essentially a touch sensitive pad with one standard confirmation button. It has to be said that blending hardware and touch sensitive keys feels a little bit odd at first, but you quickly get used to it.

The LG Secret has a great number of customisable features tucked away within its hard outer shell. You can customize the user interface, menu font and dialling style. But the real meat is in the area of functionality. You would expect the LG secret to have a music player and LG have duly delivered. The four main audio file formats (MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA) are well and truly supported, and the software is incredibly user friendly and allows you the option of creating playlists and filtering tracks by album and artist. The player also gives the user some great visualization options too, including album artwork options. The Secret manages to put out some decent quality sound and it also includes an FM radio.

What will attract many users to the LG Secret is the 5 Megapixel camera. LG are no strangers to this particular battlefield as the Viewty is already a well established 5 Megapixel favourite. Thankfully LG have not got complacent with the Secret; the interface software on the camera will be familiar to anyone who has used the Viewty, as it has the same black and white look.

While the operating system is similar LG have brushed up the minor faults that plagued the Viewty, so the Secret takes altogether clearer shots. To handle or your music and photographic needs LG have included 100MB of memory and the Secret is also upgradeable by an additional 4GB via the microSD card slot. The Secret also comes pre-installed with a Google package that includes Google Maps for mobile and Gmail.

Connection to the web is very fast over HSDPA. Six mini Wii-style games, which make use of the built-in motion sensors, are also included in the package - just make sure you don't put your Secret through your TV screen when you're playing.