If you can recall the Nokia phones of the early 21st century, you'll be immediately familiar with the Optus X Lite. Adopting the so-called "candy bar" design, the X Lite is relatively compact at just 124mm tall and 51mm wide. It won't weigh down your pocket, either, as it tips the scales at a meagre 88g.
Being so small, the Optus X Lite makes do with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen that renders at a resolution of 320 x 240 – functional enough, though not necessarily ideal for looking at photos or watching videos. Below the screen is a classic physical keypad with buttons for placing calls, navigating menus and dialling phone numbers.
While the Optus X Lite is geared primarily towards making and receiving calls and texts, it does pack a few extra features up its sleeves. There's a built-in FM radio, for instance, and you can listen to it either via the phone's speaker or by connecting a pair of wired headphones to the included 3.5mm audio jack. There's also support for Bluetooth 2.1, allowing you to sync up a pair of wireless headphones.
If you prefer grooving out to your own music collection, the Optus X Lite supports that, too. Just bear in mind that it only comes with 128MB of storage out of the box, of which just 25MB is actually usable. Thankfully, you can expand this by purchasing a microSD card, though the X Lite will only accept cards of 32GB or less.
While the custom operating system powering the Optus X Lite doesn't feature any sort of app store, the phone itself comes loaded with a few handy utilities beyond the standard contact list and SMS inbox. There's a video player with support for QVGA video files at 25fps, a calendar for recording important events, a calculator, a note-taking app and even a few built-in games. There's also a basic web browser in case you want to use the X Lite's 3G connection to browse the Internet. Given the small screen size and the browser's limited features, don't expect to be engaging in any heavy-duty web surfing, however.