LG's MG810 ultra-thin cellphone approved by FCC?

by Thomas Ricker, posted Mar 16th 2006 at 7:00AM

We won’t pretend to understand the ways of the FCC. Still, it would appear that they have given approval for a mysterious new ultra-thin LG MG810/810c/810d cellphone. This GSM/GPRS looker passed testing in at least two (850 and 1900MHz) of its supposed three supported bands. A little digging reveals further specs (and that glossy pic) over at Argentinian site Celularis. They claim that the MG810 flip is only 14.6-mm thin, throws down a 1.3 megapixel shooter with flash and a second for video (which usually implies 3G), and Bluetooth. And if we’re reading the machine translation correctly, those external media keys respond not by touch, but by the heat associated with your finger thereby avoiding accidental battery discharge while bouncing around your pocket. Expected to drop in “less than six months” giving us time to load-up on Scooby-snacks and bring a tidy conclusion to this mystery -- punch it Fred, let's roll!

Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, LG

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Manu @ Mar 16th 2006 10:36AM

One correction, celularis is an argentinean site, not a spanish one.

This phone was presented, among many others, in Buenos Aires last month. as I know about that presentation, this phone doesnt have a secondary VGA camera, and the correct translation should be "A 1.3MPX camera that also captures video".

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Brandon Hopkins @ Mar 16th 2006 12:09PM

Will it connect to the SplashPower wireless charging pad?

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flamer's grill @ Mar 16th 2006 12:15PM

GSM? Why bother? The RAZR V3 and V3i have the GSM slim-phone tip covered. CDMA needs some more slim phones that A) aren't crippled on Verizon and B) aren't buggy as hell like the A900. Does anyone actually buy LG GSM phones anyway?

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Pirateinmymind @ Mar 16th 2006 2:55PM

As much as I hate LG that thing looks nice.

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truongn2 @ Mar 17th 2006 3:48PM

This is a really hot phone!

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coolio23 @ Mar 18th 2006 12:34AM

This phone looks very sleek. It's a A900 and RAZR love child.

I wanna get this.

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dave @ May 2nd 2006 7:13PM

If this was CDMA/EVDO, had T-Flash and a swiveling camera, it would be an A900 killer.

Unfortunately, LG runs around saying "americans prefer GSM" and make all their crappier phones(pm325 anyone?) CDMA.

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Trevor @ Aug 6th 2006 11:00PM

This phone looks awesome!

Actually GSM has been buying LGs up. Their latest offering for Cingular is sold out almost everywhere. Almost every Cingular store in Chicago was sold out of the CU500's but I finally found a store with 2 left.

I am happy LG prefers to make phones for GSM and I cant wait to get this one. It will be a nice upgrade hopefully to my Cu500 which I love better then any razr I have ever owned (v3, v3c, v3m, v3i w/dap and v3i w/itunes).

Go Lg and go the the MG810, this thing looks hot!

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