LG's Chocolate phone on sale in China for $495

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 18th 2006 at 7:30AM

Yeah ok, it’s not exactly shipping in the US yet, but it’s still good to know that the LG “Chocolate” phone has left South Korea and is finally dancing on the international stage with the intent of kicking it live in the West sometime after May. Turned-out in a tri-band GSM flavour for China (a CDMA version is also produced), this 0.6-inch sugary sweet slider brings a 2-inch QVGA display, 512MB of memory, and 1.3 megapixel cam for a cool fistful of Benjamins. Of course, now that these are in the wild, we fully expect a “red chocolate” knockoff to drop in a few months for about half the price.

[Thanks, lionc]

Filed under: Handsets, LG, GSM

Tags: cellphone, china, chocolate, handsets, knockoff, LG, mobile

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hakuna_matata @ Apr 18th 2006 9:22AM

#1. It is a touchpad but it doesn't scroll. the same chip (Cypress Capsense) was used on click wheels of 5G ipods...

Problem is the ipod volume control goes nuts when placed beside a phone (on active signal). How then will the same chip affect this phone?

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Kei @ Apr 18th 2006 4:44PM

it's also coming to the UK.
Check www.carphonewarehouse.co.uk
via www.widgx.com

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Chocoholic @ Apr 19th 2006 12:22PM

Awesome. Can't wait to see it.

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Kei @ Apr 19th 2006 9:00PM

Just an update, it's actually available now on contract in the UK
see http://www.fluidmobile.co.uk

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