LG accidentally announces Verizon VX8600 Chocolate flip!

by Chris Ziegler, posted Sep 13th 2006 at 1:28PM

Oops! Dotting all your i's and crossing all your t's is a painstaking process, we know, LG... we don't fault you in the least for leaking press shots (accidentally, we presume) for your VX8600 at CTIA. It looks like the official fact sheet slipped through your fingers, too: EV-DO, internal 220 x 176 and external 160 x 128 displays, Bluetooth 1.1 with A2DP, microSD expansion, and a real, actual speakerphone this time around -- nothing we didn't know or suspect already. Now go get your stern talking-to from Verizon, make amends, and we'll be talking to you shortly when this thing actually goes official.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Filed under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, 1xRTT, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: chocolate, clamshell, ctia, flip, lg, music, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vx8600, vzw

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Brian Richardson @ Sep 13th 2006 1:38PM

It looks like my pocket will be making a new friend soon. This brick phone XV6700 is weighing me down. LG, I'm coming home!

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CLShortFuse @ Sep 13th 2006 2:22PM

funny how verizon heavily promoted the touchpad for the default buttons and now just put it on the front (like the v3x). let's hope this doesn't have the LG bluetooth echoing problem and horrible battery life. at least it won't have the overly sensitive microphone that chocolate had because of it's candybar shape.

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Glen @ Sep 13th 2006 3:12PM

this looks a lot like the a900 blade...

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teo @ Sep 13th 2006 3:17PM

Hugh:
They got it from Phone scoop who got it from LG supposedly:

"LG Reveals VX-8600
Date Posted: Today, 11:34 AM
Source: LG"

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Brett @ Sep 13th 2006 5:37PM

A very nice looking phone it just has to pass the reception benchmark, and is it the width of the RAZR or KRZR?

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RAS @ Sep 14th 2006 3:00PM

Bluetooth 1.1 is a bit of a disappointment. But overall looks pretty "sweet".

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gsk @ Sep 14th 2006 4:56PM

I WISH LG would have released this type of phone as a QWERTY phone... imagine how this phone would SELL!!!!! nice sleek, glossy finish, it would flip open like 9800 and have qwerty inside...WHY !!!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!! isn`t 9900 looking like that...instead LG is releasing 9900 as one of the ugliest latest releases... to all VzW people out there.. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?? i know your TXT msging amounts are BEATING your last quater which was already record highs!!! produce 1 BEAUTIFUL small sleek , in 2 colors black and silver glossy finish QWERTY PHONE!!! you guys got no BRAINS!!!!!

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TK @ Sep 14th 2006 6:26PM

When will it be released

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T Fresh @ Sep 17th 2006 11:38AM

Do you think it will be for sale by November?

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Callie @ Oct 14th 2006 3:58PM

Does anybody know anything else about this phone? Release date? Specs?

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Allie @ Dec 24th 2006 2:38AM

i just recently bought this phone, and i've gotta' say, i love it. i think it's amazing. great sound and picture quality, too. =]

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MP @ Aug 25th 2007 10:49PM

Does anyone know how to make music recieved via bluetooth into a ringtone? It automatically gets saved in "My sound album", but how do i make it a ringtone?

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Jwhite @ Aug 28th 2007 1:32AM

Try sending yourself a picture message but send the sound. How do you receive music through blue tooth?

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