LG's SV280 "banana style phone"
By Sean Cooper 
posted Apr 5th 2007 1:35PM
posted Apr 5th 2007 1:35PM
Well, well! Who's copying who now, LG? The Korean firm rethinks (or, at the very least, rips from the Motorola RIZR Z8) ergonomics with its new SV280, apparently inspired by nature's perfect food: the banana. When closed, this clean-lined white slider looks like any other of its kind, but once opened (or is that peeled?), the handset curves to better fit against your face -- and we can easily see the ap'peel' (we so had to get that in somewhere) in that. Features include a 1.3 megapixel camera hidden under the slider, QVGA screen resolution, flashing sidebars for message notification, and an MP3 player. The rest of the phone's spec sheet is a bit of a mystery, but one thing that did pique our curiosity was the mention of "aromatherapy" -- and hey, who doesn't want the subtle scent of delicious fruits wafting toward their nostrils while they're on a call? In light of the local-market "Cyon" branding, expect this one to launch stateside in your wildest dreams only.
[Via AVING]
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ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone!
You put in 3 too many "rings"...for shame...
Someone had to do it...
RING RING RING RING RING RING RING...Banana Phone...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4j-MBnLQo
Umm... Nokia had bananas years ago (trying to avoid flip open patents)...
Looks pretty realistic to me.
No phone has ever been as comfortable as the old Bell handsets.
*Insert obligatory "Bananaphone" joke here*
"In light of the local-market 'Cyon' branding..." Cyon, Cylon... anyone see some sort of similarities? (wanders off to sign onto a local Battlestar crew)
I can't hear you, there's a banana in my ear!
The Rhonda Vincent version on "Country Goes Raffi" is pretty damn awesome -- if you have to listen to kid's music (e.g. if your 1-year-old won't stop screaming in the car and you need to drown out the noise ;-), you can't go wrong with that album.
Is that woman Sun from LOST?
No. But she is Korean. Hey, you had a 1 in 30 million chance.
its just a RIZR Z8 copy
I just wish Nokia would bring back their good old bananaphone. Damn it was good back then.
I hope this means that we will start to see new mobile phones on the market that are even vaguely ergonomic, for like talking into and stuff.
Haven't there been a lot of phones like that in korea for a while? I think the whole slider phone thing is relatively new to america.
the slider phone have been around in korea for years now... rizr is not that old.... relatively
but is it cellular, modular, interactive-odular?
She can use my banana phone.
Not the little girl.