LG's SV280 "banana style phone"

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]

[Pedro @ Apr 5th 2007 1:38PM]

ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana phone!

[McGinley @ Apr 5th 2007 2:01PM]

You put in 3 too many "rings"...for shame...

[Josh @ Apr 5th 2007 1:43PM]

Someone had to do it...

RING RING RING RING RING RING RING...Banana Phone...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4j-MBnLQo

[carter @ Apr 5th 2007 2:25PM]

Looks pretty realistic to me.

[psycho_something @ Apr 5th 2007 2:45PM]

I can't hear you, there's a banana in my ear!

[Eric J. @ Apr 5th 2007 2:47PM]

No phone has ever been as comfortable as the old Bell handsets.

[James @ Apr 5th 2007 3:19PM]

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.

[Eric @ Apr 5th 2007 3:51PM]

Is that woman Sun from LOST?

[kuonji @ Apr 5th 2007 4:19PM]

No. But she is Korean. Hey, you had a 1 in 30 million chance.

[Jonathan5 @ Apr 5th 2007 7:01PM]

its just a RIZR Z8 copy

[teel @ Apr 5th 2007 6:29PM]

I just wish Nokia would bring back their good old bananaphone. Damn it was good back then.

[Wolfticket @ Apr 5th 2007 8:15PM]

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.

[Joshua @ Apr 5th 2007 8:25PM]

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.

[Tomi B. @ Apr 5th 2007 9:30PM]

Umm... Nokia had bananas years ago (trying to avoid flip open patents)...

[hoeun kim @ Apr 6th 2007 2:13AM]

the slider phone have been around in korea for years now... rizr is not that old.... relatively

[greatslack @ Apr 6th 2007 3:27AM]

but is it cellular, modular, interactive-odular?

[Bryan @ Apr 6th 2007 3:02PM]

She can use my banana phone.

Not the little girl.

[Kichigai Mentat @ Apr 8th 2007 9:19PM]

*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)