As much as we'd love to believe otherwise, our gut and Verizon's track record are both telling us that the
BL40 probably bears no resemblance to the Chocolate Touch
that Big Red's about to get. That doesn't mean LG's gorgeous mile-long slab isn't coming to North America, though -- we'd heard a long while back that it might be
coming to Telus, whose new HSPA network is
currently slated for an October launch. Coincidentally, fresh PR out of corporate reveals that the phone will be hitting "the rest of the world" in October following European kickoffs in the middle of this month, and if this isn't the perfect launch device for a brand new Canadian network, we really can't think what is. One way or another, LG says the phone will ultimately end up launching in 50 countries around the world -- so no matter where you are, you've got about a 1 in 4 chance you'll get a shot at this in the coming months without calling up your importer and taking out a second mortgage.
Read - English release
Read - Korean release
posted Sep 4th 2009 8:39AM
This looks sexy but I'm waiting for the Palm Pre on Verion. Unless I see this in store and am smitten by the sexiness.
Yes, its a very stylish home cinema remote!!
@SNESimon, Way to be open minded. most ppl would say fail or terrible. Kudos to you :)
OH i hope Verizon get this phone. I would not mind the crystal. but I would hope Verizon gets on board with Mulit-Touch as I do not know of any current phones on Verizon that are mulit-touch :)
All the people that say fail and ugly, they have never seen the phone IRL. Just proof that 70% of us are closed minded. Then again you can also blame our ego, and that we always judge what we see first-hand, instead of waiting to actually try a demo or what have you...
+1 for SNESimon =].
This phone gives Longcat a run for its money... :-/
Finally a phone with a more terrible name than the MyTouch. The Chocolate Touch.
well it is a "gorgeous, mile-long slab" after all.
Great it looks like I have a new phone on the end of this month
looks like a bar of chocolate..... maybe some poor sofa-bound soul will mistake it for one and actually chew into one.
Wow! Makes me wonder about (that) Phone.
This phone is 2mm shorter than HTC magic, so not sooooo long.
According to GSMArena.com, the HTC Magic's dimensions are: 113 x 55 x 13.7mm.
According to GSMArena.com, the LG BL40's dimensions are: 128 x 51 x 10.9mm.
So, the BL40 is a bit longer than the Magic.
Too bad it's made by LG.
So what is this phone CDMA, GSM? Is there a possibility that this might come to AT&T? Can't find any frequency specs on it.
Already in stock at mobiles.co.uk, looks like it'll be exclusive to them and carphonewarehouse: http://www.cellphone-reviews.co.uk/2009/09/lg-bl40-chocolate-now-available-at.html