LG's BL20 Chocolate gets official with €269 price tag

LG's BL20 Chocolate -- the younger sibling of the insane BL40 Chocolate Touch -- has recently been making a real splash around these parts. Ever since we got our hands on it, we've been wondering when we'd hear some official pricing and launch information, and the wait seems to be coming to an end. It looks like the slider is going to run in the neighborhood of about €269, according to LG's own website, which has also thrown up a few never-before-seen shots of the handset. That's about all the news for now, but hit the read link to check out a few more snaps of this beauty, and be sure to have a gander at our own hands-on gallery below.

LG BL20 hands-on

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:19PM]

Kinda expensive

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 4:27PM]

Ya, it looks sexy, but a bit pricey.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2009 2:05AM]

Wow, finally the ultimate touch screen remote for our home cinema components with widescreen preview.... wait... did anybody say telephone? Bummer. Thought it was kind off expensive for a remote.

[DRHouse Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:19PM]

Why would anyone get this over the amazing iphone?

[htd Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:24PM]

b/c monthly fee might be cheaper?

what kind of OS this has? cant they go with a generic OS like winmo or android?

[Jorvay Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:32PM]

HTD hit the nail on the head. I don't need a dataphone. That being said, I imagine the market for premium dumbphones without qwerty keypads is also shrinking a bit. I know my next phone will have a qwerty board.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 6:53PM]

No kidding. Especially for €269.

[webmastir Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:23PM]

fugly a-s-s thing.

[Sean O Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:27PM]

"thrown up" is right. It's a really weird choice to release a dramatically worse version of something so soon after the real thing. Then again, only dweebs like us know there's another chocolate phone, so whatever.

[orinjz Posted Sep 29th 2009 6:25AM]

How is it a "worse version"? It makes perfect sense to capitalise on the low and mid-high end of the market all in one go. For those that can't afford, or simply don't want a phone without the tactility of buttons, they can get the same styling for a better price.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:27PM]

LG always over price their retail price, but most store will likely sell this 30-50% less then what it retail said. Just look those LG TV.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:35PM]

pass

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 3:02PM]

Bear in mind, that's the no-contract price. That'll translate to free on any contract.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 3:05PM]

Hmm.. I think ive seen this before. O wait, its a clone of the sony ericsson g705.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 3:14PM]

that thing got verizon all over it (sprint user)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 3:28PM]

Looking at it know anNOOOOOOOOOOOO, it's super glossy! Again! What a shame.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 10:42PM]

it looks good, kinda expensive

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