LG Lotus Elite's appearance on a billboard suggests it's probably real

In case there was any sliver of doubt that the so-called LX610 Lotus Elite from LG was a real device ready to fill the original Lotus' unusually wide shoes on Sprint, feast your eyes on this: a giant billboard covering the side of a Las Vegas hotel pimping the Chocolate Touch, the eXpo, and -- yes, that's right -- the Lotus Elite. To be fair, there's no name mentioned here, but we've got a feeling it's right considering the rest of the intel has ended up panning out. Stay tuned.

[TonyMontana2367 Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:18PM]

that phone needs to be put to death

[grydlok Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:20PM]

I bought my wife the Lotus when it came out. 2 weeks later she was begging me for a Instinct. I

[JeremyBenthem Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:25PM]

@grydlok
so you get her one crappy phone and she ends up asking for another?

[Nitesh Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:21PM]

I wish the lotus came in manlier colours. And maybe change the name to Lotus Destroyer or something?

[Steve B Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:23PM]

Why did LG steal the name for a phone from a car?
Lotus Elise-Lotus Elite

[efini Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:26PM]

@Steve B

How about the Lotus Elite? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elite

[indiefilmsrme Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:30PM]

@Steve B

www.autoblog.com

that was my reaction.

[JeremyBenthem Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:25PM]

LG needs to learn to make real Smartphones

[Nitesh Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:39PM]

@JeremyBenthem This isn't meant to be one, but some decent LG smartphones might be cool too.

[COCOViper Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:33AM]

@JeremyBenthem
It's not a smartphone man.

Different strokes for different folks. Chill out.

[skoochy Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:26PM]

Maybe when this model dies a horrible death it will be replaced by the Lotus Elan.

[James Posted Jan 4th 2010 9:14PM]

@skoochy

Then that will be replaced by the Lotus Excel.

[steakman Posted Jan 4th 2010 8:36PM]

Where, next to that fugly chocolate?

[Toaster Posted Jan 4th 2010 9:09PM]

Why Sprint, why?

I only hope that Sprint will be getting some of those upcoming HTC Android goodies, Bravo!

[NAME Posted Jan 4th 2010 9:18PM]

These things are poop!

I just bought 3 of them on Bell Canada... the LG reveal... and even with the native browser some of they key inputs DO NOT REGISTER!

Form factor is a bit funny wide..

But when they ssell these things out at $20 a pop with $15 prepaid airtime... kinda poopy

[ready 2 rumble Posted Jan 4th 2010 9:31PM]

@NAME
You sure like saying poop, don't you?

[HardToBelieve Posted Jan 4th 2010 9:43PM]

Ok... cool, I guess, but I'm not into feature-phones... so no thanks.

[graycode Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:21PM]

Holy cow Engadget, can't fool you guys. >_>

Yes, it's real, I've been using it for the past two months.

[rakuhn407 Posted Jan 5th 2010 1:07PM]

My wife and two daughters all have the original Lotus and love that phone. It was the first phones they had that had a querty keyboard so they became texters. My wife said she doesn't need a smart phone and probably wont want the Elite because she doesn't care about a touch screen.

[Raptor3 Posted Jan 7th 2010 6:26PM]

=O
http://005fcca.netsolhost.com/images/lotuselite2.jpg
and
http://005fcca.netsolhost.com/images/lotuselite1.jpg