LG LU9400 Arena Max pictured hiding a 1GHz Snapdragon inside

Another day, another Snapdragon handset. It's kind of fun to consider a phone with a thousand megahertz processor common these days, isn't it? We already knew LG's Arena Max would have built-in WiFi, but now we can put a face to the name as well as a few other select specs. Wireless connectivity will be augmented with Bluetooth and GPS modules, which will be cozying up to a 5 megapixel camera unit at the back and a 3.5-inch touchscreen up front. The Cyon branding tells us Korea will be the inevitable first destination, though the rest of the world is expected to follow swiftly. More will surely be known at MWC in a week's time. A couple more images await after the break, including a side-by-side with the original Arena.

[nelagster Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:44AM]

another really smart dumbphone?

[zbi Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:49AM]

@nelagster Actually I would call it a very dumb smartphone.

[MrHashbrown Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:49AM]

@nelagster Depends on the kind of software. If it's S-Class then yes, it'll be a really smart dumbphone. If it's anything like WM or Android then probably not.

[derekblankmccoy Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:29AM]

@nelagster

It's running Android according to this:

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/ShopIdol/10/LG_News/LG_News.aspx?cid=62154:

the site is sponsored by LG, so Id say thats pretty official

[NeoSeer Posted Feb 8th 2010 4:22PM]

Another pointless LG phone... Geezus

[JeremyBenthem Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:48AM]

Does anyone else feel like the Snap Dragon a little overhyped? I mean I haven't really seen substantial evidence that it's much faster than a 800MHz OMAP

[Student Driver Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:15AM]

@JeremyBenthem My Nexus is much faster than my friend's Samsung Moment, and that's the 800MHz OMAP right? I've used many different versions of the 1.5, 1.6, and now the stock 2.1 ROMs and I know it isn't due to the OS version differences.

[Flix C Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:26AM]

@JeremyBenthem
Can 800 Mhz OMAP play 720p video ?
SnapDragon and Tegra can.

[cloud858rk Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:16AM]

@Student Driver The Samsung Moments processor is ARM11, unfortunately.

[JeremyBenthem Posted Feb 14th 2010 12:38AM]

@Flix C
as far as I know they offload to the GPU to help play 720P, and the OMAP3s use the same GPU as the Snapdragon

[Minn Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:48AM]

no, it's just ugly.

[meeku Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:54AM]

I think I must have Caprica on the brain as I originally read the phone's branding as 'Cylon', not 'Cyon'.

[monsterplay Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:55AM]

yet another pointless dumbphone

[nasserb Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:02AM]

This is a real UGLY Phone...

[Wesley Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:07AM]

Why do LG love making such narrow phones?

[Popeye46 Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:00AM]

After buying/using a LG Viewty KU990, i will never buy an LG Mobile again.
Terrible Mobile terrible Keypad Text, terrible speaker push and sound, just damn bad.

[onecallednick Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:30AM]

also it's worth pointing out that the best scores for a nexus one total around 17 Million floating point operations per second, as opposed to my EeePC with a scant .6 Ghz of extra clock speed, which garners about 3 Billion. Just something to think about as we toss around these clock speed numbers like they mean something.

[onecallednick Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:31AM]

@onecallednick although for all that, my netbook still can't play 720p in anything but WMV.

[CeluGeek Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:53AM]

Another day, another touch-only phone. YAWN!

[hermes15184 Posted Feb 8th 2010 12:02PM]

Oh geez! Change the name, reuse the same OS and what do you get a brand new phone for the mass. Seriously, don't they have any new ideas? Apparently not

[Ilinca Posted Feb 8th 2010 4:05PM]

@Vladislav Savov

"A couple more images await after the break, including a side-by-side with the original Arena. " - it's not a real side-by-side comparison. It's just the way I thought the Arena Max would look like next to the Arena KM900, in the article that appeared three days ago at UnwiredView.

[minimach Posted Feb 11th 2010 7:50PM]

The original Arena was a sleek piece of tech with glass front and metal case-back. This new one just looks really drab in comparison. Lets hope the screen is stunning...