LG Ally gets its own website, details finally start to flow
By Darren Murph 
posted May 5th 2010 11:01AM
posted May 5th 2010 11:01AM
posted May 5th 2010 11:01AM
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I really like the face buttons on here. I wish more manufacturers would use hard buttons instead of capacitive touch buttons.
@BigJayDogg3
The base looks like the reactor from IronMan's chest.
@who said what
Duh, because the website is IronMan themed! Had I clicked on the picture earlier, I'd have known!
Ok, at least I'll give myself credit for good observation abilities! :P
Help me hide my previous comment guys! :)
@who said what
its all good. i dont like downranking honest mistakes... we're all human, dood =)
@BigJayDogg3
Those hard buttons remind me of the bottom of a Storm.
@who said what
That would be a pretty epic charging base... seriously
Gives EVO a run for it's money !!
@TheEdge Haha.. funny man.
@TheEdge
I'm really torn between a 4.3" screen or a 3.2" screen even though the phones are physically about the same size. hmmm..
@TheEdge
the Evo is the only phone Tony Stark would use....
@TheEdge have a sense of humor guys
@TheEdge, sometimes I wonder what people are thinking before they comment. Based on the specs of the Ally, it isn't even, "Incredible."
Tony Stark would demand real 4G, not glorified WiFi.
@Elranzer, how is not "real 4G"? is it because it uses a different wireless standard? It's still a "standard". It's Sprint next wireless standard, 4G. Your opinion does not change that. Sprint is choosing to be more data friendly, that is the reason they chose Wimax and not LTE which is from the GSM cloth. The fact Wimax uses a similar signal to WiFi, means Wimax has a solid connection. Wimax will be the backhaul for Citywide WiFi, WiFi on trains (like the one in New Mexico) Airports, Buses, Taxi's. There will be Wimax equipped Ambulances, etc.
@Elranzer Tony Stark would have 5G deployed by now, and 6G coming out next year!
this looks so unbelievable... there's finally a high end qwerty android
more details.. but still no carrier??...what the hell is the carrier?!! my money's right here, in your face, flapping like mad LG! please make it t-mobileable!
@skyblaze
Rumors say Verizon.
@skyblaze my money is here too, just bring it to the UK and take my £'s!!!
@skyblaze
3.2 inch?
Droid > this
@BigJayDogg3
Verizon has the droid AND the incredible already! If this is true then the world will feel my never ending blazing wrath.
@HoldenMccrotch
I'm not sure if I've said this already... but it takes balls to have a user name like that =)
@tobsmonster2
While I partially agree with your sentiment... it's not always the size that matters. Looking at the other specs I'd still take this over the droid.....
@skyblaze
Seeing how the Market's Downloads tab says Verizon, my money is on Verizon.
@Alz
good eye, sir.
*grabs rocket launcher*
there will be blood.
@skyblaze seeing as how this isnt available I have to say that the Galaxy S pro beats this on both form and specs, with your QWERTY and 2.1 (albeit with fluffwizz)
@skyblaze
Since when is a 3.2 inch screen and 3.2 MP camera high end?
Droid craps all over this.
Another flash site...apparently no one got the memo about html5 or Mr. Jobs was wrong in saying html was the future...or they said screw it...ipad users won't be buying android phones
@dswatson83
or it runs so slow that the website creators didnt want to waste their time lowering the websites quality just for steve jobs ego :)
@dswatson83: HTML5 is the future, but we are all living in the now. We need interactive sites that work now, not in some theoretical future. IE is still over 50% market share, which means that people still use Flash or Silverlight for interactive content on the web. Until WebKit browsers take majority control, or other browsers have full support for HTML5, Flash and Silverlight are going nowhere.
Besides, you are definitely right that iPad users don't care about this phone. They live in the Apple bubble, for better or for worse.
If I remember it correctly, the first Iron Man movie had Tony Stark video calling on the LG VX9400 TV phone. I wonder what this thing will be able to do...
The big question is what processor and memory config does this phone have?
@Darkseider
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/lg-ally-to-say-aloha-to-verizon-in-mid-may/
@BigJayDogg3 Don't know if you have noticed or not. It's NOT the same phone.
@Darkseider I hate replying to a reply but. Ally. 3.2" screen, 3.2 MP camera. Different keyboard,case design and button positioning as well as different color. This is not the Aloha.
@Darkseider
What are you talking about? Are you looking at the same picture?
@Darkseider There is no Aloha, lol. It's the Ally.
@Tes I swear short memories. This is the Aloha.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/lgs-snapdragon-powered-lu2300-android-handset-gets-official/
THIS is the Ally
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/lg-ally-to-say-aloha-to-verizon-in-mid-may/
Besides the fact that the Aloha has a 3.5" screen compared to the 3.2" of the Ally. 5MP Camera and Ally 3 MP. Different case, keyboard and front button layout as well as an altogether different color.
So unless my eyes deceive me there are some definite differences physically as well as the specs of both of these phones. The other possibility is that the Ally IS the Aloha and the Aloha which is pictured in the article (the silver one) is another phone altogether.
@Darkseider
And if you follow the links inside the articles, the Aloha has the same model number as the Ally. At least that's what Engadget says.
@Darkseider
Hell, if you read the second link, it says as much.
@BigJayDogg3 Well IF that is the case then the phone pictured as the Aloha (the one with the silver keyboard) is a completely different animal. Also rumors and speculation have the Ally as an ARM11 processor at 600Mhz. That is definitely NOT the 1Ghz snapdragon spec'd on that other device.
lg ally aka aloha nice phone but evo still beats it despite how lg says its better then an evo lol sorry right now it stands at evo and samsung galaxy S above ya lg sorry
The Ally is on Verizon, rather than Sprint. That alone is an advantage over the Evo. Glorified WiMax is not 4G.
@Elranzer yup which also means cheaper plans now come on Engadget what about the lg phone sprint is getting suppose to be a poor mans aloha from what I've been reading lol
Dedicated answer and hang up buttons - GOOD!
3.2" screen - probably a smaller resolution than WVGA - BAD
QWERTY - a localized one would be good for me, but this won't have one, so neutral
Conclusion: the phone is going to be aimed at the same market as Cliq. Which is not the one I'm part of. But in that segment, this phone will be a killer one.
Why dont LG manufacture phone with 3.5 or 3.7" screens only ever 3.2" or over 4" please release 3.5 or 3.7 inch 3.2 is to small to compete with the big boys (samsung, HTC)
Since when was "Wallpaper" a phone feature...
@Velvet Oh but it is my friend, the iphone cant do it unless jailbroken...therefore phone feature....
@Velvet
They mean live wallpapers, not just static ones.
If they have to mention wallpaper as a feature... they blew it
@srcHG
hmmm, a snarky steve reference, but wallpaper is actually a feature they touted for iphone os 4.
@srcHG
HAHA
Looks ok.