LG readying answers to iPhone for Verizon
updated 03:35 pm EDT, Wed September 5, 2007
LG VX10000 and VX8800 Shot
LG's upcoming VX8800 and VX10000 phones may be Verizon's direct answers to the iPhone, according to leaked photos that confirm many more details of the devices. Although not all details are available, the VX8800 (pictured) will be considered a sequel to the new Chocolate slider with a complete touchscreen interface replacing the wheel and touch-sensitive buttons of the earlier model. In many cases, users would be able to place calls, take messages, and play music without ever using the physical numberpad.
The newly escaped photos also reveal that the VX10000 will be a close cousin of the VX8800, with a similar touchscreen on the outside. Its only major difference should be the clamshell shape taken from the earlier enV (or VX9900), which adds a full-size and now easier to use keyboard for drafting larger text messages and a directional pad for playing games. Specifications are still unknown, though both are expected to run on Verizon's EVDO Internet access and pick up Bluetooth as well as removable storage. A previous FCC leak suggested that Verizon would not launch the phones until a confidentiality request had expired in early spring.
While it would not be possible to determine whether the phones were developed in response to Apple, the devices appear to share technology derived from the Prada phone released this spring and are likely to be marketed as direct competitors in the US after Verizon's repeated claims that it could outperform AT&T in spite of the iPhone. [via BGR]
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r they serious
09/05, 04:04pm reply
LOL this is funny. Its not all about the touch screen its about the software of the iPhone that makes it so appealing.
hassanpr
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JAJAJAJAJ
09/05, 05:13pm reply
are you kidding me? this is no iphone killer. far from it!
edguzman
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LOL
09/05, 08:20pm reply
This is sad to watch. Good on Appple for lowering their price. Watch'em squirm now. I sware, that whole tactile keyboard thing. Sheesh. It's like the Sharp Personal Organizer I bought 10 years ago. Really. --Oh, with color!
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pew
09/05, 08:57pm reply
looks like a s@#% brick
Herod
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Reality check
10/03, 10:01am reply
Is what Verizon really needs. If they think those phones are going to dent anything iPhone, LOL... siiigh...someone really needs to wake up.
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