LG BL40 Chocolate Edition
LG has made a name for itself in the production of 4 different series of phone in its Black Label series. LG will be releasing its new chocolate BL40 in its home market at Korea during this holiday season, the phone is a special edition and a rebrand of its BL40. The LG black label 40 has an upgraded camera of 8-megapixel instead of the standard 5-megapixels, it also comes in a black and gold chassis.
The chocolate BL40 features a 4″ capacitive touch screen display with a 345 x 800 pixel resolution and a 21:9 aspect ratio, LG’s S-class 3D UI, new dual screen feature, GSM and HSDPA for quick data transfer, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, 1 GB of internal memory and a microSDHC memory card slot.
The Christmas edition of the phone will come with a voucher that will allow the owners to win prizes of as much as 5 million KRW, which is approximately £2610. Pricing of the phone is said to be at $988 and there is no word on if the holiday version of the phone will be available in other countries.
The phone should be available at the Korean market on the 10th of December, 2009, while it will be available in Singapore from the 14th of November 2009. There is no information on when the LG BL40 will be available in the European market yet. The new LG phone is the fourth handset in the LG black label series and successor to the highly acclaimed LG Chocolate. This version of the LG black chocolate series holds a 4″ wide screen that gives a better experience while browsing web pages, checking e-mails or viewing videos. The screen is also capable of showing two types of content at the same time.
[...] The phone looks great as well as being a great performance phone and is noticably smaller than the BL40 Chocolate, so if you are interested in getting your hands on one have a look online for what deals are [...]