LG officially announced its new Chocolate phone, LG BL40, which is the fourth handset of the Black Label Series.
The phone provides the user interface dual screen showing two types of content on the screen 4-inch large touch screen at the same time. Other features could include a 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, A-GPS and support for 7.2Mbps HSPA.
The LG BL40, the New Chocolate, is thin, stylish and sexy, but the one word that does justice is unique. You really can not find another phone like it there, and only a few others have the same kind of effect.
Key Features :
- One-off touchscreen bar design
- 4.01" 16M-color capacitive touchscreen of 21:9 aspect ratio
- Quad-band GSM support and UMTS with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- S-Class Touch UI with pinch zooming and gesture controls
- Accelerometer for screen auto-rotation
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera, Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics, LED flash, VGA@30fps video recording
- 1.1GB of internal memory, microSD expansion (up to 32GB)
- Wi-Fi with DLNA
- GPS receiver with A-GPS support and WisePilot satnav app
- Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, microUSB port, TV out
- Standard 3.5mm audio jack, Dolby Mobile sound enhancement
- Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM transmitter
- Full-blown multi-tasking with a decent task manager
- DivX/XviD video player
- Motion-based games
- Smart dialing
- Office document viewer
Main Disadvantages :
- Single-handed use not too comfortable due to the extra long form factor
- Video recording output is pathetic
- Piano black surface is a fingerprint nightmare
- Memory card slot is under the battery cover
- Web browser has no Flash support
- No video streaming over Wi-Fi (such as the mobile YouTube)
- WisePilot satnav app is only a trial version
- No sign of any social networking integration
