LG Prada

The LG KE850, also named The LG Prada Phone,^[1] is a mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics and designed by Prada. It was first announced on 12 December 2006.^[2] An official press release showing an image of the device appeared on 18 January 2007.^[1]

Features

EDGE Tri-Band (900/1800/1900) / CDMA (800) for South Korea
Adobe Flash interface
98.8 × 54 × 12 mm
6.5 × 4 cm touch-sensitive screen
1.92M CMOS Camera / LED Flash
Video Recording CIF 352*288=101376 Pixels,WQVGA 400*240=96000 Pixels (MPEG4, H.263, H.264)
Music Player and Recorder (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, RA)
Internal Memory Slot (Micro SD), behind the battery
Innerpack Battery 800mAh
Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, USB Mass storage
Document Viewer (ppt, doc, xls, pdf, txt )^[1]^[1]

Awards

International Forum Design - Product Design Award for 2007 [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
Red dot design award - LG Prada Wins 'Best of the Best' red dot Design Award - At 2007 [2][3]

Prices in Countries it is sold

Prices are expected to start from 600 Euros.

France, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore and Taiwan: Late March 2007.
Kuwait: Sold at Villa Moda. 300 KD, which is the same as 900 US Dollars.
South Korea^[1] - Spring 2007.
New Zealand: March 2007 - The setup goes with Vodafone NZ's GSM network.
Sweden: Late June/early July 2007.
United Kingdom: Now sold for free with new sign up on T-Mobile/Orange/O2 on "contract". Or around £275 on "pay as you go", although some websites sell it without a sim card for £220.
Australia: Sold from September 24, 2007 in most networks, and also unlocked online.

iPhone copying LG Prada

LG Electronics says that the iPhone's design was copied from the LG Prada. Woo-Young Kwak, head of LG Mobile Handset R&D Center, said at a press conference:

“We think that Apple copied the LG Prada phone after it was shown in the iF Design Award and won the prize in September 2006.”^[3]^[4]

LG later claimed that Apple stole both the ideas and concept of the Prada phone. A lawsuit by LG had been rumored prior to this announcement;^[3] however, LG has remained silent on whether or not they will file a lawsuit.

Related pages

iPhone, a competitor
HTC Touch, a competitor

Other designer phones:

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Mobile Innovation Meets Avant-Garde Design".
↑ http://www.lge.com/about/press_archive/detail/AB_NARCH%7CMENU_1_20302.jhtml
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Wright, Aaron (2007-02-20). "The iPhone Lawsuits". Apple Matters. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
↑ http://www.telecomskorea.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5074&Itemid=42

Other websites

Official website of LG Prada Phone Archived 2013-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
LG KE850 - LG Electronics
Manual Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine at lgpradaforum.co.uk Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
Review of LG KE850 Prada mobile - livedeviant.com Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
Review at mobile-phones-uk.org.uk Archived 2008-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
LG Prada wiki-review at mobilephonescale.com Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
LG Prada Forum for support, downloads and general chat about the Prada mobile. Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine

[lgpress-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Mobile Innovation Meets Avant-Garde Design".

[2] ttp://www.lge.com/about/press_archive/detail/AB_NARCH%7CMENU_1_20302.jhtml

[am-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Wright, Aaron (2007-02-20). "The iPhone Lawsuits". Apple Matters. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-06-25.

[4] ttp://www.telecomskorea.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5074&Itemid=42

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