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 change
- 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 change
- 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 change
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 change
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 change
Other designer phones:
References change
- ↑ 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 change
- 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