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LG Prada II Officially Decent, Expensive and Faaaabulous
Posted by John Herrman at 8:11 PM on October 13, 2008
LG and Prada have just sent out a pre-announcement for the upcoming Prada II, sequel to the companies' first touchscreen lovechild that was released well over a year ago. Stand-out features include a 5MP camera, FM radio, 7.2Mbps HSDPA 850/2100 (hey, North American importers) and Wi-Fi. The rest of the tech specifications pretty much match the leaked list, but offer little to distinguish the phone from the growing crowd of pop-out QWERTY touchscreen phones.
In fact, the omission of GPS and decision to stick with the decent but none-too-powerful LG/Prada OS make the €600 asking price sound slightly goofy. That said, if you're tired of sacrificing QWERTYness for prettiness, well, here you go. It should be available "before the end of the year" but it'll be Europe only, at least at first. [LG via UnwiredView]
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csharms
Posted 9:56 PM 13/10/08
hopefully verizon won't block the wifi feature..(if this phone even gets to verizon.)
csharms
prouted
Posted 10:26 PM 13/10/08
I'll pass and keep my iphone ;)
prouted
Rondogg96
Posted 11:35 PM 13/10/08
That keyboard looks nice. But I don't like the design all that much.
Rondogg96
andthepickles
Posted 1:24 AM 14/10/08
Hahaha "faaaabulous"
andthepickles
vgart
Posted 2:53 AM 14/10/08
Awwwwweee they went BACKWARDS...That's a forward thinking!
vgart
EricAlder
Posted 3:11 AM 14/10/08
I think Giz is just looking for another sponsor.
And am I the only one who thinks "Pravda" (a.k.a. Правда - "The Truth") when he hears Prada?
EricAlder
Matthew_Maurice
Posted 3:40 AM 14/10/08
I wonder how much less it would cost without the licensing fee to Miuccia and Patrizio Bertelli? And people complain about the "Apple Tax."
Matthew_Maurice
ryno365
Posted 4:15 AM 14/10/08
wonder what the micro-sd capacity is
ryno365
Mongoose
Posted 4:40 AM 14/10/08
That looks rather spiffy indeed. A clean, crisp design, good specs, no GPS is kind of a surprise and wi-fi is a plus.
Me, I'll wait for this to filter down so these specs are in a $100 Virgin Mobile phone in three years, but this'll have a decent high-end market. The Prada line has been surprisingly.. high-design over being merely blingy.
Mongoose
floydian
Posted 6:26 AM 14/10/08
I had the old one for 6 mo. before I lost it somewhere and got the Georgio Armani phone (Samsung). Prada was cheaply built plastic compared to the GA Samsung :( The plastic trim was easily worn and the touch screen was not very responsive. All that said the KB on this one looks awesome as typing is a PITA on these phones.
floydian
L_A_G
Posted 3:01 AM 14/10/08
I don't understand why people buy these overpriced gimmiks in the first place, I mean they don't really offer antything than something at even half the price does. The only thing you're acrually paying for it the Prada logo on the thing.
Shure, the iPhone is a bit overpriced, specially here in Finland, but what do you get for your money? The best darn cellphone OS ever made (according to some), and what do you get by buying this instead of something at half or even a quarter of the price? Nothing, exept a Prada logo that tells anyone with even a little bit of sence that you're an idiot...
L_A_G
L_A_G
Posted 2:59 AM 14/10/08
I don't understand why people by these overpriced gimmiks at all, I mean they don't really offer antything than something at even half the price does. The only thing you're acrually paying for it the Prada logo on the thing.
Shure, the iPhone is a bit overpriced, specially here in Finland, but what do you get for your money? The best darn cellphone OS ever made (according to some), and what do you get by buying this instead of something at half or even a quarte of the price? Nothing, exept a Prafa logo that tell anyone with even a little bit of sence that you're an idiot...
L_A_G
GregoryShako
Posted 11:50 PM 13/10/08
so much space is waste. The screen should be much bigger
GregoryShako