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
  • Red dot design award - LG Prada Wins 'Best of the Best' red dot Design Award - At 2007

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.

Other designer phones:

  • Samsung Giorgio Armani
  • Motorola V3 RAZR Dolce & Gabbana

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

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