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]
- 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]
- 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 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.
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