LG Prada

The LG KE850, also named The LG Prada Phone, is a mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics and designed by Prada. It was first announced on 12 December 2006.http://www.lge.com/about/press_archive/detail/AB_NARCH%7CMENU_1_20302.jhtml An official press release showing an image of the device appeared on 18 January 2007.

 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 )

 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 - 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.”http://www.telecomskorea.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5074&Itemid=42

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; 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:
 Samsung Giorgio Armani
 Motorola V3 RAZR Dolce & Gabbana

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website of LG Prada Phone 
 LG KE850 - LG Electronics
 Manual  at lgpradaforum.co.uk 
 Review of LG KE850 Prada mobile - livedeviant.com 
 Review at mobile-phones-uk.org.uk 
 LG Prada wiki-review at mobilephonescale.com 
  LG Prada Forum for support, downloads and general chat about the Prada mobile. 

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