Available
now 21st
April 2010
The words "Dual SIM" on the front of the
LG GX500 give away one of this phone's selling phones.. this is
a dual-SIM touchscreen phone heading for Eastern European markets
from May onwards.
As
with most dual-SIM phones, the LG GX500 is a GSM-only device, with
no 3G data connectivity. Despite the limitations in the GX500, it
is reasonably well-equipped for a dual-SIM handset with support
for WiFi, a 3" 240 x 400 pixel display, 3 megapixel camera
with QVGA video recording, an FM radio, multimedia player and a
large 1500 mAh battery which is quoted as giving up to 6 hours talktime
and 16 days standby time.
LG say that switching between SIM "personalities"
is easy, and they have also added a bunch of applications including
social networking support, plus reference materials such as
mapping to the handset as well.
Web browsing uses Opera Mini, and the GX500 includes
an email client too. In fact, as far as features go, we think that
the LG GX500 will offer most things that most consumers want, with
the useful addition of being able to take two SIM cards at the same
time.
As far as we can tell, the LG GX500 should be available
next month in Russia and the Ukraine, probably with other Eastern
European countries following plus a handful of specialist retailers
elsewhere.
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