LG Chocolate 3 will be made available from July 13th that is from today onwards in the States through Verizon Wireless, the only carrier of LG phones in the US. The Chocolate 3 comes with the most advanced features of the Chocolate series. Also, what makes it different from the others in the series is that it is the only Clam-shell variety while the rest of the series were Sliders.
Chocolate 3 comes with an internal 2.2 inch TFT display with 320×240 pixels and 260k colors. It has a 1.76 inch external screen with a reduced 176×220 pixels but the same 260k colors.
Chocolate 3 comes with a built-in memory of 1 GB and also the usual micro-SD card slot. Among its many features it has a 2.0 Mega pixel camera with video recording, FM radio and transmitter, a Flash UI, Music and Video players, a 3.5 mm headset jack, Blue tooth 2.1, Web browser, e mails and multimedia messaging.
The Chocolate 3 comes with a 800mAh battery which can give upto 4.5 hours in talk time mode or upto 350 hours in stand by mode.
Chocolate 3 is at present available in two color versions of black and light blue (baby blue). So, take your pick.
LG launches its full touchscreen handset ‘Dare’ model LG-VX 9700 through Verizon Wireless Communications in the US. Dare is being positioned in the US markets to compete head-on with Apple’s new iphone 3G and Samsung’s Instinct.
The best feature of the Dare is its 3.2M photo camera with auto focus, face detection, manual ISO adjustment, flash, panorama shots and video recording in VGA mode. It also comes with SmartPic technology which makes editing easier. The Dare’s camera appears to have better features than that of both the i-phone and Instinct.
Dare comes with a 3 inch TFT touchscreen display with 260k colors and 240/400 pixel resolution. The other features of the Dare include a tactile feedback while typing, handwriting recognition, a dual-band CDMA connectivity with EV-DO for high-speed data transfer and VZ Navigator.
The usual features like GPS, Blue tooth 2.1 with EDR, e-mail, Instant Messaging, Music and Video players and Image Editor are also present.
Dare also comes with a full HTML browser with touch navigation and favorites but an apparent disadvantage is that it is able to display only specially formatted websites.
Dare measures 4.1×2.2×0.5 inches (104×56x12.7 millimeters) and weighs 3.76 ounces (107 gms).
The 1,100 mAh battery can give 4280 minutes of talk-time and 360 hours in stand-by mode.
Dare handsets are now available in Verizon’s Wireless Communication Stores across the US.