Live shots of the LG BL40 leak out; BL42 slider in tow
Well hello there, LG BL40. Don’t you look all pretty and nice in the flesh, just like we thought you would. Some people think you look more like some sort of fancy universal remote control than a high-end cellphone, but they just don’t get you like we do. We understand your thin frame and 21:9 aspect ratio-rocking 4-inch touchscreen display makes you quite imposing, but there’s no need to dismiss you just because you look different. You’re not the smartest phone on the block and you might only have 335MB of internal memory, but a little bit of Ginkgo Biloba and a microSD card should do the trick. By the way, would you mind telling us a little bit more about your friend, BL42? She’s pretty damn cute and we’d love to get to know a bit more about her and her 5 megapixel shooter… Hit the jump for more shots.
[Via Eng]
I like how the multitasking button is an open slap to the face directed at Apple. Looks pretty interesting, but it really reminds me of the Samsung line of MP3 players.
Sounds like the write-ups I read on woot.
Thats a good thing
Same goes for anything that is a slap in Apple’s face!
BB for life!
Isn’t this just the razr for a new generation? It may(?) look cool, but that’s it.
If Verizon gets the BL40, I’m switching carriers to get it. If they release the BL42 instead, probably not.
Exactly what I thought, Samsung mp3 player.
Maybe they stole their design guy ala Palm.
Plus you won’t look stupid holding a
universal remote to your face, not at all.
now it looks more like a chocolate bar.
BL40 is gorgeous! Please, please, please come to North America!
@Robert: They’re not. Wrong kind of phone.
@Ari: How do you figure? Seems like its going to have all the current common and sought after functions and then some.
Mmmmmmmmm….chocolate
Is the phone really that slim or is the camera used to take it? It looks nice, but I wonder how the 21:9 screen would work.
Oops, meant to say or is it the camera used to take it.
@Cliff: There is no camera distortion there if thats what you’re asking. Thats what the phone looks like.
Mmmmmmmmm…chocolate covered LG BL40
hey look that what happends when an iphone and a tv remote controller have sex
Is it rockin’ the resistive? Wife’s LG is kind of a pain in the a$$
something tells me that the BL40 wont fit into my pocket very easily…
and it reminds me of the samsung p2/p3 as well…
BL40 please come to Verizon and please don’t name it chocolate…it’s like Samsung releasing a Glyde 2 bad / horrible idea.
Not feeling the UI. I think The phone looked better on the video than these pictures.
Yay, this is exactly what I need. I only have one leg, when I’m not using my phone, I can use it as a prosthetic leg! Yay for me!
Looks nice, but maybe difficult to operate one-handed. As it is, I have enough trouble reaching the opposite top corner on an iPhone, this looks even more awkward in that sense.
Aside from that I’m guessing that the odd aspect ratio wouldn’t display anything really full screen, just use the excess on the sides for controls.
@tande,
Thanks. I just thought that the pics were taken using a fish eye lens or something. Wonder what OS it will be running.
Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).
someone from crackberry works for a company (he wont disclose where) but he claims that the chocolate coming to verizon will be the bl42 not the bl40…
DANG IT!
I think I’m in love.
When is it coming out?.