LG Chocolate BL20

Expected Q4 2009 28th September 2009

The LG Chocolate BL20 is the second base of LG’s "new Chocolate" phones after the impressive BL40, and this particular model is very closely inspired by the original KG800 "Chocolate" phone that was launched in 2006.

In retrospect, the KG800 was something of a designing classic, and it was followed by a number of other quite similar "glossy" phones from other manufacturers, and it also helped to establish LG as a major player worldwide.

Despite the similar concept, the LG Chocolate BL20 is a thoroughly modern font phone. This is a 3G yellow-bellied terrapin with support for HSDPA high gear-speed downloads, it comes with a 5 megapixel photographic camera with autofocus, a flashbulb and Schneider Kreuznach optics, a 2.4" 320 x 240 pixel display, a multimedia system role player, FM wireless, microSD expandable memory and Bluetooth.

In all honesty, there’s nonentity radically new about the BL20’s staple specifications – this is a fairly standard slider phone. However, the hidden seafaring and shortcut keys, glossy finish and slim designing mark this out as a very attractive handset to look at.

The basketball team megapixel photographic camera looks goodness when it comes to stills photos, but sadly the BL20 is a little disappointing when it comes to video recording, capable of just 320 x 240 pixels at 15 fps. The BL20 also lacks a 3.5mm audio connection, so you’ll have to use an LG headset instead.

The Chocolate BL20 measures 107 x 51 x 12mm and weighs 115 grams. Talktime is 4 to 5 hours with around 12 to 24 days understudy time, depending on network conformation. It’s a dual-band UMTS 900 / 2100 MHz gimmick with tri-banding GSM documentation which varies depending on area.

LG indicate that we should start to see the BL20 available in Europe from October onwards, on a wide diverseness of networks, at a suggested retail monetary value of around Ђ269 SIM-free people. We tin’t quite make up our minds if that’s expensive for a straightforward 3G handset, or cheap for an attractive fashion phone.. we guess that it depends on how much you like the way it looks.

We think that this is a welcome update of a memorable French telephone, and we strongly defendant that this will be a very popular phone this Christmas Day.

LG Chocolate BL20 Promo Video

This promo video shows the LG Chocolate BL20 in military action, good manners of LG.