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LG has officially unveiled their BL20 Chocolate handset. Although not as desirable as the BL40, this slider will be hitting the UK in Q4 of this year. This handset reportedly has: a 5MP AF camera with a flash, Bluetooth 2.1 + A2DP support, a microSD card slot, and an FM radio. Unfortunately, this handset will have EDGE connectivity with no 3G HSDPA connectivity. Check out what LG had to say below.

Update: Engadget has reported that this will launch for 269 euros ($394 USD) unlocked.




[Slash Gear]

LG has just unofficially unveiled their full spec sheet of their upcoming BL20 Chocolate. The specs are below, but the release details still have not been mentioned. Check out the speck sheet below, via Unwired View. By the way, it looks like the BL20 may not have GPS / WiFi support, which definitely sucks.

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz
• UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100 MHz
• 2.4 inch TFT QVGA display with 262K colors
• SMS and MMS 1.2
• Email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4)
• WAP 2.0/HTML/XHTML web browser
• Bluetooth 2.1
• USB 2.0
• PC Sync
• 5MP camera with autofocus, flash and video recording
• ARM9 processor (unknown frequency)
• 256MB Flash memory
• 128 MB RAM
• MicroSD card support, up to 16GB
• 106.9 x 50.8 x 12.3 mm
• 115 grams

[Unwired View]

The LG BL20 that we saw in a couple of flashy colours yesterday morning has just spotted in its first video. It's a video that shows off the BL20's main features - kind of like the video for the BL40 a while ago. The BL20 does feature touch-sensitive navigational buttons and has a 5MP camera with an LED flash and a Schneider-Kreuznach lens. Check out the video below, it's only 2 minutes.



[Phone Arena, Engadget]

This news may not be all that exciting, but the LG BL20 has just been seen sporting a couple of new colours - seen above. This handset is part of the New Chocolate line-up, but appears to be targeting mid-end users.

The other handset that appeared is the LG GW300. This handset will have: a QVGA display, a QWERTY keypad, a 2MP camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, but no 3G support. The good news here is that it will cost only 100 euros (about $147 USD), so it'll be one of the cheapest smartphones available.

[GSM Arena]

At IFA, LG finally came clean about the LG BL20. The LG BL20 has actually been seen before as the LG BL42, so it should look quite familiar. The BL20 is a slider handset that has: a 2.4-inch QVGA non-touchscreen display, 130MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a 5MP AF camera, quad-band GSM / HSDPA connectivity, Stereo Bluetooth, an FM radio, and 3G support.

LG also announced something about their better handset, the BL40. This handset will be available in Europe starting in the middle of this month; the rest of the world will get their hands on this device next month (October) so we won't have to wait that long. In case you forgot, this handset has: a 4-inch touchscreen display with an 800 x 345 resolution, a 5MP camera with an LED flash that can record video, 1.1GB of internal memory, a microSDHC card slot, and WiFi / aGPS support.

Since it's coming to the rest of the world this October, Mobile Syrup is hoping that it will be hitting Telus as well - y'know since they'll have their HSPA network by then. For the full spec sheet of the LG BL40, take a look at this Tech Tree link.

LG BL20: Engadget, Gizmodo, GSM Arena
LG BL40: Boy Genius, Engadget, Tech Tree
Telus Getting BL40?: Mobile Syrup

Well, looky here, the user agent profile for what appears to be the LG BL20. We don't know what this is at the time, but Cell Passion suspects that it could be another LG Black Label handset. There's already the LG BL40 and the less interesting LG BL42, so I guess that this could be a lower-end handset. As of right now, all that's known about this LG BL20 is that it has a 240 x 320 resolution (QVGA) display and GSM/UMTS connectivity.

[Cell Passion]