LG's KE850 PRADA Phone

**Carlos_E** · 01-18-2007, 10:22 AM

How much? $775 and $1,000

Check it Apple, LG just went official with their iPhone look-a-like LG KE850 Prada phone which they proudly tout as the world's "first completely touch screen mobile phone." Er, unless you consider the ones from Motorola, HTC, and others. Still, this is more than likely a dig at the iPhone which they can rightly make since the KE850 will hit select mobile shops and PRADA stores in the UK, France, Germany and Italy at the end of February and parts of Asia before March is through. Sadly, the KE850 is a non starter for the US market since this version is limited to tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 with EDGE data. It's smaller than its fruity peer at just 98.8 x 54 x 12-mm resulting in a more compact, 3.0-inch display presumably with that 240 x 400 resolution we heard about earlier. In case you're keeping track (and we know you are), the iPhone goes quad-band GSM with EDGE and WiFi in a 115 x 61 x 11.6-mm shell sporting a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display. Also, the KE850 seems to lack any significant on-board storage opting instead for microSD to boost capacity. Like the iPhone, it packs a 2 megapixel camera (with Schneider-Kreuznach lens) and LED flash and Bluetooth 2.0. However, there's no mention of multi-touch capabilities, an on-screen keyboard, or the accelerometer and proximity sensors found on the iPhone. The KE850 PRADA's UI is Macromedia Flash-based and opts for a minimalist, white-on-black display as opposed to the more, shall we say, OS Xish GUI we've already seen floated. Feature-wise, the KE850 comes with a video player supporting MPEG-4, H.264, and oddly, H.263 normally used for video conferencing; a document viewer supporting Microsoft's PPT, DOC, XLS formats, PDF and TXT; an audio player with support for MP3/ACC/ACC+/WMA/RA formats; and a "music multitasking function for messaging," whatever that is. How much? €600/$778... that's how much. Still, a compelling choice for those who can't wait for the iPhone's Q4 European introduction or 2008 Asia launch.

**Snrf** · 01-18-2007, 10:34 AM

I don't get why they keep branding phones with D&G or Prada or other names....People seem to be happy to pay a few hundred extra so they can have a phone with a name on it...and they're usually people who can least afford it.

Give me an iPhone anyday...i'm awaiting their UK release

**EcToMoRpHiAn** · 01-18-2007, 10:37 AM

There is some phone that retails for well over $1,000,000 it is diamond encrusted... do a google search for it and you will be amazed at how stupid some people are. I drop my phone on the regular, I can't imagine dropping it and having a $10,000 diamond falling off.

**Anabolic CEO** · 01-18-2007, 10:43 AM

MOTOROLA should just make one like that and have it say MOTO! or Motoroli to make it Italian....LOL

**StoneGRMI** · 01-18-2007, 10:51 AM

Meh, not impressed.

For an expensive phone that does nothing special look at the "Vertu" phones. They start at 5k.

I read yesterday that the Japanese are "yawning at the technology of the iPhone". I would like to see what they have that the iPhone doesn't.

**Carlos_E** · 01-18-2007, 11:12 AM

The iPhone does more and is half the price. SVTMuscle said he wanted the Prada phone.

**Prada** · 01-18-2007, 12:38 PM

WTF thats my phone....!!!

**chest6** · 01-18-2007, 05:12 PM

why would u spend that much for a fvcking cellphone

Maybe if it was a tazer, cellphone and gun in one Id get it

**firmechicano831** · 01-18-2007, 11:59 PM

This lady at work bought hers for $5,000 or more. Kinda weird but i can't remember the brand but it starts with a V.

**Prada** · 01-19-2007, 12:21 AM

Louis Vuitton or
Versace

**UpstateTank** · 01-19-2007, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by chest6

why would u spend that much for a fvcking cellphone

Maybe if it was a tazer, cellphone and gun in one Id get it

LOL yes!!!

dont forget proximity mine mode either

**firmechicano831** · 01-19-2007, 06:08 PM

Its actually a Vertu!
http://www.vertu.com/homepage.jsp?lang=en

**Carlos_E** · 01-19-2007, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by firmechicano831

Its actually a Vertu!
http://www.vertu.com/homepage.jsp?lang=en

No, that is a different phone.

**Snrf** · 01-19-2007, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by firmechicano831

This lady at work bought hers for $5,000 or more. Kinda weird but i can't remember the brand but it starts with a V.

he was talking about the one he mentioned in this post carlos

**audis4** · 01-19-2007, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by chest6

why would u spend that much for a fvcking cellphone

Maybe if it was a tazer, cellphone and gun in one Id get it

and if it gave oral pleasure

**auslifta** · 01-19-2007, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by audis4

and if it gave oral pleasure

it does for women they talk for therapy

**Foskamink** · 01-19-2007, 07:34 PM

i got a lg chocolate in the white a few months back everyone loves it, but i think its ugly love the motorolla v3 razors

i got a titanium with a broken screen, gotta love insurance.

SVTMuscle* · 01-19-2007, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Carlos_E

The iPhone does more and is half the price. SVTMuscle said he wanted the Prada phone.

That thing is pure sex!!! If that could carry Verizon, I would gladly spend $700 for it

SVTMuscle* · 01-19-2007, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by chest6

why would u spend that much for a fvcking cellphone

Maybe if it was a tazer, cellphone and gun in one Id get it

pssst, didn't you also say you didn't get laid at all in 2006

**Polska** · 01-20-2007, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by SVTMuscle

That thing is pure sex!!! If that could carry Verizon, I would gladly spend $700 for it

SVT man.. I respect you as a member of this board but fack! how can you justify spending that much $$$ on a phone! And prada makes handbags..... for women.

SVTMuscle* · 01-20-2007, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Polska

SVT man.. I respect you as a member of this board but fack! how can you justify spending that much $$$ on a phone! And prada makes handbags..... for women.

Style man. I'm not gay by any means, but I appreciate fashion and good style.
Nike makes shoes for girls, but... I bet you've owned a pair at one time?
Prada, D&G, Armani, Gucci, Versaci, etc are all the same as Nike, Express, Gap, whatever, both make clothes for each gender, but very expensive and classy

**shwamin2004** · 01-20-2007, 09:28 AM

Phones come and go...I find zero pleasure in purchasing assets that depreciate in valley SOOO fast. I like everything in my life to GROW. It would be cool to have a phone like that for about 1 week and then I drop it and its a 700 dollar paper weight.

SVTMuscle* · 01-20-2007, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by shwamin2004

Phones come and go...I find zero pleasure in purchasing assets that depreciate in valley SOOO fast. I like everything in my life to GROW. It would be cool to have a phone like that for about 1 week and then I drop it and its a 700 dollar paper weight.

Well, phones typically have a 2 year life span for usage in someones life, unless your old school and keep it for 4-5 years. And since cell phones are becomming so popular and a necisity in everyday life, you may as well have one that you really like, imo.

**Prada** · 01-20-2007, 10:52 AM

In North America the avg time one keeps a cellphone is around 1.5-2.0 years.
The least was in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong where it is changes, on average, every 0.5-0.8 year.

**shwamin2004** · 01-20-2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by SVTMuscle

Well, phones typically have a 2 year life span for usage in someones life, unless your old school and keep it for 4-5 years. And since cell phones are becomming so popular and a necisity in everyday life, you may as well have one that you really like, imo.

I meant more along the lines of how long are you going to enjoy the phone before another something better comes out and you want that instead...?

SVTMuscle* · 01-20-2007, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by shwamin2004

I meant more along the lines of how long are you going to enjoy the phone before another something better comes out and you want that instead...?

well thats the problem with technology, that goes the same for any technology for that matters, PC's, gaming systems, phones, TV's, etc

**Polska** · 01-20-2007, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by SVTMuscle

Style man. I'm not gay by any means, but I appreciate fashion and good style.
Nike makes shoes for girls, but... I bet you've owned a pair at one time?
Prada, D&G, Armani, Gucci, Versaci, etc are all the same as Nike, Express, Gap, whatever, both make clothes for each gender, but very expensive and classy

I understand good style and nice clothing but spending seven bills on a cell phone seems .... a little much. but then again I am poor.

**shwamin2004** · 01-20-2007, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by SVTMuscle

well thats the problem with technology, that goes the same for any technology for that matters, PC's, gaming systems, phones, TV's, etc

True true... I own an computer, an xbox 360 as well as a tv to play it on. But I have to have a computer that can perform when I need it to. But A prada phone? You're just paying for the word Prada that is probably going to rub off after about 6 months haha. The phones not going to perform any better just because it says prada on it. That and I drop my current phone ALLLL the time and misplace it twice as much. Never dropped my desktop once...never gotta worry about misplacing it either.

**AnabolicAndre** · 01-20-2007, 02:21 PM

ghey

SVTMuscle* · 01-20-2007, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by shwamin2004

True true... I own an computer, an xbox 360 as well as a tv to play it on. But I have to have a computer that can perform when I need it to. But A prada phone? You're just paying for the word Prada that is probably going to rub off after about 6 months haha. The phones not going to perform any better just because it says prada on it. That and I drop my current phone ALLLL the time and misplace it twice as much. Never dropped my desktop once...never gotta worry about misplacing it either.

Yeah but for the price you paid for your 360 and games, I could buy that phone, and I don't like video games

to each their own.