South Korea’s second-largest mobile phone maker LG Mobile continues to carry the title of the model equipped with dual touch-screen cameras caught. This T-Mobile LG cell phone caught our eye due to the screen between the keys which made us think “better look that one up, probably a US exclusive handset”. Exclusive indeed.
Nestling between your slide-out QWERTY keyboard is a second touch screen and in our exploratory prods it did precisely what you’d expect – launch the apps put on it as shortcuts. Two of the eight spaces are left blank and ready to be assigned. We did not have enough time with the phone to see if it did other things, apart from offering those shortcuts.
It’s pretty hefty device, fatter compared to Milestone 2, with LG being fairly generous with the bodywork. It bears some of the same design cues as the LG Quantum/LG Optimus 7Q around the front speaker, and accumulates the four touch controls under the screen as we saw on the LG Optimus 2X and Optimus Black.
The digital camera on the back is LED supported but there aren’t any markings to indicate what Mega pixel it might pack in, and LG usually label their cameras, so we’re guessing it isn’t final hardware.
We’re hoping it isn’t final hardware as there was noticeable movement between the two halves of the phone when closed, more like holding a burger than the tight lines of the HTC Desire Z or the Motorola Milestone 2.
We don’t understand what the screen resolution is, but it didn’t immediately strike us to be spectacular like the Optimus 2X does, although that could just be down to early build software – the device still had some of it’s protective film on, so it was obviously recently lifted from the box.
Why so light about the details?
This mystery T-Mobile branded LG phone appeared when Orange and Kineto Wireless held a little event in London to show Kineto’s Smart WiFi solution, which powers Orange’s Signal Boost technology.
Kineto Wireless have worked with T-Mobile in the US to include their Smart WiFi function to a number of devices that is where the LG Mystery Q comes in, as it was nestled in amongst an array of devices, many specific to the US and not observed in the united kingdom. When we asked the rep manning the table he didn’t know much about the handset at all, but mentioned the name Flip II.
We’re still attempting to confirm a name for the device precisely, but the leaked T-Mobile (US) document points to a couple of forthcoming LG devices – you have the LG Flip II and the LG Maxx Q included. There are more rumours about an LG Q or LG Optimus Slider, obviously, the same format device may have different names on different carriers. We’ve asked some of our contacts and drawn a few blanks, but if we discover out more we’ll update the facts.
So there we have it, a picture of a phone we’ve not seen before, and great sense of remorse that we didn’t have longer with it to discover all the details.
