Hands on with the LG Arena

General

Released in Europe last month, the LG Arena is a handset that easily can get lost amongst the 6,472,891 other full touchscreen handsets spread throughout the show floor this year. While it doesn’t exactly fill any gaps in that realm, it does come with an admirable spec sheet and LG’s new S-Class UI, which is most certainly an upgrade from the company’s earlier efforts. We already saw a bit of LG’s revamped UI on our new phone-crush, the LG GD900, and we really do like it as a supplement for a true smartphone OS. In terms of functionality, it’s not quite what Motorola has achieved with the Evoke’s new Linux-based OS but what it lacks in go it certainly makes up for in show. Sort of. Regardless, the great look of the handset and UI along with the 5 megapixel camera, 3-inch WVGA display, FM transmitter, aGPS, Wi-Fi and the rest of the specs on this able handset will surely appeal to plenty of casual users. Hit the jump for more shots.

10 Comments
  • JuJu

    Nice. Finally a LG I might consider.

  • joe

    looks very nice…if they can get the touch screen keyboard perfected it would be nice to see this thing on Verizon…

    The problem with the Omnia was the very awful on screen keyboard…

  • Teerim

    Is this for Verizon? It seems as though it’s not because it doesn’t have proprietary software on it…

  • Relic

    @ Teerim

    GSM, no State-side carrier, yet, but will work with ATT 3G.

  • joe

    no its not for Verizon. It would be nice if Big V decided that they would go after a nice looking LG phone…that was my point…

  • Teerim

    If only this had a landscape slide-out keyboard. I really look forward to a dumb/smart phone that that a landscape slide out qwerty, touch screen. I know that Samsung thing is out there, but it’s mad ugly and bulky.

    Verizon needs to stop killing phones with their BS OS.

  • Mike M.

    @ Joe

    It’s Big Red, not Big V lol.

    and @ Teerim

    I gotta agree with you man. I don’t know why they haven’t gone and use better OS’s for their handsets. It just sucks that while they are basically almost the best wireless provider in the States, they have horrible operating systems loaded onto their phones :/

  • kim stevens

    does anyone know when this phone is coming to att, i want it?

  • http://thevervepipe.com Sue Vail

    Should I dummy this down? Samsung has gone straight past the rumour with the rant… I believe the competition is a bit more organized that most consumers do.

    Kim, I feel like I am talking to someone who his sick of their iPhone. Sorry!

    I like the ‘rant’ as we speak. I bought it because I can do just about everything, aside from read texts without looking. I don’t see anything but fuzz when I look at it without my glasses and cannot where them to drive….no exaggerating really, friends put my glasses on and rip them right off because I guess they’re sickening if not fitted for you. :-O

    Incidently, there is an ad right above. That says you can buy a cheap nice phone refurb with a two year contract. OK! Let’s jump on that deal!

  • Bdub

    Hey, is that Blue Devils in reference to the drum corps from Concord, CA? =]

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