Details on LG's enV G and Windows Phone 7 slider

By on Aug 20, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Exclusive August 20, 2010

A new connect has come forward and provided us with some details on LG’s future phone plans that we thought we would share. According to our source, the LG enV Touch 2 that we heard about yesterday is actually to be called the enV G. Our source does confirm that the device has a hinged, dual touch-screen display and added that it will have a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. Our tipster continues, and lets us know that LG will be releasing a mid-range, Android 2.1, all touch-screen device around the holidays that is being referred to internally as the “Thunder” (given recent events we’re sure the name will change upon release). Our source claims that the Thunder will be released on Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, and MetroPCS. This would make the Thunder one phone with three different 3G radios (unless they drop a pentaband UMTS 3G radio in two of them). Finally, the last bit of information we were given indicates that LG’s first Windows Phone 7 device will be a full-QWERTY slider and will be available right when WP7 goes live. There you have it. Think the enV G and this sliding WP7 device can give LG some momentum in the U.S. smartphone market? What do you think of LG hardware in general (the phones, not the washing machines)?

UPDATE: Our source clarified that there will be three Windows Phone 7 devices launching right when the OS is officially announced.  One will be from Samsung, one will be from HTC, and one will be from LG. The LG device will be the only handset with a full slide-out QWERTY keypad.

UPDATE 2: It looks like Engadget has been sent in an image of the full-QWERTY slider device. Hit the break to check it out.

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  • Topher86

    LG Thunder on MetroPCS for a cool $400, but no worries, you’re not on a contract, even though you’re never gonna get the AWS service we advertise because those services are only available within 3 square miles of BFD GA. God I hate working for that janky ass company.

    Other than that, this is pretty exciting…

    • DJ Megatron

      Given the economy be grateful that you HAVE a job. I don’t exactly love my job either, but it gets the bills paid.

      • Topher86

        Actually, and I just realized this yesterday, what I’m really doing is subsidizing my cost of living for my boss, making enough just to pay my rent so I’ll have a place to sleep, and food to eat, basically survive, just so he’ll have someone to work in his store and pull profit. It’s a joke when you’re making less than you started out making..AFTER getting a raise. I’m making about $100 less, and the only reason I’m still there is because, like you said, it’ll be wrong if I up and quit, while ppl are struggling to find a job.

  • Kendall Spann

    it seems that the phones will just randomly shut off.

    • Mr. Bill

      Try charging it now an then huh.

  • Jon W

    I am personally excited about the env touch 2. I had the env touch before I got my droid, and I loved the form factor and the keyboard was heads and shoulders above the droid. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

    • DJ Megatron

      It will be interesting to see how the final design turns out. It would be nice to see dual 3.5″ or 3.7″ touch screens and a 4 or 5 row QWERTY keyboard. Probably just a pipe dream though.

  • boogalooboy

    Hope LG doesnt release any WP7 phones, their phone designs so far have been pretty poor, wont do the platform any good to be seen running on an ugly handset.

    • Sammy Smith

      Sorry but did you even read the article or look at the picture?
      That would be an LG WP7 QWERTY Slider right there.

      • boogalooboy

        Pic was posted after my post, obviously. And I was right, doesnt look too good.

  • RocknStuff

    So they’ll be releasing a WP7 slider on 3 carriers?

  • serpentor

    You read it from me first – Dual Touch Screens will be the new hotness.

  • Mark

    Cant wait for all the Xbox Games I soo hate this google crap, you have to buy a new phone every 3 months just to get the latest OS..
    oh yea some phone are released now with 1.6 like the motorola !1i
    what a JOKE….
    All Google cares about is your DATA…

    • Calvini

      you sounds like a little school girl who wants to be popular but can’t keep up with the rich girls at her school and insults other cause they’re still behind. I’m all for WP7 and I hope it brings some competition to iOS and android, but every platform has and will have their downsides. Just pick the one you like and be happy the other ones exist so they can all keep getting better

    • Ace Of Space

      Yeah….but they have cute little names and mascots to keep the Fanboys happy.

      Donut, Eclair, Froyo. All so darling.

      I’m waiting though for Zebra Cake & Cosmic Brownie!

      My bad! That Little Debbie!

      • Sammy Smith

        You forgot Gingerbread and Honeycomb!

        I actually kind of like the google phones but notihng out there has been able to take the place of my Blackberry.
        I would love some of the bells and whistles that the competetion has but for the most part I like my phone to be a phone/all around messaging device and I till feel no one beats a BB when it comes to that.
        You want to talk about evolution and “do everything phones” than yes Blackberry has been left eating the dust of Apple and Android.

    • Jay84Virgo

      U know what Mark…..As much as I appreciate Android’s maturity over the course of the past six months, I have to agree with you.

      Every Google handset regardless of the manufacturer or hardware specs, deserves to have the latest operating system….. I think customers are getting really fed up with buying phones that are obsolete within months of their purchase. If hardware specs were the issue, Google should have, just as Microsoft has, set minimum hardware qualifications for the support of EVERY APP available from the market.

      Right now I’m rocking a Nexus One. While my device is currently swift in opening apps & navigating through the UI via its Snapdragon 1Ghz CPU, I still remain unsatisfied because I can’t smoothly run any of the high quality games available from Gameloft; My device lacks a dedicated GPU.

      …..Google’s experience is a jumbled one….I need real unity! I may be camping out for a Windows Phone 7 device. We’ll see.

  • T Man

    I’ve had several LG phones over the years, starting with the TM-510, VX7000, Chocolate and Dare. All were solid devices that never gave me any problems.

  • Ace Of Space

    I had an LG Phone once. I left it my pant’s pocket by mistake and accidently washed in my LG Washing Machine.

    It was still as dirty afterwards as it was before.

    • Fanboys Must DIE

      Awesome. Best comment here.

      • Sammy Smith

        2ND!

  • fp hc hi

    You Sir, are an idiot. Have fun buying a never updated. Useless Os, that’s already outdated

    • Fanboys Must DIE

      Dear fp hc hi, this is why you are gay:

      1. The usage of “you sir…”
      2. “Have fun buying a never updated.” How much do Never Updated’s cost? I tried to look up a Never Updated on Amazon, there were no results. I don’t know what it is, but I just know I want one.
      3. “Useless Os, that’s already outdated” Useless O’s? What is that, like a box of stale Cheerios?
      4. Crapping on a new OS that isn’t even out yet.
      5. The usage of “you sir…” 2 -3 could be overlooked, but this bears repetitive reinforcement. So hence both #1 and #5.

      Your welcome.

  • theking25

    are they pulling a galaxy s w/ the thunder (i.e. launching on every carrier?

  • boogalooboy

    No mention of Dell launching a WP7 device? Have they too dropped WP7 like HP and SE?

  • Ace Of Space

    I’m willing to put my LG Washer and Dryer against anybody’s Samsung Microwave Oven anyday!

    And I don’t give a crap if your Microwave runs The “Hot Pocket” version of Android!

  • boogalooboy

    Could you clarify where your source is from, is he an LG, at&t or MS insider? How does he/she know WP7 launch plans for different OEM’s?

  • SKINNI

    This sounds like a winner. I loved my Voyager but went smart before the env touch arrived. Loved it too though. This could possibly make me drop my X. Thats a long “possible” though!

  • bob

    UglyUglyUglyPhone……….

  • beholder

    Ouch. This cheap plastic phone looks outdated and is no competition for the iPhone 4. Not even close. Even the HD2 is better.

    If they want market share they should better start with at least one awesome sleek design.

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