LG's KE800 Chocolate Platinum: the KG800's and KV-6000's pretty baby

Mmm, yummy leaked photos of LG's Chocolate v2, otherwise known as the KE800 Chocolate Platinum, unofficially that is. While it certainly shares the looks of LG's KV-6000 Black Label II slider, this model goes tri-band 900/1800/1900 with GPRS (like the KG800) and now EDGE data while doubling the internal memory to 256MB and packing a bigger 2 megapixel shooter with autofocus and macro mode. What's more, you get an FM radio to accompany that media player supporting MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++ and WAV formats along with microSD expansion and Bluetooth stereo support to make this is viable music phone. All these bumps yet it measures a scant 9.9-mm / 0.39-inch thin compared to its relatively chubby 15.2-mm / 0.69-inch VZW Chocolate cuz. No word on where or when but without the 850MHz band, we're happy to wait for this to go quad, right Cingular users?

[Via Phonearena]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 9:39AM]

I was in Korea in June and saw this phone in person. It was fully operational so I expect it'll be in market soon.

It was one of the nicer phones I've ever seen. Clean, high end design that reminds you of a Cbanel lipstick case. They'll let you custom engrave the steel band around the phone as well.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 11:07AM]

LG's Chocolate brand is one of the most popular cell phones here and in Asia. That mighty phone looks spectacular. If it came to the states, I would for sure get one. It would likely come to the States because of their Chocolate here, this looks like a Chocolate 2. This is a really nice phone no doubt.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 4:33PM]

Any idea when this will come out in the US?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 8:09PM]

I do believe that makes it the thinnest slider out there, flattening (pun intended) the competition of Samsung's D900, former champ at 12.9 mm

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 2nd 2006 1:39AM]

This is 16.4 mm - not 9.9 mm. Look at the picture or read here: www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/news.php?news_id=dc5a8e