LG's Rumor 2 escapes rumor phase, goes live on Sprint

Tough luck, guys -- the secret's out. LG's long rumored Rumor 2 has finally launched exclusively on Sprint, bringing with it a slide-out QWERTY keypad, QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, a removable backplate and your choice of Black Titanium and Vibrant Blue shells. As for availability, you can find the Black Titanium at Sprint's website on March 15th, while the Vibrant Blue edition won't hit until March 29th. If you're web-averse, you'll have to wait until April 19th for it to filter out to all Sprint retail channels before dropping your $49.99 (on contract).

[Via phoneArena]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 1:17PM]

Except that its not exclusive. Just like the treo pro, Alltel has already gotten it. It's called the Banter and launches today.

[mykie Posted Mar 12th 2009 5:00PM]

Still not as cool as the Lotus. I wish they'd market that one a little harder.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 8:15AM]

Are you serious that this phone didn't get EV-DO????!!!?!!? WOW SPRINT! Wake up! You failed with no EV-DO in the first Rumor but you went and did it AGAIN with this one. Why??

[paul1985 Posted Mar 13th 2009 9:20AM]

My guess is they didn't want another device competing directly with the Rant. I think it's ridiculous that they are going to charge the same price as the rant. Who would pay $50 for a Rumor 2 with no EV-DO and 1.3 meg camera, when you can pay $50 for Rant with EV-DO and a 2.0 meg camera?

This should be no more than 29.99 on contract, and they better have a Buy One/Get One deal on the Rumor 2 or Rant soon.

I don't look forward to having to explain to customers the differences between these two phones.