Alltel launches the LG Banter

Turns out Sprint's not the only carrier launching a low-cost texter from LG this week. In fact, it's archrival Verizon that's getting in the game, too -- sorta -- by proxy, anyway, through the boys and girls at Alltel. The Banter becomes yet another in a long line of questionably-named models (think Rant, Propel, Behold... we could go on for a while here), but once you get past the name, you find that you've got a solid low-end landscape QWERTY slider with a 1.3 megapixel cam, microSD slot, Bluetooth, and changeable front and backplates. Sounds like a dead ringer for the Rumor 2, doesn't it? The Banter should be in stores now; we don't have pricing info handy, but we're thinking it's going to be mighty cheap on contract.

[Via phoneArena]

[carcomptoy Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:31AM]

How much longer is Alltel operating separately? It seems that the sooner they get absorbed, the better. Hence, why is Alltel since releasing phones as Alltel??

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 11th 2009 4:57PM]

Alltel can't be made Verison everywhere yet due to the fact that in some places it would make a monopoly. There will need to be more competition in some places before Alltel is completely taken by Verison. And until then, they will release whatever phones they want.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:48PM]

**Sniff Sniff...Hey that smells like a Rumor 2

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[(Unverified) Posted Mar 19th 2009 5:44PM]

Hey I am going to get the LG banter so excited!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:16PM]

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