LG GW620 Android phone spotted in the wild, on video

We haven't heard much from LG about its new GW620 Android phone since it got official with it back in mid-September (and at IFA before that), but it looks like it's now made an official outing in France, where plenty of folks were on hand to get an up-close look at it. As expected, LG hasn't followed the route of HTC or Motorola with some heavy Android customizations, but the handset itself should still turn a few heads nonetheless with its brushed aluminum look, and what appears to be a better than usual QWERTY keypad (or AZERTY in this particular case). Unfortunately, that gets paired with a resistive touchscreen, but the rest of the specs are thankfully less disappointing, including a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash, a microSD card slot for expansion, and a standard headphone jack. Still no indication of this one making its way over here, but you can get a closer look at it by hitting up the link below, and check it out on video courtesy of the folks at Le Journal du Geek after the break.

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[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2009 4:14PM]

That keyboard is very oddly placed .... =/ that alone just made me not like it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2009 4:34PM]

I've seen an E for Edge and a 3G for, well, 3G... but never an H in the status bar's data connection icon. Anyone know what that means? (I'm just guessing HSDPA?)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2009 9:24PM]

I like the part where you judge the touchscreen without ever having used it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 3rd 2009 12:17AM]

i was excited for this phone, but the way LG made android look like a dumbphone makes me scratch my head. the whole box thing is nice for something like the arena or versa, but for android? naah. if i could put sense or blur on this, id buy it