There have been only 3 types of chocolates since forever: milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate. While everyone devours these chocolates, it wouldn't hurt to try something new? There's a new type of chocolate, and you'll be thrilled when we say that it's pink-colored chocolate! Now, you may find it extremely hard to believe that a bar of chocolate that's pink in color doesn't have any artificial colors! Well, the secret to what gives this chocolate the pink due is closely guarded by the manufacturers; there are some speculations. Five popular cell phones that dominated the US market in 2006". Archived from the original on 2018-10-16 . Retrieved 2018-10-15. Otherwise, as regards the technical side of the device, there aren't any posh features that would stun the regular tech buffs. The phone is mainly targeted at a market niche of expensive designer phones which have the main purpose of distinguishing their owners from the general crowd. And as such it should be viewed in its own right taking into account its marketing specifics. So if you are one of the people out there hoping that LG KG800 might turn out as the next Walkman competitor or the next beat-'em-all camera phone, we only have 2 words for you: Keep waiting! The Chocolate single-handedly helped turn LG Electronics's business from a loss to profit by the end of 2006. [28] Successors [ edit ]

The battery cover is hard to disengage in fact. It opens with a slide after you press the release button. But you should press the button strong enough until it sinks in. The matter is furthermore complicated by the fact that when you try to slide the battery cover out you really slide out the phone itself first. The SIM card is easy to get in and out of its bed. Melting in your hands Ever since the chocolatier first made their pink chocolate, they spent some time marketing their 'pink sensation' in Asia and Europe and finally introduced it in American and Canadian markets. You'll be surprised to know that the Ruby chocolate is the first-ever new flavor of chocolate introduced in the U.S. since its debut of chocolate in the 1930s. No wonder it was welcomed as a sensation. There is no speakerphone. Now, I don’t use a speakerphone very often, but I do regard it as one of the basics for any handset.

LG Chocolate KG800 - Technical Overview

The phone features an innovative touchpad which is used for menu navigation and it's a wonderful piece of design which really adds to the classy overall feel of the handset.

One major failing of this handset is that you have no way of expanding the internal memory. Now, there is 128MB of this designated as multimedia storage. This is fairly generous, but it is nowhere near enough for you to consider using the Chocolate KG800 as a substitute for a dedicated music player. At least copying music across is no problem as the handset functions as a USB Mass Storage device, and you get a cable in the box. You may assume that pink chocolate has been made using artificial colors and flavors, but would you believe if we tell you that pink chocolate gets its color from an extract obtained from ruby cocoa beans? Pink or the Ruby chocolate is a product of extensive research, and it's finally here! AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.In over half a year, 600,000 Chocolates were sold in South Korea. [12] A total of 1.4 million units were sold in its first three months in the European, Asian, and Latin American markets. [22] In April 2007, LG reported that Chocolate sales had topped 10 million. [23] In December 2007, it reported 15 million sales. [24] It eventually reached sales of over 20 million units. [25] Legacy [ edit ] The numeric keypad is exceptionally good though with decent sized and well spaced keys that are very easy to distinguish even without looking at them.

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In 2009, LG released the New Chocolate (BL40) in Europe, Asia and Canada, alongside a non-touch New Chocolate model BL20.

LG mobile phone song finally exits: goodbye my "chocolate" ". iPhone Wired. 2021-04-12 . Retrieved 2023-07-16. LG quotes the battery life as 200 hours with three hours 20 minutes of talk. I found myself wanting to charge every couple of days just to be on the safe side, but didn’t use the handset much for mobile music playing simply because its memory couldn’t hold enough tunes for me to make a serious choice while out and about. A slightly modified version of the KG800, released as the LG TG800, was sold by Rogers Wireless and Fido in Canada, released on the market in November 2006. [21] Additionally, Bell Mobility has a modified version of this phone that works on their CDMA/ 3G EVDO network despite the offering of the LG Chocolate (VX8500) in Canada available there through Telus Mobility. The KU800 is a 3G version of the KG800 Chocolate, providing higher speed UMTS connections. It was released in the UK at end 2006 by Vodafone. Its display resolution has also increased to 240x320 but with a drop in colour depth. [20] LG VX8500 (Verizon Wireless, U.S.) [ edit ] LG VX8500 ChocolateJohn Bernard) (Brief article) (March 24, 2016). "Sony Ericsson recruits ex-LG marketing head in senior role". Marketing Week. Another button-related oddity arises when we look at the right edge. Here are housed the volume and camera buttons, which are also touch-sensitive. They work perfectly well but we certainly wouldn’t say they’re any better than traditional physical buttons, especially the camera button, which obviously won’t have the two pressure levels you get with a physical button; one for focussing/exposure metering and another for taking the shot.