LG launches its first
Android Phone in India
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Award winning LG GW620 makes its entry in the Indian market -
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India, New Delhi, March 29, 2010 : A front runner
in innovative and cutting edge technology solutions, LG Mobiles today
announced the launch of its first Android phone LG GW620 for Indian
Market. Riding high on the success of the recently launched LG Cookie
Pep and Chocolate, LG Mobiles is all set to rule the Smartphone space
with the first Android LG GW620.
LG GW260 is an Android Smartphone,
featuring full 3.0 inch touch-screen and a side slider QWERTY Keyboard,
5 MP camera, Wi-Fi, High Speed EDGE and GPS connectivity providing users
full web browsing at excellent speeds. The LG GW620 is perfect
option for people who are always on the move and need
to have constant access to information, entertainment and interactive
mobile experience
“LG’s
first Android phone, LG GW620, was developed keeping in mind the ever
growing demands from consumers to have a phone on which they can
multi-task, with the new Android phone users can surf the internet, do
business on the go, seek directions, enjoy audio-video entertainment,
play games, take pictures and a lot more.” said Mr Sudhin Mathur,
Business Head, Mobile communications. “The launch further
reiterates LG's commitment to push boundaries in mobile phone innovation
and design. We are sure that with LG's accumulated technology leadership
in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every
existing operating system, LG will provide better choices and benefits
to our consumers"
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LG
GW260 allows you to stay close to the important people in your life by
integrating communications and applications including voice calls, emails,
texts, photos and status updates into one consolidated view, this along with
option of synchronizing of social networking profiles, provides innovative and
fun phone experiences.
LG
GW620 also comes with a host of thoughtful features like a dedicated music key
on the side for easy playability of music tracks, a ergonomically designed side
slider 5 row QWERTY keyboard, along with the presence of dedicated numeric
buttons and arrow keys for scrolling gives a user the opportunity for quick and
easy text input when updating social network profiles, texting, emailing and
menu access. A side gate for the microSD card makes hot swapping of memory cards
much easier.
The
LG GW620 menu offers a pretty impressive offering in the form of a dual boot
option. User can have the standard Android menu option, or can use LG’s S-Class
interface in which the menu is grouped into elements like communication and
multimedia. The home screen operates in a seamless loop for easy access of
widgets, shortcuts and folders.
For
the serious business users LG GW620 offers the Moxier suite of products, which
means the users can get corporate access to calendars and contacts on the phone.
There's also a suite of work-related products, so that the user can view Word,
Excel and PDF files on the phone.
Pricing and Availability*:
LG
GW620 will be available at a market operating price of Rs. 16,490/- at
all leading mobile stores.
Unique features of LG GW26
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USP -1 |
Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) |
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USP -2 |
Social Networking Service Manager |
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USP -3 |
Full QWERTY key pad with S-Class UI |
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USP -4 |
5MP Camera with Face tracking & Smile Shot
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USP -5 |
Moxier Suite for corporate access |
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USP -6 |
Android Market Access |
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USP -7 |
Wi-Fi & GPS |
About LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of LG
Electronics, South Korea was established in January 1997 in India. It is one of
the most formidable brands in consumer electronics, home appliances, IT hardware
and mobile communications space. In India for a decade, LG has earned a premium
brand positioning and is the acknowledged trendsetter for the industry.
LGEIL has achieved a turnover of Rs 13,089 crore in 2009. LGEIL's
manufacturing unit at Greater Noida is one of the most eco-friendly units among
all LG manufacturing plants in the world. The second Greenfield facility is
located at Ranjangaon; Pune has the capacity to manufacture GSM Phones, Colour
Televisions, Air Conditioners, LCD TVs, washing machine, refrigerators and
Optical Disc Drives. This is India's first mobile phone manufacturing unit and
also Asia's largest Optical Disc Drive manufacturing plant.