LG Enlighten goes official: Gingerbread with full QWERTY for $80

The entry-level full-QWERTY LG Enlighten has finally went official on Verizon Wireless after it leaked here and there, and while it doesn’t boggle the mind with specs, it goes light on your budget with a price of $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate when purchased with a 2-year agreement with the carrier. Big Red is putting the handset for sale online tomorrow, September 22nd, with in-store availabilty scheduled for a week later, beginning September 29th.

No surprises to the specs - you’re looking at a humble single-core 800MHz processor, a 3.2-inch display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and Android 2.3 Gingerbread on the software side. On the back, a 3.2-megapixel camera would serve your most basic photographic needs.

Now, the $80 price tag is a bit surprising given that we’ve seen the handset leak in Wal-Mart’s catalog flaunting a sweet 79 cent price label, so you might be better off waiting for the device to appear on the retailer’s website. After all, except for being thrifty, is there any other reason you’d look at the LG Enlighten?

source: Verizon Wireless