LG Wine Smart might be LG's first clamshell smartphone

posted by Florin T. / Sep 16, 2014, 10:04 PM

LG Wine Smart might be LG's first clamshell smartphone

LG is getting ready to officially introduce what may be its very first clamshell smartphone: the Wine Smart. As you may know, LG released quite a few Wine handsets in the past, all being simple and affordable flip phones. Now, several Korean websites, including The Korea Herald, are speculating that the Wine Smart could be the first smartphone in the Wine series, obviously citing the device’s name as the base of the speculation.

LG is currently hosting a Wine Smart giveaway in South Korea, while at the same time showing a mysterious image of the handset. We can clearly see that this is a clamshell with a hardware keypad, but that’s about it.

Samsung - LG’s biggest Korean rival - already introduced a clamshell smartphone: the Android-based Galaxy Golden, which features two 3.7-inch touchscreen displays and is available since last year. Assuming the LG Wine Smart is indeed a smartphone, it will likely run Android, too.

It looks like LG will fully unveil (and launch) the Wine Smart at the end of September. We'll be here to let you know all about it.

source: LG (in Korean) via Twitter, The Korea Herald

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17 Comments

1. fzacek

Posts: 2486; Member since: Jan 26, 2014

I don't see how this is a good idea...

posted on Sep 16, 2014, 10:14 PM 0

6. nathan.carter

Posts: 416; Member since: Aug 11, 2014

everybody in th world isn't tech savy like the rest of us. This phone is for them, not you.

posted on Sep 16, 2014, 10:43 PM 2

7. fzacek

I thought the iPhone was for them...

posted on Sep 16, 2014, 10:50 PM 7

16. reckless562

Posts: 1153; Member since: Sep 09, 2013

u sir, jus won the internet

posted on Sep 17, 2014, 3:49 PM 0

14. jaytai0106

Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011

Not everyone cares for a 5" slat design phone. Beside, this phone would be a great phone for women who just throw their phones into their purses along with all other object they carry around.