First heard of this line of 3G phones (LG KU250) a couple months back during a dinner meeting with several Smart executives and MediaQuest President Doy Vea. They mentioned that this LG phone has been chosen by the GSM Association in their “3G for All” campaign. Their February press release indicates at least 12 GSM operators will be introducing this model in their respective networks.
Globe Telecoms was also there with their CEO being quoted saying:
As the first to commercially launch 3G & HSDPA in the Philippines, we at Globe Telecom are most excited with the announcement of the “3G For All” winner in this Congress, as this breakthrough initiative of the GSMA will enable us to improve handset affordability, one of the barriers to 3G service adoption in the Philippines. We believe that there is a huge un-served, mass-market segment in the Philippines which this “3G for All” initiative will address; we look forward to 3G becoming a mass-market proposition within the next years. We commend the GSMA in its efforts to support the industry with a timely and effective market intervention ensuring that the price gap between 2G and 3G handsets is being narrowed by the delivery of this affordable, feature-rich 3G handset.
Inquirer.net also posted the news the other day that Smart made an announcement on the LG unit. The unit will retail for P6,290 (around USD$130) though I think they’ll be much cheaper in Greenhills and street stalls. Before this, there wasn’t any 3G capable phones out there that sells less than Php10 that I know of. On top of the 3G capability, the LG KU250 supports GPRS (but no EDGE), 10MB shared memory and external micro SD card slot, bluetooth and USB as well as a 1.3MP camera.
Second inline from the GSMA recommendation is the Nokia N6151 which has an almost similar features as the LG one but I guess the price was the major deciding factor.
Ok na po… Meron na pong games ung phone ko.. THANKS PO… ASK KO NLNG PO KNG SAAN PO AKO MAKAKAKUHA NG BAGO AT ASTIG NA GAME BUKOD SA Mobileheart at mobile9.com? Thanks po sa reply!!! ^^0
Ok na po… Meron na pong games ung phone ko.. THANKS PO… ASK KO NLNG PO KNG SAAN PO AKO MAKAKAKUHA NG BAGO AT ASTIG NA GAME BUKOD SA Mobileheart at mobile9.com? Thanks po sa reply!!! ^^0
help po pls…
Hindi ko po magamit yung modem ng lg ku250 ko…
lagi sinasabi ‘TE CONNECTION FAILURE’….
kung cnu man po ang nakakaalam kung paano po ung proper set up na iseset ko po sa computer ko, paki post nalang po sana…
salamat po! c”,)
em,
nabenta mo na ba headset mo? how much are u selling it?
tnx
I’m selling my headset for 900. Bonus na yung USB, CD Driver, box, manual, etc. 1200 po sya sa LG Centre.
my LG KU250 nko.. complete accessories na din cia.. but my problem is kng pede na bang ipaopenline 2 tong LG KU250?!?!? sun kz ako.. san pede magpaopenline?!?! how much po??
tnx sa magre2ply!!!
help po!!!!
i have the modem driver for LG KU250 for win Vista
Em.-> nabenta mo na ba yung headset mo? ncra n kc ung charger ko and nawala naman headset ko, wala ako makita sa malls.
ang negative side lng ng unit na e2..hindi ka mkk-gamit ng cp mo kng nkcharge..maluwang ung saksakan…agad natatanggal sa pgkksaksak kng iaangat mo ung ung phone..or marahil bk sa charcger ko lng tlga ? hindi ko alam….
kc pg nkcharge e2 ,,hindi ko pwede gamitin at natatanggal xa sa pgkksaksak…
the most graetest phone ever
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where can i buy a battery for my LG KU250 phone?..thnx
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I like the phone but what about the battery life of lg mobiles, and can anyone tell that is it available in India ?
I’m using it now! And its better than the nokia phones! I hope you guys can buy some!:)
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thanks
a totally sweet phone!! i’ve been using one for some time now and its great!! now i’m putting different gamez as well as some full lenght moviez jst to sweeten it up more!! a totally sweet deal!!
sir i just want to ask if somebody tried to use this phone as a modem?
i just want to ask if somebody tried this phone as a modem, any problem with connectivity?
….di xa maluang….try nyong isuksok ng mas malalim dun………ung sa games…..ganito,..browse kau using ur LG KU250 sa waptrick.com…..free lhat bdun.xmpre my charges un sa mga servce provder mu…if my tnong kau…e-mail nyo lng aq,…landicho_ace@yahoo.com.,..basta regardingg lng sa LG ha……..thx…god bless…
What am i gonna do to connect the phone to a pc w/vista OS? I did download installer online but still can’t connect the modem. I hope someone can help me out with this. Thanks.
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