LG Philippines will launch its very own Android phone this July. Called the LG Optimus GT540 (also known as LG Swift elsewhere), it will probably take the crown as the cheapest Android smartphone in town.
Announced back in January 2010, the LG Optimus will hit store shelves in the 4th week of July.
LG Optimus GT540 specs:
3.0″ screen @ 320×480 pixels
130MB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
3G/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1
3.15MP camera
FM Radio w/ RDS
GPS w/ aGPS support
Android 1.6
Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
No word what type or speed of processor its got but I assume it’s nothing near the 1-gigahertz mark (could be somewhere in the 500-600MHz but we’ll know once I get a sample unit).
The Optimus will have a suggested retail price of under Php14k when it hits the stores by end of the month, effectively making it the cheapest (SRP-wise) among the entry-level Android smartphones (going head to head with the likes of Samsung Spica and HTC Tattoo).
Update: SRP has been put on hold but company sources puts it under Php14k.
may mas mura pa ata jan.. chery mobile na android is 6k lng.. but poor cguro sa games hahaha.. un lng
im selling my LG gt540 android 2.1 (2nd Hand)
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LG Optimus GT540 specs:
3.0″ screen @ 320×480 pixels
130MB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
3G/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1
3.15MP camera
FM Radio w/ RDS
GPS w/ aGPS support
Android 1.6
Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
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Release n po 2.3.4 db??cnu po n ka try n mag update??
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From LG Philippines, may update na po ang GT540 from 1.6 to 2.1 but, unfortunately for testing pa daw d2 kase madami pa daw bugs…
as regards update from 2.1 to 2.2 froyo may update din daw sila by the first of second quarter of 2011 ang release maaari pa daw mapaaga ang release.
LG540 PO YUN CP KO HIRAP ME MAGDOWNLOAD KC DAW SA SETTTING TUTWING NAKA SET NAMAN AYAW MAG ACTIVE.SO CALL AKO SA SAMRT CUSTOMER PARA MAKAPAG DOWNLOAD,PERO SA PHONE DAW YUNG PROBLEM ANO PO BA TALAGA TAMANG SETTING .PLS HELP ME SALAMAT PO
i got my gt540 3days ago….
sabi upgradable daw ung OS from 1.6 to 2.1,,
unfortunately dito sa pilipinas hindi pa available and upgrade ng OS…. asar,, haist…
tumawag ako sa LG.. until this year wala pa!!! baka 3rdQuarter ng next year ang labas….
nag research ako kung paano iupdate…
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802895
yan ang link basahin nyo…
hindi ko sya na try sa phone ko kasi baka masira lang,,,
good condition pa naman ung unit ko….
kelan po lalabas ang updated version nito? =)
I am having this phone and its 600mghz upgradable to version 2.1 eclair edition… very fast phone im very imprest. the cheapest android platform phone in the market. dont expect too much as it is the cheapest android phone in the market.. if you guys wants more morola droid is the best.
GSMArena says X8 is expected to hit the stores at EUR200. So thats roughly PhP12K+taxes. AND it’s not even released yet. Maybe next month pa yun lalabas. Who knows where the price for that thing would end up at.
@jam – according to my source, there will be upgrade on Eclair
@manong i don’t get it. LOL
@manong
It’s really the thing that keeps me wondering.. since technically free ang android.. pero rare ang mga enrty level-to-midrange units na nakikita ko. and kung meron man, sobrang downgrade namn ang ginagawa sa hardware.
maybe because sa android ecosystem, ang magdedefine talaga ng high-end status e ang hardware advantages.. pareho lang ang basic features ng OS e.. next na lng ung ability to be updated sa next software release (2.2,3.0.. etc..)
@lawrence
kung kaya ng nokia, who can’t? remember.. android os is basically “free” (blame M$ and apple for the infringement kuno charges)
@manong
prang wala pa atang unit na swak sa mga specs mo with that price range.. hehe.. medyo considered as high end na yan, ala galaxy S..
kasi in order to keep the prices down, either a downgrade on the hardware (mostly camera or the screen) or software limitations.. nokia can match those specs kaso with symbian Os. hehe