Prada's New iphone Killer

Gizmodo got some spy shots of the new Prada iphone killer that will also be on AT&T. The LG CU920 Prada is touch screen similar to the iphone and has 3G. But after Matt's review of AT&T's 3G network I'm a curious just how fast it really is.

No word on pricing, but stay tuned.



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LG Tacks On Free Insurance For Prada Owners: cool

I wish all phone manufactures would do this, but someone at LG must smoking the good stuff because this makes no sense at all.

The SK mobile phone giant will be giving 60,000 Prada owners free insurance totaling up to $215 and what’s even crazier is the fact that it covers the phone even if you break it. If you decide to run over it with a car or throw it out a 20 story building you’re still covered and this is outside of the regular warranty!

So why are they doing this?

The Prada is a high-end handset, you see, and LG just wants to prove its worth by putting up the money to prove it. Since its May 15 launch in SK, the Prada has sold 25,000 units with 100,000 sold worldwide.

U.S.? Yeah, we’re still waiting.

The LG Prada is Verizon’s Answer to the iPhone: Good Luck, Bro

The $600 LG Prada is Verizon Wireless’ answer to the $500 Apple iPhone… OK, you can stop laughing now.

It’s not that the Prada isn’t a good phone or anything—clearly it’s deserving of all the hype. But Verizon has a history of screwing with a phone to the point of exhaustion. Can you imagine Verizon with their really hottt V-Cast crap on a $600 LG Prada phone?

There’s no reason why the Prada couldn’t, and shouldn’t, be a fine alternative to the iPhone, but I have no faith in Verizon in accomplishing this.

Read the rest after the jump. [PC World]