Hoho! the new LG Chocolate phone is real long. This time they really give you extra chocolate. It comes with 800 x 345 display screen in 21:9 ratio, built in WiFi, aGPS and supports multi-touch on its scratch-proof touch screen. Video after the break. Read more…

It was leaked as Nokia Mako. Nokia has announced it today as Nokia Surge. It will be available from AT&T this July 19. The phone comes with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Symbian S60 multi-tasking capabilities and also the capility to post messages, images, videos, and comments to web sites like Facebook on-the-go with the pre-installed JuiceCaster application. The phone comes with a 16M colors 2.4-inchdisplay screen, built in Bluetooth, 2.5mm headphone jack, 2.0-megapixel camera, FM radio, a microSD card slot and supporting Quadband GSM network and HSDPA 2.6Mbps wireless data connection. The Nokia Surge will be available via AT&T at $79.99 with two-year contract and after a mail-in rebate.

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Here’s the successor of the Z555, codenamed Bao. It is a clamshell phone that comes with flat keypad with diamond shaped number pad. It is said to have a 3.2 megapixel camera without autofocus and small hidden external screen. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Remember the Sony Ericsson W350 which was announced last year. There’s a new leaked clamshell phone called Twiggy which was said to be the successor of W350. This Twiggy is a walkman phone with 3.2 megapixel camera and music player control buttons on the clamshell cover. The phone was announced in the October 2008 and press photo was released in March this year. Unfortunately, you will not see the phone in the market because according to the latest report, the company has cancelled the project. More pictures after the break. Read more…

We have just mentioned about rugged phone this morning and today, Nokia has released a rugged phone, the Nokia 3720 classic. This mobile phone is an IP-54 certified mobile phone which is specially designed to resist water, dust and shock. The phone is encased in durable materials and it is entirely sealed to protect the internal parts. With it battery cover locked with screw, there no worry bringing it to wet, dusty and muddy environments. The Noka 3720 classic comes with a LED flashlight, a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera, a 20MB internal memory, a microSD card slot and a 2.5mm headphone jack. It measures 115mm x 47mm x 15.3mm and weighs 94grams. The Nokia 3720 Classic will go on sale with an approximate price of €125 ($174) before subsidies or taxes. More pictures after the break. Read more…

Drop it, Drown it, Smash it. Which ruggedized phone is going to withstand them? Popular Mechanic is taking Motorola Tundra VA76r, Sonim XP3, Verizon G’zOne Boulder to the test. You’ll be surprised when a clamshell survived. Video after the break. Read more…

Motorola has released a its 3G full-touch music phone “ROKR” in Korea. It has a full touchscreen while remain the traditional keypad. The phone comes with T-DMB, a 3.0-megapixel camera, VOD, mp3 player, Bluetooth, phone navigation system and more. It comes in two different models, the black & red model and blue & white model. Will be priced at between 700,000(KRW) and 800,000(KRW).

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Are you Buddhist? If you are, here’s a phone that you might want. It is the C91, a luxury gold and round shaped phone with Buddhist design. It comes with a 2.0 inch display screen, 1.3-megapixel camera, FM radio, dual SIM support, audio and video player, microSD slot and it includes a buddistic music box too. The C91 Buddha phone is available at $123. More pictures after the break. Read more…

This is the Sony Ericsson’s Kiki, a concept obviously. It has a unique transparent glass display that allow images to be projected on both sides of the handset. It has a smooth surface keypad where numbers appear only when the phone is turned on. Apart from that, there’s no other info about this phone.

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Samsung Electronics in Korea, has released a new handset Infrared Video Telephony the SCH-W760 which that users to hold video calls even in complete darkness. It features a 2.8-inch WQVGA AMOLED display, the SCH0W760 features a 3M camera, S-DMB, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth connectivity and a microSD card slot, The Samsung SCH-W760 comes with a suggested price of 580,000 KRW. Read more…