It may be available in March but some folk in the know are predicting the KM900 being available in UK shops as early as this week.
Unfounded presumption or spot on guess?
There’s only about a week left in March so if LG want to keep their fans happy they’ll have to stay within that promised March release date.
On the other hand pinning down any precise release date is still a tricky undertaking. There’s still confusion about which networks will be carrying the device; Orange has a ‘coming soon’ sticker attached to the KM900 on the website and the LG section of T-Mobile’s online shop appears to be down, for some reason.
Whatever LG are up to, we’ll be posting specific launch dates and prices as and when we get them.
This is one of the best reviews of the LG I’ve seen.
It’s not the newest of clips but the guy doing the commmentary takes you through the phone’s menus and operating systems. There’s some great detailed coverage of how the widgets work aswell as some pretty impressive video of the unique scrolling system in action.
Even though it was only officially announced less than a month ago, LG Arena KM900 is already the most popular kid in class. More than 1 million KM900’s have been pre-ordered, worldwide.
The initial exclusive launch is expected to give way to wider availability after it hits the shops in March this year but if you want to be one of the first to get your hands on it, it’s T-Mobile is the one to go for.
Content is the most important thing consumers want when they buy a phone. Price and design were considered less important in a new independent survey by GetJar Networks.
It seems that 70 per cent of us consider content to be the most important factor, more so than price and design, when we buy a new handset.
Brand and the UI are still the two most influential factors for consumers and 12 per cent of people thought that the apps on a new phone were extremely important.
Ilja Laurs, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GetJar Networks said,
“While the phone’s user interface and brand prove to be dominant factors for deciding which handset consumers choose, the big change in consumer preference we see within this survey is the importance they are placing on content,”
The survey shows how important top quality content is for most buyers when they select a new phone. For LG’s feature-packed Arena, with its applications and media content that’s easy and really simple to use, it’s a virtual endorsement.
