LG Presents the Real Banana Phone

The first phone to sport a "banana style" design was Motorola's MOTORIZR Z8, known as the world's first kick slider phone and introduced in February this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Recently, LG, the mobile phone manufacturer that won no less than 29 awards at this year's red dot Design Awards has announced a handset that's similar as shape, coming in a very interesting banana-like slider form factor and a several multimedia capabilities.

This phone's special design proves that anything can be expected from the manufacturer that came up with so many well-selling, highly popular phones like the Chocolate, Shine and Prada.

The similarity between the shape of the phone and a banana is not at all a coincidence. The handset was designed that way to be more ergonomic and provide better handling. It comes in a quite pleasant white, with orange accents, color version (frequently used by Sony Ericsson for their music phone line). While its shape will make the phone stand out among other handsets, its features are slightly unimpressive, especially for the Asian market.

The LG-SV80 packs an MP3 player, 142MB of internal memory and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Its other features remain unknown for now, but Bluetooth and a memory card slot may also be included. LG's SV80 measures 101.4 x 48 x 23 and weighs 105 grams. Unfortunately for those who were looking exactly for this, a more ergonomic mobile phone, the SV80 will most likely only be released in Korea, bearing the CYON brand. There is no information regarding the price or availability of this handset at the moment.