LG BL40 New Chocolate
Release year: 2009
Launch price: 384 € October 2009
The new LG BL40 New Chocolate is an HSDPA/Quadband mobile phone equipped with a Gps receiver, expandable memory (microSD) for a large storage capacity of applications, e-mail with attachments and files, Fm stereo radio with rds, document viewer for viewing documents, EDGE class 10, WAP 2.0/HTML, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA. Bluetooth technology allows the transfer of voice and data (e.g. images and video) between two devices equipped with a Bluetooth solution, all without wires. It is possible to take photographs, add text, music or speech and create a message to easily send as an MMS attachment file. The camera is 5 MP, with autofocus, Led flash, Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, you can shoot videos and you can see the person you are talking to (video call).
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 128 x 51 x 10.9 mm |
| Weight with battery | 129 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1000 mAh |
| Standby time | 370 h(3G) -400 h(2G) |
| Talk time | 5 h (3G) - 6 h (2G) |
In the box: Battery, user manual and charger, stereo headset with 3.5 mm jack, 2 GB microSd with included movie
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT capacitive touchscreen protected with tempered glass, 16M colors and 345 x 800 pixels. Accelerometer sensor, S-Class Touch UI, proximity sensor for display auto rotation. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 16M |
| Display size | 345 x 800 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Phonebook entries | 1000 |
| Memory | 1.1 GB expandable up to 32GB |
Feature notes: 5.0 Megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, Wi-Fi, integrated Gps with Wisepilot navigation system with 3o days free trial, SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, IM, MP4/DivX/XviD/H.263 player, MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player, 3D image gallery, fm radio with rds and fm transmitter, Dolby Mobile sound
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 5 MP |
| Image resolution | 2560 x 1920 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Format | VGA@30fps (MP4) |
Price history
384 € → 200 € (-48%) · minimum 99 €, maximum 384 € · 70 readings, Oct 2009 – Jul 2015