LG KP500: The touchscreen phone made affordable


Those looking to own a touchscreen phone but have been turned-off due to high prices will be happy to know that LG is coming out with a more viable option.

LG KP500 mobile phone

The LG KP500 looks like your typical touchscreen-equipped mobile phone. It feautures a 3-inch 240×400 262K TFT display, 3-megapixel camera, quad-band GSM, GPRS/EDGE connectivity, FM radio, accelerometer, on-screen QWERTY keyboard, 12fps video recording, Bluetooth, 46MB internal memory, and microSD card support. It’ll be available in four delectable colors to choose from: black, brown, gold and silver. Yeah, it’s doesn’t come with 3G and WiFi connectivity, but it does however come with an attractive $350 price tag exclusive of carrier subsidies which basically means that when it does get offered by a telecom, it’s price will even be lower making it one of the most affordable full-touchscreen phones in the market to date. Now this is one way to truly make a mark in the highly competitive mobile phone industry which everyone will surely appreciate.

No word though on its global release, but I’m optimistic that it shouldn’t be too long before we see it available in our local stores. Let’s just hope that the low price still remains even with the inclusion of local taxes.

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October 8th, 2008
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Written by:
nikko
Posted on:
12/5/2008 at 10:55 am

how much is this?

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Written by:
Nagger
Posted on:
12/16/2008 at 12:55 am

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nikko
Posted on:
12/5/2008 at 10:55 am

how much is this?
@ Nikko
dude did you notice it said (IN PLAIN BOLD TEXT) “$350 Price Tag”? just thought you should know maybe ur going to need glasses

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Written by:
blitz
Posted on:
12/17/2008 at 11:59 pm

I was able to buy it at its intro price of P12,000. here at Subic. went to ebay, its from $500-600.00

Great buy, great features

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Written by:
jelu
Posted on:
12/24/2008 at 9:09 am

11990 here in iloilo

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Written by:
emir
Posted on:
12/25/2008 at 8:23 pm

is there a nearest branch here in makati?

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Written by:
john sexon
Posted on:
1/2/2009 at 10:34 pm

My GF urged me to get this phone, and I did this morning. It seems nice naman, the feature set is ok for the price. Texting feels responsive and accurate even with my big fingers (tamad ako mag stylus). And yeah meron na rin sa makati in park square 1.

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Written by:
tonette
Posted on:
1/6/2009 at 4:16 am

meron na ba d2 sa cebu???san?

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Written by:
Chris
Posted on:
1/6/2009 at 4:46 pm

Actually I already find this unit available here in Davao City and its price is more or less 12,000 Php.

Though it’s not in a 3G but it has all of the features that some of us would basically need such as document reader for MS Office and PDF, it has a video camera, 3MP camera, fm radio, mp3 player and lots more and its also memory expandable of up to 8GB of Micro SD Memory. Why should I care if it’s not a 3G as long as it benefits most of my needs anyway I’m not a businessman at all…;)

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Written by:
Ecks Abc
Posted on:
5/22/2009 at 1:11 am

As of May 21, 2009 LG KP500 Price is Php 10,500.00

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Written by:
Neth
Posted on:
7/8/2009 at 5:42 pm

Php 10,190.00 as of July 7, 2009

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Written by:
Pab Fernandez
Posted on:
7/14/2009 at 9:33 pm

file transfers - music or game install seems complicated.

error messages somehow are quite hard to understand.

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Written by:
sydjeii
Posted on:
8/3/2009 at 3:02 am

ei guys am looking for touch screen phones 12K or less(kung meron)..help me nmn oh..need brand new..kung my alam kau na units send it to me on my email..sydjeii36@gmail.com..

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Written by:
Gerol
Posted on:
8/19/2009 at 2:07 am

P 9,999 price here in BICOL.. kaso No Wifi… sayang tlga!

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Written by:
hasslery
Posted on:
9/23/2009 at 10:15 pm

is it heavy when you holding it??or its similar to china phones which are light???my auntie bought one and it cost 10,000 in philippine money..but she stayed in australia…

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Written by:
gixxer
Posted on:
11/12/2009 at 9:46 pm

7,420 here in pampanga as of nov. of 2009..

great features…