LG BL40 New Chocolate
Product Features:
| 3G: Yes | Wifi: Yes | Camera: 5 MP with flash |
| Display: 4 inches | Touch: Yes, Capacitive | Memory Card: upto 32 GB |
| Music Player: Yes | FM Radio: Yes | Bluetooth: Yes |
Product Review:
- Great looking chassis
- High res and contrast screen
- Improved touch accuracy
- Sleek and glassy design
- Decent camera
- Single-handed use not too comfortable due to the extra long form factor
- Video recording output is pathetic
- Piano black surface is a fingerprint nightmare
Quick Specifications
See Full Specifications- General:
- Slim
- Display:
- Touch (Capacitive)
- 4 inches
- 345 x 800 pixels
- Camera:
- 5 MP
- AutoFocus
- Flash
- Video Recording
- Video Calling
- Technical:
- 1.1 GB Inbuilt Memory
- Memory Card Support, upto 32 GB
- 256 MB RAM
- Connectivity:
- 3G
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- DLNA
- Extra:
- Music Player
- Video Player
- FM Radio
- 3.5 mm Headphone
Advantages
Display In Groups| General | |
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Slim
10.9 mm
(Average: 11.5 mm)
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Slimmer mobiles are easier to carry in pocket and look more fashionable. |
| Display | |
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Has A Responsive Touch Screen
Capacitive, MultiTouch
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Touch Displays offer a more interactive experience. |
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Quite Big Screen
4 inches
(Average: 4.59 inches)
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Reading, browsing internet and watching videos is more pleasing experience on a bigger screen. |
| Camera | |
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High Resloution Camera
5 MP with AutoFocus
(Average: 6.27 MP)
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High resolution camera for taking sharp and clear photos. |
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Has Flash For Camera
LED
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Having a camera flash allows you to take photos in low light. |
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Has Front Camera
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Front Camera enables you to take your own photos and do videocalling (on supported phones). |
| Technical | |
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Supports Memory Card
upto 32 GB
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Memory cards give your device more storage capacity. So you can store more songs, photos and videos. |
| Connectivity | |
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Supports 3G
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3G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience. |
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Faster Download Speed
7.2 Mbps
(Average: 11 Mbps)
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Faster Download Speed means stream videos at real time. |
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Supports WiFi
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You can connect to wifi hotspots in your area to experience a superior internet experience. |
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Supports Bluetooth v2.1
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Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly listen to music and calls using bluetooth headsets. |
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Supports GPS
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GPS is used for determining your location. You can get directions to a place with the help of GPS. |
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Supports DLNA
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DLNA standard enables easy sharing of music, photos, and videos over wifi. You can stream video from your DLNA phone to your DLNA TV via WiFi. |
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Has A 3.5mm Headphone Jack
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Having 3.5mm Jack enables you to connect to large number of other devices (such as speakers) having 3.5mm Port. |
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Has Accelerometer
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Detects motion as well as the orientation of a device (horizontally or vertically). |
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Supports Video Player
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Watch your favourite video songs and movies in video player. It supports MPEG4, H.263, DivX, AVI, 3GP file types. |
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Supports Music Player
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Listen to your favourite songs in music player. It supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MP4 etc. file types. |
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Supports FM Radio
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Listen to your favourite radio stations on your phone. Enjoy music on the go with FM Radio. |
| Battery | |
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Long Battery Standby Time
16.7 days
(Average: 16.9 days)
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With long battery standby time, mobile phone battery can last more days without charging in idle condition. |
Disadvantages
Display In Groups| Display | |
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Doesn't Use OLED Display
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OLED Displays have faster response times, better viewing angles, improved contrast and consume less bettery power. |
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Limited Storage Capacity
1.1 GB
(Average: 9.1 GB)
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Considering this phone's level of use, it has less amount of memory to store songs, videos, photos and applications. |
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Limited Amount Of RAM
256 MB
(Average: 641.8 MB)
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Small RAM has trouble in running more applications at the same time, which makes the phone little slower. |
| Connectivity | |
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Can't Output To TV
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You can't connect your smartphone to a TV. |
| Extra | |
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Doesn't Have A Gyroscope
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Gyroscope Determines orientation and rotation and provides more accurate 3D motion tracking than an accelerometer. |
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Doesn't Have A Compass
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Compass Determines direction facing relative to North, East, West and South. |
| Battery | |
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Short Battery Talk Time
6 hours
(Average: 9.2 hours)
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With short battery talk time, you won't be able to talk continously on the phone for a long period of time without charging. |
Full Specifications
Report An Error| General | |
| Sim Type: | GSM |
| Dual Sim: | No |
| Device Type: | Feature Phone |
| Release Date: | July, 2009 |
| Design | |
| Dimensions: | 128 x 51 x 10.9 mm |
| Weight: | 129 g |
| Form Factor: | Classic (Candybar) |
| Display | |
| Type: | Color TFT screen, 16M colors |
| Touch: | Yes, Capacitive with Multitouch |
| Size: | 4 inches, 345 x 800 pixels |
| Memory | |
| Phonebook: | 1000 entries |
| Internal: | 1.099609375 GB inbuilt, 256 MB RAM |
| Card Slot: | Yes, upto 32 GB |
| Connectivity | |
| GPRS: | Yes |
| EDGE: | Yes |
| 3G: | Yes, 7.2 Mbps Download |
| Wifi: | Yes |
| Bluetooth: | Yes, v2.1 |
| USB: | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| USB Features: | Mass Storage |
| Extra | |
| GPS: | Yes, with A-GPS Support |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack: | Yes |
| Extra: | DLNA |
| Camera | |
| Camera: | Yes, 5 MP with autofocus |
| Features: | Face detection, Smile detection, Geo tagging |
| Video Recording: | Yes, 480p @ 30fps |
| Flash: | 1 Flash |
| Front Camera: | Yes, supports video calling |
| Technical | |
| Java: | Yes, MIDP v2 |
| Browser: | Yes, supports HTML |
| Multimedia | |
| Supports: | MMS, Voice Recording, Calendar |
| Email: | Yes |
| Music: | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MP4 |
| Video: | MPEG4, H.263, DivX, AVI, 3GP |
| FM Radio: | Yes |
| Document Reader: | Yes |
| Battery | |
| Size: | 1000 mAH, Li-ion Battery |
| Standby time: | 400 hours, 370 hours on 3G |
| Talk time: | 360 minutes, 300 minutes on 3G |
The New Chocolate packs enough skill to make comparison with some powerful smartphones almost inevitable. Now, it's obvious the LG BL40 is not in the same league as the likes of Hero, Omnia HD or Nokia X6 but we guess it will be more than welcome for an all-star friendly. It may sound unthinkable for a self-respecting geek to so much as consider the New Chocolate against any of those smart heavyweights, but the LG BL40 won't put up with being trivially dismissed as just another fashion phone.
Yes, the New Chocolate is a few things short of a smartphone but style it's got in excess. read more →
- One-off touchscreen bar design
- 4.01" 16M-color capacitive touchscreen of 21:9 aspect ratio
- Quad-band GSM support and UMTS with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- S-Class Touch UI with pinch zooming and gesture controls
- Accelerometer for screen auto-rotation
- Single-handed use not too comfortable due to the extra long form factor
- Video recording output is pathetic
- Piano black surface is a fingerprint nightmare
- Memory card slot is under the battery cover
- Web browser has no Flash support
The LG BL40 Chocolate is a great and bold step to be admired. There are some gripes to be had, mostly with the OS and battery life, but they're minor in the grand scheme of things.
The phone will certainly appeal to those who want to make a statement with their mobile and aren't afraid to use a little bit of tech now and again. If you can get your head around the multiple camera modes, are willing to fork out for a bigger memory card, want to watch a bit of video and are happy to learn to navigate the internet in a new fashion, then this phone should definitely be on your watch list when it comes time to renew your contract. read more →
- Great looking chassis
- High res and contrast screen
- Improved touch accuracy
- Sleek and glassy design
- Decent camera
- Poor battery life
- Dual screen UI not used enough
- Slight lag in the UI on a number of occasions
- Menu and back button layout is frustrating
Performance and conclusion:It´s painfully clear the LG New Chocolate BL40 is stunningly sluggish. The S-Class 3D interface itself looks nice, but all the animations and transition effects make it rather heavy. We would have liked it better if it looked less eye-catchy, but was more functional and easier to use. Well, it seems we will have to wait a bit more until we finally get there.It´s a good thing we don’t rate cell phones based on in-call quality only, because the BL40 would have been just a member of the crowd that doesn’t stand out with anything in particular. read more →
- Unique form and attractive design
- High-quality screen
- Nice audio playback capabilities
- Plays Xvid videos
- Sluggish interface
- Mediocre in-call quality
- Poor camera
The new Chocolate is delectably gorgeous and those looking out for a fashionable handset will find that few other phones can match this LG. LG's latest iteration of its Black Label series ranks tops in terms of appeal. If the design of a phone is important to you, then the Chocolate BL40 is worth considering. The unique form factor may not catch on with you at first, but it definitely has an excellent design with superb build quality. It obviously has its limitations and the camera fell short of our expectations. read more →
- Excellent design and build quality
- gorgeous 21:9 touchscreen
- fluid gallery browser
- supports Exchange ActiveSync.
- Disappointing camera
- occasional sluggishness
- clunky Web browser
- mediocre battery life.
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