CES: Good goddess, it’s LG’s Venus phone

Step aside second planet from the Sun, move over goddess of love, LG’s just claimed your name for its sexiest mobile yet: the keypad- and touchscreen-endowed Venus.

That’s right, not just a solitary touchscreen. That’s so 2007. This one comes with a good ol’ retro keypad as well, in case you feel like letting your texting fingers fly.

The bottom screen (there are two) is where all the touch action happens. It gives one-tap access to the menu, messaging, contacts, call list and, more importantly, the built-in music player, which can draw on up to an iPhone-matching 8GB of tunes via the miniSD slot.

Natch, it comes loaded with Bluetooth stereo for wire-free cans, and can access the HSDPA high-speed network to make light work of music downloads.

For some misguided reason the model on show at CES is still only available in the US, but LG tells us a UK version will be landing “some time this year”. You know, guys, it wouldn’t hurt to be a little more specific. We’ll call out months; you scratch your nose if we’re right…

Essentials

LG Venus

Price: £TBA

On sale: 2008

Contact: http://uk.lge.com/

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home