LG BL40 (Chocolate BL40) Release Date Confirmed LG's BL40 Black Label Touchscreen Set to Ship Imminently

Whilst details of LG's up and coming and much anticipated Black Label
touchscreen phone, namely the LG BL40 (or, more specifically, the LG
Chocolate BL40), have been in the wild for a while now its not until now
that LG have acted to confirm that the BL40 touchscreen is set to ship
imminently.
For those as yet unacquainted with the Quad Band LG BL40 the handset the
device comes with a 4 21:9 aspect ratio multi-touch 345 x 800
resolution 16M color TFT captive touchscreen display complete with Light
Sensor (ensuring readability across all lighting conditions) as well as
a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash capable of additionally capturing
VGA resolution video footage at 30fps as well as integrated media player
taking in MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA audio and MPEG4, H.263 video file
backed up by an integrated FM tuner.
The fourth Black Label phone to be offered by LG, the Chocolate BL40,
which comes with 1.1GB of built-in capacity (which is expandable thanks
to a microSD/SDHC card slot) and which runs the S-Class UI, additionally
comes with Stereo Bluetooth (v1.2/A2DP), wireless (Wi-Fi
802.11b/802.11g), USB and TV-out connectivity whilst also boasting an
accelerometer, A-GPS functionality (allowing the device to serve as a
PND as well as for the Geo tagging of image captures) and both
speakerphone and headphone functionality complete with Dolby Mobile
sound enhancement.

It's not difficult to understand, in light of the above, why the LG BL40
is already causing a considerable stir and the great news for those
looking to avail themselves of this particularly desirable touchscreen
handset is that your wait is almost over as LG have confirmed that the
BL40 is set to begin shipping in the UK from mid-September with further
international rollouts commencing from October (with Verizon being
touted as the first to gain the handset in the US).

At the time of writing, however, LG are yet to offer any indication as
to unit pricing.