That "leaked" low-end Android device from a few days back? Turns out it was nothing more than the Optimus Chic, one of two Google-powered phones that the company announced back in early July. They're still not ready to let us touch the damned things here at IFA
-- apparently on account of the fact that they're not commercially
available yet -- but we got close enough to conclude that you
definitely won't be fooling anyone into thinking that you've dropped
many hundreds of euros on your phone. You could argue that Huawei set
the tone for IFA's small-but-notable mobile presence this year with its
introduction of the Ideos
-- in other words, cheap Android gear -- and both of these LGs look
primed to go head-to-head with the Ideos in that arena. Nokia had long
been hoping to totally own the smartphone industry in emerging markets
by driving S60 into the
bargain basement -- but with this latest round of Android releases
coming dangerously close to the same price points, we could have an
interesting battle on our hands.
