LG announces Genesis US760 - Dual screen QWERTY Android smartphone

The LG Genesis is for the US operator US Cellular. It has a dual screen Android model such as the Kyocera Echo and the upcoming Sony S2 tablet. But where the Echo and S2 has a two displays side by side, the Genesis has the display on each side of the side folder. This means that only one display can be seen at once, and in our opinion reduces the usefullness of having two displays.

The external 3.5 inch display is a little larger than the 3.2 inch screen found on the inside of the fold. Both displays are touch screens. From the pictures, it seems like the LG Genesis has two set of the Android navigation keys too. In addition to the full QWERTY keyboard it also has a d-pad for navigation. Having dual displays powered on should be a source for draining battery a little quicker than normal. The Genesis are said to have two and a half battery usage time. The relative thickness of 16.7 mm might also be caused by the dual screen.

A 1 GHz Snapdragon processor is powerering the phone and it is running on the older Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system. Like most Android phones released these days, expect the Genesis to be upgradable later.

LG Genesis US760 highligts

• Size:  199.9 x 61.7 x 16.7mm
• Weight: 170 gram
• Android 2.2
• Networks: CDMA 1900 MHz PCS, 800 MHz (Digital Dual-band)
• QWERTY keyboard
• Dual screen side-folder design with 3.5 and 3.2 inch display.
  • External display: 16M color, 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 3.5 inch
  • Internal display: 16M color, 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 3.2 inch
•  1 GHz QSD8650 Snapdragon processor
• 5 megapixel camera, autofocus. Face detection. LED light, geo tagging
• VGA video recording
• 1500 mAh battery
• Talktime: 2 hours 30 minutes
• Standby time: 17 days and 12 hours
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Hotspot capable
• DLNA
• DivX video playback
• MicroUSB support
• S-GPS
• 430MB memory. 8 GB microSD card included. Expandable up to 32 GB.

source