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LG’s latest touchscreen handset that’s been making waves with their new S-Class User Interface since February of 2009 made its way to our labs before hitting the stores. Yours truly got a crack at the prototype and instead of waiting for a review, when it launches perhaps sometime in June (not confirmed yet), I thought I’d give you a quick preview of the handset. Please understand that this is only a prototype and while I did have a few issues with the handset, it’s very possible that the actual review piece may be perfect. With that in mind I’ll update the preview with a Review when I do get a proper handset so you’ll have to be a little patient guys. Until then here’s what I can tell you about the Arena and its features.

General     2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network     HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 – American version
Announced     2009, February
Status     Available. Released 2009, April
Size     Dimensions     105.9 x 55.3 x 12 mm
Weight     105 g
Display     Type     TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     480 x 800 pixels, 3.0 inches
- S-Class Touch UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Sound     Alert types     Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone     Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dolby Mobile sound enhancement
Memory     Phonebook     Yes, Photocall
Call records     40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
Internal     8 GB
Card slot     microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB, buy memory
Data     GPRS     Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
HSCSD     No
EDGE     Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G     HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth     Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port     No
USB     Yes
Camera     Primary     5 MP, 2592?1944 pixels, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus, LED flash
Features     Geo-tagging, image stabilization
Video     Yes, 720×480@30fps, VGA@30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-mo video recording
Secondary     Videocall camera
Features     Messaging     SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email
Browser     WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio     FM radio; FM transmitter
Games     Yes
Colors     Silver, Titan Black, Dusty Pink
GPS     Yes, with A-GPS support; Google maps
Java     Yes, MIDP 2.0
- TV-out
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player
- DivX/XviD/MP4 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF)
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery           Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by     Up to 300 h
Talk time     Up to 3 h 50 min
Music play     Up to 30 h