This new mobile phone design has reportedly recently won an award with the International Forum Design in Germany and some photos had surfaced, but no real specs, release date or price, yet.

The mobile phone in question called the KE850 sports a new design from LG that we really like. Instead of having a keypad that has to be slid out or opened, it has the keypad right on the display as a touch screen. Touch screens like this have had in the past, and will probably continue to have, their share of trash talk from those who really don’t like finger prints or smudges on their screens, along with others that have “fat fingers” and have trouble narrowing down to one item on the screen to press. Overall this looks to us like a promising design.

Everyone likes having additional screen space on their smart devices without compromising the overall size. If multi-purposing the touch screen as the keypad and then having it disappear to allow larger viewing of pictures, files, and video and games gives us more room then who are we to argue?

Since we really can only go by the photos at this point, there is not too much to say other than we are really looking forward to hearing more about this touch screen phone from LG in the coming year. The looks are similar to other mobile phones from LG in the Chocolate line, and maybe this will be a new addition?

Source [Slashphone]