LG GB230 Wireless FM Phone
Have you always wondered why earphones are needed to make the built-in FM tuner to work on cellphones? They double as an external antenna but LG’s GB230 Wireless FM phone tells us you really don’t need one.
The LG GB230 is an entry-level phone so don’t expect a lot of bells and whistles with this one — no 3G (just GPRS/EDGE), no WiFi, or GPS.
What it boasts is the FM tuner feature that no longer needs those unwieldy earphones to function. The antenna is built-in so you can blast out music from an FM station thru the speakers. The dedicated FM button on the left side of the control keys make sure you don’t easily forget this feature.
There’s a feature that allows you do live FM recording for playback at a later time. Internal memory is just 6MB so you’ll rely on the 2GB microSD for storage.
There’s another dedicated button on the right side for the camera but it’s just 2-megapixel and has no autofocus. This unit will sell for around Php5,500 (give or take a couple hundred pesos) when it comes out in stores.