Qwerty LG Prada II Confirmed

We heard a very similar story back in April and now it is seemingly concrete...

Prada II specs suddenly look nailed on after phone specialist site BGR printed a list from "trusty sources" (no, not us!) and given their highly specific nature I don't feel too inclined to doubt them. Express surprise maybe, but no doubt. See if you can spot exactly where my eyebrows raise...

• Quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band HSDPA
  
• 240×400 3.0in screen
  
• Five megapixel autofocus camera with flash
  
• VGA recording (no word on LG's 120fps antics)
  
• Sliding Qwerty keyboard
  
• Bluetooth 2.1
  
• Wi-Fi b/g
  
• Infineon MP-EH + M180 chipset
  
• Accelerometer
  
• FM tuner
  
• 104.5 x 54 x 16.8 mm
  
• 950mAh battery

So did you spot it? Yep, it appears LG is giving up on the original Prada's touchscreen keyboard and going old school in a move that will add bulk and weight. Way to go, LG. That practice makes perfection notion is totally overrated.

Ok, I'll ease off for a minute - phones with physical keyboards are perfectly fine, I've owned them and see their value but their bulk/screen size compromises mean they don't represent the future. Heck, even RIM is moving to a touchscreen BlackBerry. So by all means stick one on a business phone or new line but it seems odd to make such an obvious backtrack here on an updated model - and a fashion phone at that. Ho hum.

That aside it's looking a decent follow-up to the original - which was distinctly average to begin with so no pressure! - and while there's no hint at a release date in here, I'll bet it isn't far away...

Link:
via BGR