: LG or Casio? canU 502S or G'zOne TYPE-R

Posted on 2005-12-15 13:38:00 | by: Daimaou | 8 Comments
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LG or Casio? canU 502S or G'zOne TYPE-R

Quite amusing, this piece of news. Casio presents a water-proof and shock-resistant phone in Japan called G'zOne TYPE-R and today, Lg presents the canU 502S, an exact copy of that Casio phone. The specs are the same (except for the network part), so the question I'd like to ask Casio and LG is: where did you buy this phone?

UPDATE

LG Telecom to Sell Casio Waterproof Phone

LG Telecom will introduce the first waterproof mobile phone in Korea in alliance with Japan's Casio. CanU 502S blocks its seams with rubber packing. Users can also seal up terminals for external connections, audio output, radio frequency or batteries. The model will cost about W500,000 (US$500) and is shock-proof. It comes in green and orange and has a2.2-inch LCD screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and 256 MB memory.

This is the Casio

And this is the LG

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Posted on Thu Dec 15, 05:35 by Umijin
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I wonder why they just don't sell it as a Casio phone there? Does it sell better with the LG name? Or is LG actually making these for Casio?

BTW - I have this phone, and like it. Bilingual and everything. Maybe LG gave it Korean menus - so it's trilingual.

Posted on Thu Dec 15, 06:17 by Cutkillavince
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Umijin said:

I wonder why they just don't sell it as a Casio phone there? Does it sell better with the LG name? Or is LG actually making these for Casio?

BTW - I have this phone, and like it. Bilingual and everything. Maybe LG gave it Korean menus - so it's trilingual.

Umijin,
LG and LG Telecom are different companies, LG Telecom is a Korean operator. It distributes this phone under the Casio brand in Korea. They just mention LG Telecom on the phone

For example, here is a Samsung cellphone which is distributed by LG Telecom.

Posted on Thu Dec 15, 06:32 by Cyclotron_burst
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I believe you are correct. From the information that I found this phone is made by casio but it distributed by LG Telecom. The LG company makes and distributes thousands of different products for hundreds of companys.

Posted on Fri Dec 16, 01:50 by
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Is this phone usable in the US, or will it have the reversed frequencies that made it Japan-only before?

Posted on Mon Sep 03, 08:21 by Barbara, n/a, USA
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where can I buy this phone???

Posted on Wed Jul 09, 05:17 by Mikrei, Banker, Europe, Austria
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I have seen the Casio canU 502S with the colour orange in the Internet and would like to know, where can i buy this cell phone and can i use it in Europe / Austria ???
Thanks ... Michael from Austria

Posted on Thu Jul 17, 10:30 by turboManPooping, Extreme sports guy, Miami, Florida
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If I get this phone will it work in the US? where do you get his phone in the US?

Posted on Tue Sep 08, 01:33 by fan
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is this phone GSM ? is it quad band

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