T-Mobile Offers LG Sentio for $70 with Contract
By: Michelle Maisto
2010-06-30
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The LG Sentio is now available on the T-Mobile network for $70, after rebates and with a contract and data plan. The LG phone features a 3-inch touch screen and T-Mobile's Social Buzz, an app for managing social networking sites.
The LG Sentio is now available, exclusively on the
T-Mobile network.
The carrier revealed that pricing for the phone is $9 per month for 20 months
with T-Mobile's Even More Plus plan, or $70 per month after a $60 instant
rebate and a $50 mail-in rebate and with a two-year service agreement and
qualifying data plan.
T-Mobile introduced the socially
focused LG Sentio in early June. The phone features a 3-inch touch screen
that's paired with an accelerometer, so it can be used in landscape or portrait
modes, and it includes a virtual keypad—helpful for responding to messages and
posting new status updates through Social Buzz, an included application for
efficiently managing social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
With T-Mobile's 3G network, Web surfing is supported, along with instant
messaging, e-mail and GPS guidance. A music
player is on board, and so are Stereo Bluetooth connectivity, Visual
Voicemail—so you can click on the message you want to hear, instead of listening
your way through ones you're not interested in—and a 3-megapixel camera with
video capture and playback.
A MicroSD slot is included, for transferring photos
and other multimedia files to other devices, and a mobile backup feature lets
users store contacts on the T-Mobile network, so losing one's phone needn't
mean losing a beat with one's friends.
The LG Sentio measures 4.2 by 2.1 by 0.5 inches, weighs 3.3 ounces and offers 6
hours of talk time and up to 16 days of standby time.
LG holds the No. 3 position in the worldwide mobile phone market, which is currently
led by Nokia and Samsung. In the first quarter of 2010, LG
held 8.9 percent of the market and saw shipments grow by 20 percent year over
year, according to ABI Research.
At the start of 2010, LG President Skott Ahn announced plans to build the phone
maker into a top market leader, saying LG plans to become
one of the top two global performers by 2012. In large part its plan
centers on embracing the Android operating system, and its first
Android-running smartphone, the
LG Ally, arrived on the Verizon Wireless network in May.
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