Virgin Mobile USA announced its first LG cell phone, the LG Aloha, available in a clamshell design and metallic finish. The Aloha is touted as an affordable phone featuring a metallic front and matte back finish. It offers a 65k color display, and useful features such as voice-activated dialing and speakerphone. There are a few bundled games on the LG Aloha, including ZooZoo Club and Battle Reversi. Customers can also choose other games, ringtones, screensavers and more.

Measuring 3.5″ x 1.9″ x 0.9″, the LG Aloha weighs in at 2.7 oz. There’s memory for about 199 contacts (each having up to 5 phone numbers, 3 email addresses and one URL). Talktime offered by the phone is around 180 minutes with about 150 hours of standby.

The LG Aloha carries a price tag of just US $34.99 and will be available both online and in retail locations starting September 2007.

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