by Playfuls Staff |
9th October 2006
LG Electronics of Seoul has accused Motorola of copying the KV2300 clamshell phone to produce its latest model, the KRZR [more] K1m.
The KRZR is the much-anticipated installment following the wildly successful RAZR phone, the Korea Times reported.
"Our KV2300 is a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish, and the KRZR K1m is also a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish," said LG spokesman Lee Hyoung-kun.
The KV2300 reportedly hit store shelves in Korea last August and is expected to debut in the United States later this month.
LG is credited with creating the Chocolate phone, which the company claims is the first to use touch control keys. The Chocolate has sold millions of units in the past year, the Times reported.
"We don't think Motorola intentionally imitated the look of the KV2300," Lee said. "But we are very flattered that a company of such caliber followed our design policy."
© 2006 UPI
