LG Chocolate BL40 Review

LG last week began teasing its newest Black Label phone, an upcoming model that will bear the Chocolate label, just like the original LG Black Label phone, the LG Chocolate. We last saw the LG Chocolate in the third version of the device, available on Verizon Wireless, and we've always appreciated the multimedia family. But with the newest iteration, LG seems to be kicking things up a notch. In what appears to be an official-looking promotional video, now on YouTube and first posted on Engadget, we get what could be a first look at the high-end feature phone that will take the reigns of the Chocolate family, and it looks like a stunner.

The LG Chocolate 4, also described as the LG BL40, could be a departure from the previous models with an ultra-wide touch screen dominating the front of the device. If rumored specs are true, this might be a 4-inch screen with an obscenely wide 21:9 aspect ratio. Although this ratio might seem a bit too wide, in fact the video shows how LG could use the extra space on either side of the screen to add soft keys and visual feedback, and still have plenty of room in the middle. The design in the supposedly leaked video is also in line with the official leaked shots of the upcoming LG Chocolate 4, though LG's official images don't show the screen in full view, or in fact any active applications running on the device.