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Before this fancy-sounding LU2300 that we’ve been hearing about rolls in, LG’s got another Android-powered phone in mind for its domestic market — but we would’ve never guessed it’d be a rehash of a tired model that’s been sold internationally for several months at this time. Indeed, the KH5200 “Andro-1″ is little more than a remix of the GW620 QWERTY slider — a phone known as Eve to its Canadian buyers — with a 3-inch HVGA display and 5 megapixel cam on board. It’s said the phone could launch on KT as soon as next week for around 600,000 won ($531), but what might make it more palatable is chatter that they’ll get the sucker down to a nice, round 0 won on plans of 45,000 won or higher. If true, that would make the Andro-1 KT’s first free-on-contract smartphone, ushering in an exciting new era of indentured servitude for Korea’s wireless subscribers. Welcome to the club, guys!

LG Andro-1 is a GW620 with a Korean keyboard, funnier name originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We’d originally though this one was a South American special, but Motorola has at this time started selling the MOTOCUBO A45 as the “Eco” through its North American direct-to-consumer store. It’s a low-end device — don’t expect Android in this place — but $160 really isn’t bad for a full QWERTY slider with a 2 megapixel cam, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD support up to 32GB, and a QVGA display, especially consider that it comes unlocked and unbranded. The “Eco” label comes from the fact that the phone is made from recycled and corn-based materials — not unlike the Renew — so if you’re in the market for a text-centric backup phone, this might just be an engaging attention option that won’t keep you up at night thinking about the environmental destruction you’ve caused. It’s available right at this time.