The original Sidekick, branded by T-Mobile, was actually made by the awesomely-named Danger Inc. OK, so the Sidekick brand has had a few reboots already, but we can’t help thinking that if people are still making keyboard phones then the Sidekick should be among them. That music key could do with a comeback though: we’d kill for a Spotify button. It’s good to see the cinematic display back in the G6, although this time a little wider so it doesn’t look quite so much like a vending machine with the app menu up. It had a dedicated hardware music key, and genuinely did look very stylish for 2009. Realistically, though, the G6 isn’t in any sense a reboot of the New Chocolate: the original phone was a symphony of metal and glass, topped and tailed with flashes of red to pay off the ‘Black Label’ designation (LG thought fashionistas might like it). The New Chocolate was a long, thin phone with a cinematic (21:9) screen – is this ringing any bells? That’s right, the BL40 paved the way for the just-released LG G6 with its ‘PureVision’ display, this time with an aspect ratio of 18:9, or 2:1 for people who can count. The BL40, though, known as the ‘New Chocolate,’ was a reinvention of the popular phone in a truly strange and quite compelling format. The phones had a candy bar form factor (see what they did there?) and often included sliders, as was the style at the time. LG’s Chocolate product line is fondly remembered, and not just because you kind of wanted to eat it.
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