The Verge - LG at Mobile World Congress 2012 https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2012-06-11T01:40:26-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/25898562012-06-11T01:40:26-04:002012-06-11T01:40:26-04:00LG Optimus 4X HD out in Europe today
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<p>If you live in Europe and your head hasn't been turned by a certain <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/3/2996780/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-specs-software-pricing"><i>other</i></a> quad-core phone from a Korean manufacturer, you may be interested to know that LG's Optimus 4X HD is now rolling out across the continent <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/15/3021350/lg-optimus-4x-hd-available-uk-germany-sweden-italy-and-poland-june">as expected</a>. The company <a href="http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents_main.php?category=6&product_code=1&product_type=1&post_index=2258" target="_blank">announced</a> that Germany will get the Tegra 3-powered device first of all before it comes to the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and Italy. Releases in Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe will then follow.</p>
<p>We haven't been particularly enamored with any LG phones in a while, but this one could be different — we mostly liked the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-4x-hd/5222">Optimus 4X HD's</a> industrial design when <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/26/2825500/lg-optimus-4x-hd-pictures-video-hands-on">we used it at Mobile World Congress</a>, and we've even been fairly impressed with <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/16/3025520/lg-optimus-lte-2-hands-on-photos">LG's Optimus UI 3.0 skin</a> that runs on top of the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/11/3077535/lg-optimus-4x-hd-out-in-europe-todaySam Byford2012-02-26T09:34:59-05:002012-02-26T09:34:59-05:00LG Optimus L7, L5, and L3 hands-on photos and video
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<p>If the Prada phone wasn't your thing, perhaps its three cousins from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lg/49" class="sbn-auto-link">LG</a> are up your alley. The L-Style lineup comes in three sizes, each targeted firmly at the middle of the market if the specs and styling is anything to go by. All three feature faux-leather rear panels that are textured with vertical lines — it's the sort of thing that's easy to make feel cheap and crappy but LG has pulled it off for the most part.</p>
<p>The L3 is the low-end of the bunch, both in terms of size and specs. It's running Android 2.3 on an 800MHz processor. Most small phones we've seen at this size — it's a 3.2-inch QVGA device — have been a bit thicker than the L3, which comes in at 11.7mm. The camera on the back is only a 3-megapixel shooter with a fixed focus,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/26/2825593/lg-optimus-l7-l5-l3-pictures-video-hands-onDieter Bohn2012-02-26T08:56:58-05:002012-02-26T08:56:58-05:00LG Optimus 3D Max hands-on photos and video
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lg/49">LG's</a> <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-3d-max/5213">Optimus 3D Max</a> doesn't have the highest-end specs of LG's offerings here at MWC, but it is a marked improvement over its predecessor, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-3d/3748">Optimus 3D</a>. That said, you have to really want the 3D in order to accept a phone that's still stuck on Android 2.3. The phone overall feels decent enough, with a small bump on the bottom of the soft-touch rear panel.</p>
<p>Spec-wise, the Optimus 3D Max is not especially notable beyond the fact that it can do 3D on its "brightened" 4.3-inch display. When not viewing 3D, the WVGA screen is passable, but viewing 3D content is as headache-inducing as ever. We think that the 3D Max is slightly better for viewing 3D content than the original Optimus 3D, but without a proper side-by-side comparison it's hard...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/26/2825530/lg-optimus-3d-max-pictures-video-hands-onDieter Bohn2012-02-26T08:46:23-05:002012-02-26T08:46:23-05:00LG Optimus Vu hands-on photos and video
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lg/49">LG</a> <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-vu/5146">Optimus Vu</a> is not a shy phone / tablet. Like the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/galaxy-note/1598">Galaxy Note</a>, it has a large 5-inch screen, but its 4 by 3 aspect ratio makes it a very difficult device to hold in one hand. Being only 8.5mm thin certainly helps the phone-tablet hybrid feel like it's something you could carry around, but if you have designs to use this LTE phone with anything fewer than two hands, we have bad news for you. The Galaxy Note feels big, this feels massive.</p>
<p>The Vu has a small button on the top that brings down a custom menu where you can select different pen sizes and colors, and then you can doodle on the screen. We use the word "doodle" intentionally, because this is a straight-capacitive screen and the styli that LG have on their display are the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/26/2825510/lg-optimus-vu-photos-video-hands-onDieter Bohn2012-02-26T08:39:08-05:002012-02-26T08:39:08-05:00LG Optimus 4X HD hands-on photos and video
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<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lg/49">LG's</a> <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-4x-hd/5222">Optimus 4X HD</a> is here with a 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chip inside and a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 IPS display on the outside. This flagship device, only the second (official) Tegra 3 phone we've seen after <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/13/2705012/fujitsu-displays-first-tegra-3-phone-behind-glass">Fujitsu teased one at CES</a>, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with an LG skin on top.</p>
<p>We played with the 4X for a few minutes here in LG's booth ahead of the official opening of Mobile World Congress tomorrow, and it definitely feels like a departure from every other Optimus model we've used in the past — the texturing on the rear and the clean squared-off styling is definitely indicative of a high-end device (which the 4X certainly is). In our brief testing, it's fast, but you really can't be sure about how well the Tegra 3 is going...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/26/2825500/lg-optimus-4x-hd-pictures-video-hands-onDieter Bohn2012-02-22T23:22:49-05:002012-02-22T23:22:49-05:00LG Optimus 4X HD announced with quad-core Tegra 3, Android 4.0
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<p>Whether you're ready for a deluge of quad-core Android handsets or not, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lg/49" class="sbn-auto-link">LG</a> is getting things started with the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/optimus-4x-hd/5222">Optimus 4X HD</a>. Inside, its Nvidia Tegra 3 processor is clocked at 1.5GHz, sits behind a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 IPS display, and within an 8.9mm-thin body. Thankfully, it will launch with Android 4.0, which should sing quite nicely on the quad-core chip along with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. If you weren't aware, Tegra three actually offers a "companion core" with its "4-plus-1" setup that can be used in low power situations to help the phone sip on the 2150mAh battery instead of gulp at it, extending battery life. DLNA and MHL are also on board along with the obvious 8-megapixel camera in back and 1.3-megapixel camera...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/22/2818303/lg-optimus-4x-hd-announced-with-quad-core-tegra-3-processor-android-4Dieter Bohn2012-02-21T03:34:48-05:002012-02-21T03:34:48-05:00LG announces L-Style Android phones: 4.3-inch L7, 4-inch L5, and 3.2-inch L3
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<p>In a press release today, LG announced three new devices that will be hitting the show floor at MWC next week. From left to right in the picture above they are the L3, L5, and L7. All three devices will feature LG's Floating Mass display technology — the displays on the devices appear to be floating — a reference to the closeness of the actual display to the glass. This is the same technology found in <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/21/2813554/prada-phone-by-lg-3-0-available-t-mobile-uk">LG's Prada 3.0 phone</a>, whose styling seems to have carried over to the new devices. In addition, LG is claiming they feel thinner than they actually are. All three will have a thin, square, metallic design, with a warm, leather-like back panel.</p>
<p>The L7 and L5 will be 4.3 and 4.0 inches respectively and launch with Android 4.0 in the first...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/21/2813626/lg-l-style-l7-l5-l3-mwc-announcementJeff Blagdon2012-02-19T01:03:16-05:002012-02-19T01:03:16-05:00LG makes the Optimus Vu official: 5-inch display and LTE in an 8.5mm-thin package
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<p>When LG surprised us with a <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/8/2784016/lg-teases-5-inch-4-3-aspect-ratio-optimus-vu-smartphone">teaser for the Optimus Vu smartphone</a>, touting its 4:3 aspect ratio display, we expected an official announcement to come at Mobile World Congress. It turns out LG had another surprise in store, officially announcing the phone in a press release. Many of the previously-rumored specs proved accurate: the phone features a 5-inch 1024 x 768 IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and will support LTE. What's new is the storage capacity — the phone will come with 32GB of storage — and the full dimensions. The phone measures in at 5.49 inches by 3.55 inches, making it wider than the already substantially-sized Galaxy Note, but thinner at just 0.33 inches thick (8.5mm). Taking...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/19/2809360/lg-optimus-vu-official-specs-lte-5-inch-displayBryan Bishop