LG announces the Optimus Vu successor, the Optimus Vu II

It's barely been six months since LG announced the awkward Optimus Vu and the company has already come up with a successor.

The Optimus Vu II, as it is called, comes with same 5-inch, 1024 x 768 resolution display and looks just as unwieldy as before. Now, however, there is a newer 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 from the Snapdragon S4 series ticking inside.

Other changes include 2GB of RAM, a slightly bigger 2,150mAh battery, IR blaster functionality to use the device as a wireless universal remote control, Miracast support, wireless charging and VoLTE capability. There seem to be some new software features as well but the poorly translated text from LG's Korean press release does a bad job of explaining them.

We wonder why LG would release a successor to a product that they launched so recently and with so few changes. Also, if it has anything to do with the launch of the Galaxy Note II today in certain markets around the world.

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LG Optimus G becomes official, arriving in Korea next month

The LG Optimus G has finally become official, letting us have a good look at its glorious design and specs. This will be one of the first phones to be based upon the new quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor and also has a ton of other great features.

For starters, the Optimus G runs on the Qualcomm APQ8064 processor, which is the quad-core version of the MSM8960 we saw on the HTC One S and several other phones. It also features a new Adreno 320 GPU, which is said to be significantly more powerful.

Other important features include 2GB of RAM, a 4.7-inch, 720p True HD IPS display, 13 megapixel camera, 2,100mAh battery and Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Optimus G will go on sale next month in Korea on all three major networks and an international launch is planned at a later date. It will also be making its way to NTT DoCoMo's network in Japan by October/November. The Japanese version will have a slightly different design and DoCoMo's UI customizations.

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LG E973 Optimus G emerges in leaked images

With IFA only a few days away, the LG E973 Optimus G has emerged in leaked photos. One of the likely stars of the shows looks bound to claim the title of the best equipped device in the Android realm.

The LG E973 Optimus G packs a killer spec sheet, which includes a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with four 1.5 GHz CPU cores, 2GB of RAM, and Adreno 320 GPU. The display is LG's own 4.7" IPS HD unit with HD (1280 x 720 pixels) resolution and pixel density of 320ppi. A 13MP camera is located on the back of the handset. The OS of the pre-production unit in the leaked photos is Android 4.0 ICS.

Unsurprisingly, the report claims that the smartphone is blazing fast thanks to its top of the line hardware. However, there might be some improvements to the hardware before the device's official announcement, including an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

We will be covering IFA live from Berlin, so expect the full scoop on the upcoming smartphone as soon as we hear about it.

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LG Optimus LTE2 may go international as the Optimus G

South Korea may soon not be the only country to enjoy 4G goodness of the LTE2, as the rumored Optimus G is set to bring its impressive specs to other markets.

The LG Optimus G will feature an updated 13 MP camera (a step up from the 8 MP shooter found on the LTE2) and quad-core Krait processor (up from dual-core), alongside a 4.7 inch True HD-IPS LCD of 720p resolution, 2 GB of RAM and Full HD video recording.

Here's hoping that LG announces the beastly phone at the IFA trade show in Berlin next week.

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LG to launch the Optimus 4X HD in Europe next month

LG has announced that they will be launching the Optimus 4X HD next month in Europe, just in time to go against its Korean rival's flagship Galaxy S III.

The Optimus 4X HD will start selling in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland in June and we expect other regions to get it shortly after that.

In case you have forgotten about it by now since it was announced back in MWC, the Optimus 4X HD has a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 4.7-inch 720p IPS LCD (with no PenTile matrix non-sense), 8 megapixel, 2,140 mAh battery camera and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You can check our hands-on with the Optimus 4X HD here.

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LG Optimus L7 goes on sale in Europe and Asia today

LG has officially released their mid-range Optimus L7 that they announced back at MWC 2012. The phone has gone on sale in Europe and certain regions in Asia.

The LG Optimus L7 is a very run of the mill handset with specifications that we have already seen several times before. It has a 4.3-inch, WVGA IPS LCD, single-core 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM and a 5 megapixel camera. It's only redeeming feature is that it comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the boxed, although it is lathed with LG's custom UI.

You can read our hands on impressions of the phone here.

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