There's an LG event next week, and all bets are on the Optimus G being unveiled. Those bets look even more of a sure thing, seeing as LG has posted an advert for the handset on YouTube.
The ad will air in LG's native Korea once the handset has launched. But it doesn't reveal much about the phone. It's filled with people enjoying themselves -- videoing some planes flying about, a man underwater strumming a guitar (seriously), businessmen splashing in a puddle, and a man on a Segway. Then at the end we see the phone.
It's bonkers. But it does all but confirm the Optimus G will be launched at the event in New York on Wednesday.
The Optimus G looks to be quite a doozy, with a 4.7-inch screen that has a pixel count of 320 pixels per inch. That's pretty close to the iPhone's 326ppi retina display. On the back is a 13-megapixel camera with an hilarious-sounding Cheese Mode, which snaps a picture when you say a pre-programmed word. Can't wait to test that one.
It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, clocked at 1.5GHz. And it's 4G-enabled, thanks to its LTE powers. Seeing as EE is about to unleash 4G on these shores in the guise of 4GEE, the Optimus G will hopefully keep its LTE skills here in Blighty. That would make it the LG Optimus G 4G LTE on 4GEE, which is a mouthful.
HTC is holding an event the same day to lift the lid on its first Windows Phone 8 handset. And the iPhone 5 will be on sale on Friday. Quite a week.
What do you reckon of the Optimus G? Let me know in the comments or on Facebook.
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Meleagru 15 September, 2012 18:55
Can you please stop with the retina display and give out a proper resolution instead? That's a lot more informative for most people than pixel-count. Retina is just a gimmick, and an obsolete one at that. Iphone stopped being the benchmark for screens two years ago when they stopped innovating and opted to save on production expenses by mass manufacturing the same stuff year in, year out.
This phone looks super good. Removable baterry, quadcore S4, great camera. I just hope it won't be a problem to install custom ROMs on it and unleash its full potential.
billfred 15 September, 2012 21:29
@ Meleagru Surely PPI count is better?
anonymous 15 September, 2012 21:48
Cnet why has one of my comments dissapeared
anonymous 16 September, 2012 08:55
@billfred a resolution with PPI count will be better than PPI + retina display
@Meleagru Sorry to dissapoint you but the G is a Unibody XD
anonymous 16 September, 2012 12:13
Apple this is a powerful phone
Cmon apple take a page out of the LG book
anonymous 17 September, 2012 13:27
And just to add, the iPhone4 PPI is 326, not the 5. So if you were to base the new LG phone against the new iPhone then surely the statement should have read that the LG screen surpasses the iPhones 312 PPI "Retina" display.
Just an observation.....
anonymous 17 September, 2012 23:31
The iphone5 has 326ppi display sir