LG shows off its Prada 3.0 Android phone, launches red Optimus LTE in Japan
LG has officially announced more details on its new Android smartphone made in collaboration with fashion house Prada. Officially called “Prada Phone by LG 3.0”, the handset does look elegant – as expected – and measures 127,5 x 69 x 8,5 mm, hence it’s really thin (not Motorola RAZR thin, but close enough). The new [...]
Canada: Cheap LG Eclypse with Android and QWERTY now available at Bell and Virgin Mobile
If you’re in Canada and would like to purchase a budget smartphone, you now have one more choice. That is because both Bell and Virgin Mobile have started selling the LG Eclypse. This is an affordable Android-powered handset which comes with a full physical side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. And it can now be yours for free [...]
LG Optimus Hub priced in the UK
LG Optimus Hub, the latest affordable Android smartphone from LG, will be available in the UK soon. Online retailer TheOrder lets British customers pre-order the Optimus Hub (SIM free) for £209.49 (about €248 or $327). Unfortunately, the retailer doesn’t say when the handset will start shipping – so it might not happen before the end [...]
Verizon’s LG Spectrum (Revolution 2) and T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 710 pictured
Verizon Wireless is readying the launch of yet another new LTE smartphone, besides the Motorola Droid 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (we still don’t know exactly when these will be out). The other handset is the LG Spectrum, which seems to be the successor to the LG Revolution (it remains to be seen if [...]
New LG Optimus Pad LTE shows up in Korea
LG’s first Android tablet, the Optimus Pad (launched in the first half of the year), isn’t really as popular as the company had hoped it to be. And yet it looks like LG is readying a successor to it. Apparently called LG Optimus Pad LTE, the new tablet has appeared in South Korea running on [...]
LG Nitro HD, white Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket launched by AT&T
As expected, today AT&T launched the LG Nitro HD, its first smartphone to feature an HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display, as well as its third to have LTE connectivity (after the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid). Although the normal price on contract for the Nitro HD is $249.99, customers in [...]
Dual SIM LG Optimus Net (Link) P698 officially announced
Back in July, when LG unveiled the Optimus Net P690, it said that the new Android smartphone would have a dual SIM version for select markets. Well, this version has been now officially announced as the LG P698. The P698 is known as the LG Optimus Link Dual Sim in Russia, and as the LG [...]
LG Nitro HD announced by AT&T – its first HD Android phone
AT&T has finally announced the launch date of the LG Nitro HD – which is a rebranded LG Optimus LTE (already available in South Korea and Canada). The Nitro is AT&T’s first handset to come with a Tue HD display (4.5 inches, 1280 x 720 pixels). Its other features include: Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to [...]
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for LG Optimus LTE, Optimus 3D, Optimus 2X and Optimus Black confirmed
Earlier this month, LG was “in the process of planning” Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for some of it Optimus smartphones, without providing too many details on this. Now the company has confirmed via Facebook that four Optimus handsets will get a taste of Android ICS. The four devices are: LG Optimus LTE (the [...]
New LG Prada Phone 3.0 announced, will be out in 2012
LG and Prada have unveiled that they’re going to launch a new mobile phone sometime “in early 2012” (most likely at CES or MWC). Called “Prada Phone by LG 3.0”, the new device is presented by LG only in a teaser image (included below) – but it’s enough to see that it does look like [...]
LG E906 Jil Sander Mobile with Windows Phone Mango now available in the UK for £299.99
Last month, LG announced the E906, a Windows Phone Mango device marketed under the name Jil Sander Mobile. This isn’t the first time a phone maker has teamed up with a well known fashion brand, but it may just be the first time that happened with a Windows Phone. Overall, though, the Jil Sander Mobile [...]
LG’s launching something on December 1, probably the AT&T-bound Nitro HD
Up until now we’ve heard the name LG Nitro HD twice. First we found out that it will be AT&T’s version of the LG Optimus LTE. Then, the Nitro HD even got spotted in the wild. All of that naturally signaled an imminent launch (or at least unveiling), and that may just be the case [...]
LG Optimus LTE launched by Bell – Canada’s first HD Android smartphone
Just as expected, today Bell has launched the LG Optimus LTE in Canada, becoming the first mobile carrier to offer an LTE HD smartphone to Canadian customers. The Optimus LTE can be bought from Bell here for as low as $149.95 (new 3-yr contract required). Its features include a 4.5 inch display with 1280 x [...]
Verizon’s Black Friday: $199 Xoom, $49 LG Revolution, free Droid Incredible 2, Xperia Play, and more
Earlier today we brought you all the necessary information about Amazon’s Black Friday deals (although the retailer has already made them available). Truth be told, it’s hard for any other company to beat Amazon’s sale of many high-end smartphones for just one penny. That said, if you were wondering what Verizon had up its sleeve(s) [...]
LG Majestic (Optimus Black) for US Cellular pictured
Already available in the US via Sprint (under the name of LG Marquee), the LG Optimus Black is also headed to other American carriers, including US Cellular. In fact, US Cellular’s version of the smartphone has just been unveiled by PocketNow. Reportedly called LG Majestic, US Cellular’s Optimus Black looks pretty much like the original. [...]
LG Optimus LTE reaches record sales in Korea
Launched last month in South Korea, the LG Optimus LTE has been sold in more than 150,000 units until now, this making it the company’s fastest-selling smartphone in its home country. The Optimus LTE is available via two of Korea’s major mobile carriers (SK Telecom and LG U+), and is LG’s first handset to sport [...]
LG Optimus 3D Android 2.3 Gingerbread update detailed
LG has provided more details on the official Android Gingerbread update for its Optimus 3D smartphone. Expected to become available starting November 21 in Europe (only for the unlocked Optimus 3D for the beginning), the Gingerbread update will bring not only the new version of Android, but also some tweaks and improvements from LG. These [...]
LG Nitro spotted in the wild
We learned the other day that the LG Optimus LTE would be hitting Bell on November 22nd for $149.99 on a new three year contract. The LG Optimus LTE’s American cousin has just been spotted today in a blurry photo of the device. Specs wise, the LG Nitro spots a 4.5-inch HD IPS display, a [...]
LG Eclipse with Android Gingerbread and QWERTY keyboard headed to Bell Canada
Verizon’s LG Enlighten will be introduced in Canada soon, where Bell is reportedly getting ready to launch it as the LG Eclipse. Essentially, the Eclipse / Enlighten is a slightly redesigned LG Optimus Net (already available at Bell) with an added QWERTY keyboard. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features a 3.2 inch multi-touch HVGA [...]
Bell’s LG Optimus LTE to be released on November 22
Last month, we told you that Bell would launch the LG Optimus LTE in Canada. However, back then we didn’t know when exactly this would happen. But if the leaked image seen below is accurate, the Canadian carrier will introduce this new LTE smartphone on November 22. The Optimus LTE (which will also be released [...]