14 DAY TRIAL // Late last year, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics came to the market with the first smartphone in the world to include a dual-core Tegra 2 chip from Nvidia, the LG Optimus 2X, and the handset keeps of surprising.
The new mobile phone is powered by Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, and should receive an update to the newer Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS flavor soon.
The handset was launched in South Korea, and is available for pre-order in the UK too, with a price tag of £499.99 (about 602 Euros) attached to it.
The LG Optimus 2X reportedly is worthy of every penny, and the Quadrant benchmarking test results attached to this article, along with the second video below, should prove that.
Moreover, the first video embedded below would offer you the possibility to have a look at this Android device recording videos at 1080p, which is pretty impressive as well.
Packing a dual-core processor inside provides the Optimus 2X with increased performance capabilities, and LG is surely proud of it, and set to tout the handset's features against those of competitors.
The handset managed to score 2391 points in Quadrant (although this was a pre-production unit, it seems, a recent post on techblog.gr notes), much more than what the highest-end single core phones deliver.
But this is not all, as the 1Ghz dual-core Tegra 250 system-on-a-chip also offers the LG Optimus 2X the possibility to offer a great video recording experience.
As the first video embedded below shows (via gsmarena), the handset is capable of 1080p video recording, full HD video, to be more precise.
Undoubtedly, this would appeal a lot to end users, though we should note that these features won't be present only on LG's new smartphone.
Nvidia's chip provides support for these performance enhancements, and the other already announced dual-core phones should be capable of delivering similar functionality.