14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics appears set to assault the smartphone market this year, and has launched a new device for that.
During the past week, the company unveiled no less than six new smartphones, the new LG Optimus 3D Cube included.
The new mobile phone comes to the market as the successor of last year’s LG Optimus 3D, and comes with a series of enhancements into the mix.
For example, while being capable of recording videos in 3D, the new device will also offer editing capabilities for these clips. Not to mention that LG packed it with a 3D mapping application right from the start.
LG has made the new smartphone official for the Korean market, but it might announce expanded availability for it as soon as next week, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Before that, however, the handset vendor did offer info on the phone’s hardware specifications, unveiling the fact that it will hit shelves with a large 4.3-inch IPS display on the front, capable of offering increased brightness and sharpness.
The 3D video recording capabilities are provided via the handset's dual 5-megapixel auto-focus photo snappers on the back. There is also a front camera for video calling.
The new LG Optimus 3D Cube is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz application processor (said to be a Texas Instruments), and features an outer design similar to the one Optimus 3D boasts. The phone also includes 16GB of memory and a 1,520mAh battery inside.
Running under Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system (it might get a taste of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform in the near future), the handset also sports a custom user interface, the same as the original device did.
The new mobile phone also measures 126.8 x 67.4 x 9.6 mm, weighs 148g and packs NFC capabilities inside, the same as the latest flavor of Optimus LTE, dubbed Tag, does.
Additionally, the handset vendor announced that the new device would arrive with support for the LG Tag system, through which users will be able to group specific settings and attach them to an NFC-activated label. To change the way the phone looks and feels, users will simply have to place the device near the said card.
