14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly gearing up for the release of a successor for the LG Revolution smartphone that arrived on its airwaves with LTE support earlier this year, and a photo with the device is now available for your viewing pleasure.
The new handset supposedly sports the name of LG Spectrum, and might turn out to become the Revolution 2, especially since it sports model number VS920.
For those out of the loop, we should note that this is the same model number that received the necessary approvals from the FCC back in summer.
The LG Spectrum was already spotted in Verizon’s system, which suggests that an official release date might not be too far ahead, although nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter.
The smartphone is expected to pack a 1.5GHz application processor when made available for purchase, a dual-core chip, of course, along with a touchscreen display capable of delivering a 720p HD resolution.
The upcoming device is also rumored to pack an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with support for HD video recording, as well as access to Verizon’s 4G LTE network.
From the available photos, available courtesy of Pocketnow, we can see that the device is slimmer than its predecessor, which should make it a bit more appealing.
Moreover, the news site suggests that the battery life might also be better than with the original, since the entire first-generation LTE handsets had some issues in the area.
The smartphone resembles a lot with the Optimus lineup that LG has brought to shelves during the ongoing year, and changes are that it would actually prove to be nothing more than the US flavor of company’s Optimus LTE.
For the time being, however, nothing has been officially unveiled on the new mobile phone, nor on when it might hit shelves at Big Red, but we would not be surprised if it went official at the upcoming CES 2012 in January. After all, Verizon launched a handful of LTE smartphones at this year’s CES.