14 DAY TRIAL // LG's Optimus 2X has just been officially recognized as the world's first mobile phone to feature a dual-core processor, by Guinness World Records
Even though the phone was awarded with the record a few days ago, the Optimus 2X was showcased for the first time in January 2011.
Optimus 2X's award reads: “The first mobile phone to use a dual core processor is the LG Optimus 2X, which was first made available to the public nationwide in South Korea, on 25 January 2011.”
Although other handset manufacturers have started to release dual core processor smartphones, LG will always remain the 'First' to have been able to do that.
It's commendable that the company didn't stop here, as LG is also known for launching some of the first 3D mobile devices available on the market.
Manufactured by NVIDIA, the dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 Tegra 2 processor that powers the Optimus 2X is complemented by a ULP GeForce GPU (graphics processing unit) made by the same company.
Although the smartphone runs Android 2.2 platform, LG hinted to an upcoming Gingerbread update for the phone but has yet to make an official announcement.
Obviously, the Optimus 2X features full HSDPA (10.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps) support for fast data speed transfers.
The phone has a large 4-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, with 16 million colors support and 480 x 800 pixels resolution.
Covered by Gorilla display for protection, the phone also features accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Gyro sensor, and multi-touch input method.
It boasts an 8-megapixel rear photo snapper with autofocus, LED flash, face and smile detection, touch focus, image stabilization, as well as 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calling.
If the 8GB of internal storage seems not enough, the phone is delivered with microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
