14 DAY TRIAL // One of the handsets expected to make an official appearance on shelves in the United States this year is the LG Eclipse 4G LTE, which has been long rumored to be en-route to Sprint’s network.
Featuring model number LG LS970, the smartphone was already spotted in leaked photos online, and all of its hardware specifications were brought to the spotlight.
However, it appears that it might not be exclusive to this wireless carrier, and that AT&T would also launch a variant of the device later this year, the LG-E970.
This smartphone has been spotted on the Nenamark website, where it was listed with a Qualcomm application processors clocked at 1.5GHz and complemented by a Qualcomm Adreno 320 GPU.
The listing also shows that LG Eclipse will make it to the market with a display capable of delivering a 1280 x 768 pixel resolution, and that it would run under Google’s Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
Additionally, the Sprint version of the smartphone made it to the AnTuTu Labs benchmark site, where it is listed with an APQ806 1.5GHz application processor, complemented by 2G of RAM.
The smartphone is also listed with a 4.67-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, as well as with a 13MP camera on the back, and a 1.3MP front camera.
It would also arrive on shelves with GPS and A-GPS support, as well as with support for GSM/WCDMA networks.
The LG Eclipse also made it to the Bluetooth SIG website, Engadget found out, where it was listed with an expected North American release date of October 31st.
Although no official info on this smartphone has been made available for the time being, all these details appear to confirm its existence, as well as the fact that it should not be too long before AT&T and Sprint add it to their offerings. Stay tuned for more info on the matter.
