14 DAY TRIAL // LG fully embraced Google’s Android mobile platform. This is also reflected in its entire 2011 lineup of smartphones, which are mostly based on Android and less on Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system.
Although the Korean handset maker only launched a few Windows Phone 7 devices last year, such as the LG Quantum and LG Optimus 7, it looks like the company is willing to give Microsoft’s mobile platform another try.
A certain “LG Fantasy” has just been leaked along with two pictures and some of its specifications. Apparently, the Fantasy will be LG’s first Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphone and is expected to be announced in early 2012.
There are no details regarding its exact launch date yet, but it won’t come as a surprise to see this one being showcased at CES or MWC trade fairs, next year.
The smartphone made its appearance in Romania and was bought by an XDA forum member from a Romanian tester and developer who was willing to part with it.
According to him, the smartphone is very light and features an impressive 4-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen, which is very responsive and bright. There’s no reference whether or not the display is based on LG’s NOVA technology.
The LG Fantasy scored 85.7 on WPBench, which is very close to HTC Radar’s results. This is a clear indication of the fact that LG Fantasy is a second generation Windows Phone smartphone, which is equipped with a 1GHz single core processor.
The lucky person that managed to purchase the LG Fantasy also revealed that the device packs 8GB of internal memory. On the back, the phone sports a 5-megapixel camera, while on the front there’s a secondary 1.3-megapixel camera.
Rumor has it that the LG Fantasy will be launched in Q1 2012, but no exact release date has emerged yet.
