LG launches 5-inch touchscreen Optimus Vu smartphone/tablet

LG has revealed what is claimed to be the thinnest LTE smartphone available on the market. The Optimus Vu sits

somewhere between a small tablet (Thrive/Agora/Arnova) and a modern smartphone (Spectrum/Xperia ion), features a

4:3 ratio IPS display, is powered by a Dual-Core processor, and has 32GB of onboard storage.

LG is making quite a bit of noise about the high quality multimedia experience offered by the Optimus Vu's 4:3

ratio, 5-inch (1024 x 768 pixel resolution) IPS display with sunlight-friendly 650-nit brightness, and the speed

and performance of its proprietary LTE technology. At its heart, the smartphone has a 1.5GHz Dual-Core processor

supported by 1GB of DDR2 memory and 32GB of eMMC solid state storage. There's also an 8 megapixel snapper with AF

LED Flash at the rear and a 1.3 megapixel camera at the front.

At launch, the Optimus Vu will run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) but there will be an update to version 4.0 of

Google's mobile operating system (Ice Cream Sandwich) within the first three months. It has dimensions of 139.6 x

90.4 x 8.5mm (5.49 x 3.55 x 0.33-inches), weighs just 168 grams (5.92 oz), benefits from a capacious 2,080mAh

battery, and comes supplied with what LG is calling a Rubberdium pen for typing onscreen (or you could just use

your finger).

A QuickClip hotkey caters for single button screenshot capture, and the Polaris Office app is pre-installed so that

users can open documents, spreadsheets and presentations from the get-go, no matter the format. It's also DNLA-

capable and there's HDMI connectivity, too.

LG has scheduled the Optimus Vu for a Korean release in March (no word as yet on wider availability) but visitors

to the company's stand at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain (February 27 to March 1) can grab a

sneaky first look at the new smartphone/tablet.

Source: LG