LG Confirms Launch of 5.5-Inch Optimus G Pro in United States on May 1st

By: Ali Raza  |   April 23rd, 2013   |   Apple, News, Smartphones

LG declared last week that it is going to organise an event on May 1st in New York City but the South Korean electronics manufacturer did not give any information about the reason behind the occasion. However, on Monday, April 22nd LG finally revealed that it is holding the May 1 event to launch the 5.5-inch smartphone called Optimus G Pro in the U.S. This was indeed good news not only for LG fans in the U.S. but also for people, who wanted the Korean company to release the Optimus G Pro in the country. The idea is that new devices will give a tough time to big smartphone manufacturers like Apple, Samsung and others. LG has included a picture of the Optimus G Pro in its May 1st event’s invitation and the rest of the invitation reads, “LG invites you to Share the Genuis of LG Optimus G Pro with an exclusive concert event featuring indie music sensation Atlas Genius.”

 

The launch of LG Optimus G Pro is now confirmed for the U.S. market, but it will hit stores some time later. Earlier LG has made the phablet available in South Korea and Japan, where it was warmly received. With this announcement it seems that LG is now ready to take on its fellow Korean company’s hybrid device Samsung Galaxy Note II. 9to5Google has list down the specs of LG’s flagship device as:

 

“GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

 

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100

 

4G Network LTE

 

SIM Micro-SIM

 

BODY Dimensions 150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm (5.91 x 3.00 x 0.37 in)

 

Weight 172 g (6.07 oz)

 

DISPLAY Type True Full HD IPS Plus LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

 

Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inches (~401 ppi pixel density)

 

Multi-touch Yes

 

SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

 

Loudspeaker Yes

 

3.5mm jack Yes

 

Dolby mobile sound enhancement

 

MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB

 

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM

 

DATA GPRS Yes

 

EDGE Yes

 

Speed HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE

 

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

 

Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP

 

NFC Yes

 

Infrared port Yes

 

USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host

 

CAMERA Primary 13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

 

Features Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR

 

Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec., HDR, check quality

 

Secondary Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps

 

FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

 

Chipset Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600

 

CPU Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300

 

GPU Adreno 320

 

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

 

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

 

Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash

 

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS

 

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

 

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

 

Colors Black, White

 

Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

 

TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

 

SNS applications

 

MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV/DviX player

 

MP3/WMA/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+/AC3 player

 

Photo viewer/editor

 

Document viewer/editor

 

Organizer

 

Voice memo/dial/commands

 

Predictive text input

 

BATTERY Li-Po 3140 mAh battery

 

TESTS Display Contrast ratio: 1489:1 (nominal) / 1.552:1 (sunlight)

 

Loudspeaker Voice 72dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 72dB

 

Audio quality Noise -81.7dB / Crosstalk -80.7dB

 

Camera Photo / Video

 

Battery life Endurance rating 50h.”

 

Source: 9to5Google, GootabeMobile

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