LG Optimus 2X

That's right, it's official. Needless to say, that LG Star we recently got our paws on is very real, though it won't go by that name at retail -- just as LG's own release materials had suggested, this monster has picked up the Optimus 2X name as it morphs from a prototype into brutally fast, overpowered reality. At the phone's heart beats a dual-core Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz, the first such configuration to be officially announced by any smartphone manufacturer (though we're expecting others any day now). In case you're wondering how such power might be used, well, for starters, you've got both full 1080p TV-out via HDMI and video capture through an 8 megapixel primary camera paired with a 1.3 megapixel cam up front for face-to-face calling.

A 4-inch WVGA display is along for the ride along with 8GB of on-board storage (expandable with up to 32GB of microSD) and a 1,500mAh battery -- no larger than most single-core smartphones these days, so it'll be interesting to see if the final retail units hold up through a day of typical use. Unfortunately, the Optimus 2X is launching out of the gate with Android 2.2, but LG's already committing to releasingGingerbread updates "in due course." It hits first in LG's home market of Korea next month, followed by Europe and other Asian locales in the coming weeks; we're sure you can hardly wait, so why don't you check out some eye candy from our preview while you pass the time? Follow the break for the press release.

GENERAL 

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100

HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100

Announced 2010, December

Status Available. Released 2011, February

SIZE

Dimensions 

123.9 x 63.2 x 10.9 mm

Weight

139 g

DISPLAY

Type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 

480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches

- Gorilla Glass display

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- Gyro sensor

- Touch-sensitive controls

- Multi-touch input method

SOUND

Alert types

Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker 

Yes

3.5mm jack 

Yes, 

MEMORY

Phonebook

Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records 

Practically unlimited

Internal

8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

Card slot

microSD, up to 32GB, 

DATA

GPRS

 class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE

Class 12

3G 

HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port

No

USB

Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA

Primary

8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

Features 

Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus, image stabilization

Video 

Yes, 1080p@24fps, 720p@30fps, 

Secondary

 Yes, 1.3 MP

FEATURES

OS 

Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3

CPU 

Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 AP20H chipset

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser

HTML

Radio

Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games

Yes + downloadable

Colors

Black

GPS

Yes, with A-GPS support

Java 

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

- Social networking integration

- HDMI port

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail

- Digital compass

- YouTube, Google Talk

- DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player

- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player

- Document editor

- Organizer

- Adobe Flash 10.1 support

- Voice memo/dial/commands

- Predictive text input

BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

Stand-by

Up to 400 h

Talk time

Up to 7 h 50 min

(price in nepal --Rs U/A)

(prices may vary)**