Dual core Smartphone: LG Optimus 2X

If you think that your current smartphone is slow, this could be an alternative for your next smartphone purchase.

Dual-core goodness in the LG Optimus 2X

PETALING JAYA: LG Electronics recently announced that its latest Android 2.2 smartphone, the Optimus 2X, will be locally available next month.

The Optimus 2X features a 4in touch-sensitive display (480 x 800-pixels) that is made of scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass material.

An 8-megapixel autofocus camera, complete with geo-tagging, face and smile detection, adorns the back of the camera. It is also able to record 1080p HD videos at 24 frames per second.

Additionally, the phone has a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera for making video calls.

LG said the smartphone features a new 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor to deliver higher performance when playing video and audio as well as allow users to multitask without any lag. The faster processor also enables the smartphone to play graphics intensive games smoothly and deliver a faster, smoother web browsing experience.

Other notable features of the Optimus 2X includes 1080p HD video playback through HDMI on a larger screen. Content can also be connected wirelessly to any DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible HDTV.

The phone, which will be priced at RM1,899, comes with 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD memory card.
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LG BL40 Touch Chocolate

The LG BL 40 Chocolate is one of those phones that try to beat the iPhone 3G in terms of design and usability.

As I did not have the money, I did not have the chance to sample both but the specifications seems promising.

Now the question is....

Would you buy the phone if there are beautiful Korean models?

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General

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
 

Size

Dimensions 128 x 51 x 10.9 mm 

Weight 129 g

Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size

345 x 800 pixels, 4.01 inches

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- S-Class Touch UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Gesture controls

Sound

Alert types

Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Speakerphone  Yes

- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photo call

Call records Yes

Internal 1.1 GB storage

Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB,  

Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

HSCSD Yes

EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA

Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP 

USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera

Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection

Video Yes, VGA@30fps (MP4)

Secondary Yes

Features Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, IM

Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter

Games 7 + Downloadable

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Yes, MIDP 2.0

- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- 3D image gallery
- Document viewer
- Organiser
- TV out
- T9

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh

Stand-by Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 370 h (3G)

Talk time Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)

Specs taken from

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_bl40_new_chocolate-2916.php

http://www.akihabaranews.com/news-18991-LG+BL40+Touch+Chocolate+Promo+Babes.html

Nang it!