{"id":642751,"date":"2013-02-18T06:58:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=130684"},"modified":"2013-02-18T06:58:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T11:58:05","slug":"lg-finally-details-the-second-and-different-optimus-g-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642751","title":{"rendered":"LG finally details the ‘second and different’ Optimus G Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Unveiling a smartphone without specs is like announcing a movie without releasing a trailer and only showing the poster to get everyone excited. That’s exactly what LG did, little less than a week ago,\u00a0with the ‘second and different’ Optimus G Pro<\/a>. It got us confused, and worked up, and took the South Korean manufacturer until Monday to finally give in and spill the beans.<\/p>\n

Last week LG revealed very little about the Optimus G Pro, only focusing on two major areas — the display and the processor. The former is known to feature a “2.5D” effect, similar to the faux-3D virtual geometric model used in games, for instance. The panel is a 5.5-inch unit backed by a resolution of 1920 by 1080. LG gave even less away when it came to the processor, only mentioning that it is of quad-core origin. But let’s stop looking at the poster and watch the trailer instead.<\/p>\n

The Optimus G Pro comes with a 5.5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 and a 400ppi (pixels per inch) density. Power comes from a quad-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor<\/a>,\u00a02GB of RAM and a large 3,140mAh removable battery.<\/p>\n

The Snapdragon 600\u00a0is known to feature an Adreno 320 graphics card, a Krait 300 CPU and LPDDR3 RAM, basically an evolution from the Snapdragon S4 Pro found in current high-end smartphones. The chipset includes support for 4G LTE connectivity, which the Optimus G Pro also features.<\/p>\n

The handset comes packing 32GB of internal storage including support for expandable memory though a microSD card slot. The latter can\u00a0accommodate\u00a0cards up to 32GB in size. The Optimus G Pro ships with a 13MP back-facing camera with LED flash and a 2.1MP front-facing shooter.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly the smartphone runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, version number 4.1.2, and includes typical LG software add-ons such as QSlide, Live Zooming and Quick Memo. The handset even allows users to shoot video simultaneously with both cameras through the Dual Recording feature.<\/p>\n

The Optimus G Pro comes in at 150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm which is a bit on the larger side. It’s in “phablet” territory. By comparison the obvious rival, the Samsung Galaxy Note II<\/a>, comes in at 151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm which is slightly taller and wider.<\/p>\n

LG says that the Optimus G Pro “launches this week in Korea” but there is no mention at the moment of a global availability. The South Korean manufacturer will showcase the Optimus G Pro at MWC in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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