{"id":654967,"date":"2013-04-29T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=146508"},"modified":"2013-04-29T09:43:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:43:46","slug":"lg-unveils-the-optimus-gk-with-a-5-inch-1080p-display-and-android-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654967","title":{"rendered":"LG unveils the Optimus GK with a 5-inch 1080p display and Android 4.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-146552\" title=\"Optimus GK\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Optimus-GK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"301\" \/>On Monday, South Korean manufacturer LG announced a new Android flagship smartphone called the Optimus GK. The handset shares its underpinnings with the previously-introduced <a title=\"LG's Optimus G Pro lands in Japan at NTT DOCOMO\" href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2013\/04\/04\/lgs-optimus-g-pro-lands-in-japan-at-ntt-docomo\/\" >Optimus G Pro<\/a> that is designed for the Japanese market.<\/p>\n<p>The Optimus GK comes with a 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 and a 440 ppi (pixels per inch) density, similar to other devices like the <a title=\"Sony unveils the Xperia Z and ZL, two new smartphones with Jelly Bean onboard\" href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2013\/01\/08\/sony-unveils-the-xperia-z-and-zl-two-new-smartphones-with-jelly-bean-onboard\/\" >Sony Xperia Z<\/a>. There is a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor inside, backed by 2GB of RAM and a large 3,100 mAh battery. So far, so good, but what about the rest of the specs?<\/p>\n<p>The handset also sports 16 GB of internal storage, which is practically mundane these days, alongside a microSD card slot which can extend the storage capacity by a further 64 GB.<\/p>\n<p>On the back there is a 13 MP camera, while on the front the Optimus GK comes with a 2.1 MP shooter. Although LG makes no mention of this, 1080p video recording is definitely possible using either of the two cameras.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of connectivity the Optimus GK supports 4G LTE and HSPA+ cellular networks; Wi-Fi 802.11 a\/b\/g\/n; NFC; USB 2.0; Bluetooth 4.0 and the traditional array of sensors.<\/p>\n<p>The Optimus GK ships with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which is one software generation behind the latest green droid iteration. Considering that Google I\/O is just around the corner and the software giant may release a new version of Android, it&#8217;s not unreasonable to assume that the Optimus GK will remain even further behind, unless LG is quick to update the software.<\/p>\n<p>The Optimus GK measures 139.1 x 69.9 x 9.9 mm and weighs 156 grams. Considering the sheer size of the display and the beefy battery that it packs, the smartphone is actually of a decent size. By contrast, the <a title=\"Meet Samsung Galaxy S4\" href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2013\/03\/14\/meet-samsung-galaxy-s-iv\/\" >Samsung Galaxy S4<\/a> comes in at 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm and 130 grams, but sports a\u00a0significantly\u00a0smaller 2,600 mAh battery.<\/p>\n<p>There is no word yet regarding the availability nor the price of the Optimus GK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=ln3rHlDKfyA:A-2i8nQU7W8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=ln3rHlDKfyA:A-2i8nQU7W8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/ln3rHlDKfyA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, South Korean manufacturer LG announced a new Android flagship smartphone called the Optimus GK. The handset shares its underpinnings with the previously-introduced Optimus G Pro that is designed for the Japanese market. The Optimus GK comes with a 5-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 and a 440 ppi (pixels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}