LG to Launch 12 Smartphones in India


Bangalore: LG is strengthening its smartphone portfolio in India by introducing 12 new low, mid and high-end Android smartphones.  

"In order to strengthen existing Android smartphone segment, LG will launch 12 new Android based handsets in the price bracket of 7,000 to 35,000 for Indian consumers this year," Sanjay Maheshwary, Head of Marketing, LG Mobile, reports The Mobile Indian.

He further added "LG will begin the launch of new Android handsets in India from May with Optimus 4X HD smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile operating system and Quad Core Nvidia Tegra 3 mobile processor."

In the low end category the company has three smartphones in L series which includes Optimus L3, Optimus L5 and Optimus L7. All these L series smartphones are powered by 800 MHz processor and comes with touchscreen display. The Optimus L3 has 3.2 inch display, 3 MP camera, Optimus L5 comes with 4 inch display while L7 has 4.3 inch display.

In the mid and high end smartphone category LG will introduce Optimus 4X HD, Optimus VU and Optimus 3D Max.

The Optimus 4X HD is powered by 1.5 GHz Nvidia Tegra3 quad core processor and runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich. It sports a large 4.7 inch high definition display which uses In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology as in Apple’s iPad, has an 8-megapixel main camera, 1.3-megapixel rear facing camera, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage and measures 8.9mm thick. The device is also clocked with MHL and DLNA which allows you to share all your HD contents with your TV.

The Optimus VU has a stunning 5 inch IPS display with 1024x768 pixels of resolution and 4:3 ratio aspects. It is powered by 1.5 GHz Dual Core Snapdragon Processor, 1 GB of RAM and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. It also has 8 MP rear camera with autofocus and LED flash, 1.3 MP front facing camera, 32 GB of internal memory and for connectivity it has LTE, HDMI, DLAN, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Another smartphone LG Optimus 3D Max is the upgraded version of Optimus 3D. It is powered by 1.2 GHz dual core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal memory. It comes with 4.3 inch touchscreen display, 5 MP camera capable of capturing 3D images and 2D and 3D visuals.

The price of all these smartphones will be disclosed during their launch in May.