LG Optimus L5 Now Available At Bell Canada

The all new LG Optimus L5 is now available for purchase in Canada via Bell. The handset can be yours for free on a three-year term or for $199.95 no term. To refresh your memory, the LG Optimus L5 packs a 4.0-inch 480 x 320 capacitive touchscreen display, an 800MHz single-core processor, a 512MB RAM, a 4GB of storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 5MP rear-facing camera and runs on Android 4.0 OS. [Product Page]

LG Optimus L5 E610 officially debuts in Europe this month, will have dual SIM capabilities in some markets

Announced in February, at the same time with the Optimus L7 and Optimus L3 (which are already available), the LG Optimus L5 E610 is finally ready to be released around the world.

According to LG, the L5 will make its debut this month in Europe - first in Germany, the UK, and France. After that, the smartphone will be introduced in the CIS, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

Part of the L-Style series, the L5 measures 118.3 x 66.5 x 9.5 mm, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and features a 4 inch HVGA (480 x 320) display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, 5MP rear camera, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support. In some markets (Asia and Latin America), the Optimus L5 will have dual SIM capabilities.

The price of the Optimus L5 hasn't been announced. Amazon Germany says the handset cost €199 - but the final price will certainly be lower, since the Optimus L7 (which has more advanced features) currently costs €199, too.

LG Optimus 4X HD set for European launch this month, have some “major surprise” too

 The 4.7 inch, Tegra 3 powered Optimus 4X HD looks set for launch in Europe this month. LG will be bringing the device to Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy first, and also have some “major surprise” regarding the launch itself. They do have their work cut out in publicizing it, though, with the Euro 2012 football (or soccer, if you prefer) tournament going on.

LG Optimus L-Series make a fashionable debut

 
When cell phones were first introduced to the world, functionality took over form – and had a pretty long run before the design engineers decided that aesthetics should no longer take the back seat, but also be thrust to the forefront. Well, the LG Optimus L-Series is one such smartphone in the modern day context, where it has been thrust into the limelight thanks to a fashionable debut. In what is an exclusive collaboration with Vanity Fair UK and British celebrity fashion photographer Ralph John Perou, the LG Optimus L-Series targets style connoisseurs with an eye for great technology.

There are many models in the fashionable pictorial spread who hail from diverse backgrounds, ranging from dancers to makeup artists to neuroscientists, but the unifying factor that brought all of them together? Their effortless and strong sense of style, which is something that LG hopes to associate with the LG Optimus L-Series. While the LG L3 and LG L7 were launched earlier this year, there is still the L5 that is said to be released to the market sometime in the second half of this year. [Press Release]

MetroPCS Releases LG Optimus M+

MetroPCS has just announced the availability of the new LG Optimus M+ on their network. The handset can be yours for just $129. In case you didn’t know, the LG Optimus M+ packs a 3.5-inch HVGA display, an 800MHz processor, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 5MP rear-facing camera, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and runs on Android 2.3 OS. [Product Page]

LG D1L With Built-in Wireless Charging

The LG D1L is a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone that features an integrated wireless charging. The smartphone provides a 4.7-inch HD display, a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and LTE connectivity. The LG D1L will be released in South Korea at the end of May 2012. Stay tuned for more updates. [Unwiredview]

AT&T Releases LG Xpression C395 Messaging Phone

AT&T has rolled out a new messaging phone in the form of the LG Xpression C395. Priced at just $49.99 with a new 2-year contract agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate, the handset features a 3-inch (400 x 200) display, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, AT&T Social Net, 3G, a 2-megapixel rear-facing digital camera, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and a 1000mAh battery. You can also purchase AT&T’s LG Xpression C395 for $219.99 without contract. [PhoneArena]

LG Optimus True HD LTE For European And Asian Markets

LG Electronics is ready to release the Optimus True HD LTE in Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore. For your info, the Optimus True HD LTE features a large 4.5-inch True HD IPS display with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by a 1.5GHZ dual-core processor and includes an 8-megapixel digital camera with 1080p video recording. The LG Optimus True HD LTE runs on the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Stay tuned for more updates. [Press Release]

LG renames Optimus LTE to Optimus True HD LTE, disses Samsung's HD Super AMOLED

While the Optimus LTE's already made its way to South Korea, Japan and the US (in the guise of the Spectrum and the Nitro HD), LG's decided to give this dual-core handset a new name ahead of its Hong Kong launch at the end of this month. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Optimus True HD LTE. Alas, the "true HD" part here doesn't actually mean the phone's getting 1080p resolution on a 4.5-inch panel (which would be 490ppi; yet Toshiba's actually done it!); but we were told that 'tis really just a dig at Samsung's HD Super AMOLED technology - you know, the magic behind that 4.65-inch screen on the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S II HD LTE.Simply put, LG doesn't think that 1,280 x 720 on PenTile counts as HD due to the lower number of sub-pixels; and while it's at it, the company also criticized AMOLED's over-expressed colors and higher power consumption in "normal user environment" - for the latter, LG showed that its AH-IPS has a more consistent power consumption across varying levels of overall whiteness. You can see the relevant slides after the break.Of course, we've already expressed (twice) how much we like the HD Super AMOLED display on the Galaxy Nexus. The clearness issue now is much less noticeable when compared to the original Super AMOLED; but as for color accuracy, many of us are indeed deceived by the vibrancy that we naturally enjoy - except when you need to inspect photos, of course. Regardless, we're pretty sure that it's only a matter of time before Samsung strikes back with a, ahem, "true HD" Super AMOLED (Plus) panel - hopefully in time for the upcoming Galaxy S III.

LG Admits Lying For a Year about Optimus 2X

Since the LG Optimus 2X was launched about a year back right up until yesterday, LG has been lying about one specification on the device. The purported lie took place in LG's homeland, South Korea where the official specifications were jotted down and printed for all prospective buys to read and enjoy along with their spanking new devices fitted with a camera that came with a Xenon flash. Well apparently it wasn't a Xenon flash, just a normal LED flash that comes with smartphones all the time nowadays. Xenon flash units are typically found in standalone digital cameras and are much better to take pictures with but the reason why smartphone manufacturers don't use the flash (bar the Nokia N8 and a few others) as part of their device is because they need more power, occupy more space, they're more expensive and they can't be used as lighting for video since it can only function for short periods of time before recharging. LG has apologized for its 'mistake' and vowed that something like this will not happen again. Many users who have found out about this discrepancy have taken it upon themselves and requested refunds from LG claiming that they bought the product based on what had clearly been false advertising. Thus far, more than 400,000 units of the device have been sold in South Korea so far.