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LG Optimus Vu II specs surface: same unwieldy 5-inch screen, significantly upgraded hardware

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LG Optimus Vu II specs surface: same unwieldy 5-inch screen, significantly upgraded hardware
The LG Optimus Vu II is true embodiment of the monster phone concept. It is the successor to LG’s first Vu phablet - a very wide, virtually impossible to hold with one hand device with a 5-inch screen and a strange 4:3 aspect ratio that was tailor-made for TV programming and the Asian public that watches it on phones on long public transit rides.

Now, we have the specs of the Optimus Vu II leak out and it’s not much different than the original in terms of its form factor, but on the inside it comes with significantly upgraded internals. First, the chip that powers the second-gen Vu is a dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 with each of the cores clocked at 1.5GHz. Next, the RAM memory is now double, at 2GB.

The Vu II is expected to run on Androdi 4.0 ICS out of the box and feature the same 5-inch screen with a resolution of 768 x 1,024 pixels. LTE connectivity is included and a 2,150mAh battery powers the jumbo phone.

We have no word yet on U.S. pricing and availability, but if we were to judge by the original, Verizon Wireless is one likely candidate that could get the new LG phablet.

source: IT Tong via Engadget

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1. hung2900 posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:14 2 5

Wow. RAM 2Ghz , better than a lot of laptops!

3. Muche posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:18 8 1

RAM 2Ghz????

10. hung2900 posted on 24 Sep 2012, 08:26 4

The article was edited. Innitially it's 2Ghz not 2GB.

2. mercorp posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:16 10 2

No thanks.
I'll take the note 2 instead.

7. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:42 3 5

For me if this rumored HTC Nexus 5 is true, that will be a much better buy than the Samsung Galaxy Note II.

4. rihel_95 posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:26 6

Honestly speaking, the "unique" aspect ratio, makes the phone luk ugly..

5. tigermcm posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:33 1

the ugly duckling was "unique" lol

6. bloodline posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:36 3

ics... come on OEM's

9. u-suck-more posted on 24 Sep 2012, 08:08 1

i guess ICS is just for the prototype? no phone should launch with ICS already

8. Bfrenz posted on 24 Sep 2012, 07:54 2 1

Yuck! LG R&D have to rethink about design language.

15. ChangMin2012 posted on 24 Sep 2012, 21:30

What about the Optimus "G"angsta?
That looks Gangsta with all it's Glitter.

11. kurejikame posted on 24 Sep 2012, 08:37 2

Did the first Vu not just come out? I feel like this should have been what the first one was.

12. jibraihimi posted on 24 Sep 2012, 09:47 2

Why call this Optimus Vu 2, when they could have easily called it Optimus Vu s, becoz there's hardly any difference between this and first Vu.......... Btw I was hoping for complete overhaul of design in Vu 2 and inclusion of S4 pro processor................... But this phone really looks ugly in front of Note 2, God knows, what designers at LG are smoking to come up with this design..............

13. wolstenbeast posted on 24 Sep 2012, 12:42 1

HTC Droid Incredible X or Note2 if it is coming to Big Red.

14. speckledapple posted on 24 Sep 2012, 13:32 3

ICS?? If this is to be released anytime in the future, its a crime that it does not come with JB right out of the box. God, LG is something short sighted.

16. darac posted on 25 Sep 2012, 04:03 1

A bad joke compared to the Note 2

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