LG just announced its new flagship Android handset and it's one sexy slab. Billed as the LG Optimus Black, it comes bearing two unique traits: a super slim frame and an impressive-sounding NOVA display.
Sporting a slender 9.2-mm body, the device is supposedly "the world's slimmest smartphone." Just to accentuate the slimness even more, they gave it a subtle back arch that tapers down to 6-mm at the bottom. It also weighs a light 109 grams.
A first for the Optimus Black is the 4-inch NOVA display, which LG claims to be "the brightest, clearest and most readable among mobile screens," measuring in at 700 nits of brightness. It's supposed to be energy efficient, too, using only 50% of the power consumed by regular LCDs during indoor use.
Unveiled details of the phone include a 2 megapixel front-facing camera (which is supposed to be another first), an unspecified camera in the rear, Wi-Fi and a 1,500 mAh battery (yep, they managed to fit that somewhere in there). Given that this is a flagship handset, you can expect the full roster of hardware niceties to be on board, as well, including 3G with HSPA, aGPS and Bluetooth. It will have Android 2.2 Froyo at the helm (an eventual upgrade to 2.3 Gingerbread is promised), with the homebrewed Optimus UI 2.0 running on top. LG is also touting a feature called Wi-Fi Direct, which enables "quick and high-quality data transfer between mobile devices."
No pricing, but the LG Optimus Black is slated for release globally during the first half of 2011.
[via Engadget]
