LG's Quad-Core X3 Makes an Appearance
Here's another quad-core smartphone for your calling pleasure, packing a Tegra 3 SoC and a fat 4.7-inch screen. Mini-tablet, anyone?
PocketNow has reportedly acquired the specs and a product shot of an unannounced quad-core smartphone from LG called the LG X3. An actual release date and pricing is unknown at this point, but the device will sport a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 display backed by Nvidia's Tegra 3 "Kal-El" SoC.
As for additional specs, the report indicates it will feature an 8MP camera on the rear, a 1.3MP camera on the front, 16 GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, and an NFC chip for making touch-based purchases. The device will also feature Google's Android OS, but it's unclear whether it will be v2.3.3 "Gingerbread" out of the box, or v4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" when it eventually hits the market (PocketNow votes for the latter).
Rounding out the hardware will be 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, possibly 21 Mbps HSPA or LTE, and a 2000mAh battery. The product shot depicts physical capacitive Menu, Home and Return buttons instead of touchscreen versions.
The LG X3 is expected to make an appearance next month during Mobile World Congress 2012. The phone's actual launch time frame may be around late spring or early summer, but we'll know more about the device next month, if not sooner.
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Given the fact that there are only 3 capacitive buttons below the screen (task switcher, home, and back), I think it's safe to assume that it sill ship with Android 4.0.
It's an awesome looking phone, but 4.7" is too large for my taste. I'm hoping the Droid 3 will receive an ICS update soon. Android 2.3.x just feels dated by comparison.
If they made it a borderless display, I want one. The Galaxy Nexus actually doesn't feel bad and it has a 4.6" display...feels just like a 4.3" phone but longer.
It's gotta have 4.0...and be available by June...none of the silly LG stuff like last year where they announced by MWC and the LG Black wasn't available until November? :-P
Estimated battery life: 6 hours
Estimated battery life: 6 hours
And how exactly do you know that?
I would be interested if the screen was a daylight readable type, like the Amoled Plus screen. S-LCD just does not have it, not even iphone's one. I have seen iPhones in daylight, they just wash out.
Seeing how the Transformer Prime's battery handled Tegra 3, I'd say the X3 will get 2-3 days of medium usage especially with that big 2000 mAh battery.
a little to big for a cell phone...4inches is all you need for a freaking cell phone
Quad cores in a cell phone.
Who would have thought that 10 years ago :-)
a little to big for a cell phone...4inches is all you need for a freaking cell phone
I have the galaxy nexus (4.65in 720p screen) and I like it; though i liked my Epic Touch 4g better (GS2=better phone with the Exynos CPU. Switched bc Sprint's network sucks in my area) and I gotta say that 4in is too small for me. I like the larger screens for internet browsing and honestly just about everything. I watch movies and tv shows, play games, etc and it's really nice to have the extra real estate.
Also, I don't have particularly large hands, but I do find that the Galaxy Nexus's screen is easily accessible to me with only one hand. This may have more to do with phones width than its diagonally measured screen size. Also remember that the screen is being measured where there would otherwise be capacitve buttons; an indication that THIS PHONE WILL PROB SHIP WITH GINGERBREAD..
Oh, shxx...
Who stole the other 80 horizontal pixels??
So, the quad-core phone era has started. Great, now let's wait for a couple of years until there are applications capable of using all that power.
Quad and X3 in the same sentence confused me at first