LG Optimus Black with Nova display @ Rs 27,000: Review

New Delhi, Apr 6: Aiming the high-end smartphone users in India, one of the leading mobile brands LG announced the arrival of its latest smartphones, Optimus Black and Optimus 2x in India. The new LG Optimus Black will be priced at Rs 27,000 and

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The new LG Optimus Black has a 4-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The 'Nova' display technology offers extra bright light on the screen that allows users to view their contents under bright sun light. LG features four touch-sensitive buttons under the display screen that provides navigation to phone's interface.

LG Optimus Black runs on Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, which can be upgraded to 2.3 Gingerbread, powered with TI OMAP 3630 1GHz processor. LG packed Optimus UI 2.0 and Gesture UI 2.0 on Optimus Black. Users can access their favourite social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter with SNS Integration.

This new smartphone has a 5 megapixel camera at rear with LED flash and is capable of recording 720p videos at 30fps. LG gives a secondary camera at front with 2 megapixel resolution. Optimus Black offers 512 MB RAM and 2 GB internal memory with 32 GB expansion feature.

Optimus Black offers multimedia features like Stereo FM radio with RDS and audio & video players that support different formats. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, microUSB etc.

Optimus Black Specifications and Features:
* 4-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
* Nova display technology
* Android 2.2 Froyo OS (upgradable to 2.3)
* TI OMAP 3630 1 GHz processor
* 5 MP rear-facing camera with LED flash
* 2 MP secondary camera
* Optimus UI 2.0 or Gesture UI 2.0
* 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
* Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and EDR
* MicroUSB 2.0
* Stereo FM radio with RDS
* GPS with A-GPS support
* 512 MB RAM and 2 GB storage
* 32 GB micro SD support
* SNS integration
* Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery

LG Optimus Black price in India:
The official price of LG Optimus Black in India is Rs 27,000 and will be available by the end of Apr 2011. LG will give the new Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core powered Optimus 2X a price tag of Rs 30,000. We can expect both the smartphones in all leading stores soon across the country. Stay tuned for hands-on review.

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