The LG Optimus G was already a powerful smartphone, but now LG is taking it up another notch with the Optimus G Pro. A Japanese wireless carrier just unveiled the phone as part of its new lineup, and the specs are impressive.
The LG Optimus G Pro, announced by Japan's NTT Docomo and spotted by Engadget, has a large 5-inch screen with full HD resolution — 1,920 x 1,080. That gives the display a pixel density of 440 pixels per inch (ppi), the same as the HTC Droid DNA. We found the DNA's screen to be extremely crisp, so it's stands to reason the Optimus G Pro will look just as good.
The phone is slightly thicker than the non-pro version — 0.4 inch to 0.33 inch — likely to accommodate the larger battery, which holds 3,000 mAh of juice. The processor is a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core design, and it runs Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean." Of course, it's equipped to connect with NTT Docomo's LTE network, and Wi-Fi tethering supports up to eight devices.
At 13 megapixels, the Optimus G Pro's camera is in line with the resolution of other top-shelf phones, and the front-facing camera is improved, too, with a 2.4-megapixel sensor.
Although the camera and screen resolution are probably overkill, it's good to see flagship smartphones are moving into quad-core, with larger batteries and better front-facing cameras. It's hitting Japan in April, but here's been no official announcement of the phone from LG, so a U.S. release is still an unknown at this point.
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