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LG GT540 Preview (LG Optimus GT540) |
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LG's second Android handset to be announced is the LG GT540, representing a welcome attempt to come up with something that looks a little different from the usual black slabby devices that we see.
Not all the GT540's specifications have been released by LG, but what we do know for certain is that there's a 3" 320 x 480 pixel display in 262,000 colours, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, support for HSDPA downloads (maximum speed 7.2 Mbps), HSUPA uploads (maximum speed 2 Mbps), microSD expandable memory (maximum 32GB), there is an FM radio and 3.5mm audio socket and it appears that the GT540 runs Android 2.0 [update: at launch the GT540 runs Android 1.6, but we assume there will be an upgrade] . We don't have any written confirmation that it has WiFi or GPS, but some sources who have handled demonstration models claim that it does. LG were similarly vague about the specification of the closely related GW620 when it was announced last year. [Update: we can confirm that the Optimus GT540 does have WiFi and GPS]
The media player can cope with most formats, including DivX and WMV movies, and the user interface has been tweaked slightly with some LG S-Class icons to give some consistency with the rest of the range, but otherwise the LG GT540 seems like a pretty straightforward Android smartphone when it comes to overall specifications.
LG say that the GT540 should be available globally from April 2010, although there is no guidance on price. Our best estimate is that the GT540 should retail SIM-free for somewhere in the range of €300 to €350 [update: retail price is closer to €250, phone was release in June 2010]. Update 11/7/10: now available and branded in some markets as the "Optimus", the GT540 costs around €250 SIM-free, runs Android 1.6 and like almost all other Android phones packs WiFi and GPS. |
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