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Expected soon
12th February 2013
LG's range of "looks expensive but isn't" Optimus
L Series of smartphones was something of a success last year,
shipping 10 million units worldwide. Time marches on however, so
LG have refreshed the range with the LG Optimus L Series II.
Three phones have been announced, starting with the release of
the LG Optimus L7 II which has a 4.3" 480 x 800 pixel
display, an 8 megapixel primary camera plus a 0.3 megapixel secondary
one, a 1GHz CPU with 768MB of RAM, 4GB of onboard storage plus a
microSD slot, a large 2460 mAh battery and all the usual features
you'd expect from an Android 4.1 smartphone.
 The
L7 II will be available in dual-SIM form in Russia this week, we
don't know about other regions yet, however it does seem that there
will be single-SIM and dual-SIM variants. We don't know how much
the L7 will cost, but we would expect it to be in the €200 to €250
region.
Also in the range is the LG Optimus L5 II with a
4.0" 480 x 800 pixel display and 1700 mAh battery, and the
LG Optimus L3 II with a 3.2" 320 x 240 pixel panel and
a 1540 mAh battery. More details of these will be announced at a
later date.
LG say that these new handsets feature "Seamless Layout,
Laser Cut Contour, Radiant Rear Design and Smart LED Lighting",
although at first glance they look a bit dull. Perhaps they are
the sort of devices that look better in your hand than in a photograph.
There are a bunch of LG software enhancements on top, but because
these are Android 4.1 devices then you can download thousands of
apps and widgets to make your phone your own. As long as LG can
keep the price of these handsets down, then they should be able
to shift quite a lot of these to customers with a modest amount
of cash who want something that looks nice.
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