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LG shows off the 5-inch Optimus Vu (Video)

By on February 8, 2012 at 9:09am in Mobile News


LG has uploaded a video to their YouTube channel of a device called the “Optimus Vu”. It’s a beast running OS 2.3 Gingerbread (hopefully upgradable to OS 4.0), massive 5-inch display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Going through the vid shows it to be incredibly thin, but no word on how many millimeters it is. In addition, there’s the usual ports, buttons, volume rocker, headphone jack and camera button. Unconfirmed reports also indicate that the Vu will come with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 8-megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and possibly LTE capabilities. LG will probably officially announce this at Mobile World Congress in a few weeks.

Source: YouTube
Via: The Verge

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Discussion

14 comments for “LG shows off the 5-inch Optimus Vu (Video)”

  1. I don’t know if I like the 4:3 display, it seems very wide. As if the Galaxy Note wasn’t difficult enought to fit into my pocket…

    Looks like we may be seeing another size increase in phones at MWC. It should be interesting to see what Apple does with the iPhone 5 when it’s announced later this year.

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    Posted by EvanK | February 8, 2012, 9:11 am
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  2. 4:3? Why?

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    Posted by bob | February 8, 2012, 9:13 am
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  3. THIS IS THE WAY HOW THE SMART-PHONES ARE HEADING NOWADAYS!! 5″ DISPLAY

    I LOVE IT!

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    Posted by SAM | February 8, 2012, 9:13 am
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  4. I think this is more to show off some technology than anything else.

    Thank about it.. IPS 4:3 1024×768. Same specs as the current iPad screen, yet half the size.

    Putting 4 of these screens together conveniently results in a 10″ 2048×1536 “retina” display that the next iPad could use. Coincidence?

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    Posted by Dono | February 8, 2012, 9:32 am
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  5. How long before we’re all talking into 10.1 inch tablets?

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    Posted by MikeW | February 8, 2012, 9:50 am
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  6. 5″ is ridiculous. With this bad boy in your pocket, you’re going to walk around looking like you’ve popped a tent!

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    Posted by Money is Everything | February 8, 2012, 10:19 am
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  7. It looks awkwardly wide? Or much wider than the Galaxy Note – it’ll be harder to use with one hand!

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    Posted by Deutschlaender | February 8, 2012, 10:44 am
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  8. I remember not so long ago people were calling the Dell Streak crazy.

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    Posted by Mike | February 8, 2012, 10:59 am
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  9. Edge to edge screen……no need to zoom text. Killer

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    Posted by Superfly | February 8, 2012, 11:33 am
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  10. Gives new meaning to “Is that an optimus vu in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”

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    Posted by Money is Everything | February 8, 2012, 11:41 am
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  11. Oh Yea, bigger screens, talk about ”waiting for the next big thing”, now I totally want 6”. Everyone needs humongous screens, screw batteries.

    Heh, what a joke.

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    Posted by Jer | February 8, 2012, 1:49 pm
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  12. Tu wide. ;)

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    Posted by ruddias | February 8, 2012, 10:59 pm
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