Korean giant LG today announced the Optimus Vu smartphone featuring a 5-inch IPS display that has a 4:3 aspect ratio. The device runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 and comes along with a stylus to flaunt. The phone plans to debut early March in the company’s homeland Korea with SK Telecom. There is no information yet on the worldwide release. LG promises to unveil more inputs about the Optimus Vu at MWC 2012 at Barcelona

Optimus Vu Quick Specs:

• 5-inch IPS 650 nit display (1024 x 768)
• Qualcomm 1.5GHz Dual Core Processor
• Android Gingerbread 2.3 (upgradeable to ICS post release)
•  8MP Auto-focus camera with LED
• 1.3MP Front Camera
• 32GB eMMC storage
• Connectivity via HDMI, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct
• 2080 mAh battery
• Dimensions/Weight: 139.6 x 90.4 x 8.5mm / 168g

We are eager to hear more about this gorgeous gadget, it seems that the trend would switch to tablet-phones with devices like the Samsung Note and the LG Optimus Vu evolving and bringing the change faster.

via LG Newsroom