After quite some time, finally LG have issued a proper press release about the long awaited LG Optimus 2X while they also announcing the LG optimus Mach LU3000. Reportedly the LG Optimus 2X will be launching next month in South Korea as the LG SU660. After that it will launched in Asia and Europe, unfortunately there no exact date given.
The LG Optimus 2X, formerly rumored as Star, confirmed to become the first Tegra2-powered GSM smartphone ever and the dual-core Cortex A9 really showed in early benchmarks. The other specs confirmed are, among others, 1080p video recording, a 4″ WVGA screen, a secondary 1.3MP video-call camera, some 8 gigs worth of storage, a microSD card slot and a 1,500mAh battery. The other specs, such as Phone dimensions, GSM bands and some other specs are yet to be announced.
The Optimus 2X will be run in Android 2.2 Froyo Platform and will eventually get updated to 2.3 Gingerbread. However, the Gingerbread update timeframe will be announced later.
There are some interesting specifications in the new Smartphone. The LG Optimus 2X will be powered by NVIDIA SoC that enables Full HD (1080p) playback and recording via the 8MP primary camera. In the new Optimus there also a HDMI port that unlike any current phones, can output full HD video (1080p, in which the current phone is only able to output 720p top). The LG Optimus 2X also will make you able to play video on a compliant TV without a cable with the DLNA support.