Optimus 4X HD

Hardware

While there are still some mysteries surrounding the Optimus 4X HD, hardware fortunately isn’t one of them. First and foremost, the Optimus 4X HD will be arriving with a 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor from NVIDIA.

If you’re not aware, Mobile World Congress’ focus this year will be on products running NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor which boasts not one, not two, not three, not four, but a grand total of five cores.

And that’s not the only exciting thing on board the new Optimus 4X HD. In addition, it will boast a 4.7-inch True HD IPS display with 1280 x 720 resolution, 16GB of on-board memory, 1GB of DDR2 memory to handle things like multitasking, an 8MP camera on the rear, a 1.3MP front-facing camera for video chat, and an absolutely massive 2,150mAh battery.

It’s a beast, and it’s one of the better smartphones we’ve seen from LG, at least on paper, for a long time.

And for those curious about its design, it’s a mere 8.9mm thin – same as the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX.

Software

Something else that will be the talk of the town during MWC will be Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. It arrived back in December but up until now, it has been limited to a few devices. That’s going to change in the next couple of weeks.

Companies are poised to announce a bunch of Android 4.0 powered devices at this year’s MWC and the Optimus 4X HD is fortunate to be one of those devices.