LG Optimus Sol Smartphone Announced

LG has announced a smartphone with a name based on the Spanish word for "sun."  Called the LG Optimus Sol, it packs what the company calls a "first-class display" as its main selling point.

Think your AMOLED display is great?  This new phone's screen should trump that, boasting an Ultra-AMOLED panel that reputedly packs more advanced reflection rates compared to standard AMOLED displays.   For the user, this improvement is realized with better clarity under the sun and even lower degradation in image quality.


Details of the LG Optimus Sol include a 3.8 inch Ultra-AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (800 x 480 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera module on the rear, a VGA webcam in front, aGPS, 3G with HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA, a 1,500 mAh battery and microSD card expansion.  Muscle is provided by a 1GHz MSM8255 Snapdragon processor, which is paired with 512MB of RAM and 2GB of ROM.

The new phone implements LG's "enhanced idle-based power management system," which will supposedly allow it to have 20% to 30% longer battery life compared to other phones with a similar battery module.  It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The LG Optimus Sol will roll out in Europe beginning mid-September, with Central and South American markets following shortly after that.  No pricing yet, but it will be available in three colors -- black, titan and white.