Android: LG to soon release a 4" Smartphone powered by Tegra 2

It has been known since September that LG have been developing Smartphone’s powered by Tegra 2 processors. Engadget has now released images of the future LG Optimus Smartphone running Android powered by this processor.

LG Electronics announced in September that they would use Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual core processors (operating under ARM Cortex-A9) in some of their future Android Smartphone’s.

The South Korean group didn’t provide any indications as to the nature of these future handsets but Engadget has now published photos of a model code named Star which is apparently powered by the processor in question.


Its characteristics
The LG Star will come with a 4" display and an 8 mega pixel camera lens capable of recording 1080p Full HD video. A large Google logo is present on the back of the device, although the version of Android installed on the device is unknown.

The presence of the Tegra 2 dual core processor should provide improved sensitivity and performance (3D games should be able to run 5 times faster) without penalising the device’s battery life.

Engadget points out that the LG Star has a digital camera on the front for videoconferencing and integrates a microSD memory card. We also find a micro USB port for recharging the 1500 mAh battery. More to come.