LG has the successor announced the Optimus 3D. The Optimus 3D Cube looks a lot like its predecessor. The biggest changes are the addition of nfc and the fact that the device almost a quarter thinner than its predecessor.
The Optimus 3D Cube is 9,6 mm thick, while its predecessor 11.9 mm thick. This is evident from the specifications that LG specify in the notice of the Cube. The device is currently only announced for the Korean market. Therefore, it is unclear whether the device also to Europe, that is obvious.
The 3D Cube has, like his predecessor, a autostereoscopisch 3d-screen with a diagonal of 4.3″. The screen is an ips-lcd with an unknown resolution. Supposedly it goes to the same 800×480-pixel resolution as its predecessor. The processor is a 1.2 GHz dualcore soc, of which brand and type have not been mentioned. The predecessor has a Texas Instruments Omap4430, a dual-core of 1.2 GHz is running.
Just as Sony has LG a function in the unit built to change the settings through nfc tags. Thus, for example, can automatically wi-fi can be turned on by this home an nfc tag. Also, for example, can navigation be started via a tag in the car. At Sony called ‘Smart Tags’, LG ‘Tag +’.
The Optimus 3D Cube runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and coming in march from the Korean provider Sk Telecom. Details about an international release are not yet. LG shows the device next week at telecombeurs Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where there may also be details about the European release to be announced. There were earlier rumors about the device.
Update 14:15: LG has been the European variant announced under the name lg Optimus 3D Max.
