LG Prepares 4.3-Inch Optimus Big Powered by Android Gingerbread

From DailyTech: South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics (LGLD) has struggled in the smartphone market. While it picked the winning operating system (Android), it failed to deliver compelling products, even as competitors like Motorola, HTC, and Samsung came through with smash hits.

The company has shaken up its executive ranks and hopes to get back on track with new Android handsets.

News has leaked that the company is working on a beefy 4.3-inch phone, which would theoretically compete with competitors' large-screen touch phones, such as Motorola Droid X,HTC EVO, and HTC Thunderbolt.

The phone is reportedly code-named the LG Optimus Big. It packs a single-core 1GHz processor and a T-DMB TV tuner. But its biggest asset is a crystal clear NOVA display. LG is a top maker of LCD TVs, earning some of the best customer reviews on Amazon.com and other retailers. The company hopes to parlay that experience into its handset designs, and NOVA is the embodiment of that effort. Early reports are that it looks impressive.

Previously, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG previewed a 4.3-inch LG phone by the name "Optimus 3D" that came packed with Google's latest Android version, Android 2.3 "Gingerbread". True to its name, the Optimus 3D also packed in dual 5 megapixel cameras, capable of 720p and 3D recording.

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