LG X3 Packs 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Tegra 3, 4.7-inch Screen

From DailyTech: LG Electronics Inc. (KS:066570) has certainly struggled during the smartphone era, which has led to some high-profile executive attrition. But things finally appear to be looking up. The company's smartphone division became profitable in 2011 for the first time in quite a while. And it's finally producing the kind of sleek superphones Android customers are demanding.

Its latest superphone du jour is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered X3. Leaked screengrabs from MoDaCo just aired, and they paint a pretty interesting picture.

The camera packs the expected fare -- an 8 MP rear-facing camera, 1.3 MP front-facing camera, and near field communications for use with Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Wallet app. But the phone's most impressive features are its large 4.7-inch (720x1280) screen and quad-core Tegra 3 chip from NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA). The Tegra 3 is reportedly clocked at 1.5 GHz when motoring in single-core mode, but clocks down to 1.4 GHz when multiple cores are in use.

Depending on when this hits the market, it could be the world's very first quad-core smartphone. The Tegra 3 has thus far only seen action in ASUSTEK Computer Inc.'s (TPE:2357) popular Eee Pad Transformer Prime.

The X3 will pack a relatively heavy-duty 2,000 mAh battery -- which seemingly further tempts fate. The 4.7-inch diagonal screen (4.10-in x 2.30-in -- or roughly 9.43 sq. in), gives the X3 a power per screen area ratio of approximately 212.1 mAh per sq in.

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