LG has just made their flagship CES device official by announcing the LG Spectrum, a 4.5-inch True HD IPS device complete with Verizon 4G LTE and access to exclusive ESPN HD content. Available January 19 for $199.99 on a two-year contract, the Spectrum is the first phone on Verizon Wireless to boast a true HD 1280×720 display. No PenTile here. The 4.5-inch screen features Gorilla Glass, Real-Stripe RGB pixels for better color accuracy, 500 nit luminance, a 16:9 ratio and a 329 pixels per inch (PPI) screen density.As far as the rest of the specs go, you’ll find a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3, Verizon LTE, 8 megapixel camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, a 16GB memory card preinstalled, HDMI mirroring via MHL, Dolby Digital audio and Android 2.3 (which will be updated to Android 4 in the first half of 2012).
The Spectrum also comes with a heap of custom software and apps like LG’s SmartMovie HD video editing suite and ESPN ScoreCenter with an exclusive 720p HD video feed. There’s bound to be some great devices announced this week, and the LG Spectrum is sure to sit at the top of the list. Is the IPS HD display enough to tempt anyone away from the Galaxy Nexus’ Super AMOLED? Or is vanilla Android worth the trade-off?
LG Spectrum 4G LTE phone hands-on at CES 2012:
