We’ve been talking about LG’s Lucid 2 for a little under a month now, after it first debuted in a leaked image, apparently as Verizon’s version of the LG Optimus F5. Yesterday we got a fresh dose of Lucid 2 rumors, and it was looking like phone was getting ready to go official. Sure enough, today Verizon has formally announced the Android ...
About a month ago, a press render leaked, showing off the LG Optimus F5 as it would reportedly land on Verizon, as the Lucid 2. At the time, we thought the only change between the F5 and the Lucid 2 would be a slightly different design for the phone’s exterior. A new leak, however, is suggesting that there could be some actual improvements made to the handset as it adapts for Verizon, including a new, higher-capacity battery. According to this leak, LG is ...
Of LG’s recent wave of middle-to-low-end Optimus Androids, the F series is probably the most interesting. Both the F5 and F7 support LTE, and while they’re a far cry from the bleeding edge, they have some solid specs that could make for a good backup phone or one when you’re on a budget. When announced, LG talked about European availability, but now we’re beginning to see how they might start arriving in the US, upon a leak of a press render of the Optimus ...
Technically, the Mobile World Congress may finish-up tomorrow, but with all the big smartphone and tablet events over, we’re calling it a wrap. We’ve had a great time the past several days bringing you news of all the new hardware and software companies came to the event to promote, and as we now begin to recuperate and get back to business as usual, we wanted to take a look back on MWC 2013 and everything it brought us. The week leading up to the MWC was filled with rumors, as we should expect, and while some played out, others ...
“Mid-range” is the middle name of the LG Optimus F5 and it’s been already announced, together with its higher end sibling, the F7, right before MWC’s start. It feels good in the hand despite the fact that the phone is made out of plastic — like every other LG phone the company brought to MWC this year — however, not cheap (unless you consider the Samsung Galaxy S III and Note II cheap with their hyperglazed plastic builds). Just to recap, the Optimus F5 is the lower-end among ...
LG really hadn’t left us with any us with anything to be surprised by at the MWC this year; over the last couple weeks, we’ve heard it model-by-model reveal pretty much everything it was intending to show at the Mobile World Congress in advance. The F series were the last holdouts, but even they’ve gone official. Now LG is rounding everything all up and showing off its full new lineup. The F series includes the Optimus F3 and F5, both mid-rangers, but with some decent specs, especially for the F7. The
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG’s announcement of the Optimus F5 and F7, even if we’re most likely going to ask you to look elsewhere when you read the spec sheet. Then we move to Samsung news as they’re rumored to showcase a new TV Discovery service with mobile devices at MWC. Then we move to Google Drive and cover all the recent enhancements that Google is offering. Ubuntu is next, there’s a lot of great stuff here as it’s reached developer preview stage, but not all is fun and games. We end today’s show talking about the ...
Yesterday, we brought you some leaked renders of two of LG’s many upcoming Androids, the Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 from the company’s F series. At the time, all we had were those names and the pics, and were expecting to get the full story on the two phones as the Mobile World Congress got started. Like so many other of the handsets LG is planning to showcase at the event, it’s gone ahead and gotten a head start, officially announcing the F5 and F7 today. If you’re interested in a high-end Android, ...
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about how the red HTC One mysteriously vanished from the HTC website. Then we go through some of the amazing benchmarks of the HTC One, though we’d wait for some real-world tests before we declare them as faster than anything out there. Samsung is next as new rumors have the company adopting the Snapdragon 600 for the Galaxy S IV. Then LG takes the stage as we have their new MWC teaser along with an Optimus F7 and F5 being rumored. We end today’s show talking about the Asus MWC teaser, and what they could mean with their ...
When it comes to LG’s smartphone lineup for the Mobile World Congress, the company isn’t exactly holding its cards close to its chest. We’ve already heard LG announce phones like its new L-series models and the Optimus G Pro, and yesterday the company released an MWC trailer video (below) which touches on all the new Androids it plans to bring to Barcelona. Today, we get to take a look at a pair of those models, with press ...