LG brings the Optimus LTE to new markets, renames it to Optimus True HD LTE

LG has announced that it is launching the Optimus LTE smartphone in new markets in Europe and Asia, following its deployment in Korea, Japan, Canada, and the U.S. Additionally, it is renaming the device to Optimus True HD LTE, though it still has the same 1280 x 720 pixel IPS display as before.

The Optimus True HD LTE will soon be available in Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The smartphone features a 4.5-inch, 1280 x 720 pixel True HD IPS display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, and an 8 megapixel camera. It comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is promised to come at a later date.

LG changed the name of the phone to Optimus True HD LTE because it wants to highlight the fact that the phone's display uses an RGB^(INFO) pixel arrangement, as opposed to the less favorable PenTile^(INFO) pixel arrangement used by Samsung in its Super AMOLED HD displays. Frankly, at this dense of a resolution, the PenTile arrangement's shortcomings are barely noticeable, but LG wants everyone to know that its displays are technically superior.