There you go! It’s official. LG’s chunky 5-inch Optimus Vu ‘droid is going global.

And not just that, it also got a spec upgrade along the way. Instead of running on the oh sooo last year dual-core, the international LG Optimus Vu now packs a Tegra 3 quad-core processor under the hood.

Oh, and yeah, this also now comes preinstalled with Ice Cream Sandwich and most likely won’t come with the built-in TV tuner.

As for everything else, it’s pretty much the same with what we’ve already talked about, extra wide 4:3 aspect ratio 5-inch display, 8-megapixel main/1.3-megapixel front cam combo and all.

Availability?

According to the press release, it’ll make its way to select markets in Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia beginning next month, hopefully, the Philippines being one of those select markets in Asia.

Still no word on pricing, but given this now comes rockin’ a quad-core, I’m sure this won’t go for less than Php20K.

While the quad-core and ICS upgrade has indeed made the Optimus Vu a bit more enticing, I’m just not sure though people are ready to embrace the idea of 4:3 aspect ratio display on a 5-incher.

Or maybe it’s just me. How about you guys? You keen on getting the Optimus Vu once it lands in local stores?

Full story at Android Central

Allan David

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