LG Optimus Black

If the low-end LG Optimus One that launched contract-free on Straight Talk a few months ago didn’t quick get your Android engine revving, perhaps the mid-end LG Optimus Black or higher-end LG Optimus 2X (aka G2X) is enough to tickle your fancy? Both devices were leaked online as coming soon to Walmart’s pre-paid cellphone service [...]

Some new devices have finally been added to CyanogenMod’s list of supported devices. We’ve got the Samsung EPIC 4G and LG Optimus 3D as notable additions. We’re also seeing support for the LG Optimus Black, Optimus Hub and Optimus Pro. These devices are on the list for CM7, of course, though we don’t expect all [...]

LG has provided an update on their Android 4.0 upgrade timeline via their Facebook page. For a selection of their 2011 smartphone lineup, an Ice Cream Sandwich treat will arrive starting in Q2 of next year. The first phones to receive the new version of Android will be the LG Optimus LTE, LG Prada 3.0, [...]

LG has posted an update to their Facebook page regarding potential Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for their lineup of Android handsets. Confirmed to be shortlisted for said upgrade are the Optimus 2X, Optimus Black, Optimus 3D, and Optimus LTE. Evaluations continue to determing the feasibility of pushing the new Android version to other LG handsets. [...]

After a Radio Shack promo video briefly revealed the LG Marquee for Sprint, there was a lot of speculation that this would in fact be Sprint’s version of the LG Optimus Black. We’ve known for awhile that the LG LS-855 would be Sprint’s version of the Optimus Black and now we thanks to Sprint’s Cellebrite [...]

Well, what have we here? It’s a leaked Sprint roadmap from the guys at BriefMobile. While there’s not too much here to drool over there are a couple of Android handsets definitely worth noting. For instance, like the LG Optimus Black (LS855). I got to play firsthand with this device at CES earlier this year [...]

HTC Desire II, HTC Flyer, Motorola Electrify (Photon), Huawei Ascend II, HTC Wildfire S, LG Optimus Black – just a few of the devices headed US Cellular’s way this quarter. Amazing, no? Their entire leaked Q3 roadmap shows a crap ton of great devices and we can’t imagine this won’t put them in an upper [...]

Talk about things that make no sense whatsoever. LG’s released the LG Optimus Black in the Netherlands with an alternate color – white. In fact, they’re electing to call it the LG Optimus White over there, though it still shares the same suite of specs that the black has. I’m not sure how many of [...]

We’ve already got a pretty good idea that the LG Optimus Black is headed to US Cellular, but a recent FCC filing suggests it won’t be the only US carrier the handset will call home. An LG phone with the model number US855 has been joined by an LS855, As855, and VM855, with the first [...]

Look what just crept up from the depths of codename hell. It’s been discovered that, inside the Sprint Employee ID Pack, there are some names of devices we’ve never heard before. The only exception is the LG Optimus B, but we haven’t heard it in relation to Sprint. Here’s the full list of devices sitting [...]

Telus and Skype have inked a deal that will allow subscribers to the carrier to bill credit for VoIP calls directly to their monthly bill. It’s a move that is sure to make any fan of low-cost calls over an internet connection jump for joy (or, in the case of those outside of Canada, quite [...]

US Cellular customers will be happy to know they’re not slacking in the Android department in the second half of 2011, committing to 7 Android Phones and an Android Tablet by the end of the year. It’s not written in stone, but a press release is about as close as you’ll come. Based on the [...]

Phandroid first leaked the LG B on in December and a month later it was officially announced as the the LG Optimus Black at CES in Las Vegas, following up with an appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It has yet to find its way to store shelves, but LG just published a press release [...]

Today, LG announced that their powerful dual-core Optimus 2X and sexy Optimus Black will be hitting the country of India. According to LG, their new lineup will be available at all retail outlets with the Optimus 2X being sold for 30,000 INR ($676) and Optimus Black at 27,000 INR ($608). I was impressed with both [...]

The LG Optimus Black – the world’s thinnest smartphone with perhaps the world’s brightest smartphone display – will soon be making its way to store shelves. The folks at CoolSmartphone have gathered evidence that suggests the device will be out this month for T-Mobile UK. It’ll be free starting at 25 pounds per month that [...]

The LG Optimus Black has landed its first UK carrier as T-Mobile UK has published a “coming soon” landing page for the device. The phone – most famous for its 4-inch super bright NOVA display – was revealed earlier last month.  Android 2.2 is a go, and LG says it will be upgradeable to Android [...]

LG wants you to take their phone – named the Optimus Black – and change its back cover color to something else. Make sense? Yea, didn’t to me either. Still, if you were planning on buying this phone but would prefer something to match your favorite purse or shoes or what have you, LG’s going [...]

We’re just a few seconds away from LG kicking off their CES 2011 press conference, but that doesn’t mean we can’t bring you the news a bit early. Thanks to LG’s press people we have dialed up the official release detailing the LG Optimus Black, the super slim, super bright Android 2.2 handset we first [...]

The CES press day is about to kick off with a big LG press conference (you can see a live blog of it right here at Phandroid), but Engadget has scooped a couple of items early that should be getting an announcement in just a few moments here in Las Vegas. The LG Optimus Black [...]