LG Optimus G Pro

When AT&T originally announced it would be carrying the LG Optimus G Pro the carrier mentioned that it was an exclusive dealio. Exclusive doesn’t really mean exclusive anymore, of course — it’s more like a timed exclusive. Akin to what happened with Verizon getting the Galaxy Nexus months ahead of everyone else, it looks like [...]

At LG’s launch party for the Optimus G Pro fro AT&T in New York City, we use Google Glass to capture the event (including Atlas Genius concert) and snag a hands-on demonstration with the 5.5-inch smartphone beast.

The first US carrier to announced availability of the LG Optimus G Pro has been revealed. It’s AT&T, and we’re just a week and a half away from seeing it sitting on the carrier’s store shelves.

The LG Optimus G Pro is headed to New York City May 1st, and Phandroid will be there covering it live. We expect the device to be announced for the US market.

It looks like LG is throwing a little shindig in New York City soon. The mobile OEM has started sending invites to press for an event that will take place May 1st. The invitation asks us to “Share the Genius,” though we can’t be too sure of what LG means by that. The invite doesn’t [...]

Don’t like the current slim crop of colors the LG Optimus G Pro is available in? LG has something nice for you this morning as the company has unveiled a new coat of paint for the flagship device –the Optimus G Pro will soon be available in black! There aren’t many surprises or “gotchas” here: [...]

LG has posted a video detailing some of the features owners of the LG Optimus G Pro can expect as part of a new “Value Pack” update. The new software includes such new capabilities as Smart Video, Dual Camera snapshots, and Pause & Resume video recording. Smart Video, similar to a feature unveiled by Samsung [...]

I loved the device when we got an opportunity to play with it at MWC 2013 earlier this year and after only 40 days since it was released in its homeland of Korea, the LG Optimus G Pro is celebrating over 500,000 devices sold. Not bad at, LG. Not bad at all. A combination of [...]

AT&T could soon be ready to serve up the LG Optimus G Pro as a device with a similar model number has hit the FCC with the carrier’s radios. It’s sitting in the FCC’s halls with the model number LG E980, and has both the GSM and LTE radios necessary to run on Ma Bell’s [...]

You might recall that only hours before Samsung unveiled their Galaxy S4, LG announced an update for their LG Optimus G Pro that would introduce Smart Video among other features. Smart Video sounds surprisingly similar to the Smart Pause function later demoed for the GS4 — turn your eyes away from the display and video [...]

It’s always a good day when we hear about new features being added to smartphones through the advent of software. LG is bringing us some new goods to look forward to in the LG Optimus G Pro with “Smart Video,” a feature that will use eye-recognition technology to automatically pause and resume video when the [...]

Mobile World Congress has come and gone, and though it wasn’t as exciting as years past, there was plenty of cool new kit to check out. From dual-screen concepts to 7-inch smartphones, manufacturers got creative this year as advancements in hardware specs have stalled. If you missed any of our coverage from the past week, [...]

After weeks of teasing and an official announcement made officially official last Monday, the LG Optimus G Pro has finally landed into our hands and we’re here to give you guys a brief hands-on here at Mobile World Congress 2013. Overall the device felt solid and we’d be lying if we said we didn’t notice [...]

With only days to go before we’re packing our bags and heading to beautiful Barcelona (jealous much?) for Mobile World Congress, LG has dropped what might be their final tease before they debut their 2013 lineup at the show. We’ve already been introduced to the Optimus G Pro and Optimus L Series II, but the [...]

LG’s half-baked announcement of the LG Optimus G Pro last week was nice, but the Korean manufacturer has finally revealed the device in full. The latest press release confirms a few of the specs we’ve already known, including a 5.5 inch 1080p HD display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 13 megapixel HD [...]