Smart Video, a new multimedia UX feature from LG will be unveiled for the first time in the Optimus G Pro.

Smart Video takes viewing videos on mobile devices to a whole new level of convenience with eye recognition that eliminates the need to manually control playback during the viewing experience.

Through the implementation of advanced eye recognition technology, Smart Video recognizes the position of the viewer’s eyes and automatically plays or stops the video without any manual input from the user. When the viewer’s eyes are no longer focused on the smartphone display, the front camera recognizes this and immediately pauses the video automatically. Once the user’s gaze returns to the smartphone, the video resumes playback from the point last viewed.

In addition to the Smart Video feature, Optimus G Pro will also be equipped with the world’s first Dual Camera function. The Dual Camera feature is an extension of the Dual Recording feature which debuted on the Optimus G Pro introduced in the Korean market last month. Dual Camera simultaneously captures photographs using both the front and back cameras for a picture-in-picture composition. Users can now be a part of the story, not just observers.

The Smart Video and Dual Camera features will be introduced as a part of the Value Pack upgrade which will be offered for the Optimus G Pro in the Korean market next month. These features will also be made available in other markets too.

Microsoft’s Windows 8 is also playing a vital role in the MWC event in Barcelona. Among the several Windows 8 running tablets and PCs, one that seemed to stand out quite a lot was LG’s tab-book Z160 which is a Windows 8 running PC with a slide out keyboard.

It also has a beefy Intel iCore i5 processor which promises great performance. Here are the full specs:

• Microsoft Windows 8
• 11.6 inch IPS LCD display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels
• Capacitive touchscreen with 5-point touch sensivity
• 19.4mm thick
• Weight: 1.25kg
• Sliding qwerty keyboard
• 1.8Ghz Intel Core i5 processor (turbo boost up to 2.7Ghz)
• 4GB RAM and 120GB SSD
• microSD card slot, HDMI output, USB 3.0
• 1.3mp front-facing camera
• battery lasts 6 hours on continuous usage

LG hasn’t told when its Tab-book will be released worldwide or what will be its price but don’t expect it to be cheap. After all, its the ultrabooks, not the tablets it is competiting against.

Two week earlier, LG unveiled a number of new smartphones, L-series II and now LG has just took the wraps off by its LTE enabled flagships, the Optimus F7 and F5.

LG has showed these devices in the mid-range segment that will be showcased at Mobile World Congress.

LG Optimus F7

Apparently, the LG Optimus F7 is the higher specification of LG’s new smartphone featuring a 4.7-inch True HD IPS display with a resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels, working out to a retina-like 312ppi.

Inside, running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the device is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor paired along with a whopping 2GB of RAM that is fairly a solid productivity package. Internal storage is 8GB but you can expand that with microSD cards of up to 32 GB.

On camera front, Optimus F7 features an 8-megapixel snapper with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for a perfect video conferencing. What is especially impressive about the F7 is its stronger 2,540mAh battery.
Let’s go through key specifications for F7:

• Operating System: Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• Processor: 1.5 GHz Dual Core
• Display: 4.7 inch True HD IPS (312ppi)
• Size: 131.7×68.2×9.6mm
• Memory: 8GB/2GB RAM/microSD (up to 32 GB)
• Camera:8.0 Mega Pixel rear camera and 1.3 MP front facing camera
• Battery: 2,540 mAh
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, with DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth with A2DP

LG Optimus F5

On other side, LG Optimus F5 is a pretty standard mid range smartphone and physically smaller by F7 as it sports a 4.3-inch IPS display with qHD resolution (960 by 540 pixels). Apparently, it is thick at 9.3 millimeters, which is okay considering that there’s a 2,150mAh battery at its back.

On hardware front, it is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 8GB of on-board memory which can be expanded by another 32GB using a microSD card backed up by 1GB of RAM.

While,the smartphone features both rear-facing 5 mega-pixel camera and a front-facing 1.3 mega-pixel snapper for video calling.

However, both smartphones come pre-loaded with the company’s custom interface featuring LG’s QSlide multitasking tool and the Live Zooming perk.

Here are key specifications for F5.

• Operating System: Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• Processor: 1.2 GHz Dual Core
• Display: 4.3 inch IPS (256ppi)
• Size: 126.0×64.5×9.3mm
• Memory: 8GB/1GB RAM/microSD (up to 32 GB)
• Camera:5.0 Mega Pixel rear camera and 1.3 MP front facing camera
• Battery: 2,150 mAh
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, with DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth with A2DP

Availability of these devices:

LG Optimus F5 will launch in Europe first during the second quarter of 2013, followed by the Optimus F7 and then will move other regions. However, details about pricing have not been announced yet.

Just few weeks before the Mobile World Congress 2013, LG unveiled new round of its Optimus L Series smartphones, the L Series II which comprises of the Optimus L3 II, L5 II, and L7 II. These are the latest addition in line of mid range handsets with android 4.1 Jelly Bean by LG.

Previously at MWC 2012, LG unveiled the Optimus L3, L5 and L7 which splashed the whole market with selling more than 10 million L-Series devices just in first ten months.

The new L Series II has new design elements such as Seamless Layout, Laser Cut Contour, Radiant Rear Design and Smart LED Lighting on the home button.

As of now, only the specs of the L7 II have been released yet and those too only partly. The phones are expected to be further detailed later (in MWC perhaps?) and in no way are flagship products of the Korean company.

Running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Optimus L7 II features a 4.3-inch IPS display with WVGA resolution,

Inside, it is embedded with a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8225 processor, 768MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage space. There’s a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 32 GB along with strong battery capacity of 2,460mAh.

On camera front, there is an 8 MP camera with LED flash and front facing unit with VGA resolution.

However, the L5 II and the L3 II have slightly lower specs as L5 II features a 4-inch WVGA display with a 1,700mAh battery and the L3 II features a 3.2-inch QVGA IPS display with smaller battery capacity of 1,540mAh.

These phones would also be available in dual SIM variants with set of unique applications such as QuickMemo, Quick Button and Safety Care. The QuickMemo lets you note quickly any type of content, the Quick Button lets you personalize a hotkey to launch any app such as the camera, browser, music player or QuickMemo and the Safety Care Emergency Call Forwarding, Phone Non-Usage Notice and My Location Notice to
a programmed contact in case of an emergency

LG Optimus L7II Key Specifications

• OS: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• Chipset: 1GHz Dual-Core (Qualcomm MSM8225)
• Memory: 768MB RAM, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD card.
• Size: 121.5 x 66.6 x 9.7 mm / 122.2 x 66.6 x 9.7 mm (Dual-SIM)
• Thickness: 9.7 mm
• Display: 4.3-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display
• Camera: Rear 8.0MP with LED Flash and 720p HD video recording / Front facing VGA camera
• Connectivity: 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
• Battery: 2,460mAh
• Miscellaneous apps: Quick translator, Quick slide, QuickMemo, Quick Button and Safety Care.

All three of announced phones would be showcased at MWC 2013 later this month, while detailed hardware specifications of the L3 II and L5 II would be available later.

The dual-SIM L7 II model will be first launched in Russia later this week and then would move to other regions, while the launch date of the other two models has not been provided yet.

So, far pricing details are also yet to know for these handsets. I’ll say it again that these are not flagship phones and here is the truth: If these phones are priced really appropriately, then they even have the potential to become bestsellers.

LG has just unveiled its response to its competitors namely the new Xperia Z, iPhone 5 and Samsung GSIII in the new Optimus G Pro. The new flagship follows the new trends of the market by offering features like a Full HD display and a powerful hardware.

Running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the big screen phone, LG Optimus G pro features 5 inches 1920×1080 IPS LCD display with Zero Gap Touch tech.

Apparently, this device is approximately 1.5mm thicker and substantially bigger than the original Optimus G .

LG Optimus G pro seems to measure 139x70x10 mm, weighing 160 grams and is likely to come in two colors of black and white.

Inside LG Optimus G pro, there is a faster 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage with a microSD card slot expandable to 64 GB.

On board, there’s a 13.2-megapixel shooter with BSI sensor and LED Flash for better low-light imaging and a 2.4 MP front-facing camera

On connectivity front, LG Optimus G pro is equipped for LTE service that would offer download speeds up to 100Mbps, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC.

LG is promising strong battery capacity of 3000mAh for this flagship as compared to the LG Optimus G.

Further, Optimus G Pro is packing a few new software enhancements along with Jelly Bean. Small widget like apps LG is calling “Slide Apps” that can be summoned atop other apps like shortly announced Xperia Z.

So far, there is no information on price and international availability for this device but it has been expected that it will make full appearance at Mobile World Congress next month

Here are showdown of LG Optimus G pro specifications:

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• 5 inch Full HD, True IPS display
• Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen
• Weight: 160g
• Thickness: 10mm
• 1.7 Ghz quad-core processor running on Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset
• 2GB RAM with 32GB expandable storage
• Adreno 320 GPU
• 13mp rear-facing camera with LED Flash and Full HD video recording
• 2.4mp front facing HD camera
• Wifi, Wifi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, GPS
• NFC, mobile wallet
• Non-removable 3000 mAh battery
• Available in Indigo Black and Platinum White colors

No international availability and pricing details are out yet but you should expect to see LG Optimus G pro in MWC this february. We’ll get further details then and also the answer to the question whether this phone can compete with the current and future Android flagships or not. Reaching conclusion, until then will be useless.