Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it plans to release its first quad-core smartphone in the U.S. via mobile operators AT&T Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp.
The Optimus G carries a 4.7-inch high-definition (HD) IPS+ display, developed by LG Display Co., and runs on Qualcomm Inc.'s Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.
AT&T and Sprint will be among the world's first mobile carriers to provide the Optimus G after LG locally released the quad-core smartphone phone last week.
LG Electronics plans to release the latest smartphone in the Japanese market later this month.
In September, the Korean tech heavyweight unveiled the Optimus G in efforts to boost its smartphone presence amid a flood of new releases by global smartphone makers. (Yonhap)