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LG Electronics launches new smartphone

Dunya News

LG Electronics launched Tuesday its new flagship smartphone.

The new phone will have to compete against a flurry of new products from rivals Apple and Samsung who currently dominate the global market.The South Korean electronics giant said the new gadget -- called Optimus G -- would hit domestic stores next week before sales begin in Japan in October and other regions including North America in November.The launch comes days after Apple unveiled the much-anticipated iPhone 5 which garnered more than two million orders in just 24 hours.Samsung Electronics, which has sold more than 20 million of its Galaxy S III smartphone launched in late May, is set to introduce the newest version of its popular oversized Galaxy Note smartphone in the market soon.Its inevitable for these flagship products to compete head-to-head ... but we are expecting very significant and surprising figures for this product, Park Jong-Seok, head of LGs mobile unit, told reporters. He refused to elaborate on the sales target.The new phone -- powered by Googles Android software -- is equipped with a new quad-core processor made by Qualcomm that helps run applications about 40 percent faster than existing quad-core processors.About 13.2 centimetres (5.2 inches) long, 6.9 centimetres wide and featuring a 4.7-inch touchscreen, Optimus G allows users to zoom in on moving video images and takes photos by recognising voice words like cheese or smile.It can also simultaneously display overlapped images of two applications, for instance allowing users to exchange chat messages or search the Internet while watching a video played in the background.