Verizon and LG announced the Spectrum at CES, available January 19th for $199.99 with a two-year agreement. Verizon’s first smartphone with a 4.5-inch True HD IPS display, it used the same panel technology found in LG’s premium HDTVs, with 329 pixels per inch and Real Stripe subpixel layout for sharp text and images.
Key specs: Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Ice Cream Sandwich update planned for the first half of 2012), a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Corning Gorilla Glass, 4G LTE, Mobile Hotspot for up to 10 devices, 16GB microSD preinstalled (expandable to 32GB), Dolby Digital Plus surround support, HDMI mirroring via MHL, SmartShare DLNA, and Bluetooth 3.0. Preloaded with Netflix and ESPN ScoreCenter with a 720p HD feed over 4G LTE or Wi-Fi.
