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We talked about LG's 5-inch Optimus Vu smartphone/tablet last week, but today we were able to spend some time with the device itself. As HoT mentioned in our post on it, the Optimus Vu does use a Snapdragon S3 SoC running at up to 1.5GHz. It's a unique form factor that definitely has some niche appeal if you're looking for a pocketable tablet.&nbsp;</p>
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The Vu is currently running Gingerbread but LG expects to upgrade it to ICS before the end of the year. I suspect that will be the major issue with device adoption. Without ICS, the UI performance of the device needs work - particularly when it comes to scrolling around the browser. By the time ICS is ready for the device I do hope LG will consider migrating it to Krait/Snapdragon S4.</p>
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Check out the gallery below for more shots of the Optimus Vu.</p>
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Physical Comparison</td>
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LG Optimus Vu</td>
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Samsung Galaxy Note</td>
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Dell Streak</td>
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Galaxy Nexus LTE</td>
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Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX</td>
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Height</td>
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139.6 mm (5.49")</td>
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146.9 mm (5.78")</td>
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152.9 mm (6.02")</td>
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135.5 mm (5.33")</td>
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130.7 mm (5.15")</td>
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Width</td>
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90.4 mm (3.56")</td>
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83 mm (3.27")</td>
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79.1 mm (3.11")</td>
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67.9 mm (2.67")</td>
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68.9 mm (2.71")</td>
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Depth</td>
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8.5 mm (0.33")</td>
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9.7 mm (0.38")</td>
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9.98 mm (0.39")</td>
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9.47 mm (0.37")</td>
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8.99 mm (0.35")</td>
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Weight</td>
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139 g (4.9 oz)</td>
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178 g (6.3 oz)</td>
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220 g (7.76 oz)</td>
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150 g (5.3 oz)</td>
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145 g (5.1 oz)</td>
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CPU</td>
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1.5 GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon</td>
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1.4 GHz Exynos 4210 Dual-core Cortex-A9</td>
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Qualcomm Scorpion @ 1GHz</td>
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1.2 GHz Dual-core OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9</td>
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1.2 GHz Dual-core OMAP 4430 Cortex-A9</td>
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GPU</td>
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Adreno 220</td>
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ARM Mali-400</td>
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Adreno 200</td>
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PowerVR SGX 540</td>
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PowerVR SGX 540</td>
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RAM</td>
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1 GB LPDDR2</td>
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1 GB</td>
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512MB LPDDR1</td>
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1 GB LPDDR2</td>
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1 GB LPDDR2</td>
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NAND</td>
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32GB NAND</td>
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16 or 32GB NAND, up to 32GB microSD</td>
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16GB micro SD + 2GB integrated</td>
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32GB NAND</td>
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16GB NAND, 16GB Class 4 microSD preinstalled</td>
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Camera</td>
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8MP AF with LED Flash + 1.3MP Front Facing Camera</td>
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8MP AF with LED Flash + 2MP Front Facing Camera</td>
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5MP AF with dual LED Flash + Front Facing Camera</td>
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5MP AF with &nbsp;LED Flash + 1.3MP Front Facing Camera</td>
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8MP AF with LED Flash + 1.3MP Front Facing Camera</td>
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Screen</td>
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5.0" 1024 x 768 IPS</td>
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5.3" 1280 x 800 HD Super AMOLED</td>
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5" 800 x 480</td>
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4.65" 1280 x 720 HD Super AMOLED</td>
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4.3" 960 x 540 Super AMOLED Advanced</td>
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Battery</td>
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Integrated 7.7Whr</td>
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Removable 9.25Whr</td>
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Removable 5.661 Whr</td>
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Removable 6.85Whr</td>
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Internal 12.4Whr</td>
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<div>Gallery: Up Close With LG's 5-inch Optimus Vu<div></div></div></p>
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