| LG Optimus Black | |
| Brand: | LG Electronics, Inc. |
| Manufacturer: | LG Electronics, Inc. |
| Series: | Optimus |
| Carrier: | Sprint, Boost Mobile, US Cellular, Telus |
| Networks: | GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850, 900, 1,800, and 1,900 MHz) HSPA Tri-band (900, 1,700, and 2,100 MHz) HSDPA 10.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, CDMA/EVDO (800, 1900 MHz) |
| Related: | LG Optimus 3DLG Optimus 2X |
| Type: | Smartphone |
| Form: | Bar |
| Size: | 121mm H 63.5mm W 9.2mm D |
| Weight: | 109g |
| Os: | Android 2.2 Froyo (formerly) 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (current) |
| Cpu: | 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 (Texas Instruments OMAP3630) |
| Gpu: | PowerVR SGX530 |
| Memory: | 512 MB RAM |
| Storage: | 2 GB (1 GB user-available) |
| Memory Card: | microSD (supports up to 32 GB) |
| Battery: | 1.500 mAh, Internal Rechargeable Li-ion User replaceable |
| Input: | Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen A-GPS Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Gyroscope Magnetometer Proximity sensor |
| Display: | Nova IPS LCD, 4inches diagonal 480×800 px WVGA (~233 ppi), 16M COLORS |
| Rear Camera: | 5.0 Mpx 2,592 x 1,944 px max. Autofocus LED flash HD Video 720p at 30 fps |
| Front Camera: | 2.0 Mpx |
| Media Formats: | Audio AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, MIDI, MP3, WAV, and WMA Video DivX HD, H.263, H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, and WMV |
| Ringtone: | All supported audio formats, Vibration |
| References: | [1] [2] [3] |
The LG P970 Optimus Black is a smartphone designed and manufactured by LG Electronics and was released in 2011. At 9.2 mm in thickness, it was LG's thinnest smartphone at the time of its release, and is slightly thinner than the iPhone 4. The LG Optimus Black features a WVGA NOVA display which has a brightness measured at 749 nits, which surpasses the 700 nits promised by LG.[4] LG Optimus Black is claimed to be the first smartphone with a 2MP front camera.[5]
In the United States, the LG Optimus Black is offered by various wireless carriers using their individual brandings.
In Canada, the LG Optimus Black Skype Edition variant is offered by Telus Mobility as a special edition in collaboration with Skype. It was later discontinued by that carrier, and all remaining stock was repackaged for Telus' Koodo Mobile brand instead.
The LG P970 Optimus Black and CDMA variants received an upgrade to Android 2.3.4, resulting in improved battery life, enhanced autofocus, and new apps. As of 4 January 2013, an upgrade to Android 4.0.4 was made available for the P970 through the official LGMobile Support Tool; however, no such upgrade was made available for the CDMA variants of the phone, and attempting to upgrade it using the P970's firmware would render the device inoperable.