LG Intel Smartphone at CES 2012

January 4th, 2012 by reviewspecs. 0 Comments

LG Intel Smartphone at CES 2012 – LG is apparently planning an Android smartphone based on Intel hardware. According to the report of the U.S. chip giant, the device as early as next week will officially present at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. There will be an Android phone by LG based on Intel’s new Medfield platform. Technical data of the device are not known yet.

LG Intel Smartphone New Platform

Another LG manager said, compared to the Korea Times that he doubted that LG will use the Intel platform for Android smartphones. One could perhaps make the reference of the devices, if Intel is advertising heavily subsidized. “Intel Phone” could be the earliest in March, will be on sale.

Intel wants to get involved in the business of chips for cell phones and smartphones. So far, however, nothing much happens. After the cancellation of the LG GW990 in 2010, LG and Intel might have a smartphone manufactured by the Korean equipped with the fourth generation of Atom processors in the U.S. at the CES in Las Vegas.

LG Intel Smartphone – The LG GW990

The GW990 based on the then current Moorestown processor from Intel, one designed for mobile phones offshoot of the Atom platform. The operating system was also developed by the Intel Moblin Linux variant. The GW990 was supposed to appear in the second half of 2010. The device was then no longer mentioned as early as the spring of 2010.

Intel’s new platform, “Medfield” is produced in 32-nanometer process and will be significantly less power than its predecessor, “Moorestown”. In addition, for the first time a graphics chip is integrated. LG would be the first smartphone manufacturer that uses the Medfield platform. Further information is expected there will be at CES 2012, held on January 9. Will this LG Intel Smartphone be enough there to compete with ARM and Samsung, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments that are licensed and dominate this market?

LG Intel Smartphone at CES 2012