Sprint Readies LG Mach for Nov. 11, Begins Optimus G Pre-Orders

Sprint today has been busy making announcements about its new 4G LTE devices. After offering up availability and pricing details for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet, Sprint has now provided more information about its 4G LTE smartphone lineup.
First up, the new 4G LTE LG Mach (left) smartphone will be available from Sprint beginning Sunday, Nov. 11. The phone is priced at $99.99 with a new line of service or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement.
In addition, the carrier has opened pre-orders for the LG Optimus G smartphone (below, right), which will cost you $199.99 with a two-year contract.

So which one should you choose? Besides the obvious price difference, the LG Mach offers a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard and a 4-inch screen, which should provide easy access for writing emails, texts, and instant messages on the Android 4.0 operating system. The LG Mach was described by Sprint as an "ideal entry point to 4G LTE."
LG Mach owners can select from a variety of mobile ID packs featuring applications, ringtones, wallpapers, and widgets. The device has a 1.2-GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera.
The higher-end Optimus G, meanwhile, also also runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but sports Qualcomm's new quad-core Snapgdragon S4 Pro processor and a 4.7-inch True HD 1280-by-768-pixel display. There's an advanced 13-megapixel camera on the back and 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter. Other specs include a high-density 2,100mAh battery, 2GB RAM, and up to 32GB of memory.
You can pre-order the LG Optimus G on Sprint's website now.
When PCMag tested the Optimus G last month, senior analyst Jamie Lendino noted that the device is trim and finely cut, and feels "surprisingly thin and light."
For more, see PCMag's Hands On With the LG Optimus G.
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