January is always an exciting time in the mobile industry, and this year has been no different. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas brought forth a cornucopia of new inventions, mobile technology advancements and new mobile phone models. This year, one of the new mobile phones that LG announced was the LG Optimus L3 E400, a compact smartphone that will undoubtedly find homes rather quickly when the models are released next month.

Overview

We have only partial information in several categories, below, but what we have, you will have, too.

We do know that this model is a compact handset that is centred with wide black bands at the top and bottom of the front facing. Whilst those casing bands for LG’s logo and function button do take up room that the screen might otherwise occupy, it does present a nice screen frame.

None of the specifications or capabilities of this Android mobile phone will knock many socks off, it does fit well technologically and financially in the low-cost, mid-tech range of smartphones.

The audio and video players grant a respectable range of file types, and joined with the social networking integration, we’d tag this as an entertainment mobile phone that fits just about any budget.

Specifications

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Dimensions: 101.2 x 59.9 x ? mm / ? g.
Display: 3.2 inches / TFT capacitive touchscreen / 240 x 320 pixels at 125 ppi.
Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Speed: Unknown
Memory: Sorry, but we know only that memory is expandable to 32 GB via external microSD slot.
Battery: Unknown
Camera: 3.15 MP / 2048 x 1536 pixels / autofocus / flash, unknown. / Video-capable but specs undisclosed.
Connectivity: 2G: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 / 3G: HSDPA 900 and 2100 / Data: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot / HSDPA / GPRS / EDGE.

Features: Single-camera design. WiFi hotspot creator is a terrific feature to have included in a low-priced mobile phone, although we’re not sure if the 802.11 band designations are complete or not. MP4 / H.264 / H.263 / WMV video player; MP3 / W AV / WMA / eAAC+ audio player. SNS integration. Google package. YouTube and Google Talk support. Document viewer. Stereo FM radio.

Additional comments: The battery size and life figures haven’t been released, but rumours state that it will fair quite well for its capacity – whatever that means.

Overall opinion: Not bad for a cheap mobile phone for users who don’t surf on mobiles much. It might even be a decent first-mobile model for the younger crowd.