May 1 has a big red circle around it in our calendars. We just can't wait to see Atlas Genius perform live in New York. They are like, so hot right now.
OK, beyond a hip indie rock show we're also looking forward to seeing the LG Optimus G Pro in the flesh for the first time Stateside during LG's kickoff event.
It's Pro time
What's most significant is that this seems to be an AT&T-destined phone, backing up a rumor that surfaced earlier this month. Notorious and usually spot-on Twitter tipster @evleaks also managed to get ahold of some images of the G Pro, clearly showing AT&T branding on the back.
We could easily see other carriers jump on board either at launch or later down the road, but everything so far points to AT&T getting first dibs on LG's phablet.
On the spec side, the G Pro is laden with the expected 5.5-inch screen, 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 chip and 3,140mAh battery. It will have 2GB of RAM plus 32GB of internal storage that's expandable to 64GB via a microSDXC.
The Pro's radio frequencies were tuned to meet AT&T network specifications and it's said to run Android 4.1.2.
Digging deeper inside the device should have little bloatware with only AT&T DriveMode and Navigator making it into the Pro. The multiwindow feature QSlide 2.0 makes an appearance, as does Dual Recording, Tag+ for NFC, VuTalk and a few other software slip ins.
We're really interested to see how the U.S. audience reacts to what's essentially a phablet. AT&T could be taking a bit of a risk piling such a big phone into its stores, or perhaps there's enough of an upwell of phablet supporters the carrier to think the chance is a worthwhile one.
TechRadar will be live in New York to bring you all the latest from LG and to provide a full concert recap (we hope you know we're joking), so tune back in for all the latest on the Optimus G Pro.
