According to Korea Times LG will return to the Windows Phone 8 in 2013?

LG after being among the first manufacturers to release a Windows Phone devices  had decided to leave the world of Windows Phone.

Telus Canada announced the Tango update for LG Optimus 7 on 20th June,13 July for Nokia Lumia 800!

The Canadian phone operator Telus through a PDF in their official page dedicated to updates, announces the release of Windows Phone Tango "Consumer Mango Refresh 3"  for LG Optimus 7 will arrive Wednesday, June 20.

LG Optimus 7 vs Nokia Lumia 610, features and performance comparison (video)

The video that we propose below, published by pocketnow.com, shows a comparison between two Windows Phone devices with different hardware characteristics: LG Optimus 7 and Nokia Lumia 610. 

The first is a first generation of smartphones, with 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB ​​RAM, while the second, launched in Europe this month, is the low cost device Windows Phone from Nokia, with 800 Mhz CPU and 256 MB RAM.

LG abandons Windows Phone, will focus on Android Phones for now

In the past few hours LG told the Korea Herald had no future plans regarding Windows Phone based smartphones, noting that " The total units of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a significant figure. " .

The interview with the Herald, however, continued reassurance by LG will continue its efforts on research and development for the Microsoft system.

From these words it can be assumed then a long pause where LG will not launch any Windows smartphone, probably jumping the launch of Windows Phone 8 and waiting for a "silent" eventual success of the OS made in Redmond.

LG then leave in the hands of Nokia, Samsung and HTC the fate of Windows Phone, a major loss for the mobile OS where the cheapest devices were precisely those of the Korean manufacturer.

Source KoreaHerald Via WPCentral

LG Italy - LG Optimus 7 will not get upgraded to Windows Phone 8 (updated - LG Italy already rejected the tweet)

The last few days were full with rumors about whether or not the first-generation Windows Phone smartphones will be upgraded to Windows Phone 8.


Now the italian site Plaffo reports that LG Italy via Twitter confirmed that the LG Optimus 7 will not get upgraded to Windows Phone 8 , which will not please the LG Optimus 7 owners or in fact all first generation wp7 smartphone owners.


"Hello, no, no upgraded to Windows 8 as confirmed by Microsoft."


Update: LG Italia already rejected the tweet: 

"We apologize for the erroneous information. We are still investigating the possibility of upgrading Optimus 7

Source Plaffo ; Via WMPU