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hello everybody it's Lynn la here with cnet bringing you guys the ginormous LG Optimus Vu the Ville is only available so far in Korea which is fine because we're still recovering from the connection we had with the Samsung Galaxy Note it is indeed a phone with a 5-inch IPS LCD display with 615 its of brightness now it's 4 by 3 aspect ratio is great for viewing websites but for videos like the ones on YouTube you can see how there's a lot of dead space the vu also comes with a stylus or what LG calls the rubber DM pen though I like the fact that it feels sturdy like a real pen it doesn't tuck in anywhere within the device the stylus works in conjunction with the handsets quick memo feature which you can immediately access with this shortcut key once you press it you could begin jotting down notes or sketches with your pen or finger and save it for reference this handset is also NFC enabled and comes with these tag plus stickers which you can use and activate certain settings on your phone for example say every time you get in your car you want to launch the navigation app and turn bluetooth on just set it here and save it and stick the car mode sticker in your car and now every time you get in tap it these settings will activate there's also an office sticker so you can adjust your sound and data connection once you come into your office the device is equipped with a 2080 milliampere hour battery which translates to roughly 11 hours of reported talk time it has an 8 megapixel camera on the back that can record in full HD 1080p video and a 1.3 megapixel camera in the front it's also powered by a 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor now some might say that just like the note the vu is going to help usher in a new era of phone tablet hybrids while the verdict is still out on that question the boot isn't so entirely modern for one thing it still runs on android 2.3 Gingerbread and it has this crazy embedded antenna true the antenna is supposed to be for the TV and radio feature on the device not necessarily for calling but it's still definitely a throwback again I'm Lynn and this has been the LG yes I swear it's a phone Optimus Vu you