The LG Louvre GC990, a concept smartphone by LG, currently has one of the highest resolutions of any camera phone in the market today (or of any camera phone available when it enters into production phase). This camera phone is an answer by LG to Sony and Ericsson; who announced their release of their own high megapixel camera phones earlier in the year. As far as the concept goes, this mobile phone is shaping up to be quite a response.

The Features

The LG Louvre GC990 has a lot of features that will make mobile phone aficionados drool. It is a 12-megapixel camera and is equipped with Schneider-Kreuznach optics. For those not familiar with the name, Schneider-Kreuznach is a very popular traditional optics manufacturer that still makes specialized lenses and glasses. This feature is definitely something that sets it apart from other camera phones, or at least it merits it mention when discussing the best of the lot.

It also comes with a whole lot other features like a Xenon flash, no shutter lag, touch focus and interlizoom, an S-class Touch Ui, accelometer, Bluetooth and wi-Fi connectivity and a whole lot more. It also boasts of being able to record high definition videos of up to 1280 x 720 in resolution, allowing people to capture happy moments in high quality. The LG Louvre GC990 also said to support ISO 3200, and has a 3.2" touchscreen with over 16 million colors allowing people to share pictures and videos with the highest standards of quality.

The Release of the Concept

As of the moment, there is no news yet of when LG will be releasing this behemoth of camera phone. Most people expected LG to release the phone sometime during the end of the year. But since LG already showed the public a little glimpse of the concept during the Korea Products Exhibition, it is expected that the Louvre will be entering the production phase some time in the near future. Here’s to hoping that the release will be sooner rather than later.

As of now, the LG Louvre GC990 is still a concept and as such, countless feasibility and other studies are still in the works. This new flagship of LG might not even be called Louvre when it is released, since the name is but an Internet project name. This also means that the features initially included in the concept might not survive the production phase. But as everything stands, the concept is one very impressive piece of technology; one that will undoubtedly push competition to higher levels and the public stands to benefit the most.