LG Optimus Black running WP7 caught in the wild

18 July, 2011
We just stumbled upon an LG Optimus Black running the Windows Phone 7 OS and we are not quite sure what to make of it. It could either be a photo of an upcoming LG WP7 device, which uses the same chassis...

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  • IVZ
  • 18 Jul 2011

its a launcher coz there are four buttons on the screen

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    • Anonymous
    • RXg
    • 18 Jul 2011

    Fake pic is a Fake. No internet explorer, the msssages box is of the wrong design (arrow under the chat bubble is too far to the right. there's no 'audio" button in WP7 it's "Music + Videos" and it's a Zune icon not a music note. to top it all off the headset icon on "phone" is at the wrong angle, look at any pic of a WP7 and it's obvious.

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      • kevinthesmith
      • m5Y
      • 18 Jul 2011

      That's definitely Launcher 7, you can tell by the fact there's a music note instead of the Zune logo

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        • razorhawk
        • xf3
        • 18 Jul 2011

        I am a WP7 user and this is an obvious fake. The interface may look similar from far away, but actually looks nothing like this.

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          • ianstorm45
          • Rbq
          • 18 Jul 2011

          Well you can clearly see it's an Android phone because it have those extra buttons at the bottom.

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            • AnonD-653
            • KRV
            • 18 Jul 2011

            lol GSMArena. Slow news day huh?

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              • Anonymous
              • 3Ax
              • 18 Jul 2011

              How do I launch Launcher 7 on a Desire please?

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                • AnonD-5350
                • wdT
                • 18 Jul 2011

                hey.. this is launcher7..
                free on android market

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                  • Shade
                  • LaK
                  • 18 Jul 2011

                  I bet that's a launcher. :) No WP7

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                    • WP7 user
                    • Pvm
                    • 18 Jul 2011

                    Definitely fake LoL....I can't believe GSM arena posted this hahahaha. If android users wanna try out WP7 that's not the way to do it, just use an authentic WP7 device for christ sakes.

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                      • Socio
                      • Mf5
                      • 18 Jul 2011

                      Hey guys.

                      Just look to the third picture! You have an app "called" "browser". In WP7 you simply have "Internet Explorer" and not "Browser"!

                      It is either fake or an android skin.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • S1h
                        • 18 Jul 2011

                        The source does not say it's genuine. The source text is worded as a question and also lets all to make their own opinion.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • v0q
                          • 18 Jul 2011

                          GSMARENA, this looks fake, no, really fake. Where is the time at the screen? Wp7 used to have it.

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                            • KC
                            • TdC
                            • 18 Jul 2011

                            Fake!

                            Just a Windows Phone 7 Skin on Android. Elaborate as it may be, it's still just a copy. Every single graphic is wrong, the font is wrong, and where's the Xbox live Hub?

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                              • shalgham
                              • dQD
                              • 18 Jul 2011

                              if not a fake, it's just a prototype. they put in first box they found. they are definitely android hardware keys.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 9x{
                                • 18 Jul 2011

                                4 buttons..........fake!

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                                  • chaitu
                                  • PBH
                                  • 18 Jul 2011

                                  hey it could be launcher7.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • kgN
                                    • 18 Jul 2011

                                    Yeah that can't be real. It's got the standard Android buttons at the bottom, and if you look it just dosn't seem like the tiles are lining up properly. I think this just a skin probably the Launcher7 one at that.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • t7x
                                      • 18 Jul 2011

                                      can be launcher7

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                                        • despotovski01
                                        • 04T
                                        • 18 Jul 2011

                                        This is obviously a LG Optimus Black with a WIndows Phone 7 launcher. Windows Phone 7 phones don't have four buttons, like Android. Other fact is that on one of the pictures, there was a Google shortcut. If it was a WP7, it would be Bing.