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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  • Robot
  • pT2
  • 18 Jul 2011

coffmac, 18 Jul 2011obvious fake, you cant drag wp7 over to the app screen you ... moreSorry, but that's not true, you can do both. Drag or press the arrow.

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    • coffmac
    • M3s
    • 18 Jul 2011

    obvious fake, you cant drag wp7 over to the app screen you need to press the arrow key, simple

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      • Dion
      • vuZ
      • 18 Jul 2011

      It really does seem like a fake. Some tiles don't look familiar at all. I'm pretty sure it's a launcher or skin.

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        • Adi
        • w49
        • 18 Jul 2011

        launcher 7.

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          • AnonD-14174
          • 2@q
          • 18 Jul 2011

          (in continuation with my previous comment regarding WP7Android)...Check their WP7Home. Same fonts as in above pics.

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            • alex
            • pJk
            • 18 Jul 2011

            definite launcher, doesnt resemble the wp7 one at all, looks terrible.

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              • Anonymous
              • 2@q
              • 18 Jul 2011

              Bet it's fake.First on phone there are four buttons while MS requirement is of 3 buttons and none of the WP7 phone till date has 4 buttons.Second,fonts.They are surely not Zegoe UI/Segoe UI fonts.And as you said bypassing hardware requirement-limitation is painful to port WP7 and yes there are some good skinning engines+launchers.Don't forget WP7Android project.They have WP7 homescreen,menu,music player,lockscreen,almost everythi.

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                • Aman
                • uva
                • 18 Jul 2011

                i dnt think so
                its just windows os theme which can be easily downloaded from
                android market

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                  • sts
                  • 2WY
                  • 18 Jul 2011

                  its dotful
                  NOKIA best

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                    • AnonD-14173
                    • ytT
                    • 18 Jul 2011

                    Couple of things...

                    1) It's got Android hardware buttons
                    2) The app list should be alphabetical (I'm pretty sure Phone comes after Audio)
                    3) It's called "Music+Videos" not Audio
                    4) "Browser"? Really, pretty sure mine says "Internet Explorer"
                    5) if it's a device for release this year, it'll be running Mango. That app list screen doesn't have the letter headings that Mango has

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                      • Get real!
                      • 4nK
                      • 18 Jul 2011

                      If you zoom into the picture in the middle, you can clearly see that this device has the Android buttons at the bottom, so, no WP7 prototype but either a port or a WP7 skin running on Android.

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                        • AnonD-14171
                        • 0kG
                        • 18 Jul 2011

                        It is a launcher for sure...Because of many differences
                        WP does not have a Music Tile...It is a music and video tiles...Plus in the program the icons are not correct and so on

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                          • Chris S
                          • n{k
                          • 18 Jul 2011

                          total BS. the browser, audio icons and SMS tiles are clear giveaways this is just an android skin

                          WP has an IE tile a Music and video tile (with the zune logo) and the SMS tile is called messeging

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                            • AnonD-591
                            • Sp4
                            • 18 Jul 2011

                            That's just a stupid newspost imo
                            It's a WP7 themed rom.

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                              • ian
                              • nrj
                              • 18 Jul 2011

                              this is a fake so big like a House: see the icon, and the Google logo. I cannot believe that GSMArena falls like this...

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                                • OP7
                                • Hxh
                                • 18 Jul 2011

                                I cant believe you guys really posted this article. That doesnt look anything like WP7. The icons are totally different, the font is different. It's just a launcher on top android.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • i2u
                                  • 18 Jul 2011

                                  Just from looking at these images, this OS looks kind of fake... Also the buttons don't meet the WP7 requirements... I'd doubt this is legit.

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                                    • Dave
                                    • myA
                                    • 18 Jul 2011

                                    Sweet i want this phone now

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                                      • hurue
                                      • PDV
                                      • 18 Jul 2011

                                      first hehe anyways that would be great if optimus black comes in WP7 platform