LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its flagship smartphone called the Optimus G with plans to launch it in Korea next month.

The company said that the new wireless gadget ― developed jointly with LG affiliates such as LG Chem, LG Display and LG Innotek ― will come with a 4.7-inch True High Definition IPS Plus display and a 1.5 gigahertz quad-core processor.

The Optimus G, which was also dubbed the chairman’s mobile phone, will be the world’s first to carry the next-generation Snapdragon S4 processor by Qualcomm.

Weighing 145 grams, the device runs on Google’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile platform and is equipped with a 13 megapixel camera on the back, its officials said.

The new smartphone also has a 3-millimeter bezel and a thickness of 8 millimeters as well as an extended-life 2100 mAh battery.

With its launch here through all three mobile carriers in September, it will also roll out in overseas markets.

As a start, the Long Term Evolution model will be released through NTT DoCoMo in Japan in early October, according to company officials.

“This is LG’s ambitious project that focuses on unique user experience and creative design which is based on LG affiliates’ competitiveness in technology and innovation,” said LG mobile chief Park Jong-seok. “The launch is deemed to become the momentum for our smartphone business, gaining better ground in the global arena.”

By Cho Ji-hyun (sharon@heraldcorp.com)