Verizon has officially announced in a press release that it will launch the LG Revolution 4G LTE enabled smartphone beginning tomorrow Thursday for $249.99 after new 2 year agreement and $50 mail-in rebate. The Revolution will launch with support for Netflix owing to its dual-core processor along with chipset level support for the DRM required to support Netflix streaming. The phone will also feature complimentary access to Mobile Hotspot service until June 15th.
Along with the above, the phone features a 4.3 inch 800×480 resolution display, 5.0 megapixel main camera with 720p video capture, autofocus and flash, as well as a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for video calls, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS support. The LG Revolution is also notable for being the first phone to support Verizon’s planned VoLTE service at the hardware level, but that service will not launch until next year.
With all due respect, isn’t the “dual core with chip level support for DRM” just a bunch of hooey since just about all the single core Snapdragon equipped HTC handsets as well as the Nexus S and Nexus One are all able to currently stream Netflix instantly?