Mobile World Congress 2012 kicks off on the 27th of this month in Barcelona, and as usual before the event begins numerous devices get announced, only yesterday did LG announce three new smartphone in the form of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich Optimus L7 and Optimus L5 and the Gingerbread Optimus L3, and no have announced yet another Optimus device ahead of the event.

According to the guys over at GSMArena, LG has now announced the LG Optimus 3D Cube smartphone, the successor to the LG Optimus 3D and improves on its predecessor with a thinner 9.6mm thick design whereas the LG Optimus 3D was 11.9mm thick.

The new LG Optimus 3D Cube sports the same 4.3-inch WVGA IPS glasses free 3D touch screen, wit dual 5 megapixel rear cameras and 1080p video as the original handset but now also packs a 1.2 GHz processor rather than a 1GHz, doubles the memory from 8GB to 16GB and now has NFC built in using LG Tag+ and a bigger 1520mAh battery.

Size wise the LG Optimus 3D Cube measures 126.8 x 67.4 x 9.6mm and weighs in at 148 grams, and initially will release sporting the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system however the device will seen an update to Android Ice Cream Sandwich at some point.

The LG Optimus 3D Cube will be shown off at MWC 2012 in Barcelona, and is expected to launch on SK Telecom in South Korea in March with a price tag of 847,000 won, which is roughly US$753.