LG confirms Optimus 2X will indeed be updated to ICS... in Korea, at least

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The [LG Optimus 2X][3] has been no stranger to controversy when it comes to [firmware upgrades][4] (for some variants, at least) so we didn't blink an eye when we heard [LG Canada's proclamation][5] that the dual-core device would forever remain on Gingerbread -- despite the company's previous statements to the contrary. It turns out, however, that the future of the Optimus 2X may not be all doom and gloom -- for Korea, anyway. The company's Korean branch sent out a tweet mentioning that the phone will indeed be updated to Android 4.0. Though the tweet itself appeared to be country-agnostic, we have reached out to LG reps and received official confirmation, telling us "for now, that tweet only refers to Korean availability." We still haven't heard any news about [ICS][6] coming to any of its global counterparts, but we imagine the healthy dev community will likely cook up a few happy options in a worst-case scenario.

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