The Italian fashion major Prada had released its first phone in a co-partnership with LG Electronics in 2007 called LG Prada. Afterwards, the company did some modifications and launched LG Prada 2. And a few months back, another Prada labeled phone LG Prada 3.0 was released, which is a serious Android smartphone with impressive specs and unique design.

Now, the Italian company is again working with LG to release not just one, but three more Android-powered handsets which will hit the market in late April.

New Optimus L series smartphones are being released from LG. These three Prada-styled phones are name Optimus L3, Optimus L5 and Optimus L7. But these phones are not surprising at all as they are pretty outdated when looking at the hardware specs that these branded phones boast.

Optimus L7 is a premier phone out of these three. The L7 packs 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 480 X 800 pixels. It has dual-core 1 GHz processor with 512 MB of RAM. L7 offers 4GB of internal storage and also supports microSD card up to 32GB. It sports a 5-megapixel camera, which is just another standard feature of today's mid-level Android smartphones. But it has an advantage with its Android OS v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

The only common thing in these three phones is Prada's label. Optimus L5 and L3 are more like low-end phones. The L5 has 4-inch display with a resolution of 320 X 480 pixels. It is really odd to see that resolution on a 4-inch screen. Even rival Android phones with 3.7-inch displays have a resolution of 480 X 850 pixels. It has single-core 800 MHz processor and 512MB of RAM. It also has 5-megapixel camera and runs Android OS v4.0 ICS.

The last one, LG Optimus L3, has little to boast of. It features 3.2-inch display with 240 X 320 pixels resolution. Unfortunately, it also runs Android v2.3 Gingerbread, instead of all the all-new Ice Cream Sandwich.

Prada 3.0 was quite a good deal with up to date features and a good sleek design. But the L3, L5 and L7 are not interesting deals at all. They have the same problem that most branded phones have - outdated specifications and features. Based on the figure, success of these phones is doubted.

(reported by Johnny Wills, edited by Dave Clark)