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LG Optimus G review: Grand Slam

22 October 2012 | Read the review | Post your comment
LG Optimus G review: Grand Slam - read the full textDesigned to a flagship standard and powered by the latest in handheld computing, the Optimus G cannot hope for a warm welcome from rivals but is due every bit of their respect. LG is not asking for it – it’s getting ready to earn it...

 

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> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 18:44 from 0wS7 - click to readHARDWARE?

The hardware here from LG is excellent. It truly is. From the display, the simplistic yet unique design, their glass-like rear panel covering that 13 megapixel camera and more. LG’s hardware has always been fairly nice,

SOURCE: Android Community

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  • 2012-10-24 19:44
  • t7y0

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 18:44 from 0wS7 - click to readLG's Optimus "G" BATTERY?



LG is advertising that the Optimus G will last for up to 15 hours in a call and the phone delivered and even exceeded that slightly with 15 hours and 30 minutes. This beats the Galaxy S III time by over 50%, an impressive achievement.


LG Optimus G offers good battery life that should easily get even heavier users through the day.


We suspect the Optimus G time will also improve when LG gets around to releasing the JB update.

SOURCE: GsmArena

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  • 2012-10-24 19:42
  • t7y0

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 18:44 from 0wS7 - click to read LG'S Optimus "G" AUDIO?

LG Optimus G with some of the cleanest output we have seen.
the Optimus G results came out excellent in the first part of our test.

LG Optimus G produced one of the cleanest outputs we have seen. The volume levels don’t drop like on most of the Optimus G rivals, either, so they can qualify as average on this occasion.

SOURCE: GsmArena

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  • 2012-10-24 19:38
  • t7y0

> In reply to LG LIFE IS GOOD @ 2012-10-24 18:14 from t7y0 - click to readOh boy another LG fanboy ... hey have you read the Optimus G review? It says "13MP camera [is] hardly any better than competitors' 8MP units" so it is not very good ...
About camcorder:
"In our video comparison tool, the Optimus G didn't quite manage to match the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III performance in either good or bad lighting. The Optimus G videos are still perfectly usable, but it's obviously lagging behind the One X and, particularly the Galaxy S III on this occasion". There you go ;)

@eFiJy
Leaving aside displays (as I said it is very subjective matter: one prefers IPS, the other Sony Bravia, while another SuperAmoled, Let customers decide); the problem with LG is their support or lack of it and the software itself ...and their in-phone cameras are quite poor ;)

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  • 2012-10-24 18:44
  • 0wS7

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 17:58 from 0wS7 - click to readLG is comeback...


LG's Optimus "G" and LG's NEXUS 4!

whatever you say...
atleast

Optimus "G" is currently the BEST phone.

excellent Chipset/Processor/Hardware
excellent Display
excellent design
excellent Audio/Speaker

very good HD 1080 Video recorder
very good 13MP Camera
very good UI
very good Multimedia
very good Batterylife.

OVERALL: winner over competitors...

Lif's GREAT!

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  • 2012-10-24 18:14
  • t7y0

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 17:58 from 0wS7 - click to readIphone has LG displays...what don't you understand from this sentence? And indee it has the best features of all phones, only lacking the software update, but it's a small price to pay...

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  • 2012-10-24 18:04
  • 0Us{

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 17:08 from 0Us{ - click to readyou're very wrong: first of all I'm talking all the time about LG p920 (not p990), as Gsmarena has it p920 was released in July 2011, so it has a little more than a year, for you information Samsung s2 was released in April 2011 and has been updated to ICS a while ago and now is getting Jellybean, HTC Sensation also has been updated to ICS, even one-core SE mobiles have been updated to ICS (Xperia Arc S, Neo v); So please DO NOT LIE, because almost all flagships, aparat from Moto Atrix, and LG, were given ICS update. The worst thing is there is no clear message from LG as I said before. Each time they say different things or postpone the ICS update over and over so that many users are fed up with it and promise not to buy LG phones no more and to warn others of LG and their lack of proper support (I'm not making this up, it all have been told many times on the lg p920 forum).

And the second part of you post shows you are either an LG fan boy or employee, I mean this part: "the best building materials, has the best design, the best hardware, the best displays". For sure you mean IPS screens, but HTC has AMOLED with higher res., Samsung has SuperAmoled and PLS, Sony has Bravia Engine and Motorola also uses Superamoled, not to mention Iphone's retina display, and to choose the best from that group is a subjective thing, all of them have their pros and cons. For your knowledge Google is also working with Samsung and probably Sony and HTC too because they want to provide a whole range of Nexus devices; don't forget that 3 previous Nexus phones were manufactured by HTC and Samsung...a coincidence I don't think so ;)

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  • 2012-10-24 17:58
  • 0wS7

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 16:35 from 0wS7 - click to readAll phone manufacturers decided not to update their older phones, like 1 or 2 years old...the O2X is 2 years old. Get over it! Beginning with the O4X HD, LG has changed its mentality and with the appearance of Optimus G, you can see for yourself how good it is, LG can't move backwards from this, they learnt many things from their past. And all of you who like the Optimus G but are afraid that it won't be updated, don't worry, it will be updated worldwide before winter holidays.

Trust me folks, LG has solved this update issue by making the next Nexus phone. This partnership between Google and LG can only be good for both sides, LG especially, if Google helps them as much as they helped Samsung with on time updates, then everyone will want an LG, not a different brand. Why do you think Google chose LG as a base for the next Nexus? Because they're rubbish? No, because Google knows that LG uses the best building materials, has the best design, the best hardware, the best displays(they sell displays to other manufacturers including to Apple). And with the best OS running on a device made by LG, the world would now realise what an LG means in fact, you have to like the other features too, not only the OS.

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  • 2012-10-24 17:08
  • 0Us{

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 15:10 from 0Us{ - click to readit seems you have not read my post carefully; lack of the update is one thing (and what you mean by: "living in the past") p920 is/was a high and phone and lg promised to update it, however they failed to do it on time, what's worse though is the fact they seem not to give a toss about the customers, there is lack on information from them and each time you ask them they say different things;

why haven't you referred to the ghost call issue? just to explain the term: calls and sms do not reach you, extremely frustrating as it is LG played a fool saying there is no such a problem (anyone interested see xda forums), To be fair, after 4 or 5 months LG released an update which seems to solve the ghost call issue, however the fact that they were denying it for so much time is contemptible. But the list of problems is longer than that ... check for yourselves.
And no I'm not LG hater, I just express my opinion based on my experience with lg products ...
You've written that people do not think for themeselves and buy products which are advertised in the media ... To some extent you're right, however many will choose samsung over lg because of what they've heard from people as you and me and what they have read on the internet and believe me LG is not well written/spoken of, and that's their own fault

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  • 2012-10-24 16:35
  • 0wS7

Nice looking phone, good HW but, locket bootloader, and LG sw support, I have Optimus 2X. Good phone, I wouldn't change it, but LG fu*ck about customers. Still without ICS. And they don't say anything, this phone without xda would be dead.

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  • 2012-10-24 15:52
  • AZ%V

The AT&T and Sprint version are modified by each carrier...LG isn't involved in this, it isn't the way they would have liked to do it, but we all know that carriers do whatever they want with phones. Maybe the international version will have a microsd slot, like the AT&T version. Other people don't pick on these small things, but you haters should probably go to your sammy fanpage and leave us alone.

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  • 2012-10-24 15:47
  • 0Us{

So this E973 version is confirmed has no SD-card, just like the Nexus phone based on it? Yet the E970 for AT&T does.. and the LS970 for Sprint again does not??

And we wonder why people pan LG products when they can't even be consistent with a goddamn MEMORY CARD SLOT!

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  • 2012-10-24 15:19
  • 46n9

> In reply to ppp @ 2012-10-24 14:46 from 0wS7 - click to readCome on man, get real! You live in the past! And again, all of you know only the update problem...lousy people! Living in the past. Go buy a meizu or a xiaomi, that's the phone that suits you best.

The fact that they're cheaper it's the only advantage on Samsung? Ha...you make me laugh. Did you forget about build quality, design, display, hardware? It only remains the software for LG to be better than Samsung on all areas, and this will be solved on the next Nexus launch. With this new partnership between LG and Google, LG will get the help that Samsung got until now from Google regarding updates.

Haters gonna hate...

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  • 2012-10-24 15:10
  • 0Us{

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 13:47 from 0Us{ - click to readtrolololo lg phone that does the job :D; lg phones are cheaper and that's the only advantage over samsung mobiles. LG has very poor support, just to give you an example: LG P920 had ghost calls for over 4 or 5 months on android 2.3, and what LG did? they were denying most of the time that the problem existed, don't believe check xda forums; aparat from that the update was android ICS was scheduled for the second quarter of 2012 then rescheduled for the thrid one, and now we have the fourth quarter of the year and no sign of the updates whatsoever. Be realist before buying LG phone,consult the internet ;)

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  • 2012-10-24 14:46
  • 0wS7

> In reply to Mobilemaster @ 2012-10-24 13:37 from 0UuI - click to readSamsung sold many phones because they had the succes with the S2, in a time when the S2 had no rival. That's why Samsung sells many phones. The people primarily buy the name, like the case of Apple. Not a single Iphone can make what an Android one does, yet people buy them in a large amount. Why is that? Because of the name. People don't know to choose for themselves, don't know to choose what's best for them, they are constantly being told what to do on TV, media, newspapers...people simpy forgot to THINK FOR THEMSELVES, and that's why they get fooled by companies like this or that, which promote even the worst phone as the best phone and people buy it big time. I sincerely prefere a good phone made by LG, which does its job and in the same time is very exclusive, unlike a Samsung.

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  • 2012-10-24 13:47
  • 0Us{

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 13:30 from 0Us{ - click to readIt's sad that they can't sell half of what Samsung can. :P I am curious what will happen next year, who will make the best smart phone.

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  • 2012-10-24 13:37
  • 0UuI

> In reply to Mobilemaster @ 2012-10-24 12:26 from 0UuI - click to readLol...are you still stuck with the Motorola? Make a comparison between this phone and any Motorola and you will see that the Motorolas are better when it comes to battery, but that's because they have a big battery and nothing else to consume that battery, like processing power and visual effects.

Ok, let's not compare Motorolas with the Optimus G, let's compare them with Optimus 4X HD. They are still trailing behind the LG.

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  • 2012-10-24 13:30
  • 0Us{

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 10:50 from 0Us{ - click to readTotally agree with you ,,,mot many of know about this
1.Lg first to introduce Capacitive screen.
2. Lg prada first to introduce capacitve and center button which apple copy then samsung.
3.They first introduced 2 mp cam front facing camera for video calling.
4.First to introduce Dual Core mobile in form Lg optimus 2x.
5.First to introduce Quad core LG OPTIMUS 4x .
6.First to introduce HD screen on mobile LG OPTIMUS HD
7.First to introduce FULL HD Recording in LG OPTIMUS 2x
8.First to introduce S4 quad core processor in OPtimus G.
Yes it had mistakes in the past but We all learn from mistakes ,,so is LG.

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  • 2012-10-24 13:22
  • Hkq4

> In reply to eFiJy @ 2012-10-24 10:36 from 0Us{ - click to readI have changed my mind. The Optimus G is the best phone(from the whole world except Japan). It lacks a few things, but it's a great phone.

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  • 2012-10-24 12:26
  • 0UuI

It will get JB because LG has a new partnership with Google by making the next Nexus phone, and this will be a good thing for all LG's phones in terms of updating.

Motorola looking better than LG? In what world? LG is known for its design and build quality, Motorola only for its battery. But the design matter is subjective, so if you like Motorola better, ok, but this doesn't mean that is true.

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  • 2012-10-24 11:41
  • 0Us{
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