The LG Optimus is a modern smart phone, arguably marking a major entry point for LG into the premium smart phone market. Finally doing away with LG’s proprietary operating system in favour of Android 2.1, the LG Optimus comes compatible with a wide variety of applications and software from day one, with new software being made available on a daily basis.
The LG Optimus has many features to recommend it. Most notably the phone not only boasts a high resolution 320 by 480 resolution display at 3 inches, but it also manages to keep a relatively high talking battery life of 5.5 hours at the same time. In addition, the support of HSDPA broadband at 7.2 Megabits per second, Wi-Fi, and GPS guidance are all welcome additions to the product. With such a dedication to raw performance and features, there’s little reason to assume that the LG Optimus is anything like their previous phones.
There are few negative points to the LG Optimus, beside the usual high cost of new technology. While preferences differ, as a whole the touch screen is easy to use and quite responsive, and the unit simply works the way it is supposed to. With the hardware running the same android software as most all other competitors, there is little reason to avoid this mobile, despite LG’s long history of average products. Avoid paying the full retail cost by upgrading or purchasing new contract mobile phones as most service providers will subsidise new technology costs under certain conditions.
