LG Optimus G Review

LG Optimus G is a high-end cellphone released back in 2012, packing a great 1500 MHz Quad-Core CPU, a 4.7 inches capacitive screen, and two cameras, a 13 megapixels back side camera and a 1.3 MP front camera. But it's time to get into a bit more details.

This cellphone feels a bit heavy comparing with today standards, with a weight of 5.11 oz. LG offers this cellphone in 2 different color options, black and white. Though this cellphone is only 5.19" long and 2.71 inches wide, it manages to hold a 4.7 inches display. Being just 0.33 inches thick,this cellphone is extremely thin and practical.

LG decided to power the LG Optimus G using a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 system chip, backed up by an extremely fast 1.5 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU and a huge 2 GB of RAM. Graphic rendering often uses a lot of processor cycles, so this device counts with an extra 400 megahertz Adreno 320 graphics processing unit to help handle those graphic tasks. A good point of this device is its 32 GB astonishing internal storage memory and a slot for an external memory card, enough to store hundreds of apps and even the heaviest games currently available without worrying about running out of space at all.

LG equipped the LG Optimus G with a completely amazing 4.7" screen, and a 1280 x 768 resolution, which makes all images and videos look completely perfect. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.

This cellphone features two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back camera and a 1.3 MP front camera. It can also capture videos up to 1920x1080 (Full HD). Additionally, the camera counts with a large number of cool features like flash, auto-focus, fast burst mode, smile detection shooting, face detection shooting and geo tagging.

This phone counts with a 2100 mAh high capacity Li-Polymer non-removable battery that can keep it running for many hours, although you may find yourself looking for a place to charge it if you use it heavily. This phone has an estimated talk time of 15 hs and a stand by time of 335 hours according to LG. An issue to take into consideration is that the LG Optimus G's battery is not replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it starts to lose its charge, though with this big battery you will probably buy a new phone before that happens.

This phone offers wi-fi connection (and it can provide it to other devices around, acting as a router), 4G (LTE) high performance data connection and also HSPA+ data connection, which is a bit slower 4G technology and 3G fast connectivity, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The LG Optimus G uses a Micro SIM card for GSM networks.

This phone also features a handful of interesting characteristics as NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth and GPS (Global Positioning System), and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

LG sells the LG Optimus G for $ 405, which is high for this type of cellphone. This cellphone is the right one for you no matter if you need a work device, will use this cellphone mainly for social networks, will use it as a gaming device or are a photography fan.