LG Optimus Smartphones
All four LG Optimus phones for US market, Optimus U, Optimus M, Optimus S and Optimus P509 are powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with 3.2” Capacitive Touch Screen with tempered glass and tactile feedback, Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype, 3.2 Megapixel Autofocus Camera and Camcorder, Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR.
All of them are candy bar and nearly same in size except for Optimus S; Optimus S L5670 is slimmer and light. The missing feature in these four phones is the physical QWERTY keyboard.
The four full featured Android Smartphones support Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Map and integrated Social Network Capabilities. With Google Voice the Android Optimus makes tasks like online search, shopping and music simple and easy.
Optimus U U5670 (CDMA Phone)
- 3.2” Capacitive Touch Screen, 16M Colour CGS, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- 7 Customizable Home screens
- 3.2MP autofocus camera with camcorder
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- Hearing Aid Compatible (M4/T4-Rating)
- Network support: CDMA 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA
- Data: EVDO Rev. A, 1xRTT
- Dimension: 4.56” (H) x 2.22” (W) x 0.62” (D)
- Weight: 5.57 oz.
- Battery: 1500 mAh; talktime up to 7 hrs, standby time up to 20 days
Optimus U is tied in US to the mobile carrier US Cellular.
The LG Optimus U design is simple with curved edges and matt finish; weight is slightly high compared to the average weight of Smartphones. Display is quiet attractive, The camera does not have LED flash and lacks built-in Flash video in the browser.
Optimus M5690 (CDMA Phone)
- 3.2” Capacitive Tempered Glass Touch Screen, 64K Colour, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- 7 Customizable Home screens
- 3.2MP autofocus camera with camcorder
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps, Google Voice
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- Hearing Aid Compatible (M4/T4-Rating)
- Network support: CDMA 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA, 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS
- Data: EVDO Rev. 0
- Dimension: 4.57” (H) x 2.22” (W) x 0.62” (D)
- Weight: 5.39 oz.
- Battery: 1500 mAh; talktime up to 7.5 hrs, standby time up to 20 days
Optimus M is tied in US to the mobile carrier MetroPCS.
The LG Optimus M design and dimension are quiet similar to Optimus U but the body is silver; weight is a bit low (just 0.18 oz lower than U) but high compared to the average weight of Smartphones. The camera does not have LED flash and lacks built-in Flash video in the browser.
Optimus S L5670 Purple (CDMA Phone)
- 3.2” Capacitive Touch Screen, 16M Colour TFT, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- 5 Customizable Home screens
- 3.2MP autofocus camera with camcorder
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps, Google Voice
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- Hearing Aid Compatible (M4/T4-Rating)
- Network support: CDMA 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA
- Data: EVDO Rev. A
- Dimension: 4.23” (H) x 2.228” (W) x 0.47” (D)
- Weight: 4.06 oz.
- Battery: 1500 mAh; talktime up to 5 hrs
Optimus S is tied in US to the mobile carrier Sprint.
The LG Optimus S design is same as Optimus U but the body colour is purple. This phone has an attractive profile compared to Optimus U and M, slim and light, less than the average weight of Smartphones. This phone’s camera also like the U and M does not have LED flash and lacks built-in Flash video in the browser. The camera doesn’t have HD video capture.
The weaker side of this phone is its slow processor, it has got dual processor: 600 MHz applications processor and 400 MHz modem processor. The battery life also lower, the talk-time is only 5 hours. The call quality is also not well reviewed by users. This is a phone for Smartphone newbie.
Optimus P509 Titanium (3G Phone)
- 3.2” Capacitive Touch Screen, 16.5M Colour TFT, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- 7 Customizable Home screens
- 3.2MP autofocus camera with camcorder
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- Hearing Aid Compatible (M4/T4-Rating)
- Network support: GSM.; 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, 1700/2100 MHz (Quad-Band/Dual-Mode)
- Data: GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- Dimension: 4.46” (H) x 2.32” (W) x 0.52” (D)
- Weight: 4.48 oz.
- Battery: 1500 mAh; talktime up to 5 hrs, standby time up to 18 days and 18 hours.
This model is tied in US to the mobile carrier T-Mobile.
With the DriveSmart Technology you can receive calls directly to a Bluetooth® device or voicemail and automatically replies to text messages with an alert that the user is driving.
The P509 Optimus T design is similar to Optimus S but the body colour is different and looks sleek and attractive with silver ring on the side. This is also like S, an entry level Smartphone with slow processor; 600 MHz applications processor and 400 MHz modem processor. The camera also like the other models above does not have LED flash and lacks built-in Flash video in the browser. The camera doesn’t have HD video capture.
The battery life also low, the talk-time is only 5 hours.
The other popular Optimus phones in the global market are the Windows 7 phones LG Optimus 7 and 7Q, Android phones LG Optimus One and the latest Optimus 2X.
Windows 7 LG Phones
Windows 7 features include Outlook Integration, Intelligent Shot, ScanSearch, People Hub, Voice to Text and PlayTo.
With ScanSearch – Users can access real-time information about shopping, dining, weather, entertainment and banking,
The applications like ‘Play To’, Augmented reality (AR) and Voice to text are available via live tiles on Windows Phone 7 or can be accessed from the LG store on the Marketplace.
The phones LG Optimus 7Q and LG Optimus 7 give a good experience to Smartphone users with the combination of Windows Phone 7 and the LG Optimus features. They offer best multimedia experience with links to Zune and XBox Live.
LG Optimus 7Q
LG Optimus 7Q comes with large 3.5″ capacitive Touch Screen, powered by Windows Phone 7 and 1GHz processor, 5.0 Megapixel 4x digital zoom camera with Intelligent Shot mode.
This is the only Windows Phone 7 LG device to include a slide out QWERTY keypad.
- 3.5” Capacitive Touch LCD Screen, 16M Colour TFT, 480 x 800 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- slide out QWERTY keypad
- Customizable Home screens
- 5.0 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 4x digital zoom, Panorama Shot
- 720p HD Video Recording
- Memory: Internal 16GB, 512MB RAM
- 1GHz Processor
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR, A2DP
- Full HTML Web Browser with Adobe Flash Player
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- FM Radio
- Network support: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900; UMTS 850/1900/2100/GPRS Class 12/EDGE Class 12/HSDPA Speed DL:7.2/UL:5.7
- Dimension: 119.5mm (H) x 59.5mm (W) x 15.22mm (D)
- Weight: 185g
- Battery: 1500 mAh LI-ion; talktime up to 250 mins, standby time up to 250 hours.
7Q is an attractive Windows 7 LG Smartphone with powerful 5.0MP camera and a physical slide-out QWERTY keypad. Slim even with slide-out keypad.
The short coming is its battery life; 250 min talk-time.
LG Optimus 7
LG Optimus 7 comes with larger 3.8″ capacitive Touch Screen, powered by Windows Phone 7 and 1GHz processor, 5.0 Megapixel 4x digital zoom camera with Intelligent Shot mode.
- 3.8” Capacitive Touch LCD Screen, WVGA 16M Colour, 480 x 800 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- Customizable Home screens
- 5.0 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 4x digital zoom, Panorama Shot
- 720p HD Video Recording
- Memory: Internal 16GB, 512MB RAM
- 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR
- Full HTML Web Browser with Adobe Flash Player
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- FM Radio
- Network support: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900; UMTS 900/1900/2100/GPRS Class 12/EDGE Class 12/HSDPA Speed DL:7.2/UL:5.7
- Dimension: 125mm (H) x 59.8mm (W) x 11.5mm (D)
- Weight: 156g
- Battery: 1500 mAh LI-ion; talktime up to 6 hours, standby time up to 400 hours; Audio Playback22 hours and Video Playback4 hours
Optimus 7 has a larger screen, light weight and battery life is better compared to 7Q.
Optimus 7 and 7Q offers high-quality HD films in HD (720P), play them back on the 3.8” WVGA screen or use the unique ‘Play To’ feature to share them wirelessly with an HD TV.
Android LG Optimus One
An entry point Smartphone with superb design, comes with 3.2″ Touch Screen Phone Powered by Android latest OS 2.2 (Froyo)
- 3.2” Capacitive Touch LCD Screen, 262K Colour TFT, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- Customizable Home screens
- 3.2 MP autofocus & manual focus camera with LED flash, 15x digital zoom
- Memory: Internal 150MB user memory + 2GB microSD card included, 512MB RAM, External up to 32GB
- Processor: 600MHz
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR, A2DP
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps
- Integrated Social Network
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- FM Radio
- Network support: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900; UMTS 900//2100/GPRS Class 10/EDGE Class 10/HSDPA Speed 7.2
- Dimension: 113.5mm (H) x 59.0mm (W) x 13.3mm (D)
- Weight: 127g
- Battery: 1500 mAh LI-ion; talktime up to 5 hours (2G) 6 hours (3G), standby time up to 450 hours (2G, 3G); Audio Playback 22 hours and Video Playback 4 hours
With Google Voice the Android Optimus makes tasks like online search, shopping and music simple and easy.
Thin slate phone, camera has 15x digital zoom with auto and manual focus
The processor speed is slow, only 600MHz. A good Smartphone for new users to start with
LG Optimus GT540
A basic Smartphone with 3.0″ Touch Screen Phone Powered by Android OS 1.6 (Donut)
- 3.0” Touch LCD Screen, 262K Colour TFT, 480 x 320 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard
- 3.0 MP autofocus & manual focus camera with LED flash, 4x digital zoom
- Memory: Internal 200MB user memory, 4GB NAND Flash/2GB SDRAM, External up to 32GB
- Processor: 600MHz
- Bluetooth Version: 2.1 + EDR, A2DP
- Wi-Fi 802.11b, A-GPS
- FM Radio
- Google Applications
- Push email
- Network support: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900; UMTS 850 (900)/2100/GPRS Class 12/EDGE Class 12/HSDPA Speed 7.2 Mbps
- Dimension: 109mm (H) x 54.5mm (W) x 12.9mm (D)
- Weight: 115.5g
- Battery: 1500 mAh LI-ion; talktime up to 250 mins, standby time up to 350 hours
A faux metal finish, round edged thin, very light weight and easy to fit in pocket size phone with auto and manual focus camera
The processor speed is slow, 600 MHz and the touch screen is resistive
LG Optimus 2x
The first dual-core Android Smartphone with 1 GHz high-performance Tegra 2 processor. This is the latest LG Optimus Smartphone to be introduced, with a dual core processor in mobile phone.
The device is powered by Android 2.2, with a promised upgrade to 2.3 soon.
The device comes with large 4” WVGA display with its own IPS technology that was used in iPhone 4. The IPS technology was sold to Apple by LG to make the iPhone 4.
The phone has created a hype with its specification: 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 4-inch WVGA display, 8GB memory (up to 32GB via microSD), 1,500 mAh battery, 8MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera, full 1080p TV-out via HDMI and running on Android 2.2 upgradeable to Gingerbread (Android 2.3).
- 4.0” Capacitive Touch Screen, WVGA, 16M Colour, IPS, 480 x 800 Pixels
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
- Customizable Home screens
- 8 MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash, HD Video capture
- 1.3 MP front camera
- Memory: 8GB up to 32GB via microSD
- Processor: 1 GHz, Dual core ARM Cortex A9
- Bluetooth Version: 802.11b/g
- Full HTML Web Browser with Google Search, Google Maps
- Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering capabilities
- Network support: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, USB, GPS
- Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA
- FM Radio
- Video Player full 1080p TV-out via HDMI
- Battery: 1500 mAh