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LG Cosmos 2 (Verizon Wireless)

August 18th, 2011

The LG Cosmos 2 is a modest upgrade over the original LG Cosmos, which we reviewed back in March of 2010. It’s still a solid performer, and one of the few Verizon phones that doesn’t require a data plan. If all you need is voice calls, texting, and a music player, the Cosmos 2 will take you far. Just don’t buy this cell phone expecting a powerful Internet experience.

LG Cosmos 2 (Verizon Wireless)

Design, Call Quality, and Interface
The Cosmos 2 measures 4.4 by 2.1 by 0.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.6 ounces. It’s made entirely of a solid-feeling matte plastic, and at least when closed, it looks almost identical to the original Cosmos (save for the fact that it opens the opposite way, with the two menu buttons now on the left instead of the right). The smallish 2-inch screen sports a relatively sharp 240-by-320-pixel resolution with unusually vibrant color for a low-end phone. If you don’t like ergonomically angled QWERTY keyboards, the Cosmos 2 may appeal to you. It features four perfectly straight rows of flat, rubber keys that are spaced slightly apart from each other. I could type on it fine, but I don’t like keyboards that put the spacebar in between letter keys, because it leads to more typos; I’d rather lose the row of numbers across the top instead. On the plus side, the numeric keypad on the front was easy to dial numbers with, and I liked the bright, even backlighting.

The Cosmos 2 is a dual-band 1xRTT (850/1900 MHz) device with no 3G or Wi-Fi. That’s fine, though; blazing Internet access isn’t really this handset’s mission. Calls sounded clear, crisp, and loud, in both directions, with no audible background hiss. A slight hint of static around spoken words was all that distinguished it from a nearby Verizon iPhone 4. The static was telling, though, as reception seemed below par; the Cosmos 2 dropped several calls during testing. The speakerphone went nice and loud, with little audible distortion at the top setting.

Calls sounded clear through an Aliph Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset ($129, 4 stars). Voice dialing worked fine over Bluetooth, though sometimes it took several seconds before it registered my voice command. Battery life was good at 6 hours and 15 minutes of talk time.

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LG Optimus V (Virgin Mobile)

June 15th, 2011

LG has pretty much swept the major U.S. wireless carriers with its budget-priced Optimus line of Android cell phones. They’re not Droid X or iPhone 4 killers, but they’re sufficiently responsive, powerful, and well balanced. Typically, they offer all the power most consumers need at a bargain price. Virgin Mobile’s LG Optimus V is yet another successful version; this one offers the same network coverage as Sprint’s LG Optimus S (Free, 4 stars), albeit with money-saving Beyond Talk service choices that range from just $25 to $60 per month. It’s a great buy no matter how you look at it. It even makes the cut for our list of The Best Android Phones.

Design and Call Quality
We’ve already reviewed the Optimus lineup in several incarnations. A quick recap: The LG Optimus V measures 4.5 by 2.3 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.7 ounces. Like the others, this version is covered in a classy-looking, soft touch material. It also features a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen with 320-by-480-pixel resolution. LG refers to this screen as glass, but it doesn’t feel as good as the glass capacitive screens I’ve tried on higher-end handsets. It’s still plenty accurate, though. The proximity sensor was a little buggy on my test handset; it had a bad habit of making the screen disappear whenever I was about to end a call or activate the speakerphone. The Swype QWERTY keyboard is a little cramped and takes some getting used to, but plenty of Android fans swear by it. (I’m not a Swype fan, but it’s a personal thing.)

The LG Optimus V is a dual-band EV-DO Rev 0 (850/1900 MHz) device with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Unlike the Optimus M on MetroPCS, the Optimus V can hit 3G data speeds. That’s important for Web browsing, streaming audio, and other Internet-based apps. It doesn’t work as a mobile hotspot, though; for that, you’ll need the Optimus S over on Sprint.

Voice quality was excellent overall; voices were clear and bright in the earpiece, with no background hiss and plenty of gain. Callers said I sounded very clear as well, and reception was average. Calls also sounded fine through an Aliph Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset ($99, 4 stars), though the Optimus V sometimes transferred a call back to the handset without warning. Voice dialing worked fine over Bluetooth without training. The speakerphone went plenty loud for outdoor use, but sounded a bit distorted at the top four volume settings. Battery life was good at 5 hours and 26 minutes of talk time.

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LG Phoenix (AT&T)

June 15th, 2011

LG‘s value-priced Optimus One smartphone has finally made it over to AT&T. Dubbed the Phoenix here, it lets bargain hunters step to a real Android cell phone for just $29.99 with a two year contract. At this price, the Phoenix does the job just fine. But AT&T subscribers also have the ability to get a $49.99 Apple iPhone 3GS (4.5 stars), which makes the Phoenix a bit less compelling than its siblings on Sprint and T-Mobile.

Design, Call Quality, and Apps
The LG Phoenix measures 4.5 by 2.3 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs just 3.2 ounces. That’s light for an Android phone, and this is the lightest Optimus variant by far. It’s made mostly of a soft touch, slate blue plastic that’s comfortable to hold. The 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen offers 320-by-480-pixel resolution; it’s bright, if not particularly smooth to the touch, but it does the job. Four backlit, plastic function buttons sit beneath the screen, and have just the right amount of give. The on-screen QWERTY keyboards are a little cramped, but LG redesigned the keyboards to have slightly larger keys. The typing experience was okay; other phones are roomier and a bit more responsive.

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LG T-Mobile G2x Hands-On Preview

May 24th, 2011

When the T-Mobile G2x and two other Android OS gadgets debuted this week, I was there at the lavish event in New York City put on by T-Mobile to get some early hands-on time. The demoes that took place included an extensive look at this Android smartphone’s HDMI, mirroring-enabled video gaming.

LG T-Mobile G2x Hands-On PreviewAlthough T-Mobile had embarked on online sales of the G2x the week before, the shindig in Manhattan on Wednesday coincided with the first-time this new smartphone was made available in T-Mobile stores nationwide.

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LG Thrive to be AT&T’s First Prepaid Smartphone

April 13th, 2011
LG Thrive to be AT&T's First Prepaid Smartphone

LG Thrive to be AT&T's First Prepaid Smartphone

No one likes signing their life away to cell phone contracts, but fortunately, most service providers offer some kind of prepaid solution, and they’re slowly starting to diversify their phone offerings to include smartphones.

Case in point, today AT&T introduced the LG Thrive, the first smartphone to be available on its GoPhone prepaid service. The Android 2.2 device will start shipping on April 17 and will cost $179.99 and require a GoPhone smartphone data package, which comes in three flavors: $25 for 500MB; $15 for 100MB; or $5 for 10MB.

The Thrive features a 3.2-inch, 320×480 touch screen, a 600MHz processor, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. The smartphone also has Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, and 3G support and ships with 160MB of internal memory and a 2GB microSD card.

In addition to the Thrive, AT&T will offer a postpaid version of the Thrive, called the LG Phoenix, for $49.99 with a two-year contract. The Phoenix will also be available on April 17 and adds mobile hot-spot capabilities and data tethering support.

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LG Optimus 2X a dual-core LG Star

January 3rd, 2011

LG Optimus 2X a dual-core LG Star
LG Optimus 2X a dual-core LG Star

Here is a video of the LG Optimus 2X perhaps also known as the LG Star (SU660). Alledgely set for the Korean market, the video above displays this device working with HDMI the way phones should work with HDMI. It’s seamless, smooth and works rather well. This device looks very similar to the LG Star that we have already given some read-time too. The difference allegedly being that the LG Optimus 2X is a dual-core equivalent. In a video presented after the break, we get to see the Optimus 2X apparently wipe the floor with the Samsung Galaxy S. Of course, eventually there always had to be a new phone that drastically out-performed the Galaxy S, but to see it so soon is a rather surprise encounter.

Although I am not familiar with this particular benchmarking test, the difference in performance as shown by the video is most likely due to the dual-core nature of the Optimus 2X. Either way, it certainly casts an interesting foreshadow of what is to come from these dual-core devices. Remember, in theory they will be much less power intensive too.

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LG dLite – Bubblegum Pink (T-Mobile)

November 21st, 2010

LG d'Lite - Bubblegum Pink (T-Mobile)

LG d'Lite - Bubblegum Pink (T-Mobile)

The LG dLite is a stylish and fashionable phone for the ultrafeminine. It has a unique hidden LED matrix display, an edge-lit LED surface, a 2.0-megapixel camera, a music player, 3G support, and fantastic call quality.

Not too many phones can wow us these days, especially if it isn’t a tricked out smartphone or a multimedia touch-screen wonder. However, the LG dLite sparkled and dazzled its way into our inner adolescent heart. More closely resembling its Korean cousins than any of its American siblings, the dLite is utterly girly in every way, with blinking lights, pastel colors, and cartoonish wallpaper. Its features aren’t earth shattering by any means–there’s a 2.0-megapixel camera, a music player, threaded messaging, a social networking app, and a few other basics–but the charm and whimsy of the phone’s design won us over in the end. If we were still in our tweens, we would totally beg our parents to get us this phone. The LG dLite is available for an affordable $49.99 with a new two-year agreement with T-Mobile.

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LG Ally (Verizon Wireless)

November 15th, 2010

LG Ally (Verizon Wireless)The LG Ally is a sturdy device with Android 2.1. It has a great slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Features include GPS, a 3.2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and

Though LG has made Android phones for a while, they were always for the European and Asian markets. The LG Ally, however, marks the first LG Android phone to hit U.S. shores. There’s nothing too new with the Ally, but we think LG did a great job here. The display is very nice, we love the slide-out keyboard, and the performance is great. We also really appreciate that it comes with the latest Android OS build, Android 2.1, right out of the gate. The LG Ally has a very impressive price tag of $99.99 as long as you sign up for a new two-year agreement with Verizon Wireless.

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LG Octane VN530

October 28th, 2010

The LG Octane has an intriguing form factor – a full QWERTY keyboard, while a small external LCD screen feeds information to you when the handset is closed. The outer LCD display is 176×220 pixels, while the internal one is 240×320 pixels. The LG Octane sports a 3MP camera with flash, and its dimensions are 4.21”x2.16”x0.63”, which is bearable for a landscape QWERTY slider. The keyboard has a navigational D-pad, and LG has decided to go with a non-standard 2.5mm audio jack.

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