LG Optimus Black review: Black and bright

12 May 2011
It’s not a Black Label phone but could’ve honored the designer series. It’s called Black but bathes in light. What is the LG Optimus Black? To begin with, it’s solid build and pure elegance. With Android on board, smartphone meets...

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  • ivan
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  • 13 May 2011

Biloutte, 13 May 2011They say in the review: "We also ran our traditional ... moreIt has a loud loudspeaker but it's quiet while listening to music on it with headphones on! Read into it, they're talking about two different things. One is how your phone rings when you get a call and the other is how Macy Gray sounds when you're listening to music WITH HEADPHONES ON.

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    • Anonymous
    • Qxp
    • 13 May 2011

    I think the main competitor of LG Optimus Black is the Samsung i9003 Galaxy SL since both phones have similar spec & similar price range.

    btw, it, nice to know that LG finally create an Android phone with 3G video-call capability.
    :)

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      • AnonD-5197
      • qbY
      • 13 May 2011

      Biloutte, 13 May 2011They say in the review: "We also ran our traditional ... moreThe loudspeaker is loud(ringtones, notification sounds, speaker phone etc),

      but with headphones attached(listening to music, watching videos etc), it's one of the quieter ones among competition.

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        • Biloutte
        • mDQ
        • 13 May 2011

        They say in the review:
        "We also ran our traditional loudspeaker test on the LG Optimus Black. Scoring a Very Good result, you can bet you won't be missing any calls with it"
        But also :
        "Plus the Optimus Black is one of the quiestes handsets we have seen, so you will understand why we aren't too excited about its performance here. "
        So is it loud or not ??

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          • Indo
          • wHk
          • 13 May 2011

          Could you please name a better phone for the price, I mean come on it is 364 euro... of course SGS 2 is better but it also is 600 euros
          I'we owned it since 3rd of may and I am realy happy with it; I could not have bought a better phone for this money.

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            • Anonymous
            • 3XL
            • 13 May 2011

            Those LGs and Samsungs look so similar nowadays... Can their engineers not copy iPhone's design at least once?

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              • Anonymous
              • tR9
              • 13 May 2011

              I can't believe how bad the HD video recording is on this phone. Overall the phone looks fine but there are better phones out there for the price...

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                • Anonymous
                • w0Q
                • 13 May 2011

                Ok guys, this phone is awesome, it is like you have almost everything in a smartphone, it is not that high end, but you can get it in a most reasonable price, plus factor is the nova display and the 2 mp front facing camera. So where can experia arc competes with this? PRICE? NO, FRONT FACING CAMERA 2MP? NO, NOVA DISPLAY? NO!

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                  • Rooney
                  • 2IG
                  • 13 May 2011

                  debus, 12 May 2011Guys who in there rite mind care about this mobile i want g... moreMe too,guy. Why the Galaxy S II take a long time. It already sell over 2week.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • sxv
                    • 13 May 2011

                    battery life and gaming please! :/

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                      • Indo
                      • La5
                      • 12 May 2011

                      Well put joonius :))
                      the world it just to full of these guys, anyway it is understandeble since they are 12

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                        • Anonymous
                        • pT6
                        • 12 May 2011

                        not a bad phone but i will choose SE xperia arc over this phone for sure

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                          • AnonD-5197
                          • qbY
                          • 12 May 2011

                          debus, 12 May 2011Guys who in there rite mind care about this mobile i want g... moreFunny, I clicked on comment section expecting an noob like this... lol

                          Thoroughly enjoyed the review. ;)

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                            • AnonD-1393
                            • j%4
                            • 12 May 2011

                            debus, 12 May 2011Guys who in there rite mind care about this mobile i want g... moreThose who can't afford a galaxy S II.

                            whining in optimus black review comments about unrelated phone = lame

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                              • pXx
                              • 12 May 2011

                              Hi gsmarena,
                              in the market section "The LG Optimus Black is running the latest available version of Android", well it s stil foyo and not gingerbread.

                              thanks for the review

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                                • greg
                                • ntd
                                • 12 May 2011

                                strange-8 or 9 pages and only a few (not clean) words about battery.Ridiculous....

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                                  • debus
                                  • PSd
                                  • 12 May 2011

                                  Guys who in there rite mind care about this mobile i want galaxy s 2 review...please publish it

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • uEx
                                    • 12 May 2011

                                    great phone. if only the processor is dual core one. but I guess that wouldn't be a problem. it's a good bargain... getting one of these next august