LG Optimus 3D review: This summer, in 3D

22 July 2011
The magical allure of 3D is stronger than ever but manufacturers struggle to meet the demand for better and cheaper ways of 3D capture and viewing. And while glasses may feel alright in the cinema, wearing them to watch TV is perhaps too much...

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  • AnonD-10443
  • t@J
  • 29 Jul 2011

love this phone!!

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    • AnonD-15494
    • 2Wn
    • 29 Jul 2011

    OMG,Optimus 3D's A9 processor is faster than EVO 3D's scorpion processor,which is based on Cortex-A8.

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      • Muky
      • 390
      • 28 Jul 2011

      Very, very good phone with great specifications

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        • Rider
        • Mf5
        • 28 Jul 2011

        chupoltorero, 27 Jul 2011this shos how people are uninterested with LG phones...almo... morerealy a kind of handset,,,which is realy not acceptable,,,,,,,,,

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          • chupoltorero
          • A5w
          • 27 Jul 2011

          this shos how people are uninterested with LG phones...almost a week now and still got only 18 comments...ha ha ha...LG what a shame...

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            • AnonD-1796
            • 3SM
            • 25 Jul 2011

            AnonD-14614, 25 Jul 2011Full Review lol Handset has some nice features, the 3D p... moreNow that's a proper review.

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              • AnonD-14614
              • 3aF
              • 25 Jul 2011

              Full Review lol

              Handset has some nice features, the 3D pics look pretty funky, not tried the 3D video recording though.
              Alarm clock is nice and loud and the vibrate function works great, can actually feel the phone vibrating.
              4.3 inch screen is nice and viewable
              OS is nice and user friendly (2.3 upgrade due in October)
              Signal is awful - trusty N900 wins hands down and both handsets are on the same network.
              Battery life - I have to inform you that all the reviews saying the battery life is pretty poor are completely mis-leading, I have found that the battery life isn't pretty poor at all.

              THE BATTERY LIFE IS TOTALLY SHOCKING!!

              I have yet to make a call, view a video, record a video or anything else that may use the power as I am afraid the battery may die.
              I turn off everything - WIFI, GPS, 3G signal, lower the brightness so the screen can hardly be seen and I have still had to charge the phone twice a day, yesterday I sent a large video file (1.4gb) from my Nokia N900 to the LG via bluetooth, both handsets fully charged at the time transfer started, at the end of the transfer (around 1hr later) I had 13% battery left in the LG and 79% in the N900.
              I spent the entire day yesterday in work and for 8hrs the LG was plugged in via USB cable on charge and by the time I then got home it still only had 67% charge - the N900 on the other hand still had 62% battery life and hadn't be plugged in charging all day.
              Handset now being returned to store as it isn't a mobile phone it is just an expensive power draining paper weight!

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                • Anonymous
                • qbY
                • 25 Jul 2011

                Win, 23 Jul 2011LOL 2NE1 in the YouTube screenshot. XDBom is so hot!

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                  • anirudh
                  • uuk
                  • 24 Jul 2011

                  typo error in start of 3rd line

                  "The weight of the handset is 168g is also a bit high for a high-end smartphone, but it’s excusable from a 4.3-inch gadget. In the end, we thing the 3D logo will soften any user having troubles with its size though."

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 0ET
                    • 24 Jul 2011

                    AnonD-13195, 23 Jul 2011The automatic firmware update option is flawed, it only che... moreOh ok.. will check for updates a bit more regularly then. Thanks for the valuable info :-)

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 39x
                      • 23 Jul 2011

                      lg optimus 3d is a well built android device with a better processor and im affraid thats it, the music player average, 3d is hologram and kills my eyes within 5 mins, there is no 3d in my opinion, camera is average im not convinced 3d will take off for hand held devices just yet, they have to make 3d not a moving hologram, and make it wwhere it does not mess around with someones eyesight

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                        • AnonD-13195
                        • n$f
                        • 23 Jul 2011

                        Anonymous, 23 Jul 2011Fully agree with you. Have just updated to V10d and 1080p l... moreThe automatic firmware update option is flawed, it only checks every two weeks when I would expect it to check daily. The update had been out a week before I spotted mention of it and did a manual update check.

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                          • Win
                          • 2CW
                          • 23 Jul 2011

                          LOL 2NE1 in the YouTube screenshot. XD

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 0ET
                            • 23 Jul 2011

                            [deleted post]Fully agree with you. Have just updated to V10d and 1080p looks much better now. Thanks for mentioning the update (mine is set on manual..) and a big kiss to Horace :)

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                              • AnonD-13195
                              • n$f
                              • 23 Jul 2011

                              nirrod, 23 Jul 2011Key features Stereo FM radio with RDS Main disadvantage... moreIt has the FM Radio chip (its usually already built-in the Bluetooth chip I believe) but is disabled in the current firmware due to bugs, or so I heard.

                              Its meant to be enabled in the Gingerbread update.

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                                • nirrod
                                • M%y
                                • 23 Jul 2011

                                Key features
                                Stereo FM radio with RDS

                                Main disadvantages
                                No FM radio

                                ????????????????

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                                  • reddwarf
                                  • TXH
                                  • 23 Jul 2011

                                  HTC sensation and evo 3d is slower in all benchmarks but gsmarena conclusion is that they have better Android performance compared to the Optimus 3D?

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                                    • Superhm23
                                    • fk6
                                    • 22 Jul 2011

                                    It's Amazing but Seriously 100H stand by time ?
                                    This just ruins the phone :(

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pKq
                                      • 22 Jul 2011

                                      I just got the phone and amazingly it does 2D to 3D conversion all my pictures and videos I had on my SD card in real-time without any delay, mmm... a few more downloads I think! but the battery sucks tho!

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                                        • Raj
                                        • qp4
                                        • 22 Jul 2011

                                        This phone only has 512MB Ram? Thats kind of disappointing, however I am sure it will be more then enough for most users. Good to know its a high quality display