LG Optimus G hands-on: First look

18 September 2012
LG just launched its monstrously-spec'd Optimus G in its homeland and set a new performance benchmark for smartphones. The Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset that powers the beast features four Krait cores, which are all but guaranteed to wipe the floor with existing CPUs...

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  • vicky
  • uvp
  • 11 Oct 2012

niceeeeee

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    • rahul
    • P}v
    • 28 Sep 2012

    OPTIMUS G is the best and fastest (almost twice . 1st snapdragon s4 pro chipset with cortex A15 QUAD core , 2GB ram) than any of samsung / htc /apple shits

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      • rahul
      • P}v
      • 28 Sep 2012

      AnonD-252, 19 Sep 2012After the Optimus 2X disaster I will never buy anything fro... more2x is one of the best phone still .. for OS upgrade u blame nvidia . Dont compare quality of optimus G by saying "we didnt got OS upgrade to ICS/jellybean .. if you dont like the gingerbread then you could have waited till a phone with ICS/jellynbean release . PLEASE DONT BUY ANY PHONE IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH OS COMING WITH PHONE. WAIT FOREVER .... as new OS will release every year

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        • rahul
        • P}v
        • 28 Sep 2012

        rahul, 28 Sep 2012ok you be happy with your exynos chipset ... go to s3 forum... moresamsung fans first u read what is cortex-A15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A15_MPCore

        then come here and discuss about performance otherwise go to samsung fourum and comment your stupid ideas.
        Optimus G is the fastest among s3,one-x or iphone 5 . samsung/htc/apple fans still not believing s3/one-x/iphone-5 is dethrowned. and regarding the update jelly bean is a minor Os version 4.0 -> 4.1 is not difficult as 2.3 -> 4.0 as there is no major change in linux kernel and chipset is qualcomm( optimus 2x was not updated to 4.0/4.1 because nvidia not released the kernel 3+ and drivers for ics/jellybean) ... so still we lg fans knows that this phone will get a jellybean update. Optimus G / Vu -2 / L9 / 4xHD are the best phones in market .. lg fans ... lg rocks

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          • rahul
          • P}v
          • 28 Sep 2012

          AnonD-24171, 18 Sep 2012Actually most of these tests are jokes I saw how Krait giv... moreok you be happy with your exynos chipset ... go to s3 forum and discus ther .... exynos is no1.. blah blah ...

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            • Nexus
            • Tr0
            • 22 Sep 2012

            The lg optiums g has as five camera linces like iPhone 4s and iPhone 5 and it's kind of combination between iPhone and Samsung galaxy s3.

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              • AnonD-69919
              • 3pr
              • 21 Sep 2012

              SARCASM MODE ON
              The good thing about LG is that you just need to wait less than half a year to buy any phone at less than half the price.
              SARCASM MODE OFF
              The good thing about LG is that you just need to wait less than half a year to buy any phone at less than half the price.
              These benchmarks are what we can expect from the Asus Padfone 2!

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                • carlos1984
                • q}B
                • 21 Sep 2012

                how did LG manage to use the APQ 8064 cpu on this phone, everything i read said it was for tablets and it had no baseband, in order to use it it needed to be paired with a cpu with baseband

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                  • AnonD-5465
                  • fm0
                  • 21 Sep 2012

                  wats the need of this too much power ... I wonder what cell phones wanna prove by time

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                    • AnonD-14560
                    • XpR
                    • 20 Sep 2012

                    Where's its proximity sensor? If it's on the left, I'd be disappointed.

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                      • AJ
                      • gxE
                      • 20 Sep 2012

                      Fast working and nice camera.

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                        • Nokia 5110
                        • vaP
                        • 19 Sep 2012

                        The iPhone5 is not yet out in the market and this phone made it obsolete until the iPhone7

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                          • AnonD-28329
                          • 2Z4
                          • 19 Sep 2012

                          Too good... Expecting it soon in India...

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                            • AnonD-45523
                            • 7q9
                            • 19 Sep 2012

                            PowerVR 6xx - Rogue, 19 Sep 2012you ahould not dream about the TI omap 5 chip, but rather o... morei chose TI OMAP since its higher clocked+ bootloader is usually unlocked by default unlike snapdragon & novathor.Although I agree Novathor is more battery friendly and power VR 6xxx is a powerfull GPU.

                            720p is enough for 4.7 inch screen.1080p will put unnecessary load on GPU

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vx2
                              • 19 Sep 2012

                              AnonD-252, 19 Sep 2012After the Optimus 2X disaster I will never buy anything fro... more how about the design..................?
                              lg optimus g. is elegant design and more enough spec. almost perfect!

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                                • AnonD-71868
                                • 0Us
                                • 19 Sep 2012

                                AnonD-45523, 19 Sep 2012My dream phone: form factor: HTC One X design: HTC one X ... moreNice one! But it will cost you something like 2500$ at least.

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                                  • PowerVR 6xx - Rogue
                                  • gDj
                                  • 19 Sep 2012

                                  AnonD-45523, 19 Sep 2012My dream phone: form factor: HTC One X design: HTC one X ... moreyou ahould not dream about the TI omap 5 chip, but rather on a STM NovaThor a9600 chip - it would have the new PowerVR 6xx graphics - not the current 5xx series which would be in the omap5!

                                  and why don't you want a 1080p screen? 1080p is the resolution that all content aspire and converge to! and if you have 1080p screen - 1080p content doesn't have to be converted - you get 1:1 pixel to pixel correlation!

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                                    • Karate Obachi
                                    • miZ
                                    • 19 Sep 2012

                                    Either the CPU rocks or 2GB RAM makes all the difference. Comparing a Galaxy Note 2 could prove the point.

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                                      • fakitol
                                      • 0nF
                                      • 19 Sep 2012

                                      "... and providing the smoothest UI navigation possible". Isn't it funny? :]

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                                        • Alui
                                        • Am9
                                        • 19 Sep 2012

                                        AnonD-252, 19 Sep 2012Liar!These ones are from the comment page of the free "The Stupid Test" app:

                                        "Kyle - September 16, 2012 - Motorola Droid II with version 1.55Too much adds and sign ups
                                        This keeps on asking me to sign for an account and adds keep on showing up on the top also there is glitch that shuts down and erases the game do not get

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                                        Keyahna - September 16, 2012 - Galaxy S2 Skyrocket with version 1.55Suck
                                        The game forcecloses ever time I get to July 3rd one then I have to start all over again

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                                        Peter - September 11, 2012 - Samsung Galaxy S2 with version 1.55too much Spam
                                        the games are fun, but poorly made. created alot impossible to pass levels like "fix the Word". furthermore, there are just way too much ad and the program automaticly creates shortcuts for random websites without your permission."

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