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LG Optimus 4X HD

LG Optimus 4X HD is redefining the meaning of fast as it ushers in a new era of brilliant Hypermedia performance. Burst through daily barriers with accelerated multitasking powered by the superior Quad Core Engine. Treat your eyes to stunningly crisp and vividly real browsing, gaming and viewing on the True HD 4.7" bright display. Completing the evolution of smart with swagger is its sleek design. Go ahead, turn it on and show it of

		The LG Optimus 4X HD is advanced, well advanced in terms of Interface and the Operating system, having the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 OS, with the latest version of their User Interface which looks brilliant, and this area is one of those which LG seriously made huge changes in. Having such an intuitive and impressive interface along with the strong 1.5 GHz processor is a big plus factor. The processor is a 1.5GHz one, quad-core Tegra 3 one which doesn’t slow down the phone at all although some heavy usage with multiple applications running at once.
		The welcome screen / lock screen has a central lock which has to be dragged and that is neatly made to expose the internal page or notification while the circle is expanded by the dragging of the lock. The time, date are located on the top center and the notification panel cannot be opened unless the phone screen is unlocked. There are 7 home screens, most of them filled with the pre-loaded widgets and shortcuts, and the home screens shift beautifully with the widgets getting folded like the wings of the butterfly.

		The notification panel serves a lot of purposes which include - Quickmemo – This would open a quickmemo directly on the home screen. Sound – Toggling the sound on / off Wi-Fi – Toggling the Wi-Fi on / off Rotation – Toggling the rotation of the screen on / off when the phone is rotated Brightness – Brightness changing at 3 levels GPS – Toggling GPS locator on / off Edit – To rearrange the quick settings The app list pages have the separate tabs to display the normal Apps, the downloaded Applications, the Widgets and a button to directly go to the Settings area. LG has integrated some excellent and useful apps which someone would be taking advantage of quite often. A utility section includes the important and commonly used apps list which includes SmartShare, Memo, Voice Recorder and Calculator apps.

		The 4X has got a RemoteCall service which makes the company representative remotely control your device and support the device to make any changes whenever you need any help. This is a handy option where you don’t need to visit the LG service centers when the phone gives up or doesn’t respond well to a command at any time. The other basic applications in the LG Optimus 4X HD are the App Manager, Backup, FM Radio, Finance app, Email, LG Tag+, Polaris Office, Task Manager, LG SmartWorld. As always seen in the Android phones, the Google apps like Search, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Maps, Youtube and Google+ are available pre-installed. Picasa is a neat addition to the list, making it one of the options to backup the photos to the Google server. There is no swype for typing, so you would have to rely on any 3rd party typing apps if you don’t want to prefer using the standard keyword pressing each alphabet separately, or the phone does have the Voice-to-text conversion if you are too lazy to type. The Email app of the 4X takes the support of Microsoft Exchange for sending and receiving mails, but it is for those who are looking for something different from the Gmail app which too comes preinstalled. Entertainment is through the Media Home app, which showcases the Photos, Videos and Music at one place. We would discuss about the beauty of the Video and Music players below. The Gallery lists all of the photos and videos categorized based on how they were captured. Both the pictures and videos captured using the phone camera are located under a single folder, while the screenshots or pictures taken from an external source are located in different folders. There are multiple sharing options for the media files, including Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Google+, Memo, Messaging, Picasa, SmartShare and the number would rise based on the external applications you download and use.     The Interface is neat, looks vibrant and the load of wallpapers and widgets can make things far interesting, but LG doesn’t have those special features that the users can boast about, which the Galaxy S III users would show off. Considering how less LG had cared about the OS (keeping all its recent phones on Gingerbread OS) and the interface in the recent past, the 4X’s interface makes one feel happier to see a lot of makeover. The Android Play Store gives people several options to customize the interface but the 4X already comes with such launcher-like options, keeping the need for the 3rd party apps aside. LG Tag+ is an application which helps in easy saving and loading of the settings to the NFC tag, and the same app would make the customizations to suit the certain environments. One would need to select the tag setting and write it to the tag. The environments in which the users can select the mode for NFC include the Car Mode, Office Mode, Sleep Mode and the User Mode.

		USB Connectivity – Lot of options when the phone is connected to the computer using the USB connection, where one could set the phone to just charging, or connect via. Media Sync, LG Software, Camera (to transfer photos), or USB tethering so that the phone’s internet is shared with the computer. Connecting to the LG software is possible very well through the Wi-Fi too, where you get a separate option for the same. One of the options that we really liked is the On-Screen Phone settings, where the screen of the phone is displayed and controlled from the PC, just like one would do the remote access to the phones from the computer. Call quality – The quality of the voice through the ear piece is sharp and neat, but the speakers on the back are placed at a wrong place, making it hard to hold in the hands when you want to have the access to the buttons on the sides, and keep the speaker exposed at the same time. At silent environment, the speaker quality is good and clear but when you try to use it in an open place, the Optimus 4X is nothing in front of the Sony Ericsson and Samsung phones, keep the comparison with Nokia phones aside. Multimedia – The Media Home would grab the attention, with all the media content at one place. Opening this app would make you feel like having a media player in your hands rather than a smartphone. The hub has 3 large thumbnails for Videos, Photos and Music. Settings show that the Media Home gets activated when the phone is connected to the MHL cable, or is mounted and connected to a desk cradle. Photos in the Media Home can be viewed through a slide show with a few settings.

		Video player is excellent, totally refreshed and has options that no recent Android smartphone has got. Multiple options, including the video preview and speeding up the video playing, locking the screen etc. Performance and Battery Life Performance wise, the LG Optimus 4X HD has to get a lot of appreciation. Try to test it in many ways, the phone just won’t easily break down in performance. May be that’s because we didn’t have a lot of new additions of applications, or change in lot of settings, but still the problems that we see in the initial stages of other devices is not seen in the Optimus 4X. The quad-core Tegra 3 processor clocking at 1.5 GHz speed and having the support of 1GB RAM, the LG Optimus 4X HD has got enough to handle the Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Talk about the Benchmark tests, it is no where beating the Samsung’s masterpiece, the Galaxy S III, but we’ll talk about the actual performance here with both the devices beside each other and doing the same functions – we didn’t notice any much difference and no lagging of performance of the 4X. But along with the good performance and speed, we had expected a good battery life, which didn’t happen to the expectations. It gave a decent time of usage, and is not totally a fast draining battery that LG has got, but when they considered huge changes in the interface, internal specs, the battery should have been kept better for a longer life. A full charge with all the normal usage, a few videos and some time of camera usage saw the battery last for a full day.

		Features of LG Optimus 4X HD P880: 1.5GHz Quad Core Cortex A9 processor with nVidia Tegra 3 chipset ULP GeForce GPU 16GB Internal memory and 1GB RAM Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS  4.7 inch Capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels(~312 ppi pixel density) 8MP rear camera with LED flash and auto focus 1.3 MP front facing camera HD Video recording  Li-ion 2140 mAh battery Upto 32GB expandable memory through microSD card Advantages and Disadvantages of LG Optimus 4X HD P880: Pros of LG Optimus 4X HD 880: Latest Android 4.0 ICS OS out of the box Powerful quad core processor NFC capability Brilliant large HD-IPS LCD display Decent Camera  Powerful Battery Cons of LG Optimus 4X HD 880: Feels little bulky UI isn't as elegant as the original ICS LG Optimus 4X HD P880 Specification: Operating Frequency:2G:GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G:HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 OS:Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) User Interface:Optimus UI v3.0 Java:Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Processor:Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 Chipset:Nvidia Tegra 3 Graphics:ULP GeForce RAM:1GB Size:132.4 x 68.1 x 8.9 mm Weight: 133 g Display: 4.7 inch True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen  Display Features:Corning Gorilla Glass,Multi Touch Screen Resolution:720 x 1280 pixels(~312 ppi pixel density) Primary Camera:Yes,8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels Secondary Camera:Yes,1.3 MP Flash:LED Video Recording:Yes, 1080p@30fps Camera Features: autofocus,Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus, image stabilization Battery type: Li-Ion, 2140 mAh GPRS:Yes,Class 33 EDGE:Yes, Class 33 3G:Yes,HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps WiFi:Yes, 802.11 b/g/n USB connectivity:Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Tethering:USB, Wi-fi Hotspot GPS Support:Yes, with A-GPS support Bluetooth:Yes.Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Audio Jack:3.5 mm DLNA:Yes Internal memory:16 GB(12 GB user available) Expandable Memory Slot: microSD, upto 32 GB Music Player:Yes, Supports MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player Video Player:Yes, Supports DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player Radio:Yes.Stereo FM radio with RDS Ringtone:MP3, WAV Sensors:Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Messaging:SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM