[johnwilley]

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The LG Optimus G E973 is a phone with a hardware configuration that you only see in Sci-Fi movies. To top it all off it looks and functions great. However, one can't help expecting Apple to jump with a lawsuit on it when they see how the phone looks. After all, it is black with white margins and rounded corners. It may be infringing on their so called "originality".

Source: http://www.androidized.com/lg-optimus-g-e973/

 

[Semedar]

 

[geoxile]

I wish there were some phones with hard tapered ends, particularly on the bottom. I'm tired of this "rounded rectangle" bull crap.

I mean, all it takes is an expensive marketing campaign to set the new standard of beautiful

 

[Mr Frosty]

Quad core Krait, Adreno 320, 2Gb RAM....

 

[johnwilley]

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Originally Posted by Mr Frosty

Quad core Krait, Adreno 320, 2Gb RAM....

This phone has more power than Galaxy S3, but probably not as good because the quality of other parts.

 

[HanSomPa]

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Originally Posted by johnwilley

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Frosty

Quad core Krait, Adreno 320, 2Gb RAM....

This phone has more power than Galaxy S3, but probably not as good because the quality of other parts.

You mean like it's insanely good screen?

 

[2010rig]

Gotta love this article.
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But let us stop making fun of Apple. I mean, those lawsuits are their only hope of staying alive in the business nowadays. They haven't released a product that can be called "good" since their first iPhone. All of their devices have come out weaker than most Samsung products out there, and they still had the guts to call their stuff "revolutionary". So when you have a large amount of money because people buy your stuff, even though it sucks ( people buy it because they are misguided and believe that if something is more expensive it is automatically the best ), you can afford to go gamble with destiny and try to claim that others are copying you.

13MP Camera, True HD-IPS + LCD, 2GB RAM. This phone has amazing specs

Did this guy even have the phone?

No pictures or video.

 

[skyravr]

Forget LG. The phone looks good, and it might be powerfull. But LG support is realy bad.
I had the LG optimus 2X. Still doens't have official ICS. That is my problem with LG. Support after a phone is released. There is practically none. They make promisses but all they do is delay.
This might be their new flagship phone, but i wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole, just because the support won't be there. Unless something changed and they got smarter and finally realised that helping their clients helps them too.
I hope the this new flagship phone won't reboot on itself and it will get good support once they release a new model.

 

[johnwilley]

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Originally Posted by skyravr

Forget LG. The phone looks good, and it might be powerfull. But LG support is realy bad.
I had the LG optimus 2X. Still doens't have official ICS. That is my problem with LG. Support after a phone is released. There is practically none. They make promisses but all they do is delay.
This might be their new flagship phone, but i wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole, just because the support won't be there. Unless something changed and they got smarter and finally realised that helping their clients helps them too.
I hope the this new flagship phone won't reboot on itself and it will get good support once they release a new model.

I had a LG Eve phone and I was completely dissapointed. I was stuck almost 2 years with Android 1.5, until I got my Galaxy S2.

 

[Mr Frosty]

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Originally Posted by skyravr

Forget LG. The phone looks good, and it might be powerfull. But LG support is realy bad.
I had the LG optimus 2X. Still doens't have official ICS. That is my problem with LG. Support after a phone is released. There is practically none. They make promisses but all they do is delay.
This might be their new flagship phone, but i wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole, just because the support won't be there. Unless something changed and they got smarter and finally realised that helping their clients helps them too.
I hope the this new flagship phone won't reboot on itself and it will get good support once they release a new model.

That is nvidias fault not LG's, Nvidia won't release the source code for hardware acceleration in ICS for there Tegra SOC's.

 

[skyravr]

I know its partly nvidia's fault. But as a company that uses nvidia chipsets i think its normal that you put a little pressure. It's like LG is afraid to ask them. Same as motorola. They need to stand their ground and force nvidia.
Its easy to blame someone else and not knowing where you stand. They buy chipsets, they deserve support and everything that it needs. Its Nvidia and LG's fault.
Even though its not only LG's fault, promising the clients that purchased the phone with upgrades and then delaying time after time is not fun. Makes people angry and mad. They should have tried harder.
I hope for them that this phone will get better support. I realy hope so, looks solid. But i wont by LG stuff anymore.

 

[ignite]

I still wouldn't trust an LG phone. Updates are apparently horrible as was phone quality in the past. Specs are amazing though but it won't be long before others jump on the Quad-S4.

 

[W4nderer]

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Originally Posted by Mr Frosty

That is nvidias fault not LG's, Nvidia won't release the source code for hardware acceleration in ICS for there Tegra SOC's.

There are a number of Tegra 2 phones and tablets that have been updated to ICS...

 

[sepheroth003]

Looks like a good phone. The writer of this article is juvenile and is obviously an apple hater. That intro paragraph was hard to sit through.

Looks a lot like my HTC One X, only with a quad core S4, Adreno 320, and the 13mp camera (which probably isnt as good as the 8mp backlit cmos wtih dedicated image chip).

 

[Stealth Pyros]

Will never buy an LG phone again. I suggest that everyone here do the same.
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There is a planned upgrade to v4.1.1 Jelly Bean coming, however. So threat not, for you shall be able to update to the latest version as soon as it is available.

Yea

Don't count on it. ICS has been "Coming soon..." to the G2x since last November and would now be redundant with JB having been released for a few months already. I will very likely be sticking with a Nexus phone (and tablet) from now on. After experiencing a phone that is always the first one to get each and every Android update, you'll never want another phone again.

 

[KOBALT]

Pretty good phone but it won't get any love from the devs

 

[Sylon]

It's still an LG handset. Even in the pre iOS/android days LG handsets were just one of the worst. These days their track record is horrible, lack of updates, serious flaws that go unpatched, etc.

It would be like buying a new HP laptop, one of their Envy line or whatever. It might seem great spec wise, but you take a step back and see that it is still a HP...given their track record why not go for something that...well has a better track record?

 

[ultralord910]

Excellent specs but it's still an LG phone with LG software and support. I seriously doubt LG is going to support this phone beyond the Jelly Bean update. I may consider the rumoured LG Nexus if it has similar specs, though.

 

[Vagrant Storm]

Damn, I would love to have that resolution and it is only about .2 inches bigger than my 4G touch. Though that is why I didn't get one of the S3's...there were a bit bigger. I don't want a phone any bigger than than what I have. Any bigger than this and I will want it to be a tablet. However, for this resolution I could handle .2 inches bigger bigger.

 

[Stealth Pyros]

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Originally Posted by ultralord910

Excellent specs but it's still an LG phone with LG software and support. I seriously doubt LG is going to support this phone beyond the Jelly Bean update. I may consider the rumoured LG Nexus if it has similar specs, though.

Even if they were to release a Nexus, I'd refuse to give LG my business. It shouldn't take a Nexus device to keep your customers up to date with the latest and greatest OS that shouldn't take but a month or two to get onto your popular device. I know Samsung was guilty of the same thing, but at least the S2 has ICS now and the S3 will be getting JB very soon. They have at least changed their perspective on the issue in response to all the complaints.