Thread: LG Optimus 2X

Extremely frequent it turns out that itis more vital to be first as compared to be the best. The LG Optimus2X is the first commercially usable smartphone with a 1GHz dual-coreNVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, and this feat alone creates it special.

There are other, and more exciting phones arriving up on twoCPU cores, as much as there are other, more strong dual-core chipsets as compared to Tegra 2, but none of those you can bring for aspin or purchase yet.

Rear in last summer we wrote thatbecause of dropping market contribute LG is plotting the creation ofan Optimus line of handsets, and with top of its food chain will be astrong phone on a dual-core chipset from NVIDIA, which at the timewas selling its Tegra 2 platform to anyone willing to listen.

Bothwere viewed underdogs then - LG due to the never-ending provide ofuninspiring characterise phones, and NVIDIA because of the fact thatQualcomm, Samsung and TI everything had dual-core chipsets in theworks, which were more powerful and efficient as compared to itsalready done Tegra 2. Both LG and NVIDIA bet heavily with thefirst-to-market slogan, and we have the end result of NVIDIAattempting to acquire a foothold in the cell phone business, applyingLG’s urging require to stand out someways.


The phone feels extreme solid whenheld, on its 4.9 ounces (140 grams), and is borderline large, but itsdecent 0.43” (11 mm) thickness arrives slightly to the rescue.However, there is so much empty space underneath the display for thephone to be viewed normal size.


The large 4” display has 480x800pixels of result, and is bright, on broad considering angles, andpunchy colors - most probably an IPS-LCD, which presently is one ofthe best LCD technologies. LG is producing the Retina Display for theiPhone 4, and the displays with its most recent high-end phones, asthe Optimus 2X and theLG Optimus Black, can manifest to its screenconstructing art. There are four capacitive Android buttonsunderneath the display, which are rather responsive.


The promoted square module with therear hosts the 8 MP camera sensor on LED flash, which transitionsnicely into a chromed strip running along the middle of the rearcover, which carries etched Google branding. The same strip we arewatching with LG's upcoming G-Slate tablet, thus it might be the markof a product line today. There is even a front-facing camera forvideo chat over the screen, but no LED notification light.


The slopes do not have much going onfor them – there are separate volume buttons with the right, and apower/lock button at the top, everything of which are simple topress, on a nice feedback. With the top are even the standard audiojack, and an HDMI port on a safety cap, which is extreme simple tolever open. The bottom hosts the micro USB port and 2 stereospeakers, producing the phone a multimedia delight, amongst its othervirtuousness.


We enjoyed the spartan, streamlinedindustrial plan with the LG Optimus 2X. There is only the rightamount of standard materials, as the soft-touch plastic and the metalstrip with the rear, which preclude the handset from seeming plain.