Spectrum by LG Review
Welcome to Verizon’s most high-definition LTE device avaiable for purchase without delay, the Spectrum by LG, complete with an incredible True HD IPS display at 4.5-inches and 720 x 1280 pixels. It’s not at all a brief device, made to slot in the palm of your adult-sized hand and weigh in at next to nothing (142g) because it shows off its fabulously bright front and powerfully backed-up interior with its dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. Is that this the nicest LTE device out there today?
Hardware
While LG does still have one in every of my favorite devices ever within the G2X released last year, this device feels a little large for the common citizen. Certainly consider whether you wish all of the more space on this gigantic four and half inch display before you go purchasing it, especially since your thumb wont have the capacity to reach the opposite end of your screen without assistance of your other hand. When playing games and watching video though, this display is top of sophistication. The camera also has us dazzled and is definitely up there within the top 10 cameras thus produced on a smartphone.
The onboard speaker system is reasonably excellent, though still mentioning the back of the device as too many smartphones and tablets at the moment are, still working perfectly well if you have got it up against a wall from whens it could reflect. Plug in some headphones and you will have a good time throughout. This device has a marginally odd look to it with the 3 button selection below the display, but therein proves its readiness for Ice Cream Sandwich – that isn’t a menu button, it is a multitasking button.
Software
LG has chosen to continue to make use of their slightly unintuitive user interface over Android 2.3 Gingerbread here, showing how little it trusts inside the original build of Android especially inside the apps drawer with row after row of titles for app collections. While all of it might sound clunky compared to the fundamental build of Android, it does all move super slick, or even offers a range of themes on the bottom of the house screen with that you can make profiles for yourself. These aren’t this type of themes such as you get with an HTC device with color changes and backgrounds and all that – instead you are able to deploy which apps you would like where for Work, then make another for Home, and etcetera. Functionality this is what’s being pushed, made for folk with a necessity for various environments for his or her smartphone indeed.
Camera
I can’t say enough about how nice the camera during this device is. Though the interface isn’t my favorite on the earth (I’m much preferring the stock Ice Cream Sandwich interface for the time being), this skinned version of the Gingerbread shooter certainly gets the job done right. LG has reminded us why it’s 8 megapixels, not a speedy 5 megapixels, that does it best on Android. Have a peek at some photo and video examples here and inside the gallery below to get a good suggestion of what we’re going through.
Phone and Battery
The phone quality is perfectly legitimate, like most smartphones nowadays running on Verizon’s network coming in and sending out clear voice anywhere I roam contained in the Twin Cities here in Minnesota. The battery is surprisingly powerful, lasting not less than at some point with medium to heavy usage and two days (as you will discover here) with light usage. Play some streaming video along with your built-in Netflix app and you will see considerably degrading excellence at something like 6 hours total.
Wrap-up
This is unquestionably one of several top five LG smartphones ever to be released, and positively beats out the LG Revolution released last year with LTE because the best LG device on Verizon right this minute. It’s relatively sleek, light, and has a wonderful camera, all this except for the indisputable fact that in case you live in an LTE area, it is very, very fast data-wise. The call that you must make now could be whether you need to sacrifice Ice Cream Sandwich as found at the Galaxy Nexus in exchange for the nicer camera in this device – if that is not an amazing tradeoff for you, stick to the previous.