LG Optimus G Sprint Pro Reviews

LG has made a massive leap forward in the United States with both the Optimus G for AT&T and its sibling for Sprint Wireless. In the past, the LG devices hardly topped any sale charts. This time around however, the LG Optimus G deserves a spot at the top of your shopping list for smartphones. The raw performance of the LG Optimus G is nothing short of superb - you will never feel short on processing power with the latest quad-core silicon and 2GB of RAM at your service. There's a flagship look and feel to the device as well - a first in the US for quite some time. Of course, things would be too good to be true, had the LG Optimus G turned out to be perfect. The camera performance for both the 8MP and the 13MP units is far from the best out there. We also don't believe that a flagship device with such hardware should launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich this far into 2012. The LG Optimus G for both AT&T and Sprint Wireless is keenly priced at $199.99 with a two-year contract. This is a fair amount of money to ask for hardware, which will easily carry you through one upgrade cycle. The two-hundred dollar price range however, is currently nothing short from a battlefield in the United States. Each manufacturer is offering its best gear in this price range, with some worthy mentions priced even lower. Here are some alternatives to the LG Optimus G.

Wow, LG. Well done. I've been disappointed with nearly every smartphone made by LG for the last few years. The Optimus G erases those failures and elevates the game. The Optimus G may not be perfect, but it is as close as LG has ever come to perfection. The Optimus G is a solid competitor to the Galaxy S III, EVO 4G LTE, and iPhone 5. I like the G's hardware much more than I do the GS3 and I'd put it on par with the iPhone 5. The screen is killer, the voice/signal performance outstanding, and the build quality the best to come from LG's manufacturing facilities. I do wish battery life were a bit better, though. If you're thinking the 13-megapixel shooter is the killer feature here, don't. It's certainly good, but not that good. Any way you look at it, the LG Optimus G is a looker and a performer.

Thanks to powerful hardware and (some) 4G service, the Optimus G is most capable smartphone LG has ever produced. Media, games, web browsing and even Google Maps all benefit from that large and ever-so sharp display. Only a few things stand in the way of a more enthusiastic endorsement of Sprint's Optimus G. First, the phone is huge, not so heavy but a whopping 5-inches tall. Big phones aren't for everyone, but for those who like a larger handset, the Optimus G deserves to be on your radar. Second is Sprint's 4G service, which just isn't available in the majority of the U.S. yet. However, if you don't minding waiting and using 3G, you'll be hopping on one of the last carriers to continue offering unlimited data plans. Finally, there's the imminent arrival of a possibly even better LG device, the Google Nexus 4 by LG. It could still be a long way off, and way more expensive, but the announcement is rumored to be October 29. Savvy, patient consumers may want to hold off and see how long the wait will be for this possibly game-changing device. Those hitches aside, we quite liked Sprint's take on the LG Optimus G. It's big, beefy but not cumbersome, and the proprietary software doesn't get in the way of the user or good old Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich. We're excited to see what the Optimus G can do with Android 4.1: Jelly Bean, and look forward to updating this review when the upgrade arrives in December.