LG Revolution 4G(Coming Soon)
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Welcome to the Revolution! This is LG’s newest effort for Verizon, the LG Revolution running on their 4G LTE network. This device features a 4.3-inch 480 x 800 pixel resolution TFT display and a single core Snapdragon MSM8655 1GHz processor, connecting with Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, HDMI, DNLA, and it’s got Netflix! That this is one of the most important draws to the device makes us wary of it. But behold, this is an LG phone and we’ve been rolling out with some rather impressive LG phones as of late. The LG Optimus 3D and the T-Mobile G2x were pretty excellent, how does the LG Revolution add up?
The big question here is whether you’re going to want to select this device or one of the other Verizon LTE phones. Hands down, that’s the decision. Unless, on the other hand, you’re one of those weird folks who collects LG phones, in which case, here’s your next purchase! As for the rest of the world, is this device worth the cash – $249.99 and a two-year service plan? We shall see!
The big question here is whether you’re going to want to select this device or one of the other Verizon LTE phones. Hands down, that’s the decision. Unless, on the other hand, you’re one of those weird folks who collects LG phones, in which case, here’s your next purchase! As for the rest of the world, is this device worth the cash – $249.99 and a two-year service plan? We shall see!
This device is a candybar design with a camera up the center of the back and a volume dongle on the right. Right next to the volume there’s a covered HDMI port. Along the bottom is one mic hole, another mic hole on the top of the back, and a miniUSB port along the left, again covered by a nice shiny piece of chome-looking plastic. Most of the device is soft plastic except for the metal strip along the middle of the back and a nice slab of what MIGHT be Gorilla Glass along the front. We’re still checking on this factoid.
On the whole, this device has no stand-out physical features. It fits in the palm of your hand, the soft plastic along the back is nice to rub on your cheek, and the cameras on front and back are generally OK. Check below for some examples of photos and videos from both ends. The back does look rather nice, aesthetics get a plus on the battery cover. Brushed metal surrounds the display just like the LG Optimus 3D.
What you’re working with here is LG’s user interface, certainly one of the least-changed versions of Android you’re going to see out there as far as changes to the UI go. There’s a little red dot marking which homescreen you’re on, your lock screen is a lovely door that needs to be pulled up, and your apps drawer is separated by category. Other than that, it WOULD be essentially vanilla but LG has opted to go the Bing route. What this means is that instead of getting the standard set of Google apps that you love, you’ll have to download them from the app store – they’ll still be free, but if you’re used to certain things like Google Navigator being there for you, you’ll have that extra few clicks to deal with. Bing’s apps are… not our favorite, we shall say. They work alright, but Google’s setup is optimized for Android, so we love it best.
As far as amount of apps goes, there’s 48 shortcuts in your app drawer, the vast majority of them going to individual apps rather than being shortcuts to things like settings, and there ARE quite a few that you’ll more than likely never use. Netflix, Camera, Music, Gallery, Contacts, Phone, and a basic browser that we’d later replace with Firefox would be fine with me, but lo! We must make concessions for the Android Market.
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LG Revolution Not Anounced Yet.
This post was written by: Sandeep Kumar Punia
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