What the LG Optimus Sol price brings to the table is a competent mid-range Android smartphone.
Appear & Feel
Straightaway, we will need to pick a fault. No, it’s not anything major – we think the Sol looks a little bland. Bland we say as the plain-Jane looks are a bit previous generation. If we have quite distinct looking smart phones in this price range (and a few much less expensive) – Motorola Defy+, Nokia Lumia 710 and also the Samsung Omnia W, we believe the Sol doesn’t possess the visual punch as a number of the other phones.
Price: 19000
Platform: Android 2.3.4;
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 @ 1GHz, Adreno 205, 512MB RAM;
Display: 3.8-inch Ultra AMOLED, 480 x 800 pixels, Gorilla Glass;
Storage: 1GB with microSD slot;
Camera: 512MP with 720p videos;
Battery: 1540 mAh
Having gotten that off our storage place, we’ve got to state that it can be built well. While plastic has been used throughout, there aren’t any rough edges towards the build. Despite our very best attempts, we might not understand it to flex anywhere. All signs the magnitude of the phone; you would be forgiven for convinced that it has a 4-inch+ display size (actually 3.8-inches). However, just what it has is surely an understated appear that wouldn’t win any beauty contests, but is usually a very functional design. For the left spine will be the depressed volume rocker, which you’ll know only one time you take your finger on the area. In the top will be the power key, these.5mm headphone jack along with the micro USB slot which has a neat cover over it. Don’t just like the battery cover opening mechanism, which doesn’t feel classy in any way. A lot more so, you’re fearful of breaking it almost every time you attempt to open up it. Which is but one glossy black little bit of plastic that can be a complete scratch and mud magnet.
A few touch sensitive keys beneath the display light up when touched, and also have the guidance text written above them, in case you appear hard, helping the uninitiated see the purpose. They don’t illuminate however. As you will not be able to see them clearly inside the pictures, these are – menu, home and back. No search key on this phone.
We believe that the Optimus Sol is meant for an individual the ones won’t be bothered about creating a phone that looks flashy, and it is more worried about the build quality and usability. We presume this phone checks both criteria successfully.
Features & Performance
Powering the Optimus Sol is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 processor with an Adreno 205 GPU, with 512MB of RAM. Quite clearly, this phone does not have any ambitions of a stake inside the power struggle, and can deliver consistently solid performance. Quite an achievement, considering this is a mid-range Android smartphone. Even before we did the benchmark tests, what caught our attention was the clearly superior performance in comparison with most phones on this price range. (For benchmark scores, please refer for the log sheet at the end of the review). Another thing clearly helping this is the well-optimized Optimus 2.0 UI that sits for the Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) OS. We’ve often asserted HTC Sense UI is by far essentially the most visually appealing skin wrapped around Android, but we also can tell for a fact that’s does hinder performance to some extent, more using the older versions and lesser using the newer Sense. You’ll be able to, in your own home knows this on the HTC phone by installing Launcher Pro and taking advantage of that because default home for a few days. Ever coming back to the Optimus UI, it’s acceptable who’s doesn’t contain the HTC Sense’s visual punch, but nonetheless comes quite close. The range of widgets is impressive, along with the UI carries a neat look throughout. Similar treatment to the apps list that we saw inside Optimus 2X and also the Optimus 3D – a different cluster to the apps that you simply download. We presume that’s quite neat, specifically if you download lots of them and they also usually get confusing with the preloaded ones.
The 3.8-inch display could be the Ultra AMOLED type having a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. As witnessed with all the two Optimus series phones there was reviewed earlier, the brightness variety of the display is great, so much so that of not set properly relative to up your eyes, it’ll become quite uncomfortable. We love to the color depth, cheap different but relatively similar shades of the color can be distinctly identified is one thing that needs to be appreciated. Somehow, we weren’t very comfortable using the on-screen keypad in portrait mode. Even though the key size has been a bit bigger, the greater problem lies with the surprising lack of precision. While you’re certain that your finger is pressing the best key, it is actually flirting with the entire neighbor! Things improve a bit in panoramic mode, but even then, you are unable to type out an SMS quickly, without rechecking the spellings.
The 5MP camera is often a pretty decent clicker, designed for the sporadic photographer only. The possible lack of flash means any shots outdoors after sundown aren’t possible and indoor shots will need adequate lighting. When you can click pictures however, they may be quite okay. There is no lot of noise, which is since the images have soft edges along with the insufficient sharpness are evident as soon as you focus.
Call quality of the Optimus Sol impressed us a lot. The earpiece is loud and clear, and is likely to hide away quite a bit of ambient noise throughout the calling party. The speaker is loud also, but will jar a little bit when playing music at volumes above 80%. As expected, the speaker has a sharp sound, meaning it’ll provide for music only if really needed.
Even though the phone carries a 1540mAh battery, the backup time isn’t good. With all the web services syncing in private, along with a amount of calling and messaging, the Optimus Sol will just about work for a day. Any heavier usage and you will should carry a charger.
Our Take
For the cost of Rs 19000, the Optimus Sol is usually a very competent mediocre Android phone. The understated looks might not attract anyone who has been inspired from the likes from the Defy+ and the Lumia 710, but this retains a lot of functionality inside understated looks. Dare we say which it looks to follow along with a similar design theme since the Samsung galaxy s? The performance is very impressive, with all the only matter as being a disappointing battery for major users.
Price: Rs. 19,000
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