LG Optimus 2X First Ever Dual Core Smartphone The Review

LG Optimus 2X First Ever Dual Core Smartphone The Review
OS increasingly sophisticated means processor power should be improved, so it goes on the latest smartphone from LG products, namely LG Optimus 2X. Optimus 2X LG is the world's first mobile phone using Tegra processors Dual Core is very powerful. Judging from the processor it uses you will definitely ask what the price bandrolnya? Relax, LG does not fix the price high for this high-performance mobile phones as its competitors-competitors.


 Official Specifications: 
  •      Quad-Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  •      HSDPA 900/2100 Mhz
  •      Screen size of 4 inches with a depth of 16 million color LCD IPS technology with capacitive-resolution WVGA (480 x 800 pixels)
  •      Android OS 2.2 Froyo with customization Home launcher
  •      Processor Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 at 1 GHz with support ULP GeForce graphics card and 512 MB ​​RAM
  •      Resolution 8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash and front camera support 1.3 megapixel resolution
  •      1080p resolution video recording at 24 frames per second recording
  •      Connectivity Wi-Fi b / g / n with DLNA support and Bluetooth version 2.1
  •      GPS with support A-GPS and digital compass
  •      8GB of internal memory and external microSD slot (up to 32 GB)
  •      Sensor accelerometer, gyroscope sensors, and proximity sensors
  •      Port microHDMI and microUSB port
  •      3.5mm standard audio jack
  •      Stereo FM radio with RDS support
  •      DivX and XviD video player
  •      Adobe Flash Player 10.1 on your browser
  •      Dolby Mobile sound technology and SRS
  •      HDMI cable in the sales package 

Firm and Elegant Design
LG Optimus 2X comes with a sturdy design with a blend of elegant high quality materials such as high-quality plastic and stainless steel. If you compare with competitors dimension 2X LG Optimus did seem a little thicker, but the thick design contained in this mobile brings a positive impact of mobile phones become more fit when held in the hands of adults.


LG Optimus 2X using a 4-inch screen with 16 million color depth tech capacitive technology with IPS LCD WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels). Display technology used by 2X the same as the iPhone's screen technology, 4 namely IPS LCD screen which can be seen with sharp even if viewed from even extreme angles.

At the bottom of the screen there are four buttons using touch-tech mobile phone that was sensitive and easy to use. On the back of the phone there is a resolution of 8 megapixel autofocus camera that is equipped with LED flash light. At the bottom of the lens have the Google logo is engraved on a stainless plate.

Froyo With the LG UI Customization
Optimus 2X LG still uses the Android OS Froyo customized with the LG UI, but do not worry because the middle of next year this phone will goto the update Gingerbread. Optimus 2X standard home screen consists of 7 screen home screen, but there is the option of using a home screen display of 3, 5, or 7 screens. More and more home screen display is used, of course, the more severe the performance of mobile phones but the choice is on you.
  

On the home screen display you can do some customization such as adding widgets, wallpapers, and live wallpaper. There are several options you can add widgets on the screen home screen as Optimus 2X calendar widget, google search, latitude, android market, news & weather, power management, and youtube.

To move from screen to screen home screen one other home screen you can press the home key. If you press the home button, there will be a home screen display you use. To see notifkasi you can pan the screen towards the top down.

Gesture Control
LG Optimus 2X has a feature that is unique, that is Gesture Control feature or control the movement. This feature allows us when we're using some of the menu found on the LG Optimus 2X example like when you're moving icons on the home screen, play music, there is an incoming call, view a photo gallery, etc.


Dual Music Player Speaker
LG Optimus 2X is equipped with dual speakers that can output stereo sound that sounds good. When a song is inserted into the phone the music player will automatically separate the songs by singer, song title and album. You can also create their own playlists on the music player. When a song is played the music player displays album art. Music format that can be played are MP3, WAV, WMA, and eAAC +. ï ¿½ The music player in addition equipped with dual stereo speakers, also comes with a choice of EQ and channel 7.1. 3.5mm standard audio jack you can use if you want to listen to a song using your favorite headset.



Stereo FM radio with RDS support
Needed a headset to listen to FM radio on Optimus 2X. After that you can listen to radio with loudspeaker. Radio you can search manually or automatically, the RDS allows us to be able to search for Radio stations in place we are.


Photo Gallery, Standard Android
Views 2X Optimus photo gallery looks like a standard photo gallery Android comes with a 3D view. To do zoom-in/out you can perform a number of ways such as doing pinch and zoom, tapping the screen twice quickly, and using virtual zoom-in/out button.



Video Player
For video, the video format that can be played is MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV, and DivX / XviD. When we tried to play DivX video format of 720p resolution, video can be played smoothly and seamlessly on the screen Optimus 2X. Video looks detailed and smooth, cloud degradation in the video really looks smooth displacement. Furthermore, some of our 1080p test video format to test the performance of Dual Core's Tegra processor Optimus 2X. Video congenital 1080p format with high graphical display can be played, but when we enter the video resolution is 1080p MP4 format which we downloaded from YouTube videos can not be played smoothly. Maybe it's because we belong to MP4 video downloads from YouTube we have the bitrate is too high.


Superior Connectivity
LG Optimus 2X running on Quad Band network GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSDPA 900/2100 MHz (HSDPA up to 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps). For local connectivity there is Wi-Fi b / g / n with DLNA support and Bluetooth version 2.1. To connect with the satellite have GPS with A-GPS support. To exchange data from your PC to your mobile phone can use the microUSB port. External microSD slot allows you to phone memory expansion up to 32 GB. In addition, there microHDMI port for connecting mobile phone to your HD TV. Wi-Fi Tethering allows you to make Optimus 2X as an Internet modem.



Flash 10.1 Browser Support
Optimus browser 2X is equipped with flash 10.1. When we test flash, flash not only can be used to open a website with flash content standards, but also can be used to play YouTube videos and play flash games desktop Yoville on Facebook. The existence of Wi-Fi b / g / n and up to 10.2 Mbps HSDPA makes browsing using the Optimus 2X faster. Moreover, the phone is also powered by Tegra Dual Core processors that make it even faster.


8 Megapixel Camera
For the camera, LG Optimus 2X is equipped with a resolution of 8 megapixel autofocus camera that is equipped with LED flash light. Unfortunately there is no camera shutter button, so it's a bit difficult when you want to photograph objects quickly. Overall, the images will look good and minimal noise. Results color images look similar to the original color of the object image. Below is the result of camera pictures Optimus 2X.


There are many camera settings on the camera features 2X Optimus such as image resolution (8MP, 5MP, 3MP, 2MP, 1MP), focus mode (auto, macro, face tracking, manual), scenes (auto, portrait, landscape, sports, sunset, night ), ISO (auto, 100, 200, 400, 800), White Balance (auto, incandescent, sunny, Fluorescent, Cloudy), color effects (sepia, black and white, negative, blue, emboss, posterize, vivid), timer (3, 5, 10 seconds), shot mode (cont shot, out-focusing shot, smile shot, beauty shot, art shot, panorama shot, stitch shot), image quality (excellent, good, normal), stabilization (on / off), and zoom-in.

Video Recording
Optimus 2X camera can be used to perform recording with 1080p resolution video at 24 frames per second recording speed. There are a lot of video recording settings such as zoom-in/out, EV, flash (on / off), video resolution (full HD 1080p, 720p, TV, VGA, QVGA, QCIF), White Balance (auto, incandescent, sunny, fluorescent, Cloudy), color effects (sepia, black and white, negative, blue, emboss, posterize, vivid), and duration (MMS, normal).
  

Performance and Benchmarking
It must be admitted LG Optimus 2X performance really powerful and at this time no one can match it, there are no competitors that use Tegra Dual Core processor at this time (the nearest SGS II but not yet officially launched). Below are the results of benchmarking tests on Optimus 2X.

  • Quadrant Standard: 2515 points
  • Pi-Benchmark: 620 milli seconds
  • 34.96-Linpack
  • Antutu: 2427
  • Neocore: 75.8 fps 
Battery Endurance
2X LG Optimus uses batery 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery which can last up to 400 hours in standby objec and 7 hours 50 minutes when used to make calls.

Screen Comparison With iPhone 4

Closing Statement
High performance is the main weapon for LG Optimus 2X, let alone the price offered is also very competitive which is less than US$ 600. Unfortunately the phone is not received during its launch Gingerbread later, if it already uses Gingerbread, the performance will surely increase.


Plus:
  •      Powerful performance
  •      Camera and video recorder with an above-average results (8 megapixels / 1080p)
  •      It can play 1080p resolution video with smooth and detailed graphics
  •      Feature Control With Movement (Gesture Control) innovative
  •      Support flash on your browser
  •      Player XviD / DivX
Minus:
  •      There is no camera shutter button
  •      The result of the recording is still stored in the 3GP format
  •      The LCD screen is not the best in its class
  •      Still using OS Froyo