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LG Optimus L3 E400
The Good: The Optimus L3 has some good stuffs, it has a good battery life and feels quite speed to use for such reasonably priced handset. The smartphone has a distinctive design and smart features to match.
The Bad: The main attraction of this budget smartphone is its stylish design. Apart from that it has drawbacks like low storage, poor camera and low resolution screen.
The Bottom Line: At a first glance it seems that LG has attempted to hit the budget Android market in style. If you are looking for a smartphone below Rs.10000, then LG Optimus L3 is a good option to think about.
Various vendors are offering this phone at attractive prices. This dual-SIM entry level smartphone has the company’s L-style design which give full utility to its 3.2-inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen display. The overall form factor of the phone is a square-shape bar design which is quite compact and easy to be gripped in your hands.
Design: LG Optimus L3 is one of the best looking budget Android smartphones out in the market. It has a plasticky body and a big LG logo at the back but offers a premium look. The device is compact and sports 3.2 inch display, one physical home button and two capacitive touch buttons at the front.
On the back, it has 3 MP camera and a textured cover, which helps grip. On the left-hand side, there's a volume rocker, and on the top a power button and a headphone jack and a micro-USB for charging and data transfer at the bottom of the phone.
Processor and Operating System: The phone comes powered with 800MHz processor as most budget smartphone, paired with 384 MB RAM. It works on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Screen: The device comes with 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen which produce 256K colors. The screen has only a resolution of 320x240 pixels which is the major drawback of the smartphone.
The 320x240 pixels resolution is really a low for modern phones and even budget handsets. Though the display has low resolution, it is bright and viewing angles are good.
Camera: The Optimus comes with 3.15 MP camera which clicks images up to 2048x1538 pixels resolution and features Geo-tagging. The camera can also capture videos at 24 frames per second. There is no front facing camera.
Storage and Connectivity: It has 1GB internal memory which is expandable to 32GB using a microSD card. For connectivity options it supports Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE and 3G connectivity.
Battery: The Optimus L3 mobile is powered by a 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery, that offers up to 15 hours talk time on the 2G network and up to 8 hours on the 3G network.
When charged to full capacity, the Optimus offers up to 673 hours standby time on the 2G network and up to 640 hours on the 3G network.
Wrap-Up: When consider L3 with other budget smartphone, there is no reason to buy the L3. However if you love to listen music, stay always connected with stylish device with in a budget then it’s a great phone. But remember it has a poor camera and low resolution screen.
The Bad: The main attraction of this budget smartphone is its stylish design. Apart from that it has drawbacks like low storage, poor camera and low resolution screen.
The Bottom Line: At a first glance it seems that LG has attempted to hit the budget Android market in style. If you are looking for a smartphone below Rs.10000, then LG Optimus L3 is a good option to think about.
Various vendors are offering this phone at attractive prices. This dual-SIM entry level smartphone has the company’s L-style design which give full utility to its 3.2-inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen display. The overall form factor of the phone is a square-shape bar design which is quite compact and easy to be gripped in your hands.
Design: LG Optimus L3 is one of the best looking budget Android smartphones out in the market. It has a plasticky body and a big LG logo at the back but offers a premium look. The device is compact and sports 3.2 inch display, one physical home button and two capacitive touch buttons at the front.
On the back, it has 3 MP camera and a textured cover, which helps grip. On the left-hand side, there's a volume rocker, and on the top a power button and a headphone jack and a micro-USB for charging and data transfer at the bottom of the phone.
Processor and Operating System: The phone comes powered with 800MHz processor as most budget smartphone, paired with 384 MB RAM. It works on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Screen: The device comes with 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen which produce 256K colors. The screen has only a resolution of 320x240 pixels which is the major drawback of the smartphone.
The 320x240 pixels resolution is really a low for modern phones and even budget handsets. Though the display has low resolution, it is bright and viewing angles are good.
Camera: The Optimus comes with 3.15 MP camera which clicks images up to 2048x1538 pixels resolution and features Geo-tagging. The camera can also capture videos at 24 frames per second. There is no front facing camera.
Storage and Connectivity: It has 1GB internal memory which is expandable to 32GB using a microSD card. For connectivity options it supports Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE and 3G connectivity.
Battery: The Optimus L3 mobile is powered by a 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery, that offers up to 15 hours talk time on the 2G network and up to 8 hours on the 3G network.
When charged to full capacity, the Optimus offers up to 673 hours standby time on the 2G network and up to 640 hours on the 3G network.
Wrap-Up: When consider L3 with other budget smartphone, there is no reason to buy the L3. However if you love to listen music, stay always connected with stylish device with in a budget then it’s a great phone. But remember it has a poor camera and low resolution screen.