We recently covered Quick Review of LG Optimus G Pro along with the news regarding its launch today. LG Optimus G Pro with 5.5 Inch IPS plus LCD display and 1.7 GHz Quad core processor has now been officially launched in Indian market priced at 42,500 INR. This is in the same bracket with phones, like Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, and will give them head on competition. Let’s take a look at what specifications we get at this price tag.
LG Optimus G Pro comes with a colossal screen size of 5.5 Inch 1080p full HD screen, which has striking resemblance with Samsung galaxy note 2. Even the body design of both smartphones is quite similar. As far as display type is concerned it has full IPS plus LCD display with pixel density of 401 ppi, thus you will get wide viewing angles and good outside visibility in this crisp display.
This phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quad core processor clocked at a frequency of 1.7 GHz along with Adreno 320 GPU. This processor is quite powerful and you won’t experience any lag even with extensive gaming. This chipset is backed with a 2GB RAM and 16 GB internal memory which can be further extended up to 64 GB using a microSD slot. LG Optimus Pro G operates on Android 4.1.2 jelly bean O.S.
Primary camera is an auto focus camera of 13 MP with 4208 x 3120 pixels capable of full HD video recording at 30 fps. This camera comes with LED flash along with features like Geo tagging, face detection, image stabilization and HDR.
Battery capacity is rated at 3140 mAh (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has a similar 3100 mAh battery) which will give you ample 2G talk time of 31 hrs and 21 hrs of 3G talk time. Other connectivity features include 3G, 4G, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Infrared, microUSB 2.0 and Wi-Fi. Weight of this phone is 172 grams and will suit you better if you have large hands or if you enjoy big display phones.
Model | LG Optimus G Pro |
Display | 5.5 Inch Full HD IPS plus LCD |
Processor | 1.7 GHZ Snapdragon 600 |
RAM | 2GB |
ROM | 16 GB ROM extendable up to 64 GB |
O.S. | Android 4.1.2 jelly bean |
Camera | 13 MP Primary camera, 2.1 MP secondary camera |
Battery | 3140 mAh |
Price | 42,500 INR |
The specifications of this phone are quite attractive. It will give you an excellent display quality you wont face any lag even while playing graphic intensive games. Pricetag of 42,500 will be a little difficult to swallow for many consumers. lets see if this phone makes the same kind of ripples and attracts large sale figures like it did in east Asian markets.
Major issue with this phone will be its whooping price. Other top notch phones in this price bracket are Samsung Galaxy S4 (39,500 INR), Sony Xperia Z ultra, HTC One(42,900 INR), iPhone 5(43,500 INR), HTC One S (34,999 INR). So carefully consider these options before you make up your mind.