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Optimus T / My impressions of the Optimus T
« on: December 26, 2010, 03:34:21 pm »
I've had the LG Optimus T for just over a week, and figured I'd post my impressions here to try and get some information exchange going on this forum. My previous phone was a Samsung Behold, which was a *horrible* smartphone (it should have been labeled as a DUMBphone). As such, the Optimus is my first android based phone. So, here goes:
Voice Quality: voice calls sound absolutely fine. Volume levels are adequate and normal. People hear me just fine, and I hear them just fine.
Speakerphone: the speakerphone performance could be improved. When people speak to you, their voice is low initially, then all of a sudden you hear them louder, so the first word or two from them is missed. Plus, at the higher volume levels, the sound is distorted slightly.
Battery Life: battery life seems pretty good. Keeping Wifi and GPS off, and with light call usage, the battery lasts about 2 days. Heavy usage will require charging every night though.
Touchscreen/display: the touchscreen is very responsive. I haven't had any issues or problems with it whatsoever. Likewise, the display is bright and clear. Everything looks great on it.
Voice Dialer: the built-in voice dialer absolutely SUCKS. The simple command of "Dial Home" returns ridiculously different results. I haven't been able to find a way to train the voice commands, if that is even possible. Luckily, the phone also comes with Google Voice Search built-in, which works GREAT. Google Voice Search recognizes the 'call' and 'dial' commands, and works much better for dialing. Likewise, the Samsung bluetooth headset I used worked perfectly with voice dialing. So it must be the Voice Dialer application that is the actual weak link.
Camera: I've only taken a few pics with the camera, and they were of okay quality. The lack of a flash also limits the camera's ability. Personally, I consider my phone to be primarily used as a communications device, so the camera's functionality isn't that important to me.
Email: the built-in email application seems to work well. I've set it up to retreive/send emails from 2 domains that I own, and it does its job.
Other Comments: the phone doesn't appear to have a simple way to direct dial numbers, ie, pressing and holding dialpad #2 to "call home". Instead, you can create shortcuts and place them on the desktop for direct dialing of numbers. I haven't spent much time cruising the web with the phone, but what little I did worked well and was simple to perform.
Overall, I like the phone very much. The OS is responsive and doesn't appear bogged down by the apps. Messaging is easy, and notifications are clearly shown also. To me, it's a keeper.
Voice Quality: voice calls sound absolutely fine. Volume levels are adequate and normal. People hear me just fine, and I hear them just fine.
Speakerphone: the speakerphone performance could be improved. When people speak to you, their voice is low initially, then all of a sudden you hear them louder, so the first word or two from them is missed. Plus, at the higher volume levels, the sound is distorted slightly.
Battery Life: battery life seems pretty good. Keeping Wifi and GPS off, and with light call usage, the battery lasts about 2 days. Heavy usage will require charging every night though.
Touchscreen/display: the touchscreen is very responsive. I haven't had any issues or problems with it whatsoever. Likewise, the display is bright and clear. Everything looks great on it.
Voice Dialer: the built-in voice dialer absolutely SUCKS. The simple command of "Dial Home" returns ridiculously different results. I haven't been able to find a way to train the voice commands, if that is even possible. Luckily, the phone also comes with Google Voice Search built-in, which works GREAT. Google Voice Search recognizes the 'call' and 'dial' commands, and works much better for dialing. Likewise, the Samsung bluetooth headset I used worked perfectly with voice dialing. So it must be the Voice Dialer application that is the actual weak link.
Camera: I've only taken a few pics with the camera, and they were of okay quality. The lack of a flash also limits the camera's ability. Personally, I consider my phone to be primarily used as a communications device, so the camera's functionality isn't that important to me.
Email: the built-in email application seems to work well. I've set it up to retreive/send emails from 2 domains that I own, and it does its job.
Other Comments: the phone doesn't appear to have a simple way to direct dial numbers, ie, pressing and holding dialpad #2 to "call home". Instead, you can create shortcuts and place them on the desktop for direct dialing of numbers. I haven't spent much time cruising the web with the phone, but what little I did worked well and was simple to perform.
Overall, I like the phone very much. The OS is responsive and doesn't appear bogged down by the apps. Messaging is easy, and notifications are clearly shown also. To me, it's a keeper.