LG Optimus 3D can easily be considered as the big brother to world’s first dual core smartphone LG Optimus 2X. LG Optimus 3D was initially launched at a massive price tag of Rs. 32,000 and after several price cuts due to competition from HTC EVO 3D it finally settles at Rs. 28,000 for quite a sometime. LG at last decided to do a price cut for it’s first 3D smartphone and drops it’s price to Rs. 19,999. This deal is presently available only at Mobile Store that too at few selected outlets but don’t worry this will get spread to other stores also. Online Indian Ecommerce site Flipkart and Letsbuy still hadn’t updated the price of Optimus 3D
Also there is one more point to be noticed. LG Optimus 2X features Nvidia Tegra 2 based chipset which is somewhat unstable in terms of drivers or something and that is the reason there are hell lot of problems with Optimus 2X. Nvidia Tegra 2 is now not in production and hence Optimus 2X becomes extinct. But it’s big brother Optimus 3D features TI OMAP 4430 chipset which is also equipped with a dual core processor and a dedicated GPU. This chipset is much more stable and error free as compared to Nvidia Tegra 2. There might be some gap in the graphics performance of Optimus 3D and Optimus 2X with the performance of Optimus 2X on the higher side but the difference is negligible.
Competitors
Whenever discussing about a smartphone we should always carefully look at the competitors available at the same price range. Following are some of the competitors which are all dual core smartphones. Some of them are now not readily available in the market but some shopkeepers do have old stock of these handsets.
=> Sony Xperia U
=> Sony Xperia Sola
=> Sony Xperia Neo L (Will be launched soon)
=> Motorola Atrix 2
=> Samsung Galaxy S Advance Will be launched soon()
=> LG Optimus 2X (Not in production)
=> Samsung Galaxy R (Not in production)
Spec Sheet
| Screen / Display | 3D LCD Capacitive 16 Million Colours |
| User Interface (UI) | NA |
| Display Size | LG 3D UI |
| Display features | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Display Resolution | 480 X 800 with 217 PPI |
| Primary Camera | Dual 5 MP for 3D or Stereoscopic photos and recording |
| Secondary Camera | YES |
| Video Recording | 1080P at 30 FPS(2D) 720P at 30 FPS (3D) |
| OS | Android Froyo 2.2 Android Gingerbread 2.3 after upgrading |
| CPU | 1 GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 |
| Chipset | Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX540 |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| Internal Memory | 8 GB (5 GB available to user) |
| SD Card Slot | Yes up to 32 GB |
| Colours | Black White |