The LG Optimus True HD LTE, the first mobile device in the world to ever offer 4G connectivity and True HD IPS display will be launched in Singapore on 7th June 2012 at a recommended retail price of SGD$898, and each purchase will come with an Audio Technica headset worth SGD$168, while stocks last.
The LG Optimus L7 will available in Singapore on June 7, 2012, at a recommended retail price of SGD$498, in black and white.
Each purchase of the LG Optimus L7 will entitle buyers to four vouchers worth SGD$450 from the following: True Fitness & True Yoga, Indoor Mountain Climb-ing “On-Sight”, Jiwon Korean Hair Salon, and Korean Fusion Bar “Wa Bar”. Continue reading »
LG has unveiled one of the most anticipated LTE devices, the LG Optimus Vu:. Equipped with LG’s advanced LTE and IPS display technology, the LG Optimus Vu: offers a unique combination of tablet-like viewing with smartphone portability. Running on a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 32GB internal memory and a large 2,080 mAh battery, the Optimus Vu: is a multimedia lover’s dream device.
The LG Optimus Vu: is one of the first LTE devices officially announced arriving in Singapore from Q4 2012.
Just my random thoughts:
But my question is, 5-inches at 4:3 ratio? Really? Is LG competing with the Samsung GALAXY Note? Will you really use a 4:3 ratio device? Normally phones are in 3:2 ratio (iPhone). Looks like a mini-iPad. But love the large battery!
LG introduced four new home theater systems at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) equipped with LG’s latest 3D sound technology. Of the four new 3D SOUND HOME THEATER models scheduled for launch during the first half of 2012, the BH9420PW was the first to be unveiled at CES 2012.
The LG BH9420PW incorporates LG’s very own 3D Sound Zooming technology, which constantly synchronizes sound output with the location and movement of the on-screen 3D images on a CINEMA 3D Smart TV. In turn, 3D Sound Zooming plunges the viewer into the middle of the action, as the events that unfold on their 3D TVs immerse and surround the viewers as both images and sound in real 3D.
The LG BH9420PW will hit Singapore stores from April 2012.
The PRADA Phone by LG 3.0 will be available at all three local carriers’ website – SingTel, M1, Starhub – from 7th January 2012. Fans who make an early purchase via the three local carriers will receive a limited edition PRADA-branded phone cradle worth SGD$228 -while stocks last.
The PRADA Phone by LG 3.0 will be available at SGD$1,088 without contract.
To cater to consumers who are keen to buy the phone without a contract, LG is also holding a one-day-only sale on 21st January, exclusively at its LG LIVE Store located at Marina Bay Sands. The purchasers at the one-day-only sale will also receive the limited edition PRADA cradle while stocks last.
First Thoughts:
LG will unveil its 2012 IPS monitor line-up at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month. LG’s new IPS monitors will provide consumers with the most optimal 3D viewing solution, offering immersive 3D viewing with higher resolutions from wider viewing angles. The new IPS monitors are divided into the DM92, DM82 and DM52 series, in addition to the D43 3D monitor.
LG’s new 2012 IPS monitor line-up will be available globally starting February 2012.
The PRADA phone by LG 3.0 will be available for pre-order in January 2012. Consumers who purchase the phone through the pre-order will receive a PRADA-branded accessory with their phone. More details on the pre-order will be made available via the LG Singapore homepage and the LG Mobile Singapore Facebook page. Pricing available in January.
Back in 2009, Steve Balmer introduced Microsoft’s new strategy of “three screens and a cloud” – namely the mobile screen, the PC screen, and the TV screen, all interlinked together by a unifying cloud. Let’s take a step sideways and looking at what Apple has done over the past few years, and my personal prediction of Apple’s strategy going forward into the future.
Apple started with their foray into mobile screen way back Steve Jobs introduced the iPod back in 2001, which created a big disruption over the music industry. Apple then introduced the iTunes Store 2 years later in 2003, creating the first music store online disrupting the entire online sales space, laying the foundation of the largest most successful online content store in history coupled together with their hot-selling iPod devices.
In 2007, Apple went into the fragmented mobile phones space by introducing a revolutionary iPhone 2G that introduced a unique interaction with your phone – purely touch. A year later, Apple introduced the “App Store” for the iPhone, piggy-backing the highly successful iTunes Store, growing the apps ecosystem in the mobile phone space.
All the while doing that, Apple innovated and revolutionized the MacBook line by introducing the MacBook Air – the first super thin and light mobile laptop computing system that got everyone in the industry scrambling to imitate Apple, unsuccessfully.
Not only that, Apple introduced a new screen form factor, the iPad recently in 2010, which provided a different experience yet maintaining the familiar iOS user experience together with the apps eco-system that comes with the iPhone.
Also in 2010, Apple introduced the newest 2nd generation Apple TV, coupling streaming video service into a lightweight and cheap USD$99 device. Google has already forayed into this space too with Google TV, but unsuccessfully at doing any damage to the existing TV eco-system.
Going forward in a few weeks time, iCloud will be released publicly which Apple has time and again failed their MobileMe cloud strategy. The iCloud will be synchronizing all your content like photos, music, videos, documents, contacts, calendar, mail and apps to your iPhone, iPad, Macs.
So where am I getting at? Does this sound familiar to you? Doesn’t it sound like Microsoft’s “three screens and a cloud” strategy? Apple has captured the mobile screen – iPod, iPhone, iPad (yes it falls under this); the laptop/desktop screen -MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro; the TV screen – Apple TV (really? Maybe not, as I explain below); the cloud – iCloud + iTunes and content services.
So what is lacking in this picture, knowing that Apple loves to maintain strict control over everything from hardware to software to services and content? During Apple’s Q1 2011 financial results announcement, we already know that Apple made $3.9 billion long term investments in components supply for the next few years.
Here’s what I think the next disruptive revolutionary technology Apple is going to introduce. The Apple iTV (or whatever they’re going to call it). Why do I say that, and why not just use the Apple TV companion device instead?
The television manufacturing industry is still relatively immature, with very unsuccessful attempts at making SmartTVs by Samsung, LG, and various others. Apple potentially has the ability to disrupt this industry and make this the next biggest cash-cow of Apple. Not only that, Apple will also be killing another industry altogether – the console gaming industry.
Imagine your Apple iTV running iOS, with the ability to interact with your iPad or iPhone as a control device. Together with the ability to directly purchase and consume content directly from your TV, synchronizing all your content (photos, videos, etc) to all devices using iCloud, and of course providing the ability to run apps and games on your Apple iTV.
Utilizing the huge pool of developers currently writing iOS applications, these developers will be able to create a whole slew of new interface apps to the TV. With the control over the hardware of the TV screen by pushing the resolution higher than ever before, providing the best experience with iOS and content.
How about democratizing hand gestures with your Apple iTV by licensing a motion gesture technology aka Microsoft Kinect? Knowing Apple, they may even come up with a completely new way to interact with your Apple iTV (read “not touch”).
Your Apple iTV will be the living room extension of your Apple experience. That is the future.
The LG Optimus 3D takes the smartphone experience into new territory with its Tri-Dual configuration – dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory – which allows for improved performance when multi-tasking, viewing graphics-intensive websites, enjoying a movie or playing graphics-intensive games. The LG Optimus 3D is also a major step forward in the utilization of full 3D functionality in everyday life – users can record and immediately view content in 3D without the need for special glasses.
The LG Optimus 3D will be available in Singapore at the end August (estimate 26th August) at a recommended retail price of S$938.00 inclusive of GST.
My take? Here are the pros:
Half of 2011 is gone, and we take a look at the best of the best Android super phones out there in the market for the 1st half of 2011. All these phones (with the exception of LG Optimus 2X and Motorola Atrix) are running the latest and greatest Android 2.3 Gingerbread with their own unique customizations. There is a reason why these phones will only hold their place as the best in the 1st half of 2011, because in the 2nd half of 2011 before the year ends, we will see more powerful Android phones scheduled to be released using quad-cores, and running the new version of Android 4.0 Ice-cream Sandwich, providing a completely new super phone experience. And now, we have the best top 5 phones from the 5 Android super phones manufacturers (in no particular order):
Here’s a table of comparison between the 5 devices:
| LG Optimus 2X | Samsung GALAXY S II | HTC Sensation | Sony Ericsson Xperia arc | Motorola Atrix | |
| Android OS | 2.2 Froyo (Upgradable to 2.3 Gingerbread) | 2.3.x Gingerbread | 2.3.x Gingerbread | 2.3.x Gingerbread | 2.2 Froyo (Upgradable to 2.3 Gingerbread) |
| CPU | 1GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 | 1.2GHz Cortex A9 Dual-core | Qualcomm 1.2GHz Dual-Core Scorpion, Adreno 220 GPU | Qualcomm 1GHz Scorpion, Adreno 205 GPU | 1GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset |
| Display | 4” 480 x 800 IPS LCD | 4.27” 480 x 800 Super AMOLED Plus | 4.3” 540 x 960 qHD | 4.2” 480 x 854 LCD | 4” 540 x 960 qHD |
| Custom UI | Optimus UI 2.0 | TouchWiz 4.0 | Sense UI 3.0 | Rachael UI | Motoblur UI |
| Internal Storage | 8GB | 16GB | 1GB | 512MB | 16GB |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | 1650 mAh | 1520 mAh | 1500 mAh | 1930 mAh |
| Camera | 8 MP rear camera with auto focus and LED Flash 1.3 MP front camera |
8 MP rear camera with auto focus and LED Flash 2 MP front camera |
8 MP rear camera with auto focus and dual LED flash VGA front camera |
8 MP rear camera with auto focus and LED flash (No front camera) |
5 MP rear camera with auto focus and LED flash VGA front camera |
| Retail Price | SGD$888 | SGD$998 | SGD$838 | SGD$888 | SGD$988 (with HD Multimedia Dock) |
I’m always asked which phone I’ll recommend to people, and which phone I’ll buy if I had the money. Well, if I’m looking for the best of the best of all Android phones, I’ll get the Samsung GALAXY S II which will be out in Singapore by the end of June 2011.
I highly recommend the Samsung GALAXY S II because it has the best all rounded specifications, together with the Super AMOLED Plus screen (which dramatically reduces battery usage) and large battery capacity of 1650 mAh, you’ll be able to use this phone the whole day without charging up (the biggest complaint against Android phones).
My only complaint about the Samsung GALAXY S II is that it’s way too thin for my hands (which isn’t such a bad thing for many people), and TouchWiz UI. In terms of customized UI, HTC Sensation has got the best so far with the new Sense UI 3.0 bringing “Active Lockscreen” into the picture, enabling the possibility of music controller on the lockscreen, one of the biggest requests from everyone who wants to use (or has used) Android. But hey, that’s software and it will eventually be on every Android phone soon (I hope).
What do you guys think of the Best Android Super Phones in 1H 2011? Which do you like?
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