Product Details
- Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- ASIN: B004Z4LO5M
- Item model number: Optimus S
Price : $182.99
Product Description
The LG Optimus STM gets all the time-saving goodies of the latest AndroidTM 2.2 - speed, simplicity, and apps like Google VoiceTM Actions that make online search, shopping, and music just an easy voice command. Turn Optimus S into a Wi-Fi® hotspot so friends can surf too. Its large and inviting 3.2" touch screen is perfect for smartphone newbies. And Optimus S can be customized with five different home screens. Now that's smart!
Technical Details
- Andriod 2.2
- Wi-Fi Connectivity with Hotspot
- 3.2" Touch Screen
- Google Maps Navigation
- This phone is for use on the Sprint network only in the USA - ESN is clear for activation with Sprint
Customer Reviews
I got this phone for free with a new two-year contract. At first I was incredibly pleased with it. The phone was fast, worked great, did everything I could ever need it for. Then at about the 3 month mark, the Camera on the phone just went out. I called Sprint Tech Support, took it into a shop, and scoured online forums to try and find a fix for it. In my searches I learned that this is a common problem with the LG Optimus, and they normally just send you a refurbished phone.
After about six months, my phone would not receive text messages or phone calls from certain numbers. I would get phone calls from friends asking why I'm ignoring them, when I had actually never received their messages. The battery lasts 12 hours MAX, so I am charging my phone sometimes twice in a 24 hour period.
Overall, the phone worked great for the first 3 months. After that, it's crap. I would go with an HTV Evo or something a little more new instead of this phone.
I have had my LG Oprimus S for about ten months now. It seemed like a great deal, because I got it free with a new Sprint account. Had I known then what I know now, I would have shelled out some dough for a bigger, faster phone.
The screen size isnt so bad. The first major problem is the touch calibration. When the phone is tilted sideways, the calibration still reads as if the phone were upright. This causes a LOT of misspelled texts. Recalibration does not help.
The second, and much bigger issue, is the speed of the phone itself. In the first month, I noticed that it took time to load the photo gallery---sometimes upwards of a full minute, even with just a handful of photos taken. By a handful, I mean six or seven. I figured i could live with it, since it didnt happen all the time.
Since then, the OS has updated twice. Each time, the look of the interface has changed, and the phone has slowed down almost beyond usability. Even when the signal is allegedly 3G, dialing and connecting a call sometimes takes forty-five seconds or more. Lets hope you dont have an emergency! The gallery sometimes doesnt even load, and it only reads text input at about three letters per second. Any faster, and there are holes in the words because youve typed too fast. Apps that worked fine before now force close repeatedly, and recieving calls while surfing the web crash the phone about one in three times.
The last, and biggest issue with the speed lag is surfing the web. Even in an area with a clear, good signal, the phone can't keep up with touch commands. Touching a screen might result in the page zooming out, and scrolling doesn't register about half the time, and when it does it is choppy. Holding the screen to control the scrolling results in non-rrsponsiveness, again about half the time.
My tax refund is almost in. Im getting and HTC evo 4g, and I suggest you do the same.
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