LGs booth was strategically placed in between Samsung’s and Intel’s – the company showed off a huge selection of devices in all kinds of form factors.
The LG Optimus Vu revives the 4:3 form factor especially popular with newspapers and other paper based content:
Even though LG (and some media outlets) pitch it against the Galaxy Note, it is a completely different device. It does not have a stylus and is intended primarily as a consumption device – the Note is intended for creation and interaction:
We already mentioned LG’s quad core offering before – so permit me to, once again, mention the excellent integration between LG’s 3D phones and 3D TVs:
In addition to this, LG renovated its S series. L, surprisingly, stands for style:
The L3 is the smallest of the bunch:
Here are its specs:
It looks very nice, but has a terrible screen:
The S5 is lightly better off:
Finally, a look at the S7:
In addition to that, LG was also demoing a “smart dumbphone”:
On the way back from the Congress, I met a manager from LG who I knew for some time. He claimed that a few ten thousand copies of the Optimus 2X were sold, and blamed carriers for pricing it like the SGS II.
If we look back at LG’s past work, it is not easy to understand why they always stand in the limelight of their #1 competitor (aka Samsung). From a technical point of view, LG does many things “better” than Samsung and most definitely is on par otherwise.
Instead, I would locate the issue with carriers and consumers. In the UK, LG is considered a crap brand – and in the rest of the world, very few customers consider LG a “first-rate” smartphone maker.
Sadly, time is running short for LG as Asian vendors like Huawei and ZTE push into the market. Newspapers already make fun of the “revolving doors” installed in the office of the CEO of the phone division – if they don’t get their game on track quickly, it could be game over for LG.
LGs booth was strategically placed in between Samsung’s and Intel’s – the company showed off a huge selection of devices in all kinds of form factors.
The LG Optimus Vu revives the 4:3 form factor especially popular with newspapers and other paper based content:
Even though LG (and some media outlets) pitch it against the Galaxy ...
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