LG Optimus Hub Mobile Phone
Introduction
The Optimus Hub is a new and trendy touchscreen phone from LG. It is a very handy mobile phone that uses the Android operating system 2.3 Gingerbread. The Optimus hub has a 3.5 inch screen and is already available at a market price of 149th€ (without contract, and depending on the shipping provider) in black color. The inbuilt specs of this mobile phone has 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of internal memory, also the 5 MP camera is equipped with various functions and settings. The Optimus hub comes with a standard headphone jack. In the Android Market, you can download apps and select applications at a stroke. How this mobile phone acts in a practical test shows our review.
Processing Features
The visual presentation of the LG Optimus HUB smartphone is timelessly chic in glossy black color. The Optimus hub can still be described as a flatterer among smartphones with its forms, as most of the other phones are much larger in their dimensions. The surface quality is made up of shiny plastic. With dimensions of 113.4 x 60.8 x 11.9mm and weighing in at only 120 grams it sits perfectly in any hand. The TFT display with a 3.5-inch screen displays 262,000 colors at a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels which is very sharp. The battery compartment cover of Optimus hub is made of plastic and can be opened by lifting, closed and sits perfectly. The package includes a manual, headset, charger, 2GB memory card and a USB cable.
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Business and Data Features
1. Data connections -
- Quadband
- Bluetooth 3.0 EDR
- HSDPA 3.6Mbit/s
- UMTS: 900, 2100MHz
- EDGE/GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
- GPS
- DLNA
- Wireless
- USB
2. Sound Settings - General: Silent mode Vibrate: Always, Never, Only in silent, except in silent mode, volume, Incoming Calls, Notifications: Notification sound; Feedback: Key tones, touch tones, screen lock, vibration.
3. Reception and voice quality - The reception quality of the Optimus hub is not disappointing, even if the network connection is not covered at times. The vocal sound playback at normal volume is somewhat overcast slightly, but still understandable and not falsified. The voice quality of the speakers can be described as good. At higher volume it gives a little scratchy sound.
4. Battery life (with normal use) - Maximum 2.5 days.
5. Opportunities for entering new contacts - Type of contact: Phone, Google, SIM, contact Image: Collect picture, choose from the gallery, first name, last name, phone: Mobile, Home, Work, Other, Email: Home, Work, Other; groups: family, friends, business colleagues, school, Postal Address: Private: street, city, state, zip code, work: street, city, state, zip, Other: street, city, state, zip code, company / organization: Work: Company, Title, Other: companies, titles, extras chat: AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo, Skype, QQ, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, notes, alias, web site, date: birthday, anniversary.
6. Calendar settings - Day, week, month, Dates, Today, more: New Date: What (date name) From (date / time) - To (date / time), time zone, All day: on / off, Where (location of the appointment), description, Calendar (Google, LG PC suite), guest (email addresses), Repeat: One-time, daily, every weekday (Mon-Fri), weekly (example - every Wednesday), monthly (example - every 8th), year (for example, on 9 January), remember: 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, 1 week; memories to add, calendar: LG PC Suite, Google, Indian holidays, week numbers: synchronized, visible settings: Hide rejected appointments, home zone maintained home zone; reminder settings: Notification & Notes: alarm, status line message, from, select ringtone Vibration: Again, only in silent mode, never; default reminder time: none, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, 1 week; Info: Build Version: 2.3.4.
7. Built-in voice recorder (Dictaphone) - Record, Pause, Stop, Forward: Bluetooth, Gmail, News, WiFi, Delete, Sort by: Delete, Rename, Set as ring tone, forward; name, size, date, type, duration: date, name recordings: Details, Playback of the recording is not at all disappointing and may even be as good. The voice does not sound tinny or even falsified, but is natural and easy to understand. Even the background noise or scratching can be hardly heard.
8. E-mail functionality - Microsoft Exchange, Others, T-Online, GMX, Freenet, Google Mail, Connection type: POP3, SMTP and IMAP4. Email accounts are set in a few steps. It is also possible to enter multiple accounts. The Optimus hub has no problems with downloading of emails and also requires little time. The speed is surprising here, and thus scores for the smartphone. Locating an attachment, pictures, etc., is not a poblem with the Optimus while viewing. If attachments are slightly larger, however, or the format is not supported, the download takes longer time.
9. Internet functionality - Selected web pages is loaded quickly by the Optimus HUB. It is equipped with a 1500 megahertz processor, which can present elaborate side quickly. Viewing complex web pages is also greatly facilitated by the zoom function. Content such as pictures, letters or smaller text, can be increased quickly and thus easily read.
10. PC synchronization - The Optimus Hub is recognized immediately as soon as it is connected to the PC. The mobile phone can also be loaded only, or be connected to the Internet via the PC. The synchronization runs very smoothly. Photos and music can be moved without a Google Account also. A USB data cable is included.
11. More features - Application (Task Manager), Downloads, Gmail, Latitude, LG World, Maps, Market, Navigation, News & weather Places, Polaris viewer, radio, calculator, remote call, SIM Toolkit, SmartShare, voice memo, voice search, search, talk, Clock: Alarm Clock , slideshow, music, home), video player, Wi-Fi Cast, YouTube.
12. Business Results - The quad-band phone supports EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0. The battery life is 2.5 days at max. and normal use. The calendar functions are not to be criticized and meet all the standards. Phone, SIM or Google contacts are quickly created. A note was not integrated in the mobile. There is a voice recorder. This may convince with good results and points. Separate multiple email accounts are set in a few steps. Web pages are easily found and viewed in the smartphone with no difficulties. Bookmarks are clearly laid out on the 3.5-inch display. In order to transfer contact information on the Hub E510, it is advisable to create an account with Google to synchronize from. A USB cable is also included. The LG has numerous features such as Polaris viewer, voice search, Latitude, SmartShare, etc.
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Multimedia Features
1. Camera equipment - 5 MP camera, digital 4x zoom; Exposure: -2 to +2; Scenes: Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Sunset, Image Size: 5M (2592x1944), 3M (2048x1536), 2M (1600x1200), 1M 1280x960) , VGA (640x480), QVGA (320x240) settings: ISO: Auto, 400, 200, 100, White Balance: Auto, Indoor, Sunny, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Color Effect: Off, Black & White, Negative, Sepia, water, Timer: Off , 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec; Image quality: Superfine, Fine, Normal, Finishing options: Forward: E-mail, social networks, Wi-Fi Cast, Picasa, News, Bluetooth, Gmail, SmartShare, delete, added: Info: Title, Type Recorded, on / around, music, location, size, resolution, Set as Background, buddy icon, Crop, Rotate Left, Rotate Right, slide show.
2. Camera quality - The depth of color and dynamics in low light conditions must not be criticized immediately. On the PC screen it is quite disappointing rather, since we discovered that colors were not quite as strong, and unfortunately the focus is easing. For a 5 MP camera it is still acceptable and good. Also, the shutter lag takes a little time. At dusk and/or at night it cannot achieve good results, unfortunately, because there was no flash.
3. Video Camera Equipment - Color Effect: Off, Black & White, Negative, Sepia, water; camera settings: make default again, White Balance: Auto, indoor, cloudy, fluorescent, cloudy, Video Quality: High (30m), Low (30m), MMS, YouTube, select a camera: back, front, post-processing options: Share: SMS / MMS, YouTube, Gmail, Email, Bluetooth, delete; start, fast forward, pause, stop details: title, type, file size, taken on / around, album, City.
4. Video Quality - An authentic representation of the colors. But under normal lighting conditions or indoors, the colors remain somewhat in intensity. The adaptation to different lighting conditions, is managed by the Optimus hub with acceptable weight-age. If you make very quick or jerky movement, you will see small pixelation. In the darkness nothing can be achieved, unfortunately, as a video light is missing.
5. Features of the built in music player - Forward, rewind, pause, stop, artist: Play all; albums: Play all; Title: Play All; Channels: recently added; Shuffle: enabled / disabled; Repeat: Current title is repeated, repetition is disabled, All tracks repeat; Search for "Song / Artist: Browser, Music, YouTube, too, also possible to play songs with the help of SmartShare on another device.
6. Sound quality of music player - The loudspeaker is positioned on the front of the mobile phone. An equalizer or tone control is not pre-installed in the Optimus hub. Fine tuning cannot therefore be made unfortunately, while listening to songs that have too much bass.
7. Radio yes/no, sound quality of radio - Channel store, listening through speakers, headset, volume, on/off, Auto Search, hide sender info, channel info display, channel edit, channel reset, reset all channels, 48 FM radio station names can be added. The menu of the radio is clear and not overwhelming. The selectivity depends on the adjustment of the antenna (headset / headphones) and should not come between any object in general.
8. Memory Storage Capacity - 150 MB internal, expandable up to 32GB.
9. Multimedia Results - The Optimus Hub camera does not have a separate camera release button and can only be operated by touch, but it has very useful settings and triggering is quite fast. The results of the 5 MP camera could convince with more sharpness and color depth it is properly handled. Although colors are realistic and not distorted, but not as intense as they are at the origin. The results of the video images is also quite good. If you avoid jerky movements, some useful results can be obtained. In the darkness it can not achieve good results, as a flash / video light was not built-in. The built-in MP3 player has a straight-forward and easy to operate menu. A headset is included, the Optimus Hub can also be used with standard headphones. A radio is also present, which scores points with 48 station presets and easy operation for the Optimus Hub. The LG has a 150 MB internal memory and can be expanded with a Micro SD memory card up to 32GB.
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Handling / Menus
1. Contact Details, Handling, Menus and other Features - Depending on the application, the Optimus Hub can be also operated with one hand. Contact details (Google, SIM or phone) are quickly found, edited, or added, and a call can be performed easily. The display in direct sunlight or direct light can be still read fine, but the brightness of the display should be adjusted for same. The reaction of the touch screen is surprisingly very quick. The beautifully designed menu of Optimus Hub was equipped with usable menus. The main menu can be customized according to your needs, facilitating quick access to the selected item. Even at the home screen, desired apps can be easily fit. The 5 MP camera and the MP3 player can be operated very easily. The Optimus Hub can be expanded with Micro SD cards up to 32GB. A 2 GB memory card is already included in the box package. Creating your own folders and moving data is also very smooth.
2. Message handling - To: Contacts, select group, subject to add, drop, attachments: images, record video, record video, video, record audio, audio, contacts date, slide show, insert smiley, All News More: Discard all messages, settings for voice and keyboard : Language select: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, etc, select Input Method: LG keyboard, keyboard settings: keyboard layouts: QWERTY, phone keypad, voice, word suggestions, voice input; Tactile feedback: Feedback with music: on / off; feedback through vibration: on / off; leave messages such as SMS or e-mail with the LG E510 write fast; own dictionary.
3. Results - The Optimus Hub, in our opinion, takes not much of a time to switch on. Running a phone call, adding contacts, as well as the readability of the display speak for the handy Optimus Hub. Messages on the 3.5-inch display in portrait or landscape format, can be written quickly with the QWERTY touch keyboard or other keyboard types. The menu has a nice style. The main menu has been spread over two pages. The Home screens can be easily equipped with self-selected shortcuts to the menu. The easy operation of the camera and the MP3 player are also significant. Memory cards up to 32GB can be accepted by Optimus Hub.
Overall Conclusion
The LG Optimus Hub offers a very good and interesting features at a moderate market price. The touchscreen phone has scored with its chic and elegant appearance. The handy size and light weight can very well speak for it. The Optimus hub consists of a high-gloss plastic. The battery cover is also made up of plastic, it can be easily opened and closed. The 5 MP camera has no flash, but can still score with decent results in low light conditions. The sharpness and color depth, unfortunately losing in intensity, depends on the lighting conditions. The Home screens of the Optimus hub can be easily customized with different menu items in order to more quickly reach the desired application. The internal music player has a nice visual presentation, easy to use and gives solid sound quality. The loudspeaker was positioned at the front excluding an equalizer. The radio, with its ease of operation, can be preset with 48 station. The renaming of the frequency by entering the station name is unfortunately not possible. The 3.5-inch display on the web page design is surprisingly fast and is well represented. Whether in portrait or landscape mode, a correct visibility is guaranteed. Separate multiple email accounts are set quickly and emails can be easily downloaded and are great to read. The response of the touch screen is extremely smooth. In its price range, it is worth a mobile phone to be in the buying list.
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Nice features, I think I have to buy this one instead of Galaxy Y.
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After reading review in this thread. I have got every point clear about LG Optimus Hub phone.
I will try to buy this device in coming month to gift my cousin.
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A lot of friends and I had terrible experience with LG phones. Maybe they are making progress but I am still doubt the quality of this brand...
