LG Optimus L9 - Short Review

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furious_gamer

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22k? seriously? 20k would be cool, for camera and slightly increased memory capacity. But II version seems to be downgraded version of original model. So it will be like same soc, lesser clock speed, less MP in camera and smaller screen.
 
tkin

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furious_gamer said:
22k? seriously? 20k would be cool, for camera and slightly increased memory capacity. But II version seems to be downgraded version of original model. So it will be like same soc, lesser clock speed, less MP in camera and smaller screen.
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Hmm, 20k is okay, but if it has a lesser SOC then its worthless.
 
theserpent

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tkin said:
Yeah, its like this now a days, update high end(20k+), but screw everything under it, L9 is pretty much the only phone worth its money under 20k, HTC is the worst offender, arm a5 cores at obnoxious prices, its like all the companies had teamed up to screw India all together.
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Shhhhhh your inviting a HTC FAN
 
mitraark

mitraark

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Would be possible to list the users who bought this phone? Saw something similar in a laptop thread, the list can assure other people to trust this phone.
 
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mitraark said:
Would be possible to list the users who bought this phone? Saw something similar in a laptop thread, the list can assure other people to trust this phone.
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Asking the MODS to change thread title to LG Optimus L9(P765).

And asking furious_gamer to add the list of users to first post.
 
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suhailkhan said:
That's a great buy and it's the best VFM phone in its category. When did you order it and how long did they take for the delivery? I haven't heard very good things about indiatimes.
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I ordered it on 27th-28th jan and got it on 8th feb, it sure was a longass wait but it was worth it. It was my first purchase, got it from there just due to the discount
 
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furious_gamer

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tkin said:
Asking the MODS to change thread title to LG Optimus L9(P765).

And asking furious_gamer to add the list of users to first post.
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Added names and requesting users to post their name if they own this phone. Also if you know some users have this phone.
 
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the battery drains out quickly while browsing, is it the same with others as well or just with me, I used a e5 before this and battery drain was not there. except for the camera, am happy with this phone though, for the first time am using e-books courtesy of the big screen, will do a non-stop video test tomorrow to try out the battery
btw tenida, di la grandi mephistophilis yak yak ;-)
 
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random_dystopia said:
the battery drains out quickly while browsing, is it the same with others as well or just with me, I used a e5 before this and battery drain was not there. except for the camera, am happy with this phone though, for the first time am using e-books courtesy of the big screen, will do a non-stop video test tomorrow to try out the battery
btw tenida, di la grandi mephistophilis yak yak ;-)
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It drains, but not that much, I can easily get a day with 4-5hrs browsing+some call etc.
 
mitraark

mitraark

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random_dystopia said:
the battery drains out quickly while browsing, is it the same with others as well or just with me, I used a e5 before this and battery drain was not there. except for the camera, am happy with this phone though, for the first time am using e-books courtesy of the big screen, will do a non-stop video test tomorrow to try out the battery
btw tenida, di la grandi mephistophilis yak yak ;-)
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It's because of the screen, browsing makes the screen bright continuously, E5 has a dim 2.4" screen, not much enegery required.

4 hours browsing still good enough for this sized smartphone.
 
tkin

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mitraark said:
It's because of the screen, browsing makes the screen bright continuously, E5 has a dim 2.4" screen, not much enegery required.

4 hours browsing still good enough for this sized smartphone.
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I think he is using over 50% brightness, I always use 25% brightness indoors and 20% at night, anything more is overkill and burns my eyes.
 
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random_dystopia said:
I use 0% :D tweaking it up today with some startup manager, freed up 100-150 mb ram instantly
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I always have 450-600MB RAM in use, a tap to the task manager widget(inbuilt) optimizes the RAM(this is different from stop apps in task manager), the widget actually optimizes the RAM, and RAM use after a few days use hangs around 500MB. I hate it when even games like raging thunder 2 keeps running in background, one big issue with android, everything is kept in the background.
 
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furious_gamer

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You have to force close all apps, but still they run in background. I used Windows Phone and to my surprise, Windows 8 is smooth and no unnecessary tasks in the background. If Windows 8 just fixed few existing issues and give little more freedom to developers, this might be a big rival for Android, but i can't see that happen in near future.

But still, with 512MB RAM, Windows phone is lag free.... :shocked:
 
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furious_gamer said:
You have to force close all apps, but still they run in background. I used Windows Phone and to my surprise, Windows 8 is smooth and no unnecessary tasks in the background. If Windows 8 just fixed few existing issues and give little more freedom to developers, this might be a big rival for Android, but i can't see that happen in near future.

But still, with 512MB RAM, Windows phone is lag free.... :shocked:
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Symbian and IOS is lag free even at 256MB RAM, android's features and background app feature is a double edged sword, I had seen that if I install a lot of apps, some of them they install services etc, like facebook that eats constant 25MB RAM like others, this should be made optional like Windows(PC OS) where you can manually start services. A lot of free games install services to show ads, some install services to check for notifications on web, on any level Android is still the worst optimized mobile OS of them all.
 
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furious_gamer

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^^ Agreed on optimization part of Android. Looking to get entry level Windows Phone as alternative to my SL. Keeping burst as primary number, and windows for my other number. This way i can enjoy the best of both OSes.
 
tkin

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I am having a small discomfort using my L9, its just that the power on/off/lock button is too small and really soft, it isn't hard or raised like the volume keys, so pressing it, I am getting a weird feeling, more so as I am using the case in which the power button is deeply recessed, not an issue but a discomfort.
 
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