Review: LG Lancet for Verizon Wireless
If the screen was higher res...
and it ran Android I'd actually totally consider this phone...mostly because the size is great and it's impossible to find GOOD, SMALL phones :-(
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The LG Transpyre is almost identical to the Lancet if you are looking for a good small phone. The in-laws have the Transpyre and love it, but this is their first smartphone. I've played around with it a little bit and have to admit it isn't a bad little phone, good for a backup at least and they got them on sale for $50 a piece a couple of months ago from Best Buy. The camera is not as good as the Lancet. But I agree, it is hard to find a good smaller smartphone in the 4.7-4.0 in range and I wish it had a better screen as well.
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Referring to the section on Sound in Eric's article, this seems to be just another smartphone (yawn) that really isn't all that great at being a PHONE (i.e. poor speaker performance).
"Sound
...I noticed the earpiece was prone to a bit of distortion when set all the way up, but it wasn't too bad.
The speakerphone, on the other hand, distorts like crazy when you turn it all the way up. Understanding calls via speakerphone in the car was hard. You have to turn it up all the way to hear it, but then you have to deal with background noise and speaker distortion. It works best when placed on a hard surface in a quiet room.
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With what amounts to massive processing power under the hood of these "smartphones", the amount they cost...
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"Sound
...I noticed the earpiece was prone to a bit of distortion when set all the way up, but it wasn't too bad.
The speakerphone, on the other hand, distorts like crazy when you turn it all the way up. Understanding calls via speakerphone in the car was hard. You have to turn it up all the way to hear it, but then you have to deal with background noise and speaker distortion. It works best when placed on a hard surface in a quiet room.
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With what amounts to massive processing power under the hood of these "smartphones", the amount they cost...
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You just tell them you want the android version when you go to the store. Literally the only thing I don't like is there is no led notification light oh and BTW on the android version there is a shortcut to camera on the lock screen
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