The Samsung Galaxy S3 threat is great, so
great that LG, fearing a threat, was forced to announced its newest Android
based smartphone, the LG
Optimus LTE 2, the same day. The company hopes
consumers will forget about the Galaxy S3 and set their sights on something
with 2GB worth of RAM, but is it enough to have die-hard Galaxy S fans shy away
from a device they have been waiting for with bated breath? Probably not.
LG's new superphone announcement is not as
extravagant when compared to the Samsung Galaxy S3, nor are the specs and
features really a match for what Samsung is offering, but the biggest talking
point here is that 2GB of RAM that sits like a deadly sin inside the Optimus
LTE 2. Other specs include a 2150mAH battery and wireless charging
capabilities, LTE, dual core chipset, and a what appears to be a 4.7-inch
"True HD IPS" display, which is LG's own proprietary display
technology.
Is 2GB worth of RAM enough to encourage
potential Galaxy S3 buyers to jump ship and ride the LG Optimus LTE2 train
instead? Probably not. Android is well known for eating up RAM like its
chocolate, but LG needs to bring more to the table than an extra gigabyte of
RAM. On May 3, Samsung didn't just showcase a new phone, it showed a phone with
cool new features, many of which will not be found in the Optimus LTE2, and
these are the features smartphone buyers will be looking at closely than
anything else.
You might find the few who would choose this
over the Galaxy S3. Maybe they are not big fans of Samsung, want to try
something different, their smartphone act as a PC so they use a lot of RAM, or
they just don't care much about what they are buying since it's a powerful kit.
Having powerful hardware is not the only end
game; it needs to be complemented with great software, something Samsung and
many others are learning from Apple. We won't lie, 2GB of RAM is extreme and
awesome beyond words, who would have expected a smartphone to ever one day have
that much memory? Not us.
LG has announced the Optimus LTE2 for Korea,
but no word on when we should expect it for Europe and North America.
Question: which would you choose? The Samsung
Galalxy S3 or the LG Optimus LTE2?
(reported by Vamien McKalin, edited by Dave
Clark)
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