LG Revolution: LTE for the Masses
by Vivek Gowri & Brian Klug on June 21, 2011 5:55 AM EST- Posted in
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- LG Revolution
The Revolution has a 5 megapixel shooter with an LED flash and a VGA front facing camera. Even if the megapixel count is a bit lower than the other high end phones, it doesn’t affect image quality. I think after 5MP, megapixel count is basically superfluous. A vast majority of cell phone pictures end up compressed to web resolution on Facebook or Twitter anyways, so the sheer number of pixels is less relevant than the optics and CMOS sensor. LG has a great camera application, probably one of the most full featured and best laid-out apps. Brian went into it pretty in depth in his Optimus 2X review, so I’m not going to cover it again beyond directing you to his writeup.
The Revolution camera performs pretty well. The images are very clear, not a lot of noise, and lots of detail. The only thing is that in the sun, the images are a bit undersaturated, which you can see in the picture of the Porsche above. Low light performance is pretty sweet, due to the awesome LED flash. It can be overpowering at times, but in complete darkness, it’s great. Take a look at this picture of my desk, taken with and without flash. Literally, night and day. The other nice thing about the flash is that it stays on while focusing, something that most other phones don’t do.
Flash On.
Flash Off. I wasn't kidding when I said night and day difference.
The front facing camera is decent, but nothing too special. This is my attempt at a humorous expression, but I can’t match Anand’s Crazy Face.
The 30 fps 720p video is recorded as a 3GP file, and it uses the AVC video codec and the AMR-Narrowband audio codec. I saw recorded bitrates in the range of 230-250 Kbps for video and 12.8 Kbps for audio. The recording comes out pretty decent, though the sound quality isn’t great. I was recording on a slightly windy day, which definitely didn’t help, but I suspect that AMR-NB is the main culprit. Single channel AAC would definitely be better, as in the Thunderbolt. But the overall video quality is good enough for posting on the web, so the audio performance isn’t too much of a liability.
AnandTech - LG Revolution Video Sample from Vivek Gowri on Vimeo.
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erple2 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - link
<quote>The side power button isn't as personal a matter tho, imo. I've got fairly long fingers and after a year with an EVO I don't see why anyone prefers it up top on any 4.3"phone, no matter how you hold the phone it requires an awkward finger reach to press... Samsung's side mounted lock button seems like the way to go imo.</quote>I thought so to, but I have a Samsung Captivate. Unfortunately, with my long fingers, gripping the phone normally, I accidentally hit the power button all the time, which turns off the screen and locks the phone. I find that annoying.
However, i do agree that head phone jack on the top of the phone is more convenient - holding it in my car, for example.
milan03 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link
still going strong, and level-wise competing with Cable Wideband connections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdF3AnNc308dlmartin53 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - link
So how long be for the grandfathered unlimited plans get stopped. Just like the new plans, all the contracts say they have the right to make changes at any time to the plans. The wireless industry won't be able to carry all the demand for internet capacity even with 4G/LTE.nitink - Monday, August 1, 2011 - link
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