LG Optimus One P500 Review 2011

Latest Mobile LG Optimus One P500

LG Optimus One P500 is another addition to the LG’s Optimus Series. Optimus One is Android powered phone and runs the latest v2.2 Froyo. It features a 3.2 inch capactive touchscreen with a maximum resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. It contains a decent 600 MHz processor which can multitask a number of applications.
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2010, July
Status Available. Released 2010, October
Size
Dimensions 113.5 x 59 x 13.3 mm
Weight 129 g
Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 170 MB user available, 512 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB
Camera 
Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, Beauty Shot
Video Yes, VGA@18fps
Secondary No
Features
OS Android OS, v2.2 Froyo, upgradable to v2.3
CPU 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black, wine, titan, blue, silver, purple
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Social networking integration
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- Digital compass
- YouTube, Google Talk
- DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Document viewer
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 700 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)

Main disadvantages:

* Slow CPU makes editing Office documents a chore
* Camera is just 3MP, has no lens protection, no flash and no dedicated shutter key
* No Flash support in the browser despite Froyo
* No front facing camera