LG P500 Optimus One

The LG Optimus One P500 smart phone packs plenty of punch, offering all the joys of Android 2.2 at a rock-bottom price. We just wish LG's tweaks to Android didn't look so clumsy.

Specification:

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
Loudspeaker  Yes
3.5mm jack  Yes, check quality
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, Wi-Fi hotspot
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, via Java MIDP emulator
  - 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/editor
- 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)
Misc  SAR US  0.45 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (body)