Finally, my first Android phone! :D It's the LG Optimus One P500, an entry-level Android phone. After some research over the internet, I picked this one because of its quite superior hardware specification in its price bracket. I got mine from Global Teleshop, Balikpapan for Rp1.999.000.
Definitely not perfect, but I think it's generally a nice phone to experience Android. Here are 3 things I have in mind after having it for a few days.
Battery Life
I've been reading that Android phones drain their batteries pretty quickly. Of course it depends on the usage, but thanks to the 1500 mAh battery packed with the Optimus One, I think I can get up to around 24 hours battery life just by occasionally turning off the data communication when not in use and setting the screen brightness to minimum. This is actually good.
Touchscreen Bug
I guess this was something I overlooked when doing a research on the phone. I can say that it's true Optimus One has a touchscreen bug: it lags when I hold my touch on the screen (observable while playing Angry Birds). :P Some say that it's an Android problem, and not specific to this phone only. However, higher end phones should handle this better compared to the Optimus One. Workarounds for this issue involves flashing a custom ROM or just a custom kernel developed by mik_os on the XDA-Developers forum. Once I finish familiarizing myself with this phone, I might try that.
Dust Problem
It's unfortunate that I just knew this problem after I bought the phone. Users of the Optimus One reported having dust getting in the screen of their phones. ideaguy shares his research results regarding this problem on the TechEnclave forum. Guess that I'll just have to see what happens with mine. :-|
I promised to update some information regarding battery drain. That was a mistake, so I removed it from the post. I realized that it's very hard to do mainly because it *heavily* depends on the usage (which was something I knew already). :|
ReplyDeleteSo I guess I can still somewhat put up with that promise with my comment here. Here is my note on the battery drain observed during several days:
8 Jul 2011 - from 96% to 52% in 20h 5m
10 Jul 2011 - from 93% to 44% in 16h 43m
11 Jul 2011 - from 91% to 31% in 13h 54m
Obviously the usage varied on those dates. Now, you are free to draw your own conclusion! :D Hey, the 1st comment in my blog is from myself! :P