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Review: LG Spectrum for Verizon Wireless

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Jan 26, 2012, 12:47 PM by Eric M. Zeman

LG's Spectrum covers all the modern smartphone basics and adds some great features, such as an HD display. See what LG got right — and wrong — in its latest smartphone for Verizon Wireless.

LG debuts its top-of-the-line smartphone for Verizon in the Spectrum. This slick handset boasts an HD screen, LTE 4G, and a dual-core brain. Are you seeking that kind of action in a smartphone? If you're looking for plenty of performance and plenty of power, you can do worse than the Spectrum. The Spectrum makes improvements to its predecessors all the way around, but does LG's latest for Big Red go far enough?

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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Verizon Wireless today announced that the LG Spectrum is now available for sale at Verizon Wireless retail stores and online for $199.99 with a new contract. The Spectrum runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0) and supports Verizon's LTE 4G network.

LG Spectrum

4.5" display HD+ resolution
Snapdragon S3 processor 1 GB RAM
1,830 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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MarryTheNight

Feb 1, 2012, 3:48 PM

LG always seems to have poor voice quality

The Esteem on MetroPCS is terrible. Voices garbled and robotic sounding.

lakersrule1

that is not true lg phones are excellent phones ive had about 6 different lg model phones all have great..with great call quality overall...thier also very strong tuff...each phone ive had I have dropped so many times on concrete floors nt even funny....
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