LG Optimus 2X review: The world's first dual-core smartphone, powered by Tegra 2.
The first dual-core phone.
LG Optimus 2X claimed a genuine first — the first dual-core smartphone, powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2, with 1080p video and HDMI-out. The 512 MB RAM held the chip back, but its place as a performance milestone is historically secure.
01Display
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2011 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2011.
03Performance
50/10050/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
04Battery
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2011 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
54/10054/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2011.
06Value
52/10052/100 puts it above the 46-point average for flagship phones of 2011.
- World's first dual-core phone (Tegra 2).
- 1080p video recording — a first.
- HDMI-out via mini-HDMI.
- Removable battery + microSD.
- Only 512 MB RAM bottlenecked it.
- WVGA display.
- Froyo at launch felt dated fast.
- Small battery.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 70-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .