SpecEagle review · LG

LG Optimus 3D review: Glasses-free 3D phone.

Item: LG Optimus 3D
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2011·$600

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#4 of 13

Tier

Specialty

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

LG Optimus 3D.

Optimus 3D brought glasses-free 3D display + dual-lens 3D cam to LG's 2011 flagship — a brief 3D moment.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among specialty phones of 2011 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeLCD glasses-free 3D

Size4.3"

Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2011.

ChipsetOMAP 4430

RAM512 MB

Storage8 GB + microSD

03Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2011.

Main5 MP dual lens 3D

FrontVGA

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2011.

Capacity1,500 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2011.

What works

Glasses-free 3D display unique.
Dual-lens 3D camera.
First dual-core LG.
YouTube 3D support.

What doesn't

3D content scarce.
512 MB RAM.
WVGA resolution.
Heavy at 168 g.

Cross-shop it against

Galaxy Beam i8530

$700 · score 65/100

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 13-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .