LG Revolution review: An early 4G LTE phone on Verizon with Netflix support out of the box.
Verizon's early 4G LTE LG.
LG Revolution arrived alongside the HTC ThunderBolt as one of Verizon's first 4G LTE phones, with a then-novel Netflix app pre-installed. The tiny battery couldn't keep up with LTE, but it marked LG's early LTE play in the US.
01Display
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2011.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2011.
03Performance
48/10048/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.
04Battery
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2011 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
60/10060/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2011.
06Value
56/10056/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.
- Early Verizon 4G LTE smartphone.
- Netflix support bundled at launch.
- microSD + removable battery.
- 16 GB internal storage was generous for 2011.
- LTE devoured the small battery.
- 512 MB RAM.
- WVGA resolution.
- Heavy 173 g.
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 10-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .