LG Lucid 4G VS840

LG LUCID 4G VS840 REVIEW

LG Lucid 4G VS840 Announced 2012, March Status Available. Released 2012 April. The Lucid's 5 MP camera takes gorgeous photos, and it also offers a front-facing camera for self-portraits and video chat. The Lucid takes stunning HD videos, with a catch - like on many other phones, you'll need to turn the phone sideways to take videos. Otherwise, the video will play sideways on your computer. To flip a sideways video on my computer, I used a combination of Any Video Converter to create an MPEG-2 video, then Free Video Flip and Rotate to rotate the video. The Free Video Flip and Rotate software is ad-supported, and I recommend un-checking the boxes for installing their toolbars. The Lucid has 4 GB of internal memory, but you'll probably want to add a microSD card (which is not included) to make sure you have enough space for all of your high-resolution pictures and HD videos. Voice calls and texting work well, and email functions similarly to other Android phones. I was able to set up a Windows Live Hotmail account without any trouble, unlike on some phones, but I downloaded a free Hotmail app that has more functionality (such as deleting messages on both the server and device, honoring filters, and downloading messages from selected folders instead of just the inbox). YouTube videos load splendidly fast, play smoothly, and look dynamite on the Lucid's four-inch display. Games look incredibly bright and colorful. My Angry Birds tester was impressed, and Words With Friends played well. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that games and videos can really suck battery life quickly, even when running in the background. After playing a game and before putting the phone down, use something like Gemini App Manager to exit any games or other unnecessary programs running in the background. Just having Words With Friends running silently and with no other interaction will completely drain the battery within a few hours, even with notifications set to every six hours. To help save battery life, you can also go into the settings of both the Play Store (formerly Android Market) and the Amazon App Store (if you've downloaded it) and disable notifications of updates. The notifications are frequent, annoying, and battery-draining, and this applies to any Android phone I've seen, not just the Lucid. Turning off WiFi before placing the phone in a briefcase or purse also seems to save battery life. The phone must burn a lot of its energy while searching for a WiFi signal. I especially enjoy testing the Voice Search app on Android phones. I wanted to know the name of an actor in a movie I was watching one evening. I whipped out the Lucid, launched Voice Search, and spoke "Naked Gun 33 1/3 cast." The Google search results pointed me to a cast list and the information I wanted. Voice Search makes it extremely quick and simple to find whatever information you need, whenever you need it. Keep the phone handy when you're in the kitchen, and you can get a "substitution for buttermilk" or find a "recipe for roasted cauliflower." If you want to know the name of a song on the radio, use Voice Search and say the word "lyrics" with a few words from the song, and you'll probably see the title in the search results. The Battery has Li-Ion 1700 mAh battery. Stand-by Up to 350 h and Talk time Up to 8 hours.

SPECIFICATION & FEATURES

LG LUCID 4G VS840 PRICE

Price in USA $281

Price in UK £188

Price in EURO €210

Price in PAK Rs.31,500

Price in INDIA Rs.18,058