lg optimus chic

LG Optimus Chic is a smartphone targeted to the first-time smartphone users. It sports a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen,5MP camera , GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microSDHC card slot. It is powered by a 600MHz CPU and runs Android 2.2.

LG Optimus Chic specifications

also known as LG E720

General info

• Phone type:
  • Smart phone
• Network technology:
  Network technology - Referes to the kind of network technology used. Three major technologies are used today - TDMA, CDMA and GSM.
  • GSM:
    GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
    • 850, 900, 1800, 1900
  • UMTS:
    UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
    • 900, 2100
• Data:
  Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
  • EDGE
  • UMTS:
    • Yes
  • HSDPA:
    • Yes (HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s)
  • HSUPA 2.0 Mbit/s

Design

• Design:
  Design - Phone design type
  • Form Factor:
    Form Factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
    • Candybar
  • Dimensions:
    Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
    • 4.43 x 2.28 x 0.51 (112.5 x 57.9 x 12.9 mm)
  • Weight:
    Weight - Phone's weight
    • 4.66 oz (132 g)
      the average is 4.3 oz (122 g)

Display

• Display:
  Display - Phone's main display
  • Technology:
    Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
    • TFT
  • Resolution:
    Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
    • 320 x 480 pixels
  • Physical Size:
    • 3.20 inches
  • Colors:
    Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
    • 262 144
  • Touch Screen:
    • Yes (Capacitive)
  • Multi-touch:
    • Yes
  • Proximity Sensor:
    • Yes
  • Light sensor:
    • Yes

Battery

• Capacity:
  Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
  • 1250 mAh
• Talk time:
  Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
  • 5.00 hours
    the average is 7 h (438 min)
• Stand-by time:
  Stand-by time - maximum Stand-by time in hours
  • 150 hours
    the average is 426 h (18 days)
• Talk time (3G):
  • 5.50 hours
• Stand-by time (3G):
  • 450 hours

Software

• Smart Phone:
  Smart Phone - Phone that has capabilities, not usually associated with phones. Usually it has some of the above features: - Email, Web browsing - Personal information management - LAN connectivity etc
  • Yes
  • OS:
    OS - Operating system, which is the software that enables and controls the basic operation of an electronic device. The major OS for mobile phones are UIQ over Symbian, Microsoft Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition, Microsoft Mobile for Smartphones, Linux, Palm
    • Android (2.2)
• Processor:
  • Processor speed:
    • 600 MHz
• Memory:
  • 418 MB RAM

Camera

• Camera:
  Camera - Camera specs
  • Yes
  • Resolution:
    Resolution - Shows the particular phone's camera resolution. The major mobile phone camera resolutions available are QCIF; CIF; VGA (640x480); 1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0 and 3.0 megapixels.
    • 5 megapixels
  • Features:
    • Auto focus
• Video capture:
  • Yes
  • • Resolution:
      Resolution - Shows whether the particular phone's camera can record a video clip
      • 640x480 (VGA)

Multimedia

• Music Player:
  Music Player - Audio support such as MP3
  • Yes
  • Supports:
    • MP3, AAC+, WMA, WAV
• Video Playback:
  Video Playback - Video support such as MPEG4
  • Yes
  • Supports:
    • MPEG4, H.263, H.264, XviD, WMV
• Radio:
  • Yes
  • Type:
    • FM
• YouTube player:
  • Yes

Internet browsing

• Internet Browsing:
  Internet Browsing - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
  • Yes
  • Supports:
    • HTML
• Built-in online services support:
  • Facebook, Twitter

Location Based Services

• • Location Based Services:
    • Yes
  • Type:
    • A-GPS
  • Navigation:
    • Yes

Phonebook

• Support:
  • Yes
• Capacity:
  • Limited
• Features:
  • Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID

Organizer

• Calendar:
  • Yes
• Alarms:
  • Yes
• Document Viewer:
  • Yes
• Other:
  • Calculator

Messaging

• SMS:
  • Yes
• E-mail:
  E-mail - Shows if the phone supports email features
  • Yes (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)

Memory

• Memory Expansion:
  Memory Expansion - Capability to add additional memory to your phone.
  • Slot Type:
    Slot Type - Shows what type of additional memory can be added to the particular phone. Eight major memory slot types are available: MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick Duo, miniSD, RS MMC, TransFlash (microSD), Memory Stick Pro Duo
    • microSD, microSDHC
  • Maximum card size:
    Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memo0ry expansion slot that can be added
    • 32 GB
• Built-in:
  • 150 MB

Connectivity

• Bluetooth:
  Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.
  • Yes
  • Version:
    Version - Shows the paricular phone's Bluetooth version
    • 2.1
  • EDR:
    EDR - Refers to any special features of the particular phone's Bluetooth
    • Yes
• Wi-Fi:
  Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
  • Yes (802.11b, 802.11g)
• USB:
  • Yes
  • Type:
    • microUSB
  • Version:
    • USB 2.0
  • Features:
    Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
    • Mass storage device, USB charging
• Headphones connector:
  • 3.5mm
• DLNA:
  • Yes
• Tethering:
  • Yes

Other features

• Sensors:
  • Accelerometer, Compass

Availability

• Officially announced:
  Officially announced - Shows when is the particular phone officialy presented to the public
  • 14 Sep 2010
• Scheduled release:
  Scheduled release - Shows when is the particular phone scheduled to be made available to the public in North America
  • Q4
  • 2010