Optimus V vs Motorola Triumph?

[fopolopoguis]

I've got the optimus v now, is it worth making the switch to the triumph? Also is it rootable and what roms are there for it?

 

[tlopez1973]

I've got the optimus v now, is it worth making the switch to the triumph? Also is it rootable and what roms are there for it?

Most definitely better on the triunph and yes easy to root with gingerbreak.apk roms available (reload cm7) and (alpha-ics) for more info Google search (Motorola triumph all things root) hope that helps

 

[MRCMidnight]

Yes, it is worth the upgrade to Motorola Triumph, I once had the Optimus V for five months, then looked up the Triumph for a couple months and each review of those two phones; They choose the Triumph hands down, these are all user reviews. Main feature I love about the Triumph was the larger screen I never looked back. The DPI on this screen is 240 versus the 160 on the Optimus, that means you get a sharper image than on the Optimus. You can say that placing two screens of the Optimus is equivalent to the Triumph screen. Rooting the phone is a piece of cake, same is flashing and it is very hard to brick this phone. There are guides here in the "Triumph - All Things Root" section of the forums, check them out, you will find everything you need there.

Upgrade to the Triumph, you will be happy to own an amazing device

 

[jmatherly411]

As a previous owner of the Optimus V, I had a great experience with this little phone. I now own the Motorola Triumph because I wanted the bigger screen (4.1 inches). Some people have experienced issues with the Motorola Triumph such as GPS issues, screen flickering, sudden reboots. I have not experienced any of these issues with the Triumph. The Optimus V is a great beginner Android device if your new to the Android world. The downside to the Optimus V it is slower (600Mhz CPU) but does have a dedicated GPU so you can play some lower end games such as Angrybirds. I believe the Optimus V sports the Adreno 200 GPU. The Triumph is very fast and snappy as it runs on the 1Ghz Snapdraggon processor codenamed "Scropion." It also has a dedicated GPU (Adreno 205) with 512MB of RAM. As far as storage the Triumph also has 2GB on board but about 45% of this storage is used from the bloatware and Android software, but also has the 2GB SD card as well. The Triumph is rootable and very very hard to brick if your a first time rooter. Personally I haven't rooted the Triumph but have rooted other phones in the past. The downside to the Triumph is that it is running Android 2.2 Froyo which should have 2.3 in my opinion. As far as an update to 2.3 or 4.0 ICS no one knows as Motorola has done a very good job keeping its Triumph users in the dark on this issue. Even the Optimus V from LG is suppose to be getting a 2.3 update as it is currently running on 2.2 but the timing of this update is unknown. The screen quality on the Optimus V and the Triumph are like night and day. The Optimus V has a lower resolution the Triumph has a very bright and clear high resolution display. To me both are great phones, I've had a postive experience with the Triumph no lock ups or crashes nor GPS issues mine seems to lock on pretty quick. I believe the older Triumphs that first came out had some issues but some how made there way to store shelves without a quality check. Hope this helps.

 

[kickflipjr]

As an owner of both...

Optimus V:
I like the camera button on the side. That way you can get to camera mode in a hurry. Internal storage is very small...This means you are going to constantly have to move things to the sd card...which is a pain! More custom ROMs then the triumph.


Triumph
Sharp screen! I don't like the hard to hit volume / power buttons. GPS dosen't work for me some of the time. Shorter battery life. Easier to root vs. the optimus! Battery cover comes off too easy.

 

[Petrah]

Check the search feature here on the forums as there's tons of threads about this very subject. I think overall, after you've read them all and done a bit of personal research, you will find two things; 1: The OpV is an awesome phone. 2: The Triumph is an awesome phone, but only after you add a custom rom to fix all of it's default VM rom issues.

 

[MacFett]

1: The OpV is an awesome phone. 2: The Triumph is an awesome phone, but only after you add a custom rom to fix all of it's default VM rom issues.

I disagree, the Optimus V is an okay phone, once you add a custom rom it becomes an awesome phone.

 

[Petrah]

I disagree, the Optimus V is an okay phone, once you add a custom rom it becomes an awesome phone.

We'll agree to disagree. As long as you're not adding more apps than the phone can handle and use it for what it was meant for, it's a awesomely sturdy little phone. If you want more than what it was created for, then installing a custom rom makes it even better.

I came from a Samsung Intercept, so as far as I'm concerned the OpV is a damn amazing little phone even without a custom rom.

 

[MacFett]

I came from an iPhone 3g and disliked the Optimus V at the start, to the point of almost abandoning it multiple times. The only thing that kept was me the $25 bill vs $80 bill.

Once I rooted that helped a little, then when I finally installed a Gingerbread ROM I fell in love with the Optimus finally.

I still keep my iPhone 3 around for some games I have on it that aren't on Android or aren't compatible with the Optimus V. Once I installed the ROM I kept misplacing the iPhone because I barely used it any longer.

Before I installed a custom ROM my Optimus would constantly lock up on me, it was always over heating and would reboot while using it, sometimes 3 times a day. I think I've had 2 or 3 random reboots since I ROM'd it in August (sad I waited 5 months to finally do this).

 

[Petrah]

I see what you're saying.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones in that before I rooted the OpV I never had a single issue with it. No lockups, sluggishness, restarts, dropped 3G, missing SMS's, battery issues or anything. I rooted to get rid of the ads. Id rather dig my eyes out with a dull spork than see a single advertisement on my phone (I'm the same way with my gaming/work rig and my laptop. Gotta love those custom host files!).