The Best Android Phones

[jefboyardee]

LG Optimus S (Sprint)


The Optimus S is the best budget Android phone on Sprint, a well-tuned, feature-packed touch-screen slab with all of the functionality most consumers and small business users need.

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And to think, I was tired of having it replaced with refurbs. It really is a marvel when it

 

[apinkel]

Yeah I think that's a good summary of the phone. The opt S isn't flashy but it's the most solid smartphone I've owned yet... hardware and software are all very solid/stable.

I wish it had more storage but given it's price I have no reason to complain.

 

[RazzMaTazz]

The Optimus S was really a great choice back before Sprint implemented their new $10/month smartphone adder (on 1/30/11). Back in January, I wrote a hands-on review comparing it to the Samsung Transform. I bought 4 Optimus S's for me and my family a few hours before the $10 smartphone adder deadline so that we'd be grandfathered in on the lower monthly pricing. To me, it wasn't worth extra ($10/month x 4 phones=) $40/month for 4G service. But if I had to buy a phone on Sprint now (and I had to pay the $10/months smartphone adder fee), I'd spend a bit more money and get one of the more powerful, flash-capable, video-conferencing-capable 4G phones.

 

[xneutral]

Well according to this best android phones roundup, the other option on Sprint is the HTC EVO Shift 4G. Yea it's a couple of hundred dollars but given it's size, features and storage I think it's worth getting. But that's just my opinion

 

[urthatguy]

Piece of crap, sorry to troll

 

[apinkel]

It's not a piece of crap. It's a surprisingly solid, usable phone... for all the reasons mentioned in this thread and pretty much every review that's been done on the phone.

People say you shouldn't ever apologize. I think you should apologize when you do something stupid... or, even better, don't do stupid stuff. So your apology has been accepted.

 

[jefboyardee]

I’m sure the Optimus has several inadequacies when compared to established powerhouse phones, but for someone like me, being lured from a state-of-the-art (2002) Samsung i500 to the wonders of Android with a free phone, I’d say they have hit their target -- namely, to release an irresistable introduction to the bleeding edge.