LG Nitro HD Review

LG Nitro HD running on AT&T comes with some high expectations. The phone is the third 4G LTE smartphone in AT&T’s lineup and is the first to sport a 720p display and several other high end features. Knowing fully well that the phone will compete with competitors such as Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket and HTC Vivid, LG has packed Nitro HD with several impressive features. But does Nitro HD successfully deliver? Check out our exclusive LG Nitro HD review to know what this phone has in store for you.

LG Nitro HD Looks And Design

Nitro HD design is simple, yet it is quite attractive. The rounded corners and the black strip of aluminum surrounding the bezel of the phone give it an elegant look. Although the phone is made up of plastic, the jet back of the phone has a textured finish which makes the phone easy to grip. The phone is quite big measuring 133.9×67.8×10.4mm. It is quite light weighing just 127 grams which makes the phone quite light. LG has used high quality materials in the construction of the phone and as the phone is not so wide, it is quite easy to grip. The soft touch finish of the phone really impressed us. LG has done a fine job in giving the phone a nice look and feel.

LG Nitro HD Display

The display is one of the great features of Nitro HD. The phone is the first Android handset on AT&T’s network which displays a screen capable of displaying pictures of resolution measuring 1280×720 pixels. Nitro has a true HD screen with Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching technology. The colors displayed were sharp and vibrant and watching Youtube and movies was a pleasure on the phone. The viewing angles were great and so were the sunlight legibility of the screen is quite great. The contrast is fairly good and the brightness levels were brilliant. Below the screen, you get three touch sensitive buttons, while above the screen lies the earpiece, light and the proximity sensors. On the top of the display you will find the 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB port as well as power/lock button.

LG Nitro HD Features

Let us take a look at the software of the phone. Nitro HD runs on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS and is powered by a dual core 1.5GHz scorpion processor which really makes operations smooth in the device. The lock screen of the phone is quite simple and there are some pre-loaded widgets which include At&T’s featured apps, Yahoo Weather, News Widget and Social+ Widget. The smartphone also has certain pre-loaded apps such as

Facebook
Twitter
AT&T FamilyMap
Family Tracker
Code Scanner
YP Mobile

The phonebook of the phone is capable of displaying all the contacts alphabetically and the phone handles all the common type of messages with ease, be it SMS, MMS or emails. The phone offers 4GB of internal memory and the memory can be increased to a whopping 32GB.

LG Nitro HD Keyboard

Nitro HD is packed with a couple of virtual keyboards. Along with the standard Android keyboard, you also get LG’s virtual QWERTY keyboard, both of which are pretty easy to operate. The keys are quite good and they provided a strong haptic feedback. However, if you feel that it is not enough, then you can go to the Android market to find more options.

LG Nitro HD Gallery

The phone uses a standard Android gallery which locates the images and videos wherever they are stored. The 3D effects and the transitions were quite good. The photos can be organized as per date and because of the share feature, you can share photos through Facebook, Twitter, Picasa etc.

LG Nitro HD Specs

Let us take a look at some of the technical specifications of LG Nitro HD Android smartphone.

Dimensions: 133.9 x 67.8 x 10.4 mm
Weight: 127 grams
Display Type: AH-IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, 16M colors
OS: Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion

Full LG Nitro HD Specifications.

LG Nitro HD Camera Performance

Nitro HD is packed with an 8MP autofocus camera with an LED flash. The interface of the camera is quite simple and intuitive. We were a tad disappointed to find that the camera lacks a dedicated camera button and just like most of its features, the camera too performs quite well. The camera features geo-tagging, face and smile detection features. The images captured are nice and the colors which appeared were quite good and vibrant. The contrast and the brightness levels were quite good. The only drawback which we felt was the high level o noise in daylight shots.

LG Nitro HD Videos

The phone is capable of capturing full HD videos and the interface of the video recorder is very much the same as that of still camera. The phone is capable of recording both 720p and 1080p videos.

LG Nitro HD Connectivity

The phone comes with a complete range of connectivity options. It has support for both quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE along with Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi b/g/n support, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and Hotspot capabilities. Connectivity of the device is also enhanced by the presence of 3.5 mm jack and microUSB 2.0 cable. Through Smartshare app, you can control a DLNA network. The web browsing experience is also great and the browser supports double tap and pinch zoom along with text reflow.

LG Nitro HD Multimedia

The music player is quite eye candy and the video player is simple, but yet it is quite capable of playing videos at ease. The video player played the usual 3GP and MP4 videos along with DivX and XviD.