LG has pretty much swept the major U.S. wireless carriers with its budget-priced Optimus line of Android cell phones. They’re not Droid X or iPhone 4 killers, but they’re sufficiently responsive, powerful, and well balanced. Typically, they offer all the power most consumers need at a bargain price. Virgin Mobile’s LG Optimus V is yet another successful version; this one offers the same network coverage as Sprint’s LG Optimus S (Free, 4 stars), albeit with money-saving Beyond Talk service choices that range from just $25 to $60 per month. It’s a great buy no matter how you look at it. It even makes the cut for our list of The Best Android Phones.
Design and Call Quality
We’ve already reviewed the Optimus lineup in several incarnations. A quick recap: The LG Optimus V measures 4.5 by 2.3 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.7 ounces. Like the others, this version is covered in a classy-looking, soft touch material. It also features a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen with 320-by-480-pixel resolution. LG refers to this screen as glass, but it doesn’t feel as good as the glass capacitive screens I’ve tried on higher-end handsets. It’s still plenty accurate, though. The proximity sensor was a little buggy on my test handset; it had a bad habit of making the screen disappear whenever I was about to end a call or activate the speakerphone. The Swype QWERTY keyboard is a little cramped and takes some getting used to, but plenty of Android fans swear by it. (I’m not a Swype fan, but it’s a personal thing.)
The LG Optimus V is a dual-band EV-DO Rev 0 (850/1900 MHz) device with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Unlike the Optimus M on MetroPCS, the Optimus V can hit 3G data speeds. That’s important for Web browsing, streaming audio, and other Internet-based apps. It doesn’t work as a mobile hotspot, though; for that, you’ll need the Optimus S over on Sprint.
Voice quality was excellent overall; voices were clear and bright in the earpiece, with no background hiss and plenty of gain. Callers said I sounded very clear as well, and reception was average. Calls also sounded fine through an Aliph Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset ($99, 4 stars), though the Optimus V sometimes transferred a call back to the handset without warning. Voice dialing worked fine over Bluetooth without training. The speakerphone went plenty loud for outdoor use, but sounded a bit distorted at the top four volume settings. Battery life was good at 5 hours and 26 minutes of talk time.
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HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps Phone with Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) 16 GB storage, 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM internal memory, microSD support. Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen screen, 16M colour depth with 480 x 800 pixels resolution and 3.70 inch screen size. Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate ,Proximity sensor for auto turn-off ,Multi-touch input method ,Projector UI ,Scratch-resistant surface ,Handwriting recognition Main Camera resolution 8 MP [ 3264 x 2448 pixels ] . Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, autofocus, LED flash. 
