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thelostone
12-02-2012, 08:48 PM
The LG Prada 3.0 seems like any other other Android phone, except for the fact that it's been co-branded by LG with Prada, a popular brand in the fashion industry. This is actually the 3rd iteration of the LG Prada line but the first one to have Android in it


The Prada 3.0 has a very thin profile, even thinner than the LG Optimus Black, at 8.5mm. That?s actually the same thinness as the Galaxy S2.


The design is simple yet elegant ? it?s all black with chrome accents on the side and a little bit of metal parts for buttons

At the top end is the power button, a slider compartment for the micro-USB port and a dedicated camera button (these are all highly-polished, metallic parts). The 3.5 audio port is also located on the same row. The volume controls are found on the left and the speakers are placed at the back.


The placement of the dedicated camera shutter is a bit odd but the girls from LG explained that this easily activates the front-facing camera and take self-portrait shots.

The Prada UI and theme is a classic B&W which includes the touch navigation, icons and widgets. Of course, non-native apps and widgets will still retain their usual colors. .
The handset runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will be upgradeable to Android ICS when it becomes available.
The handset design was inspired by the Prada signature that uses a Saffiano pattern at the back panel. The Prada branding is all over this phone (the front panel boasts of a huge Prada logo.) and the only way you?d figure out that this is an LG handset is with a small, inconspicuous logo that?s molded into the rubber-like back panel.
The phone?s over-all user experience is very smooth and fluid. The screen is very responsive and the UI on top of Gingerbread is pretty simple. Apps and games load very fast and switching between applications works like a breeze.


Video playback of HD movies is smooth and even if you make rapid, random jumps into the video timeline, it?s still very responsive and not laggy or jerky.

Web browsing is fast and the multi-touch gestures worked flawlessly on webpages. The screen resolution does not offer much in terms of screen real estate but it?s decent. And since, the Prada 3.0 supports HSPA+ networks, you get very impressive mobile internet speeds

The virtual keyboard seems small and cramped though and does not have some sort of a visual or haptic feedback to go with it.
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