LG Intuition Review - Skirts The Line Between Smartphone And Tablet (Part 5)

As you can see, the Intuition takes the benefit from a slight increase in most benchmark scores, and we believe that this is mainly related to the fact that it is running the newer firmware. However, these results will not be worth comparing to what we usually see on the more common S4 chips. However, in real-world use, we did not have to complain much - everything was running smoothly with only an occasional hiccup. We could easily multitask and playing games were the same. Basically, our experience with Intuition was rather similar to the one of the Optimus Vu. The only field we found slow was the browser. While it did not spend much time on loading pages, we encountered slow scrolling when the phone tried to display images and text - especially after zooming in and out. A phone this big should have enough power behind it to make it run long, but the 2080mAh battery was not simply enough.

Those who prefer to hold the phones in their right hand will be disappointed by the location of the speakers when using the Intuition in portrait mode. Because the speaker grille lies in the lower-left corner of the phone’s backside, it is located right in the palm of your right hand.

How about the Intuition? The battery has not changed. Therefore, there is no surprise that it almost performed the same way. While the Vu only created even full five hours in our intensive video test, the Intuition attempted to get an extra hour of battery running, bringing a total of 5 hours and 58 minutes. When talking about the real-life use, you will get lucky if you make this phone last a full 10-hour workday. It was not typical when our unit ran out of 20% battery in an hour and a half of surfing the web and monitoring social media. When talking about making phone calls, we did not encounter any problems with dropped calls or volume. As you might expect, the only real concern is holding the phone and pressing it against your ear. Yes, this is the sort of device that encourages the use of Bluetooth headphones, since the level of inconvenience is fairly high.

Despite having a mono speaker on the back, we were amazedly satisfied with the quality found there. We realized that they were quite loud for our needs, but those who prefer to hold the phones in their right hand will be disappointed by the location of the speakers when using the Intuition in portrait mode. Because the speaker grille lies in the lower-left corner of the phone’s backside, it is located right in the palm of your right hand. This will certainly cause a case of significant congestion. However, using the phone in landscape mode for movies, you will probably not see this concern (as long as you hold it so that the volume buttons face upwards).

As we have mentioned before, the Intuition also accompanies with MHL compatibility. We were rewarded a "Media Home" screen by plugging in the array of cables; a simple menu allows you to choose between videos, music and photos. There is also a convenient exit button in case you prefer to HDMI mirroring. Everything looked great when we connected. The Intuition provides Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, and when testing, we were able to achieve an average file transfer speed of 100-110 KB/s received and 80 KB/s sent. USB file transfers were much different: the phone got files at an average of 3.26 MB/s and sent them to our MacBook Pro up to 14.07 MB/s. Finally, the GPS behaved pretty well towards us, locking an accurate position for 10 seconds and maintaining accuracy within less than 20 feet when we tried to test the navigation system.

Conclusion

We admitted that the complaints about the width of the Intuition belong to more of a matter of personal preference and the extra perimeter might suit those who felt fine.

We admitted that the complaints about the width of the Intuition belong to more of a matter of personal preference and the extra perimeter might suit those who felt fine (as long as you have big hands or enjoy the aspect ratio of 4:3 too much) - however, we would be willing to give it a pass if the device itself is not so trivial. Unfortunately, the head-on confrontation between it and the Galaxy Note II did nothing more other than to convince us that this is not the phablet that Verizon fans have been expecting. Let's call it a glitch in the Matrix if you want, but we cannot help feeling that we have seen this phone before.

Info

·         Product name: LG Intuition

·         Price: $200 on contract

Pros

·         Stable design, elegant aesthetic

·         Running well on a one-year processor.

Stable design, elegant aesthetic

Cons

·         It is difficult to hold it in hand.

·         HD video recording is less great.

·         Battery life is terrible.

·         The Stylus attached does not perform its function well.

Verdict

·         The Intuition is a normal phone with its specs, and very few customers will feel comfortable when holding it.

LG Intuition specifications

General ·         2G Network: CDMA 800/1,700/1,900/2,100 ·         3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO ·         4G Network: LTE 700 MHz Class 13 ·         SIM: Micro-SIM ·         Announced: 2012, September ·         Status: Available. Released 2012, September Body ·         Dimensions: 139.7x90.4x8.4 mm (5.5x3.56x0.33 inches) ·         Weight: 168.1 g (5.93 oz) Display ·         Type: HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors ·         Size: 768x1,024 pixels, 5.0 inches (~256 ppi pixel density) ·         Multi-touch: Yes ·         Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass Sound ·         Alert types: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones ·         Loudspeaker: Yes ·         3.5mm jack: Yes; Dolby mobile sound enhancement Memory ·         Card slot: No ·         Internal: 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM Data ·         GPRS: No ·         EDGE: No ·         Speed: EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE ·         WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot ·         Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS ·         NFC: Yes ·         USB: Yes, micro USB v2.0 Camera ·         Primary: 8 MP, 3,264x2,448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash ·         Features: Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization ·         Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps ·         Secondary: Yes, 1.3 MP Features         ·         OS: Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) ·         CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz ·         Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass ·         Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS ·         Browser: HTML5, Adobe Flash ·         Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS ·         GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support ·         Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator ·         Colors: Black, White Battery ·         Li-Po 2080 mAh battery ·         Stand-by: Up to 130 h ·         Talk time: Up to 15 h MISC ·         SAR US: 0.80 W/kg (head); 1.24 W/kg