Could LG have launched the Optimus G here at a worse time? Rumours of an Optimus G Pro were already floating around at its local launch, and the world was on the lookout for upcoming super phones such as the HTC One or Samsung’s Galaxy S4.

Nonetheless, the Optimus G is an excellent Android phone that’s well worth a look if you’re currently looking at an upgrade. …

LG’s Optimus G was unveiled in September last year – an age ago in mobile electronics – and will finally be available in Singapore this Saturday for  S$798 without a telco contract.

The Optimus G is undoubtedly the first LG phone to warrant any real excitement, a fact that even LG executives on hand at the launch event were not shy to admit. What’s all the fuss about? …

Just when you think your spanking new, ultra-thin, borderless TV is the toast of town, you might want to know that sharper, bigger and curved, yes, curved screens are making their way to your living room in the next few years.

If you have more than US$10,000 in the bank now, you could actually buy some of these new OLED (organic light-emitting diode) and 4K TVs this year. But chances are, these screens which appear to be the highlight of this week’s CES technology expo in Las Vegas will become a lot more affordable in the years to come. …

So you just got your new Google Nexus 4 and are itching to jazz it up with some cool accessories or apps. Unfortunately, at least for Singapore, where the phone is yet to start shipping officially, there aren’t that many cases and add-ons to shop for in the retail stores.

But no worries, there’s always Amazon and your familiar reseller in tech forums to help out. Fancy a wireless charger, a handy wireless tag or case? Here are five worth checking out. …

My eager hands finally gripped the long-awaited Nexus 4 when the DHL man arrived with it at my doorstep on Christmas Eve last week.

Now, after a week of using Google’s newest branded phone, I have to say it’s a very satisfying upgrade from my previous Samsung Galaxy S II, which was itself a great phone I had used for more than a year.

The Nexus 4, however, is not without its issues, though on the whole, it’s hard to fault a phone that truly punches above its weight in terms of its price. I had paid S$490, including tax and shipping from the United States for the phone, which is not sold in Singapore yet. …

Just a day after we posted about a Samsung TV with a giant 75-inch screen, Sony and LG both sent out word that they would be shipping even bigger 84-inchers with ultra-sharp 4K resolutions in Singapore and the region.

Both TVs were unveiled at the IFA show in Berlin about a month ago. Now, the electronics firms are bringing them here, though at prices that may be as eye-popping as the screens themselves. …

When it first turned up earlier this year at trade events, LG’s Optimus 4X HD was likened by some pundits as a close replica of fellow Korean electronics maker Samsung’s Galaxy devices.

That may be a slight to the folks at LG, but if you consider how well Samsung has been doing with its Galaxy phones, the comparison is not such a bad thing.

Indeed, after using the LG phone for close to a week now, I have to say it’s a nice addition to the range of Android phones that now spoil smartphone users when it comes to choice.
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Place an ageing iPhone next to a new Samsung, HTC or LG and it’s clear why Android phones have swept up 68 per cent of the smartphone market from April to June this year.

Up from 47 per cent last year, the figures released by research firm IDC on Wednesday show that manufacturers using Google’s operating system are fast gobbling up the market with sales of close to 105 million smartphones in the recent quarter.

With big screens and fluid-smooth interfaces, the current crop are at the top of the game when it comes to letting users surf the Web, get connected on Facebook or simply watching a video. If you are in the market for a new smartphone, here are three Androids you should be looking for. …

It may not have as much buzz surrounding it as Samsung’s Galaxy S III or HTC’s One X, but LG’s equally-spec’d out Optimus 4X HD now hopes to draw those hard-earned dollars out of your wallet by going for quite a bit cheaper than arguably the two most attractive phones now.

For S$738, it will be one of the most affordable phones in Singapore to sport a quad-core chip, a 4.7-inch screen and a very sharp screen boasting 1,280 x 720 resolution, when it ships on July 28. As flagship phones go, the deal looks attractive.

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Despite lukewarm response to the first smartphones with 3D features last year, LG has stuck to its guns by coming up with the Optimus Max which shows off 3D images without requiring a set of special glasses.

The new phone will sport a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3-inch screen protected by Gorilla glass, as well as two 5-meg cameras. Yet, despite its name, this is not the Korean phone maker’s top-end phone. That honour belongs to the Optimus 4x, which has a quad-core CPU and a 4.7-inch screen. …