LG Optimus G Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Note II: first look
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There is one key difference, though, and it is the display. The Optimus G Pro comes with a 5.5” 1080p IPS LCD screen while the G Note II features a 720p screen. Both have excellent viewing angles and bright and vivid colors, but in the case of the G Pro the crispness is just a bit better if you stare closely.
To support those extra gorgeous pixels, LG is also including a 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 with LTE radio (and that’s the same chip we expect to see in the U.S. Galaxy S IV!) and 2GB of RAM.
The LG Optimus G Pro features a 13MP rear camera and 2 MP front one, and best of all a humongous 3,140mAh battery and 32 GB of expandable internal storage. Plenty of arguments to convince you to buy it instead of the Note II, don’t you think?
LG Optimus G Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Note II: first look Fullscreen
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68 Comments
1. InspectorGadget80 posted on 27 Feb 2013, 09:41 2 4
The only bad thing gs3 hage is a 720p hd compare too lg 1080 but their both great handsets
36. metalpoet (unregistered) posted on 27 Feb 2013, 13:28 6 2
wow amazing, they look the f***ing same! haha!
2. InspectorGadget80 posted on 27 Feb 2013, 09:42 2 7
The only bad thing gs3 have is a 720p hd compare too lg 1080 but their both great handsets with large screens
3. AdamLeonard posted on 27 Feb 2013, 09:54 12 1
And Apple thought Samsung copied them? Change the button on the G Pro, remove the branding and most people won't know the difference between it and the Note II
22. MartyK posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:35 11 1
And the Beauty is...Samsung will NOT sue LG cause a phone looks like theirs!!.
Good ole cell phones days before Apple and their BS Lawyer!!
24. bucky posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:58 4 2
i can assure you Samsung would sue immediately if there was a sales threat. They're still a business
29. MartyK posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:42 2 0
I doubt it very seriously (base on past history); bucky, this is how the cell phone industry work prior to Apple getting into the cellphone business;don't take my word for it, do some research yourself, they all had similar looks.
33. donfem posted on 27 Feb 2013, 13:01 5 1
I doubt that. There have been examples of phones that look like Samsung phones, however they never sued
58. iDroid8 posted on 01 Mar 2013, 03:03 1 0
as if people actually bought galaxies instead of iphones BECAUSE they looked similar -_-
26. Feanor posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:02 1 4
The fact that Apple took this suing business so far doesn't mean that from now on no one should sue no one else for patent infringement, or design related matters.
However what I can see here is that Koreans really have zero inspiration in design... Someone should tell them that if they cannot do it, there are also design consultancies in this world...
27. cgyspy posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:36 5 0
LG was the first to introduce round corners on the phone design.....LG prada
67. alexzibrit posted on 02 Mar 2013, 06:44 0 0
Smart Phone* forgetting that these companies made feature phones before the smartphone era
30. MartyK posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:48 3 0
However what I can see here is that Koreans really have zero inspiration in design... Someone should tell them that if they cannot do it, there are also design consultancies in this world...
--Wow!, you have no clue what-so-ever on the evolution of the cell phone with a comment like this..The Koreans(as you call them) played a major role of cell phone design!..Palm-Nokia-Motorola-RIM- Sony- play parts on the hardware/software side of the cell phone... You really need to Bing/Google the history of cell phones before comment on who's who..
Even MS contribute a little bit to the Cell world.
35. Feanor posted on 27 Feb 2013, 13:17 0 3
Dude, you confuse technological superiority with design. But they are completely different topics. Korean smartphones are extremely technologically advanced but consistently poor in terms of design. There are only three smartphone manufacturers that make original design; Apple, Nokia, Sony.
46. Taters posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:22 0 0
Wow! Just wow! haha
41. Larry_ThaGr81 posted on 27 Feb 2013, 14:46 0 0
It will be interesting to see what the software is like, considering it is lacking one major component, which is the stylus.
6. Nathan_ingx posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:05 3 0
Rub the logos off and we have brothers from same mother different father.
8. 9thWonderful posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:21 2 1
Smh LG...when are you actually going to come up w/original ideas of your own on your own. This is like a Galaxy Note II 2.0
28. cgyspy posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:38 0 0
Again...LG was the first to introduce round corners on its phone design.....check LG Prada ii
39. bucky posted on 27 Feb 2013, 13:55 0 0
Who cares! They still need to move with the times and add something of there own
54. 9thWonderful posted on 27 Feb 2013, 20:29 0 0
i remember the LG Prada line, but that still doesn't excuse an obvious copy of Samsung's Galaxy S/Note line. an argument about round corners is like saying Michelin tires copied off of Yokohama tires. there's very limited design options when it comes to corners on a phone...some attributes of a phone should be fair game for any manufacturer i.e. round corners.
47. Taters posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:24 0 0
I like LG designs and they have their fair share of nice ones like the Prada and the Optimus G. Not sure why they went with this direct note 2 copy but I am sure they have their reasons. Maybe they though the Nexus 4 was a success because it looks just like the Galaxy Nexus from the front. Who knows.
9. darkvadervip posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:26 2 16
Samsung ain't had an original idea yet. Samsung= copy from lg screens, copy iPhone everything, copy internal parts from Nokia, copy Htc sense and call it touch wiz. Need I say more
14. wp8forever (unregistered) posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:49 6 10
Really no need , samsung cant complaint about this , when they been doing it since forever , i really dont understand why android fans , love samsung , when all the build is crap , you guys should love sony , htc cuz quality is what they build . take a look at the htc one or xperia z ,do you really think s4 is going to have such a buil quality lol pls.
20. PapaSmurf posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:26 7 1
Samsung has been pushing updates to their phones a lot faster than other OEM's. Jellybean rolled out to the GSII, a phone that's almost two years old. Sony has great designs, I will give them credit, but their UI is the reason why I pick Samsung over Sony. Just my opinion.
49. Taters posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:28 1 0
Probably has something to do with the fact that they make the best overall Android phones.
Strange thing is that out of all the phones that I owned last year, HTC and Sony ones were the only ones that I had a problem with. Great build!
59. iDroid8 posted on 01 Mar 2013, 03:06 0 0
use android, and you'll come to know
btw, my association with touchwiz started before android!
66. alexzibrit posted on 02 Mar 2013, 06:42 0 0
Stop Replacing build quality with design, they are too different things, Samsung's Phone are actually proven to be less likely to break
21. PostalJim posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:29 2 0
Apple has NEVER, EVER borrowed, copied, stolen anything ever, right? Wish I felt like copy and pasting all their "original" ideas but, obviously, the koolaid is strong with this darkvader! LOL
34. donfem posted on 27 Feb 2013, 13:03 1 0
Nothing more which would reveal any iota of brilliance coming from you.
48. Taters posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:26 0 0
No you do not have to say anymore, we already know that you are clueless from this post.
50. alexzibrit posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:28 1 0
How bout you google everything you just said, and TouchWiz like HTC Sense? I can't even begin to understand how you came to that conclusion, they are polar opposites in terms of a UI
52. alexzibrit posted on 27 Feb 2013, 17:39 1 0
And Plus Samsung and LG use two completely different types of OLED screens, I mean look at the screens, The Samsung Colours pop way more due to the Saturation of the AMOLED screen, so unless yoou know the name of the screen tech you would never guess that they were the "same" screen
12. Diego! posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:33 6 2
I know LG Galaxy Note II Pro has a better resolution of 1080p compared to the original Samsung Galaxy Note II, but Note 2 has a better screen, IMHO. AMOLES rules! :D
13. knights4life03 posted on 27 Feb 2013, 10:43 3 0
Looks like an lg branded note 2. Great specs tho
18. BadAssAbe posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:12 1 0
LG G Pro
Better Processor
Better battery
Smaller Size
FHD 1080 IPS
Samsung Note2
S-Pen
Super HD 720 AMOLED Plus Screen
60. iDroid8 posted on 01 Mar 2013, 03:08 0 0
maybe we should wait for note3 for some fair comaprison?
19. Owlet posted on 27 Feb 2013, 11:15 10 1
No S Pen, no software like dividing windows... A Note wannabe. Samsung is better.
57. funkshit posted on 28 Feb 2013, 23:00 0 0
Ad... Samsung has no software like three multi windows or upgraded panorama... And no dual camera recording like optimus g pro
64. alexzibrit posted on 02 Mar 2013, 06:37 0 0
How are you even going to use three windows on that screen, it would be way too cramped
61. iDroid8 posted on 01 Mar 2013, 03:20 0 0
It has something like that!
And you can control transparency too-so basically what you do is set transparency for both at 100% and resize them to fit half the screen each. Simple as that!
31. TheCellX posted on 27 Feb 2013, 12:53 3 0
First of all we cant compare a 2012 phone with a 2013 one. On these days 6 months makes huge differences. Second, GN2 is about features.. and in that item i still dont see any phone that can compete against it.
40. thachlel posted on 27 Feb 2013, 14:16 0 0
Note 2 still better if ones don't play game!!! Walcom digitizer n spen is amazing! Black level of amoled is super! Watching Netflix movies I'd say most is 720
42. Larry_ThaGr81 posted on 27 Feb 2013, 14:50 0 0
For those of you that own the Note II, you know it's going to take more than a couple of spec improvements to top the software advantage that I believe Samsung will maintain.
