I love it I love it I love it!
I’ve always wanted a phablet. Many people know that I really, really wanted a Galaxy Note 2. It was like my dream phone. Christian recently offered to buy me a tablet because he felt I needed it in my life. I convinced him to buy me a phablet instead 🙂 Hihi. The new Note 3 is too expensive though, so I researched on other phablets in the market. I’m not the techiest person out there, so I only had very few requirements: A really good, crisp display, LTE capable, good battery, big screen size, good camera, and decent storage. Over the course of my research I learned a lot more stuff about what I should be looking for, so the big RAM and the quad-core elements were added to my must-haves list. It’s really awesome when it’s very clear in your mind what exactly you want, because I swear the universe just presents it to you. Just like that. And this is what it presented to me when I was browsing:
We checked out the phone stores and found that most of them sell the 32gb model priced at 26k. I checked Kimstore and the unit there cost only 17.5k. Whatta difference! I found out later that it was because they were selling the 16gb model, but this doesn’t bother me much because it’s expandable to up to 64gb. With that option, I don’t see why I should shell out almost 9k more for the 32gb unit.
I researched this thing profusely. Can’t count the number of product reviews I watched on Youtube, checked the Instagram pictures of the celebrity endorsers, went to the concept store far from where I live to be able to hold it in my hands. I was switching back and forth, around and around to considering this LG, the Note 3, the Nexus, iPhone5, Samsung Mega, etc. Christian was really pro-Nexus but he was quite supportive of me getting the LG. He says he doesn’t believe in buying top-of-the-line, expensive phones because you never really get to use all their  features anyway. He saw that specs of LG and he assumed it was top-dollar. When we saw the price on Kimstore compared to retail outlets, he urged me to get it. It’s really value for money and I concluded I should get something cheaper since I’ve never really had a phablet before. I don’t want to buy a super expensive Note 3 and find that a phablet doesn’t fit my lifestyle.
So I got it! We were supposed to get it together from Kimstore but I was late. So C did all the testing and purchasing. When I saw it, I knew I made the right choice. The display is just so pretty and crisp and clear. The phone itself is super fast and snappy. There are a lot of techies online complaining about the sound quality of the speakers, the outdated OS, and the fact that it heats up a bit on heavy use. But those are just very minor things for me. I’m glad to find that I’m totally ok with the sound. I also don’t mind that it’s still Android 4.1.2. I don’t really see the benefit of a current OS, but that’s just me. The screen size is also perfect. I don’t think I can go back to a smaller sized phone after this one. Really no complaints. Usually after a big purchase I have some sort of remorse (like that iPad which I sold the next day), but none for this at all. Maybe it helps that I didn’t pay for it. Haha. I wish it had a stylus though. Oh well. I can’t wait to see what the LG Optimus G2 Pro will look like! I bet it’s gonna be purrfect. But I’m not gonna buy that of course. I’ll try to stick with this one for at least 2 years.
On the dot. 