LG Optimus G Review (AT&T)

For the past few years, most new-product announcements from South Korea's LG have been greeted in America with a heaping helping of "who cares?" The company has spent so long in the shadow of its more-successful rival Samsung that its smartphones, particularly in the United States, have struggled for even moderate mind share. That struggle is also a product of the widely held conception that LG devices just aren't that good, a conception that devices like the LG Intuition have only reinforced.
But recently, LG has caught a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. We had the opportunity to get hands-on time with the Optimus L9 at IFA last month, where we were pleasantly surprised by the unit's responsiveness and software customizability. The company has since shifted its focus -and ours- to its new flagship, the Optimus G. The new device is the first to marry Qualcomm's new quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 4G LTE capability- a standout combination if there ever was one.
Announced last month for the international market, the device is slated for arrival at American carriers AT&T and Sprint in the coming weeks; unlike the more recent Samsung devices for the U.S., though, these are not uniform products. The Sprint version of the Optimus G adheres more closely to the international unit's specs, whereas the AT&T model we're reviewing here features some altered dimensions and revised specifications to go along with its blazing radio and chipset.
But in a lineup alongside headliners like the Samsung Galaxy S III, iPhone 5, and HTC One X, and about to be joined by HTC's Windows Phone 8X and the Nokia Lumia 920, can the Optimus G stand out? Or will LG find itself trampled underfoot yet again, perpetuating its status as the also-ran of the American wireless space? Spoiler alert: it's probably not the latter.
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