Phone Comparison - LG Nitro HD vs LG Optimus L3 E400 vs LG Optimus G E973

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG LG
Announced November 2011 January 2012 August 2012
Status Available - December 2011 Available - February 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors Black Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.9 x 67.8 x 10.4 mm
(5.27 x 2.67 x 0.41 in )
102.6 x 61.6 x 11.85 mm
(4.04 x 2.43 x 0.47 in)
131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
Weight 127 g (4.48 oz) 109 g (3.84 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 700 - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.1
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion 800 MHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9615/APQ8064
GPU Adreno 220 Adreno 200 Adreno 320
RAM 1 GB 384 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 1 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AH-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 262K colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 3.2 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (125 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (321 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.63% 50.17% 70.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio TBD
Games Yes + downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 13 MP, autofocus
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1830 mAh 1500 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by (2G)
Up to 252 h (3G)
Up to 673 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Up to 335 h
Talk Time (2G)
Up to 3 h (3G)
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 15 h