imSHAD

How does anyone feel about this being an upgrade from the connect? (not talking production im talking personal lol) I have a connect and would this be an upgrade? just wondering?

Gman9831

Well I think the motion was a upgrade from the connect & this is a upgrade from the motion so yea

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THE W

like trading in your dodge neon for a Ferrari.

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imSHAD

Well I've had both and I prefer my Connect with rom #2 over my motion.

I'm not much of a car guy lol. But I googled images of both cars and I see what you're saying.

I guess what would decide whether or not I get this phone is if the locked bootloader on it gets bypassed.

So I guess here's my opinion and here's what I'm asking.
IMO Stock Connect < Stock Motion < Connect with rom #2
And I guess I'm asking will the new order be
Connect #2 < LG MS870 or the other way around.

THE W

i had a debate with someone about the motion verses the connect. if you go with both stock the motion throws the connect down a flight of stairs and sets it on fire.

i owned a connect and sold it along with my itouch to get the motion but i wouldnt be able to say anything on a comparison of a tricked out connect and a stock motion. i had my connect rooted, bought an extended battery, had toggle widgets, and clockspeed adjustment apps in order to get my connect to perform half as well as my stock motion. i never went the custom rom route with my connect though. i have rooted my motion only to use an ad blocker that required it(#$%@ those youtube ads).

since you say you've had both do you prefer the tricked out connect over the motion because it performs better overall or because you simply have to have the ability to customize, or both?

if your tricked out connect outperforms the motion i would say stick with what you have. LG MS870 looks to have the same hardware with a bigger screen.

Androidconda

LG MS870 and LG MS8770 .. Hmm look similar and most likely will have the same processor clocked the .

Androidconda

Same *

imSHAD

This was a great response thanks, in response to you're question both however i feel that outperforms is too strong a word.
Seems as though I will stay with my connect. Especially over the last week there's been a strong push for ICS. It's just that there was a thread on the connect main forums where someone claimed this to be the "connect 2"
Oh well lol. Thanks

n4zty

dunno about both phones i havn't had neither but one phone uses ics and the other gingerbread could it be possible os plays a role in performance? for example im not a benchmark type of guy i dont care about sharing or beating high scores with people thats just childsplay for me but my galaxy s3 on stock ics had a max score of 5637 once i flashed a rom on 4.2.1 jellybeans my scores went up to 11234. I mean they are both dual core phones but one is bigger than the other. I would personally go for the connect but for the price the motion is a hard one to pass up.

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sammyz

The OS does seem to make a big difference with performance on these new LG phones. The Connect should be just as good as the Motion, but its not. The Motion beats the Connect with performance and everything. The Connect also lags and overheats. This is usually never a problem with the Motion, they sometimes overheat, but hardly ever lag at all. The ones that do overheat seem to be defective. There were a few Motions released at 1.2GHz, but after awhile they were all released with them clocked at 1.5GHz. I'm pretty sure LG screwed up but still hasn't realized it, even the new update is clocked at 1.5GHz.

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n4zty

Lol that's so funny but cool in the same time people pay for a slightly slower device and instead get a free upgrade. I think the motion will continue to sell just because it's a small compact phone that delivers quite a punch in performance but for the price of a much lower quality phone.

Gman9831

Or metro has just been wrong this whole time saying they're supposed to be 1.2GHz. Because both of the phones with the s4 chip that they have released are clocked @the normal 1.5GHz but they have been publicizing both as 1.2GHz.
*Except the S3

sammyz

I remember there being a few that actually were clocked at 1.2GHz

scarface87

This phone does indeed have a name. i've been waiting for more info since u leaked the photo N4azty, when the manual came out i overlooked it cuz i was looking for specs but today i read the whole manual and the phone will be called...... the LG SPIRIT 4G! how do i know this you ask?, well its in the part of the manual about the music player and how to use it. there is a note that says.... (the LG SPIRIT 4G™ can use a removable microSD card to store user content, such as photos, videos, and voice recordings.)
a search on google and phone arena revealed no phones with this name....except one, this is from google searching found on CNET LG Optimus Spirit Review - Smartphones & PDA Phones

i seriously doubt th LG MS870 (LG SPIRIT 4g) is an upgrade to the lg optimus spirit.

do you have any new info? u seem to have all the info.

h4x0rj3ff

That looks like an optimus one variant. Def not an upgrade from this lol

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scarface87

i believe that's what that one was but for australia. the lg optimus m for metro is the same phone. the specs compared on phone arena match perfectly for the lg phoenix, lg thrive, lg optimus t, optimus m, and optimus one.

sammyz

LG Optimus Spirit is not the same as LG SPIRIT......

averagewonder

Yeah that review says its got a 3.2 inch screen with an 800 MHz processor so I'm going with not the same phone.

sammyz

I'm downloading the manual now to look at it

sammyz

Well I couldn't find spirit anywhere in that manual...
I do know that it has DLNA support but no HDMI port :/
Has a front facing camera as well and it looks like it's running JB but I'm not 100% sure. The music player looks really sweet!


Also has face unlock

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averagewonder

Yeah after looking at that picture I can say that's not the same phone. The one on the CNET review is a lot rounder than the one in the manual.

sammyz

Yea, I edited my post btw, it has face unlock as well, so I'm thinking it's running JB

Johnny Crapple

The lg motion also has face unlock on ics

Sent from my typewriter.

sammyz

Ah, sorry I thought it was a JB feature only

averagewonder

Yeah sorry if I posted that after you did I'm on my phone so might not have seen it.

sammyz

It's ok, I'm on my phone too

Shabbypenguin

anyone hoping this phoen will have an unlocked bootloader can forget about all that nonsense. lg has changed its ways and as such each phone htey make will be a locked down device until that changes. it isnt going to be on this device either, ask any motion owner how having the second fastest phone on metro is going :P

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sammyz

I already figured it would also be locked It seems to be a bigger LG Motion to me with a nicer body.

Kid09

The name is on page 232 in the manual.

sammyz

Ah thanks, that confirms it!

Kid09

No problem

scarface87

i know that, i was just saying the name is not used so it must be the name since its on the manual.

jlede

The phone is called the LG SPIRIT 4G ™ lol I my post is late I new this for 2weeks

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mike28

Spirit 4g

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robertkoa

DCool.

I thought it was the LG Escape (or equivalent)

but as someone said looks to have a bigger screen

and maybe has some other upgrades.

We'll see soon.

I thought it would be cool if Metro gets a variation of the LG Optimus G as a Galaxy

type high end Phone also- hopefully LG can continue the winning trend of the Motion

on these other Models.

Nice Job on the info - thanks to the OP and the other phone detectives.

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Gman9831

They don't do that anymore with flagship devices, everyone gets the same ;not different variations. The only changes they'll make is probably minor capos metics & if they need to use different spectrum on the radio chip

sammyz

Can I get a serial number? Or is that a pic that you didn't take?

mike28

Sorry bud no serial number I will talk to n4zty to see if they could get us one

n4zty

well for obvious reasons releasing the serial number to this test phone can get my agent caught. if you were to ask for anything besides that i wouldn't mind. im sure you understand i just now realized what you were looking for.

mike28

Lol forgot about that my bad pa :sly:

sammyz

I understand

scarface87

hey n4zty, how about some confirmed specs please?

kiroshi23

can you find out how much ram it has ,dont want no bull 512. and if it has a bigger display then the s2. if you cant then its all cool

mike28

Courtesy of Tampa boyz

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Sepero

Agreed. No bull!

sammyz

ram, not internal storage

scarface87

give credit to the finder of this info. Even n4zty ain't tell ya'll this.

mike28

Hold on let me see

n4zty

specs were posted in the first post of this thread. mikey is going to talk to secret agent texas in a bit about ram but i will tell ya this the test version of every single metro phone that has been released never has the full final specs. for example i saw the Lg esteem test phone before it was released it only had half the amount of ram that the final release had. so it might be a possible scenario here. although im betting its going to be 1gb of ram atleast.

mike28

What he said our source says but don't quote me on it cause it's not 100% ram 768