Optimus L9 Leaked for MetroPCS

[anubispax]

One thing I do have to admit is that Samsung is stepping their game up on their updates. My coworker's S2 was updated to Jelly Bean which was a nice surprise for him. Even more surprising my brother's Galaxy Relay also got JB love. I never thought the Relay would get an update as it's physical keyboard makes it a "older person's" or "niche" phone. Updates are key to proving that your loyalty to a brand is not misplaced. If I know a manufacturer will support a phone for a couple of years then I'd be more willing to buy their products. **cough...cough..LG are you listening?..cough**

 

[sammyz]

That was fast....I'm sure the Motion is still popular though. They ain't ever going to discontinue that phone. Now when is our update

I can confirm LG is still making more Motions:
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=99000255117793

Look at date (from link above)
You should see:
20130530=5/30/2013

And Korea is a day ahead of us, so it makes sense it has tomorrow's date.

 

[sammyz]

MS769 firmware found:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=013647000661267

 

[twogbsd]

MS769 firmware found:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=013647000661267

Mother of God....

 

[n4zty]

if they stopped selling the admire 4g it wont be a big deal just a minature indulge.... and no1 misses the indulge so boohoo sink the boat already. anyways we have too many single cpu 4g phones that need to be retired as well theres no need for them they sure as hell aint efficient so leave us with no use for them unless they wanna start selling them for $50 instant rebate and not mail in rebate that should have more customers running through the front doors of every metro pcs authorized dealer. the light tray was a dumb move what killed it was 3 things pricing.... almost as much as the gs3 ..... the second thing was specs really a single core cpu??? and the third was the tv stream gimmick it came out at around towards the end of 2012 the tv coverage wasn't everywhere yet but was free till 2013.... really who was gonna pay for 1-2 channels that no one really even watched???? it was a disaster!!!! the only good thing about the phone was the super amoled display.

 

[Slickinator]

Probably.

Place your bets guys. I'd say about $240 for the L9 when it comes out, it might have Jelly bean but it has an OMAP 1GHz dual core processor, just a bit slower than the Spirit

 

[anubispax]

I'm gonna guess $250 with a $50 rebate.

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

I'm gonna guess $250 with a $50 rebate.

+1

Bruce in Ocala, FL-well, actually $249.00 with a $50 rebate...

 

[anubispax]

+1

Bruce in Ocala, FL-well, actually $249.00 with a $50 rebate...

That's what I meant lol.

 

[DirtyDee]

That's what I meant lol.

I say 199 after rebates 299 without 50 instant 50 mail in

Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk 2

 

[sammyz]

Place your bets guys. I'd say about $240 for the L9 when it comes out, it might have Jelly bean but it has an OMAP 1GHz dual core processor, just a bit slower than the Spirit

But you gotta remember, its running on HSPA+/LTE/GSM not CDMA.

 

[DirtyDee]

But you gotta remember, its running on HSPA+/LTE/GSM not CDMA.

Well i am going on TMobile price
Still not convinced it's lte
Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk 2

 

[TheEpicIsh]

I'm gonna say $300 with some kind of rebate. They are gonna try to sell the whole HSPA+/LTE combination as a way to charge more money.

 

[Gman9831]

I'm gonna say $300 with some kind of rebate. They are gonna try to sell the whole HSPA+/LTE combination as a way to charge more money.

No they wont since they're trying to get people off CDMA as quick as possible

 

[new optimus]

No they wont since they're trying to get people off CDMA as quick as possible

I agree, if its feasible (meaning by late 2014 over 99% of people have switched to a gsm phone) I would not be surprised to hear they shut down cdma.

They have even said by late 2014( I think thats the date) they could even send customers free phones to get them to get off cdma.

I know when att and verizon took over alltel (in North Dakota) in 2010-11 I was a alltel customer and att sent me a phone, piece of crap but still. I still have that phone though its sim slot is gone and well it is junk.

 

[new optimus]

I will tell you of my experience with the att(gsm) alltel(cdma) switchover.

First I did not have a smart phone so they would not offer me a free smart phone, and if I wanted to change up to a smart phone they would have "tacked on" a data plan.
If I actually had plans to stay with att I would have changed up my phone and plan on alltel before the merger date. They would have had to grandfather me in with alltels unlimited data plan with a smart phone.

But as it was my plan was non smart phone with 2000 mins unlimited text and web. So they gave me 6 choices in phones the best one was samsung SGH-A597 the eternity II touchscreen. Not much of a touch screen though.
They sent that to me and I would not need to extend my contract, which was almost up with alltel. I used that phone for 2 weeks, maybe then dropped them, as my contract was done.

 

[sammyz]

Bam:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42316784

 

[Gman9831]

Lmao

 

[sammyz]

Lmao

Eh, I wasn't paying attention....I should have said tomorrow

 

[alfick3]

So, I was noticing that the Metro Optimus L9 is listing as having Jelly Bean 4.1. My sister-in-law recently bought the L9 from Bestbuy and is using it on Simplemobile. Hers has 4.0.4.

 

[sammyz]

So, I was noticing that the Metro Optimus L9 is listing as having Jelly Bean 4.1. My sister-in-law recently bought the L9 from Bestbuy and is using it on Simplemobile. Hers has 4.0.4.

There are many versions of the LG Optimus L9, probably at least 6-8 versions of it including the Metro version. The bootloader is unlockable if you flash the European firmware. There's a guide to do it somewhere on XDA.

LG made all versions of the phone almost exactly the same. The only phone that's different than all the rest of the L9s is the European version and the difference is the touch screen is flipped. Still works but flipped.

 

[MyUsernameRox]

Looking at a picture of the L9, it seems to have a physical button at the bottom like the S3.

What gives? I HATE physical buttons. It's why I didn't buy the S3.

 

[n4zty]

some people live in caves and not aware of things being discussed on the world best android forum......

 

[alfick3]

There are many versions of the LG Optimus L9, probably at least 6-8 versions of it including the Metro version. The bootloader is unlockable if you flash the European firmware. There's a guide to do it somewhere on XDA.

LG made all versions of the phone almost exactly the same. The only phone that's different than all the rest of the L9s is the European version and the difference is the touch screen is flipped. Still works but flipped.

What do you mean by flipped? Driving on the right (wrong) side of the road, instead of the left, type of flipped?

 

[sammyz]

What do you mean by flipped? Driving on the right (wrong) side of the road, instead of the left, type of flipped?

Touch the left physical side and you are touching the right side. Something like that.