LG Optimus Selling for Rs. 13,500 in India

Finally, Android Froyo laden LG Optimus One has been launched in India - Officially. Priced at Rs. 13,500, the new Optimus One will compete with current Android models in the Indian market. Last week, we reported that over one million Optimus One handsets were sold worldwide in about 40 days. Obviously, Indians would like to get their hands on a Google Android phone running Froyo 2.2 update in mid-range price segment. LG also promises to bring Optimus 7 that runs Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.

LG Optimus One has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen supporting 320x480 pixel resolution. Under the hood, Optimus One has 600MHz microprocessor and 419MB RAM which are good enough to run Android Froyo 2.2 update on them. For the social network frenzy youths, the phone offers Social Network integration along with other useful applications like Google Maps and Digital Compass since it has GPS with A-GPS support.

Expect mediocre quality photos with the 3.15 megapixel camera that can record VGA video at 18 frames per second. Users can browse faster web using Wi-Fi, thanks to the 802.11 b/g standards supporting chip and enjoy the Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP. For storage, Optimus One comes with 2GB microSD card for storage since 170MB internal memory is too meager. If you want, you can add up to 32GB microSD card to it.

Optimus One will join the current Google Android based handsets offerings that fall in the price range of Rs. 10,000 - Rs. 15,000. Take a look at the current Android phones available in India and do note that all the prices mentioned below are approximate and collated from different online e-tailers.

Android 2.1:

• Motorola FlipOut: squarish-QWERTY phone for Rs. 15,200
• HTC Wildfire: Full touchscreen handset for Rs. 14,800
• Motorola Charm  MB502: QWERTY phone for Rs. 13,500
• Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i580: Full touchscreen phone for Rs. 12,000
• Motorola Quench XT3L: Full touchscreen handset for Rs. 12, 500
• Dell XCD28: Full touchscreen phone for Rs. 10,600

Android 1.6 or lower:

• Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro: Small Slide-out QWERTY phone for Rs. 15,800
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X8: Full touchscreen phone running Android 1.6 for Rs. 13,900
• HTC Tattoo A3232: Full touchscreen phone running Android 1.6 for Rs. 13,000
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini: Small touchscreen phone running Android 1.6 for Rs. 12, 900
• Videocon Zeus Evolve V7500: Full touchscreen handset with Android 1.6 for Rs. 11,000
• LG Optimus GT540: Full touchscreen handset running Android 1.6 for Rs. 10,750
• LG GW620: Slide-out QWERTY phone running Android 1.5 for Rs. 14,600

Amongst all these phones, LG Optimus One is the only one that comes with Froyo 2.2 update in the box, i.e; pre-installed. This phone is 3G ready so users can enjoy a faster mobile web browsing experience when 3G Services are made available all over India.