Optimus ME P350 low-end Android from LG

Launched in a very low key manner a few days ago by LG, and lacking even some of the most basic details, the LG Optimus Me is another addition to the Android-powered Optimus series of smartphones where it sits at the bottom of the range.

LG Optimus Me P350

The LG Optimus Me looks like it’s going to be LG’s entry in the low-end area of the smartphone space. The handset runs Android, the exact version has not been announced, but it’s likely to be 2.2 Froyo.

The LG's gadget "Optimus Me" falls into the more affordable range of the Optimus line-up and is aimed primarily at those big on messaging and social networking. As an Android phone the Optimus Me comes with excellent support for social networks like Twitter and Facebook which are integrated directly into the phones interface. Other messaging options available include threaded SMS, MMS, email and instant messaging. Google Talk and Gmail are both supported out of the box, as is YouTube allowing you to enjoy streaming videos from the popular online service.

What we know for certain is that the Optimus Me is an Android 2.2 smartphone with a 3 megapixel camera on the back, has an FM radio, a 600 MHz processor, a 1280 mAh battery, has WiFi and it comes in a variety of colours. We assume that it is at least a 3G phone (most likely 3.5G) and comes with GPS, as every other Android phone we can think of has that.

The screen size looks like it’s about 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches. And that would be perfectly in line with all the other low-end Android smartphones we’ve seen over the past year or so.

The phones internal storage is fairly limited at just 140MB although this can be expanded dramatically through microSD cards with 32GB microSD cards being supported. This can be used to store music, video and other content such as photos captured on the Optimus Me´s 3.15 megapixel camera. The camera is not the best camera available on a phone but is still of good enough quality for everyday use and also comes with VGA video recording support at 24fps.

the LG Optimus Me come in many different colors. The Optimus Me may be LG’s big play into the low-end Android smartphone market, or it may be a successor to the Optimus One (although that doesn’t make much sense, since that phone has only been on the market for a few months, as this one isn’t really that different).

The LG Optimus Me pushes smartphone features into what was previously the dumber "feature phone" price range. LG in particular has seen feature phone sales slump as consumers raise their expectations of what a touchscreen phone should do. Despite the modest technical specifications of the Optimus Me, we think that a device such as this may open up a significant market.