If you have ever set eyes or used the AT&T’s LG Thrill 4G, you will sure as hell have the same impression I had when I first came in contact with the phone which will be the first-ever 3D smartphone on AT&T Wireless: I was wowed. The Thrill 4G has a very powerful processing speed thanks to the 1GHz dual-core processor along with dual-channel and dual-memory architecture. Design-wise, for large screen display fans, its generous 4.3-inch WVGA display certainly is impressive, and feels decidedly solid in the hand. The matte rubbery surface provides a firmer grip when held. The phone has two 5-megapixel cameras on the back and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front. These dual-array cameras can record 3D in 720p and 2D in 1080p.
The biggest attraction for me and the rest of the other folks out there, of course, is the fact that Thrill 4G has the capacity to display 3D without the need for glasses. This alone is a great leap ahead of most other Android phones in the market today. To turn on the 3D feature, Press the 3D button on the side (or instead you can via the touch screen by selecting the 3D shortcut icon), and this will take you to the 3D hub. The hub itself is three-dimensional, and you could clearly view the icons almost jumping out at you. From here, you can look at 3D images or you can jump from the 3D carousel to 3D games, YouTube, images, or videos.
Though it’s not advisable to leave the phone completely in 3D mode, though notwithstanding, it still has its appeal. If you have ever played the Let’s Golf game (Nintendo 3D,Asphalt 6, or NOVA ) you will understand what I’m trying to say: It’s quite fun to see the 3D effect making the ball fly off into “the distance.” If on the other hand you use the device to record 3D videos, after recording, you can either share them on YouTube 3D, or plug in a cable connecting the phone’s Micro-HDMI port to a 3D television so you can see it on the big screen. Of course, you can do this with non-3D content as well.
The Thrill 4G has a no-glasses 3D screen, just like HTC’s EVO 3D for Sprint does. When I tried to compare the two, I noticed that there were some major differences between the two 3D phones. For example, The Thrill 4G had a lower-resolution 4.3-inch screen, 800×480 as opposed to the EVO 3D’s 960×540. That made 3D content look a bit grainy on the LG phone. But if you don’t place both phones side by side and take your time to observe both very closely, you certainly won’t notice that Thrill 4G 3D videos are less sharp. But I believe to the average user this won’t make the Thrill 4G lose any points. And in the end the lower resolution of Thrill 4G is compensated for by the fact that the viewing angle seemed wider than on the sharper EVO screen.