A Mutable Log

A blog by Devendra Tewari

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Dual SIM LG L40 (D175F) with Android KitKat

The cost-benefit of Android Smartphones continues to impress. LG L40 (D175F) is no Moto G, but it is cheaper, and a wonderful piece of hardware. I recently bought one for my wife. It currently retails for R$ 499 (Brazilian Reals) or about US $ 225.

More details follow

• Very responsive overall
• In black or white
• Double tap to lock or use (or achieve the same with power side button)
• Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Dual core 1.2 GHz CPU
• 320x480 pixel, 3.5 inch LCD screen with capacitive touch
• Digital TV (Brazilian DTV standard for the model cited)
• FM radio
• 3.15 mega-pixel (2048x1350 pixels) camera (no AF)
• No front camera
• Up to 32 GB microSD card (I bought a 16 GB type 4 card)
• Dual SIM (normal mini SIM, not micro or nano)
• 2G/3G data (supports tethering other devices over Wi-Fi i.e. hotspot)
• Wi-Fi
• 512 MB RAM
• 4 GB internal flash storage (1.64 GB available to user)
• A-GPS support
• Rotation sensing with built-in accelerometer
• Bluetooth 4.0 with LE (was able to detect an iBeacon emulated on Mac OS X)
• MTP (media transfer protocol) works fine with Windows (transfer arbitrary files to/from internal storage and SD card)
• MTP doesn’t work with Mac OS X Mavericks, but Android File Transfer does the job