The top model, which enthusiastically inside and out - LG and Prada make it possible ..

A square, light brown cardboard box opens. It lifts out another box. Black, with textured, leather-like pattern. One gets the feeling formally to take something very precious in reception. And this feeling should also have, after having forked out almost 500 mice.

As a piece of jewelry is the Prada 3.0 in a form. Under this you will find the accessories that precious in silvery reflective bags pretty neatly packed waiting to be carefully removed, but because it would be a shame even to snip to pieces these bags.

LG and Prada provide plenty of feel and power with the customer, even before he is allowed to keep his Prada Phone in his hands. But this strategy is very successful. Finally, one would like to unpack his smartphone from any cheap cardboard box for so much money.

And then it is finally time. Large and flat, like a top model,. In elegant black, framed in a silver, mirror-like frame Quite basic but elegant.

PRADA is on the back and front of the smartphone. A little less self-confidence shows LG initials on the leather as structured, matt and soft plastic cover on the back of the Prada Phone 3.0.

Many reviews have hailed it, why LG and Prada have the reverse is made of genuine leather, stainless steel or aluminum. Net price technically you could this may also require, but are inserted for the plastic cover also certain advantages over another variant. The lid is very easy to open, and above all very flexible pliable, making it immune to shocks and scratches.

On top of the smartphone sit the headphone jack, the activation button for the front camera / webcam, the Slide Lock for the USB cable and the on / off switch. Except for the lateral plastic buttons for loud and soft, are the remaining metal buttons.

What question might might make at the outset is whether the Prada 3.0 is tailored more for women or for men. It is well suited for both designtechnsich as it indeed elegant but still something striking has per se.

Turning points are the intrinsic values, because with the exterior of a Prada can always easily.

For the first time you should first upgrade the firmware or software. These are two updates that were less than 15 MB in size.

Operation and menu:
How many should already be known, LG has slightly altered the Android menu. The icons are now white on a black background. All other apps that you subsequently will download including all Google features that are in color.
In the application menu Downloads, Google services and pre-installed applications are listed separately from each other.
Links of Apps can be eg invoked from applications and moving from there to the desktop. Otherwise everything works intuitively.
Criticisms:
1. The on / off switch can be actuated somewhat sluggish. It almost two seconds to elapse after pressing the switch screen appears (in screen lock mode).
2. The virtual Querztastatur is not so good to use, like the HTC Desire HD. The word correction is not very reliable and new words are not saved when writing. You have to manually enter the settings menu. This is cumbersome and impractical. The virtual keys are a bit too small. A cursor does not exist. You have to choose the location that you want to correct, for example, at your fingertips. After each written word, the keyboard also makes a space, which is also disturbing. For a period, comma or question mark are employed usually directly behind the word (!).

3 stars for it because it works better at HTC.
***

Received power, Internet and Navi:
The reception at the D2 network is good but not exceptional. In this rural region D2 is only available on Edge or GPRS. That could not change the Prada 3.0 also. Nevertheless, the reception bar is well stocked. This creates the LG better than the HTC Desire HD, which I had previously.
HSPA + will also be possible, but I could not test. The surf under HSPA is however already fast enough. Internet pages are displayed quickly and accurately with the Dophin browser.
The GPS signal is constructed a model in a few seconds and the own location can be found within less than 10 seconds.
A 50km route calculated the LG Prada within 5 seconds.
Scrolling via Google Maps in satellite mode is excellent liquid and the scenery is built up fully on the display within a maximum of 2 seconds.
The Wi-Fi reception also has a model range. Even if no more bars can be seen fighting the hardware therefore still catch a spark and there where even a HTC HD or even a netbook already have difficulties.
There are full 5 stars!
*****

Display:
Very commendable should be noted that LG delivers his Prada with a pre-glued Schutfolie on the display and on the side frames. The advertised with the phrase "NOVA" LCD display is extremely bright. I have it running on 30% power in the day in my home. Of course, it is reflected and can be seen all the fingerprints on it, but the extreme luminosity is excellent even in sunny weather.
As expected, the LG Prada responds quickly to all touches. However, it depends only shortly after the restart of the operating system a bit, but recovered within 10 seconds. Rarely, it may happen that a tap is not registered. Otherwise, there are no problems.
Objectionable, however, there resolution, as measured by the price, but would have more generous can fail, as with only 800x480 pixels. Nevertheless, the graphical representation does not blurry or pixelated impression, quite the contrary. It is clean, sharp and detailed. The very good contrast decreases only slightly when viewed from the side on the LCD. Gorilla Glass was also not installed, so one can assume that the display is not scratch and shockproof.
If you believe the information provided by the Prada, the display consumes just over 70% of energy requirements.
4 stars because it could have been but for the money more.
****

Hardware performance:
The centerpiece of the LG Prada is a OMAP 4430 dual-core processor from Texas Instruments, which is clocked at 1Ghz. This is supported by a 1Ghz RAM running in dual channel. This is intended to ensure proper performance and multi-tasking without any lag. In fact, games load quickly and run very smoothly, even when in the background the virus program and other background programs running. Even a parallel download or installation may there not bring calm, the Prada 3.0. But: In the benchmark test by Vellamo is the LG greased and in a way that it does not respond to any commands more. Since only helped remove the battery in order to force a restart.
After that it worked but the Vellamo benchmark: The score was 847th

For Comparison:
The Samsung Galaxy S2 has a total score of. 926
HTC Sensation has a score of 769th
The HTC Desire HD is equipped with 622 despite single-core processor also still doing well.
The Motorola Atrix has a score of 615 in spite of dual-core.

Rendering Test:
LG Prada - 338
Samsung S2 - 392
HTC Sensation - 350
Motorola Atrix - 241

Java Script test:
LG Prada - 210
Samsung S2 - 229
HTC Sensation - 176
Motorola Atrix - 197

User Experience:
LG Prada - 178
Samsung S2 - 174
HTC Sensation - 139
Motorola Atrix - 96

Networking:
LG Prada - 109
Samsung S2 - 131
HTC Sensation - 104
Motorola Atrix - 81

As you can see in the comparison, the LG Prada 3.0 is always just behind the Samsung Galaxy S2. That's still a top performance, with the S2 is not as up to date, such as the Prada and the way to get noticed and partly below the price of Prada. Results of the current flagships from HTC, Samsung and Sony, unfortunately, I lack, and I am convinced that it is the Prada have hard heranzureichen to the performance of a 1.5 GHz dual core.
Nevertheless, as much power charges 5 star.
*****

Music and call quality:
Call quality is very good. LG has given a warm and clear sound eight. The conversation sounds neither hollow nor tinny.
The small speakers on the back of sound fortunately not shrill and raspy. You have the heights taken them a little and so the Prada may sound slightly hollow and tinny, but not annoying and painful.
And just as it looks in the sound quality of the music player.
I tested the musical qualities with Beyerdynamic 101e (in-ear) and the Denon AH-D1001 (around the ear).
First, notice that LG has been kind to the bass. This was in fact raised. Staggered fine, grollig and deep plays on the bass. The centers act clear and uncolored. Vocals are just as genuine. However, the act has some highs in the upper levels. Small Einbusen in the brilliance needs of audiophiles then already suffered, but otherwise pleasant sound is hardly clouded them.
Four stars for the sound.
****

Photo and film:

Surprisingly, the images during the day succeed within a space rather noise without using the flash. Although the images appear not particularly sharp and detailed, but have a good contrast ratio on. The color display on the other hand has a slightly cool. The images do not splurge with thickly applied reds or having an excessively lush greenery.
Although the automatic white balance does not react very fast, but in an acceptable framework. A little trouble, the autofocus, in which more needs to be done by a manual tap on the LCD once. The LED flash is not always of needs, which is the positive side.

Movies in SD resolution work unfortunately due to the lack of focus and image stabilizer, the recordings often appear blurred. Much better looks the whole not HD at 720p resolution. Slightly pixelated during camera movement and stronger color noise in dark areas, and low-detail and muddy contours. The white balance reacts slowly and the light sensitivity is quite poor. Although the shots look better than that of the HTC Desire HD, but due to the limited space in the instrument, it is probably physically not much better to solve.
3 stars gracious.
***

Battery life:
The Prada switches when not in use in a kind of sleep mode. It moves as the WLAN performance a down or temporarily switched from GPRS to EDGE to.
Thus, it saves a lot of energy. On average, it still has to once a day to the mains, though not to fully charge it. But certain features such as listening to music, surfing navigation, or advertising-infested apps, then drag it sorely on energy consumption. Charging then succeeds, however, quite nimble and takes no more than two to three hours.
The power-hungry called "LCD" is most likely the main reason for the higher current hunger. An AMOLED had been there a lot more sense if we again draw because the price of the Prada into consideration.
3 stars for the cross-country skiers with smoker's lung.
***

Accessories:
On the Prada one finds an image editing software, an Office program and the new NFC with which you can exchange data easily. But I could not test this feature, since no options were for me.
The pack are otherwise data cable, power cord and a Prada-in-ear headphones, which I have also not been tested in.

Conclusion (Update 18/12/12):
The Prada phone will surprise any skeptic positively. Outside as well as inside it can be said only "hui". The design is understated but stylish. There is light in the hand, even if it is a little unwieldy due to the low overall depth and the size, and makes decent technical results. It is processed very tidy despite the plastic back and with the chrome frame, it looks classy. Minimum creaking, no dirty edges or gaps can be discerned. On the somewhat dreary and gloomy Android design you have to first get used first. Over time, it acts then still stylish. But who wants this can spice up with the variety of apps from the Market. Meanwhile, it is also to have a good price. The processor is strong enough with 1Ghz dual core and games as well Bildbearbeitunssoftware run smoothly and error-free. Dropouts, trailer or crashes come after updating to the latest Android 4 no longer apply. This update, however, was only possible via a PC using software supplied with me.

Pro:
+ Fast technology
+ Extremely light and strong large screen (11cm diagonal)
+ Elegant and discreet design
+ Processing
+ Sound quality (talking and music)
+ A lot of software on board (Office, image editing)
+ Pleasant Photo Quality
+ Fast GPS
+ Webcam with acceptable quality
+ After selectable update different keyboard styles

Cons:
- Something dreary menu design (black / white)
- Poor video quality