The first metal-body LG phone. Wide angle rear camera is useful and fun. Fast performance, removable battery, has microSD card slot, Quadrant: 42,057, AnTuTu: 129,961, Geekbench 3: 2376/ 5505, 3DMark Sling Shot: 2525, 3DMark Ice Storm: 27,124
Look could be better, fit and finish uneven. LG UI does away with app drawer. Friends are interesting but lacking
I'll be honest: the LG G5 doesn't excite me the way the LG G4 did. Last year LG offered a microSD card slot and removable battery when their archrival Samsung did not with the Galaxy S6 family. Their camera offered full manual mode and RAW format (though...
Display (in sunlight) The display is definitely better in direct sunlight than the outgoing G4 thanks to substantially increased maximum brightness from the IPS panel, Quick The G5 is a bit quicker than Samsung's 820powered versions of the S7 and S7 edge,
Battery life Mediocre at best. I get maybe a bit over 4 hours screen on with most of my time sitting at home on WiFi only. Around or under three hours, definitely, if I'm out and about on mobile data. So, a lot like a typical phone from 2015 running Marsh
The G5 feels like a tacit admission from LG that the company simply can't compete directly with Samsung in the realm of design, ruggedness, battery life, camera performance, or even software features right now. I realize this comes across as a brutal asse...
Published: 2016-03-31, Author: Raymond , review by: mashable.com
Lightweight metal design, Powerful performance, All-day battery life with removable battery, QuadHD screen, Fast fingerprint sensor, Awesome ultra-wide secondary camera
Drab UX 5.0 skin, Gimmicky LG Friends modules, No water-resistance
LG G5The GoodLightweight metal design • Powerful performance • All-day battery life with removable battery • QuadHD screen • Fast fingerprint sensor • Awesome ultra-wide secondary cameraThe BadDrab UX 5.0 skin • Gimmicky LG Friends modules • No water-resi...
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