Most Android smartphones these days have similarly sized displays,
memory capacities and processor speeds. It makes it really difficult to
get noticed when you’re drowning in a sea of shiny black plastic phones
that all look alike. Standing out requires unique features that make
your phone different enough so potential buyers will take a second look.
LG
hopes they’ve done enough with their new G2 to make you consider buying
one. Have they? Let’s check out the features that make the LG G2 from Verizon Wireless stand out from the crowd.
The LG G2 is the beastly smartphone that is LG's answer to the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. It's a massive, yet not entirely unwieldy, smartphone brimming with specs that would make the most discerning geeks drool. I am pretty impressed with how much LG has improved since I last used
their phone. Depending on your perspective, this is either a huge phone
or a small phablet. LG went to great lengths to explain how it was listening to customers
and observing their usage patterns. Somehow it all led to the awkward
placement of those buttons, along with a few other things the phone can
do.
Design: After holding something like the HTC One, everything kind of
moves down a notch, however the G2 doesn't completely disappoint. Like
the Galaxy series, LG has received some grief about their design
decisions with the G2. It is plastic yes, but as I have said about the
S4, they did make some decisions to make it look and feel more premium.
Firstly the phone feels very sturdy, and solid. The shape feels good in
the hand and is actually kind of interesting looking. The back plastic
used has a metallic look with a nice honeycomb design put into it. Most
noticeable thing about the design is the back buttons. They in my
opinion are not as good as side buttons but not awful. They are easy to
hit but i hit the wrong one most of the time. I wish they would have
separated the volume and power button more as they are hard to
differentiate as is. However knock knock alleviates most of my
complaints about that, though I do miss the front home button on my
Samsung.
Performance: Really all I can say is great, it boots
fast and apps run extremely quick. I tried out games like GTA Vice city
and they run like a charm. You shouldn't have to worry about anything
with it, the processor is way ahead of the snapdragon 600 and the GPU is
also if i remember correct like a 40% performance increase.
Software:
Really some people complain about LG here and I think they is an area
where they really shine. They take things that you find more commonly in
custom roms or other third party software and add them in. Firstly it
has a built in sms app that firstly isn't ugly (and lets you customize
the look), but allows pop up's which is great. The main homescreen
allows you to change icon pictures and sizes,screen transition
animations, as well as customization's to the app drawer. In the
settings you can switch from list or tabbed viewing. From there you can
change alot of things about the lock screen, you can even change the
soft key layout and design. Most of these things you had to download
custom roms, or get third party software to get but LG has built these
in which is a great step forward. Knock Knock is also something not new,
there have been apps that do this before but never something I've seen
come stock. It works for the most part, however like most people said
sometimes it takes 2 tries or 3 knocks but it isn't terrible annoying.
Storage:
not the best, it is listed as 32gb but only like 24gb is available and
no sd card. However it is enough for me to use. I'm just glad they
didn't take the moto x route and give 16gb with no sd card.
Camera:
Really great the optical image stabilization is noticeable with less
blurry pictures. It takes pictures decently fast however the focus time
can be forever, and it won't let you like do anything while it's trying
to focus. It has the usual range of features however most of you will
either just take a regular snapshot or a regular video, but other
options are welcome.
Screen: really great, takes up like the
whole freaking phone which gives it a much better look. The auto
brightness like I've seen on previous LG's doesn't seem to really react
as fast as other phones and stays dim when you walk outside for a longer
time than I would like.
Battery: While I came in with high hopes
(maybe to high) I wasn't disappointed.LG did a lot of engineering in
the battery department which is great to hear. The battery seems to last
decently long, it will sit in standby forever but drains fairly normal
during usage. So I have had more use with the battery
and it has been even better. After a 15 hour day and maybe close to 2
hours of screen time I will still be above 50%. Right now this morning
I've been up for 2 hours, played a game for like 20 minutes and have 35
minutes screen time and I am at 95% battery life still. So in other
words it's been fantastic.
Calls/Signal: Haven't had any trouble
with calls and clarity, it seems to get better signal than S4 also
(though Samsung is usually the worst).
GPS - Have to add in, with
the Verizon specific model there seems to be gps issues. I have trouble
a lot of the time getting GPS to function correctly. Sometimes I has
trouble grabbing it at all, sometimes its slow, now and then it works
pretty good. It seems to be off where I'm actually at sometimes too and
will jump around a bit.
Price: $650
LG G2 Specifications :
| |
Type |
True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|
| Size |
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.2 inches (~424 ppi pixel density) |
| Multitouch |
Yes |
| Protection |
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
| |
GPRS |
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
|---|
| EDGE |
Class 12 |
| Speed |
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL |
| WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot |
| Bluetooth |
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE |
| NFC |
Yes |
| Infrared port |
Yes |
| USB |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host |
| |
Primary |
13 MP, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
|---|
| Features |
Simultaneous video and image recording, geo-tagging, face detection, optical image stabilization, HDR |
| Video |
Yes, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization, check quality |
| Secondary |
Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps |
| |
OS |
Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) |
|---|
| Chipset |
Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 |
| CPU |
Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400 |
| GPU |
Adreno 330 |
| Sensors |
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS |
| Browser |
HTML5 |
| Radio |
Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| Java |
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
| Colors |
Black, White |
| | - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- SNS applications
- MP4/DviX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+/AC3/WMA player
- Photo viewer/editor
- Document viewer
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input |
| |
|
Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery |
|---|
| Stand-by |
Up to 790 h (2G) / Up to 900 h (3G) |
| Talk time |
Up to 16 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 17 h 30 min (3G) |
| |
SAR US |
0.50 W/kg (head) 0.69 W/kg (body) |
|---|
| SAR EU |
0.41 W/kg (head) 0.47 W/kg (body) |
|
|
LG gets a lot of credit from me with their work on the G2. They focused
on some very important things such as battery, performance, software
design, and they did them right. They tried a few new things with their
button layout too which I give them credit for giving it a chance even
if i don't think it's the best. It's really hard to say which phone is
top on verizon currently. If you want the best battery life, and the
best specs screen wise, and performance wise I would say the G2 is your
go phone, its pro's heavily outweigh its cones on any of it's cons in
most any situation.
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