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Oh well, since outside is over 30C and storm is shaping up I have time to do mini review of LG G5
First, the good.
I like the size and general feel in the hand. Its size is spot on for me. It also isn't to heavy or light. The paint with which back is painted covers fingerprints like a champ, back is never dirty. And also it's not slippery at all so that is awesome. Screen is vibrant, especially for IPS panel. Only problem I have with it is the maximum brightness which could be better, it's not bad but could be better.
Speakers are really much better than I thought they would be. They are quite loud and sound is clear.
But the biggest pro is camera. From wideangle camera, manual control to great primary camera. Although with wideangle pics can sometimes look a bit distorted sometimes you get a great effect, just don't zoom into picture. Since it's only 8MP it lack detail. With manual control you can get some great pics if you have time to play with settings. Primary camera is awesome!! Lots of details, it's fast and generally makes great pictures. Only problem I have with camera is that automatic mode at night sometimes won't do what you want from it, but you have manual control anyway. Examples at the end of the post.
As expected running daily tasks is a breeze on this phone, even more demanding apps are not a problem, but it gets quite hot running them. 10 minutes of playing Asphalt 8 and you have a hot phone in your hands. Not all that uncomfortable but you can feel it.
The bad.
Volume buttons are too flush with phone and also to thin so you sometimes don't know which one you are hitting. Even bigger problem is fps. I like position of it, BUT it is smaller than on Nexus 5X and it failed me many times during review. Many times I would have to draw a pattern since it didn't recognise me. On Nexus it worked also with a bit wet fingers, not here. It also took more time to unlock, there was quite a lag couple of times when phone vibrated to show it recognised the fingerprint but than nothing happened for a second or two. Also the "chin" is made of plastic and is therefore different color than rest of the phone, nothing big but still.
So overall nice phone with some compromises. I didn't mention battery because it's average. Sometimes I get 4,5h, other day I get 3h. Depends what you do. Still, I would probably buy it
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