LG G5 Quick Review: Fun with G5 and Friends

New LG G5 Phone one of the flagship smartphone this year is now available for pre order in the US. BHPhoto store has listed the Unlocked variants on its website with a price tag of $649.99, and can be used on GSM and CDMA networks. The handset is available in only two color options including Silver and Titan.

As you might already know, the G5 also listed at Amazon in the US, but priced at quite high up to $779.99 for an International version and is available in all four options including Silver, Titan, Gold, and Pink. Let’s walk trough the quick LG G5 review below and know more about its friends.

Design:

The first impression of the G5, it is compact and lightweight, although housing made of high grade metal, first time on LG’s premium smartphone. The metal housing has curved edges, all four corners have soft edges and diamond cut curved glass design, LG called 3D Arc Glass. Cuts are not too sharp does not feel uncomfortable when holding in hand.

For the first time since the G2, the volume button has been placed on left edge, a power button and fingerprint sensor on the back. This power button also acts as a fingerprint sensor. Lower edge with the speaker, microphone and USB-C port while the top edge has 3.5 mm audio jack, and infrared microphone port.

LG G5 Modules:

The G5 comes with a lot of innovative features to deliver a better experience for users. After a long time, we can see any device with many outstanding features like G5. Firstly, the G5 can be upgraded by various replaceable modules, LG called it G5 Friends and said this is the first handset in the world can do this.

With the LG G5 friends, we can increase battery by adding 3,000mAh battery module, for better sound we have LG Hi-Fi Plus modules made ​​by B & O, and LG Cam Plus as camera grip with shortcut camera buttons and extra batteries.

Always-On Display:

The LG G5 Screen size is a 5.3-inch IPS Quantum display along with Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution. With this IPS panel, users can get wide viewing angles, while the Quad HD resolution allows the G5 to play back 1080p videos.

Always-On Display on G5 will always turn-on to display some needed content as date and time. LG has redesigned screen driver to display only bright part in Always-On mode that only cost 0.8% battery around in 1 hour. The screen of the G5 with is still very great and honest, as traditional on LG devices.

Camera:

The LG G5 Camera Specs are quite different from other regular handsets, G5 includes dual rear camera and LED flash placed between both camera modules. There is a 16-megapixel sensor with 78-degree lens and another an 8-megapixel sensor with a 135-degree wide-angle lens.

Benefits from having dual cameras with two different angles will help users to capture an extra wide-angle shot compared to other smartphone. We can easily switch between the dual cameras to capture a different shots such as portrait or flowers, the image result is clearer and more beautiful; and when you need to capture a wide angle shots such as landscape or a bunch of people, there is still wide angle as you can see sample below:

As we mentioned about the LG Cam Plus accessory, LG G5 Camera Module, when mounted on G5, we will have separate buttons including the shutter button, camera button, zoom button and also add more 1200mAh battery.

Sound:

There are two highlights of the G5 sound when paired with new LG Tone Platinum headset that supports aptx HD audio transmission via Bluetooth. But the fun really starts with the LG Hi-Fi Plus module partnered with B&O Play put ​​on the G5 will give you high quality audio, supports 32-bit DAC and amp supports 384KHz music. For the music lover, theses accessrioues on G5 are excellent.

USB-C & Quick Charge 3.0:

With USB-C now charging is more convienet and easy to use. Current USB 3.0 can transfer data at higher speed and faster charging than regular MicroUSB port used on most Android devices.

Quick Charge 3.0 as well as the Qualcomm introduces latest fast charging technology at CES. With this technology G5 can recharge 27% faster than the Quick Charge 2.0 and 45% more battery efficient.

Low Power Location Estimation (LPLE):

With this technology, G5 has better battery life, phone will save more battery up to 42% efficient when use location based services such as Facebook, Maps, Browser etc. Along with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, we can expect the LG G5 battery life will be much better than G4. Check out LG G5 Specs below:

LG G5 Specifications:

• Dimensions of 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7mm
• Weight of 159g
• Quantum Quad Display of 5.3 inches with IPS, 554ppi
• Resolution of 2560×1440 pixels
• Dual Rear Camera of 16MP & 8MP
• Front Camera of 8 mega pixels
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• 2.15 GHz quad-core Processor
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Chip
• Adreno 530 GPU
• 4GB of RAM
• Internal memory of 32GB
• Expandable memory Yes
• Connectivity of 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.2 + LE, USB-C
• Battery capacity of 2800mAh