LG G2 Review & Features

The LG G2 is one of the most unique devices of recent times and Starting with good and bad points and eventually answering those questions that people keep asking.

Good Points

Great feel in the hand
Amazing screen
IR blaster
Decent camera
Decent sound quality with headphones
Double tap to wake and double tap to lock
Unique power button arrangement

Bad Points

Some elements of the LG UI
Speaker is a little bit dull
No wireless charging (UK version)
16 GB (about 10 GB out of the box) internal memory with no Micro SD slot is rather limiting
Low light focusing is a bit fiddly
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Design

The LG G2 is a great looking phone, it feels great in the hand thanks to the curved back panel, which leads round to those quirky but intuitive back buttons. LG have done a great job with the G2, it’s almost like every element has been thought about. The onscreen soft keys free up space to reduce the bezel size, the rear buttons allow the sides of the device to feel great in the hand, the only ports and holes are all along the bottom edge, the only slight awkward thing is the Micro SIM slot which sits on the left hand side.

The speakers on the bottom are a little deceptive, it’s basically one speaker and one set of holes. I guess this was done for aesthetics, as it’s almost symmetrical. At first I thought the left speaker was broken. It’s nice to see a headphone socket on the bottom though for listening to music.

The two things thing I like most about the G2 are the slightly textured almost sparkly back panel and the glorious almost edge to edge display. Although no doubt people will think it’s just plastic and that’s it end of. I like it though.

The screen really is something special, it has an oleophobic coating which means fingerprints just sort of disappear. When it’s powered on you almost have to do a double take as it looks like a printed image not a display.

The spec of the LG G2 is as high end and high spec as you’d expect, they are as follows.

Chipset – QualComm Snapdragon 800 2.26 GHz Quad Core
GPU – Adreno 330
Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Display – Full HD IPS Display, 5.2 inches, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Internal Memory – 2GB RAM/16GB or 32GB eMMC
Camera – 13 MP Rear with Optical Image Stabilisation 2.1 MP Front
Battery – 3,000mAh Li-Polymer (Embedded)
Dimension – L x W x D (mm) 138.5 x 70.9 x 9.1
Weight – 143 g
Radio – 2G (GSM/EDGE), 3G (HSPA+42Mbps/HSPA+21Mbps), LTE (SVLTE, CSFB, CA, VoLTE RCS, MIMO)
2G Network – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network – HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network – LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / 850
NFC
Infrared blaster
24bit x 192kHz Hi-Fi Sound
USB Slimport for video out and USB OTG
Miracast
Wireless storage mode (SMB)

Conclusion

The LG G2 is a great phone, with a bit of fiddling it’s an amazing phone, with a bit of hacking it would be an astounding phone. It’s just the normal person buying one of these won’t probably be able to even turn off some of the unnecessary features. Which will more than likely leave them wishing they had bought a Galaxy S4, HTC One or the Nexus 5 instead.

I’m not sure what LG could have done to make the G2 a better phone, it is the ideal size, the spec is amazing, in my eyes the build quality and design is pretty cool, leaving only a few details like Micro SD, Wireless charging, less software “enhancements”, an even better camera and a wide range of colours (bright yellow) being the only options to improve the G2.

I think LG are partly to blame in it all, they knew exactly what was going in the Nexus 5 and exactly when the Nexus 5 was going to be released, so why release them close to each other and with virtually identical specs and drastically different prices?

To wrap it up I really liked the LG G2, for day to day use I prefer it to my Note 3 mainly down to the size. Should you get one? Maybe…. If you really don’t want a Samsung or HTC device or if you want something different with an amazing screen, a decent camera and amazing sound quality.

Price & Availability: 
Currently LG G2 (16 GB) is available in Bahrain in some retail store for price ranging from (BHD 199 – 240)