LG G Pro 2 review: See you 2morrow

04 March 2014
A generation older and a year wiser, LG will be looking to prove that it can learn from its mistakes and produce a device that can finally put a proper challenge for the phablet throne. The G Pro 2 certainly seems to have the right tools for the job...

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  • AnonD-192043
  • 3$t
  • 06 Mar 2014

The UI us a TouchWiz ripoff!! Samsung should have patented the functions and then done an Apple to LG :)

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    • Anonymous
    • 4QS
    • 06 Mar 2014

    AnonD-60521, 06 Mar 2014but the consumers are looking for NOTE 4 and they fullfille... moreSomewhat true. But some people like LG.
    They should have however used the Snapdragon 801 chip and not lessened the brightness capabilities of the screen. Those two things alone would've at least more justified it.

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      • AnonD-219341
      • v0X
      • 06 Mar 2014

      Note 3 is the worst phone for that price point.....
      it also hangs.....huh....When samsung will take care of this terrible problem?????
      G2's camera is batter than note 3....So i guess g pro 2's camera is also batter than note 3....as gsm arena has mantioned.....It is 20% batter than g2...

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        • AnonD-60521
        • utP
        • 06 Mar 2014

        Anonymous, 06 Mar 2014And it has not quite been a year yet for the Note 3. It's b... morebut the consumers are looking for NOTE 4 and they fullfilled their time wid NOTE 3...AND G PRO 2 WID SAME SPECS is needless...such a waste of time and money

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          • Anonymous
          • 4QS
          • 06 Mar 2014

          AnonD-60521, 06 Mar 2014I Think LG again has made a little mistake here BY launchin... moreAnd it has not quite been a year yet for the Note 3. It's been half a year. Point still stands though.

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            • Anonymous
            • ty@
            • 06 Mar 2014

            AnonD-60521, 06 Mar 2014I Think LG again has made a little mistake here BY launchin... moreNot really true. Because Some prefer G series with sd slot. G and G2 have the history of none sd slot, so G3 might not has sd slot. G pro 2 is the right choice.

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              • AnonD-60521
              • utP
              • 06 Mar 2014

              I Think LG again has made a little mistake here BY launching this PHONE NOW, instead of G3 against galaxy S5...as i always says LG Always launcheS their competative phones late and when era overs....they launching galaxy note 3 compepetor now exactly year after...when SAMSUNG somewhere ready to launch NOTE 4........

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                • Anonymous
                • 4QS
                • 06 Mar 2014

                AnonD-77171, 05 Mar 2014overall g pro 2 beats note3 TRUE FULL HD IPS DISPLAY IS MO... moreYeah um. Either you did not really pay attention or you are ignoring the truth due to fanboyism.
                G Pro 2 is good, but it's only playing catch up to the Note 3.
                The Amoled screen on it is the most overall natural. Enough with the exaggerations and denial here. Most people prefer the saturation for starters. It's mainly online trollers and haters using it as an excuse to make something up against it.
                Not only that but LCD is not fully natural either.
                The best of the best have fake blacks and washed out contrast. That is washy no natural. Even their colors are not perfect. Just more normal at first. From years of tuning. But most are still somewhat saturated. And ones like the ones LG have been using tend to be slightly more saturated than normal. Not by much but there. Usually mostly in green. As well as oddly spaced calibration. So that is not perfectly natural.

                Where as these Amoled panels are saturated "which most like and LCD cannot match", but have true blacks and wide contrast. Then you can choose movie mode. Much more realistic colors. Plus you still have contrasts and blacks. So the screen just became way way more overall accurate than ANY lcd. As well as it is more evenly calibrated than most LCD's and has a better white balance than most LCD's. Really impressive.

                Not to mention also being nearly perfectly evenly lit and with a lot less light leakage unlike LCD which falls much more short with leakage and bright spots.

                And the Note 3 is also one of the best displays under sunlight too. Mostly nabbed by the 1520.

                Overall camera quality as shown by the samples shows that the Note 3 pictures up close are decent bit less fuzzy. I also expect that if it is the same as any other scenario Samsung still leads in full tuning. Particularly in HDR and Panorama where they lead.

                Video seems good, but don't think it topped it. With some further inspecting audio probably remains better on the Note as well.

                Features of UI? The UI is practically an entire Touchwiz rip off with some neat little changes. It offers a few things, but overall Samsung kept the lead.

                Design? Have you ever heard of PREFERENCE? Probably not. As well as it follows the G2 design which follows the Galaxy design. Of course with some notable changes....So....?

                Reality check?

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                  • AnonD-233250
                  • n9w
                  • 06 Mar 2014

                  There are some great G Pro 2 4k video samples here: http://optimusforums.com/threads/daylight-g-pro-2-2160p-4k-video-samples-with-original-files-for-download.11644/ to really compare them download the original files

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                    • AnonD-8044
                    • dQ1
                    • 06 Mar 2014

                    Well done it rare to get top audio,top camera and top notch video in one smartphone and vid is 4K for future proofing your vids when 4K tvs come along..Plus micro sd to store all these beautifull pics/vids/audio..

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                      • Please
                      • 0@j
                      • 05 Mar 2014

                      LG please import the improved camera progrem to the G2! show that you care about your customers.

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                        • antonioli
                        • 8LY
                        • 05 Mar 2014

                        Two good phones. The point is the price.

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                          • benny
                          • mD6
                          • 05 Mar 2014

                          can someone tell me why buy this phone when galaxy note 3 has this spec one year ago

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                            • AnonD-77171
                            • thH
                            • 05 Mar 2014

                            overall g pro 2 beats note3
                            TRUE FULL HD IPS DISPLAY IS MORE REALISTIC AND NEAR TO PERFECT COLOR ACCURACY!
                            overall camera quality
                            video quality
                            audio quality
                            and the special features & lg 's ui is better and more customized
                            and the design

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                              • Anonymous
                              • thH
                              • 05 Mar 2014

                              finally beats note3

                              well done LG!

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                                • Lba
                                • 05 Mar 2014

                                it's funny seeing how many ppl just trying to glorify their phones so they can feel good about their choices.. the G pro 2 is an amazing phone but I have to agree of it being late.. the Note 3 is also a great phone.. so just be happy with ur phone and stop bashing the others.. one last point to the Note 3 owner, why the hell u pay a full price for a phone that is suppose to be a lock free but it's region locked?! and don't tell me I'm not traveling bull**** bcz that doesn't justify the stupidity of doing that. the only answer that I will accept if u gonna root it.. and I am not bashing at Note 3 owner. I used to luv Samsung :(

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                                  • bit_skater
                                  • mjw
                                  • 05 Mar 2014

                                  AnonD-90736, 05 Mar 2014I better than the Note 3 due to :- 1) much slimmer bezel... moreYou say LG has a better all around camera? With a much softer and less detailed, picture - lol

                                  you say LG has much slimmer bezels - yeah "much" is like they are the same - but the LG is much thicker

                                  You say S-pen is a gimmick - well I could show you at least 4-5 everyday activities which is not possible without a pen - like showing animated guide on map to my friends how to get to a certain point on map

                                  you say LG's screen has more natural colour and AMOLED is too vivid. Maybe you dont even know that note 3 has the only amoled screen which has 98% DCI gammut, plus is has true less than 2 delta E color accurancy- when you select photo mode.

                                  To sum up: dear LG fanboy: LG has released a device 6 months later, which could equal at max the samsung device - but what about the price?? lol - you see: a note is now only 400 euro (unlocked) while this brand new LG without any tangible benefit will cost you 50% more. Bravo!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • tyZ
                                    • 05 Mar 2014

                                    AnonD-53686, 05 Mar 2014One question..... How is this better than the note 3? Then how is note3 better than G pro 2 ? The screen, the UI, the cpu , the camera? Ah, I know. The sales.

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                                      • AnonD-77443
                                      • Xr$
                                      • 05 Mar 2014

                                      AnonD-90736, 05 Mar 2014I think you'll find this is a Note 4 killer, never mind Not... moreOk... the G2 doesn't beat the Note 3 in any areas except OIS (most are equal)... and you are calling it a NOTE 4 KILLER? too funny!

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                                        • AnonD-77443
                                        • Xr$
                                        • 05 Mar 2014

                                        AnonD-237381, 05 Mar 2014Since when AMOLED with PenTile Matrix is better quality tha... morehttp://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note3_ShootOut_1.htm