LG G3 review: Dream catcher

06 June 2014
Late as usual but ever so strong. In an industry where timing is almost as important as quality, LG's highly anticipated G3 flagship makes landfall in the second half of 2014, a couple of months after the flagships of the other major players. Such a late...

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  • 08 Jun 2014

AnonD-259899, 08 Jun 2014Then choose the Z2, problem solved. Good battery life, bigg... moreVastly better camera?? What reviews you reading?lol the g3 has one of the best cameras on any high end phone regardless of megapixels. Sony always struggles with their camera units the z2 isn't any different

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    • 3Yg
    • 08 Jun 2014

    Anonymous, 08 Jun 2014This or the M8 will be my next phone. M8's small screen is ... moreThen choose the Z2, problem solved. Good battery life, bigger screen and vastly better camera.

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      • Anonymous
      • nmM
      • 08 Jun 2014

      This or the M8 will be my next phone. M8's small screen is a problem, though...

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        • 3Yg
        • 08 Jun 2014

        AnonD-207990, 08 Jun 2014Probably you need to learn to read english first before tal... moreAnd after the KitKat update on G2

        Talk time: 25 hrs 15 mins
        IM/Browsing on Wifi: 11 hrs 42 mins
        Video Playback of SD quality file: 9 hrs 28 mins

        That vs G3's

        Talk time: 24 hrs 54 mins
        IM/Browsing on Wifi: 6 hrs 40 mins
        Video Playback of SD quality file: 9 hrs 57 mins

        So SD video play went up a bit on the the G3, this was to be expected with the 3A optimizations. Play real QHD media and the battery life will be obviously lesser.

        Web-browsers can take advantage of the QHD display so the GPU stress is more hence the lower battery life times but even then LG's 3A optimization should help a bit and it has otherwise you would be looking at dismal sub 5 hr browsing times, plus the stock browser is never any good in battery life anyway. People surf with other browsers and those yield better screen on-times.

        And on top of ALL that the lovely WiFi 11-12 hrs GSM arena gets on Z2 or G2 on IM/Webbrowsing is never achievable on 3G/LTE, most get 3.5-4 hrs tops on heavy all day mobile data usage. Radios perform differently compared to WiFi and mobile data efficiency for the same SoC nowadays is largely dependent on the network you are on exactly why GSM Arena doesn't test something that is as unreliable as a mobile data connection for consistent repeatable results.

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          • AnonD-259899
          • 3Yg
          • 08 Jun 2014

          You Know Me, 08 Jun 2014"What gsm arena and other people and sites DONT know t... moreLTPS is different from IPS implementation wise so it's not about something being a cheaper form of IPS. Yes the G3's QHD is LTPS as confirmed on LG's own newsroom links.

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            • 08 Jun 2014

            AnonD-183154, 08 Jun 2014LG is a moron. Listened to Android fanboy and actually put ... moreProbably you need to learn to read english first before talking about smartphones and their stuff. G3 / G2 - 3G talk time - 24:54h /25:01h & Video playback - 9:57h/11:51h. Wats d big deal here. wake up and dont talk and post fake info.

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              • AnonD-183154
              • Yhv
              • 08 Jun 2014

              LG is a moron. Listened to Android fanboy and actually put a screen with half-baked technology into their phone. Comparing with G2 (http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-review-982p2.php), G3 only managed half the web browsing time and 75% video playback. Contrast ratio is half G2's 1500 so it actually looks worst than G2's screen indoor and outdoor.

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                • I0q
                • 08 Jun 2014

                AnonD-205517, 07 Jun 2014what gsm arena and other people and sites DONT know that t... more"What gsm arena and other people and sites DONT know that the Panel LTPS who spends a little less than other IPS / LCD BUT are usually advertised as IPS LCD DISPLAY. . Therefore has a bit weaker CONTRAST, I'm from Korea and I work in LG."

                I just want to be clear on your statement. Are you saying that LTPS has weaker contrast and is also a cheaper form of IPS? And, the G3 screen is LTPS?

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                  • I0q
                  • 08 Jun 2014

                  AnonD-81824, 08 Jun 2014stupido , everybody knows samsung's selling points are only... more"stupido , everybody knows samsung's selling points are only copied features from iphone even in latest s5.(finger print senson copied from whom) is there any other feature in s5 which was not in s4??." - rahulrai

                  Samsung copied the fingeprint sensor from Apple? lol. That would mean Apple was the first to implement a fingerprint sensor on a cell phone. Anyone with half a brain knows that's not true. Motorola anyone?

                  Apple did copy Samsung with the Healthkit. Samsung was the first to include Health apps as part of its default OS.

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                    • I0q
                    • 08 Jun 2014

                    Anonymous, 06 Jun 2014go and read other critics /techie review for G3. The VER... moreThe Verge (incredibly) gave the LG G3 screen a 10/10 without providing any results of objective screen tests.. Wouldn't that contradict GSMArena's conclusion of poor contrast and average sunlight visibility?

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 08 Jun 2014

                      Another good gpu goes to dust just for the 2k screen resulation..

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                        • v{U
                        • 08 Jun 2014

                        Anonymous, 07 Jun 2014This phone is too hyped, ok, it got tiny bezel and very nic... morenobody cares z2 ?? so called sony's best in a smartphone z had a washed out display , continuing Z1 had a less washed out display .. z2 its better ... sony phones can only compete with their older phones z2 can be compared with z1 but not with any other oem(first let them deside whats sony's best means)

                        and your real problem is not battery of G3 but no one care about z2 so going in lg,samsung,apple thread and saying now sony improved battery life , now sony improved display .. ha ha first let z2 try to meetr G2's battery life and display quality ... then cmpete with g3

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                          • 08 Jun 2014

                          AnonD-255654, 07 Jun 2014LG's copying Samsung finally worked in their favorstupido , everybody knows samsung's selling points are only copied features from iphone even in latest s5.(finger print senson copied from whom) is there any other feature in s5 which was not in s4??.

                          G3's selling points are unique .. powerful speaker, OIS+ camera with laser flash , 5.5" QHD made by LG display,
                          design, knock-code , improved selfie, ..

                          so better get a life dude .. if u really want to say , tell sammy copied apple and continuing the copy ..
                          if iphone6 release with transparent body, s6 will have the same ... lg is a different class thats why qualcomm and google always give lg the preference .

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                            • 08 Jun 2014

                            AnonD-205517, 07 Jun 2014what gsm arena and other people and sites DONT know that t... moreyou may be from korea but we know lg wont cheat like samsung .

                            samsung will always show demo with snapdragon chipsets but will give that only in korea .. in india they are selling products with exynos chipsets(but demo pieces snapdragon) which are waste

                            LG G3 is superb ..

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                              • AnonD-271820
                              • 4Jd
                              • 08 Jun 2014

                              AnonD-209094, 07 Jun 2014Disappointment of the decade. Battery is terrible, the sing... moreYou mean to tell me that you browse the web on your phone for 6 hours on wifi without ever being able to plug it in? I call bs.

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                                • utb
                                • 08 Jun 2014

                                Great g3 just as simple king

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                                  • AnonD-271812
                                  • 7sB
                                  • 08 Jun 2014

                                  AnonD-255654, 07 Jun 2014LG's copying Samsung finally worked in their favorWhat you meant to say was LG finally not copying Samsung has worked in its favour.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • ty@
                                    • 08 Jun 2014

                                    G3 is a first step to the QHD war, and next year's flagship would be matured and satisfying. Generally, G3 is a good phone and worth buying.

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                                      • AnonD-205517
                                      • mKb
                                      • 07 Jun 2014

                                      HTC M8 has 2 speakers. Lg G3 has one speaker, Lg G3 and one loudspeaker loud enough

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                                        • rv0
                                        • 07 Jun 2014

                                        LG's copying Samsung finally worked in their favor