LG G2 review: Beautiful monster

07 September 2013
While other companies were bracing for war at the IFA 2013 expo and lining up their latest phablets, LG is getting ready to launch the G2 flagship. The Korean manufacturer did a few cool tricks to promote the beast, like shooting the Earth from the...

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  • AnonD-45523
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  • 07 Sep 2013

AnonD-183633, 07 Sep 2013Great review. I have a question for you about sunlight rea... moreGSMarena said its sunlight legibilty is good enuff.
Period....benchmarks don't mean shit.

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    • greg
    • ntd
    • 07 Sep 2013

    no sd card slot-big fail.Specially that this phone is introduced as a top.So or mount memory card slot or mount minimum 64 Gb ram...

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      • AnonD-183633
      • s95
      • 07 Sep 2013

      Great review. I have a question for you about sunlight readability. In terms of peak brightness the LG G2 had a maximum score of 667 which almost at the top.

      You also say: "LG has done great in minimizing the screen's overall reflectiveness"

      Why then does it score so poorly in the Sunlight contrast ratio test, scoring only 1.976 (less than half of the best scores)?

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        • AnonD-45523
        • 7q9
        • 07 Sep 2013

        Hope Sony doesn't dissapoint with honami in either pricing or bad battery life...otherwise G2 will take the crown.

        predictions for "PHONE" of the year:
        1st place:- Sony Xperia Z1(honami)
        2nd place:- LG G2
        3rd place:- Samsung Galaxy S4

        unless Samsung drops a bomb like galaxy S4 pro later this year...with IP57 certification,3GB ram,OIS,16mpx camera,latest exynos 5420/snapdragon 800,4000 mah battery.

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          • AnonD-126766
          • 6p@
          • 07 Sep 2013

          I'm in love with this phone, looks amazing and gorgeous, best specs, camera & battery, also Optimus UI looks great, my next phone)))

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            • Anonymous
            • J1X
            • 07 Sep 2013

            LG may have a winner here as long as they do not mess up with updates. This can really be very successful if they are able to update it to 4.3 within a month.

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              • shrek8421
              • rxh
              • 07 Sep 2013

              Great review.
              Bootloader unlocked/unlockable??

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                • Anonymous
                • wYB
                • 07 Sep 2013

                Pawan Kalyan, 07 Sep 2013I'm impressed by LG's efforts this time around. Very good d... moreGsmArena even called it a "Beautiful Monster"

                i saw many blogs and reviews of G2 ALL of them also said the same word G2 does look really beautiful phone(ergonomic design too).

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                  • Anonymous
                  • wYB
                  • 07 Sep 2013

                  Pawan Kalyan, 07 Sep 2013I'm impressed by LG's efforts this time around. Very good d... moredesign? its a personal preference.
                  well according to GsmArena and most reviews G2 does looks beautiful phone.

                  LG's UI is more optimized and easy to use...



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                    • Pawan Kalyan
                    • 95q
                    • 07 Sep 2013

                    I'm impressed by LG's efforts this time around. Very good display, snappy performance, one of the best cameras, decent battery life... but, but, it does have its share of negatives: The physical design is mediocre, cartoonish UI, lack of microSD.

                    While Xperia Z1 beats G2 in physical design, UI and availability of microSD.. it would be interesting to see how its camera and battery life fare.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • wYB
                      • 07 Sep 2013

                      AnonD-154082, 07 Sep 2013LG UI is a complete copycat of Touchwiz, just look at the C... morebut lg has done better job than samsung.
                      lg's ui is way better and more optimized...

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                        • AnonD-154082
                        • nCh
                        • 07 Sep 2013

                        LG UI is a complete copycat of Touchwiz, just look at the Camera UI, Smart screen, Smart Video, etc...

                          Phone manufacturers... Y U no give SD card slot ?

                          A powerful beast handicapped by limited memory... Meh !

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                            • AnonD-178638
                            • KsM
                            • 07 Sep 2013

                            where is the review for the nokia lumia 1020 that came out months before this ????

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                              • Anonymous
                              • sgy
                              • 07 Sep 2013

                              This phone is freakin awesome if you don't really mind the spen functionality, this is a great choice!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • veU
                                • 07 Sep 2013

                                AnonD-166129, 07 Sep 2013LG didn't updates their phones at all.....Dun simply comment my lg 4x has ady updated from ics to jb

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                                  • keeplol
                                  • 61q
                                  • 07 Sep 2013

                                  this is definitely the right choice to replace my htc one xD

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                                    • AnonD-175677
                                    • wYB
                                    • 07 Sep 2013

                                    AnonD-173026, 07 Sep 2013LG didnt copied Samsung's smart video... you can look at yo... morethat's right dude.
                                    actually EYE TRACKING TECHNOLOGY WAS First INVENTED BY LG E. Before Samsung barrowed it. .
                                    it was an issue long time ago back in 2005 & 2009!

                                    Samsung was the copycat not LG!

                                    by the way LG& Samsung are working together in South Korea! LG Stores selling samsung tablet "HOMEBOY"

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                                      • AnonD-173026
                                      • wrs
                                      • 07 Sep 2013

                                      LG didnt copied Samsung's smart video... you can look at youtube in G Pro OS update.. the date when they upload that feature is before S4 even launched

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                                        • AnonD-151727
                                        • 6j2
                                        • 07 Sep 2013

                                        AnonD-166129, 07 Sep 2013LG didn't updates their phones at all.....that's true...back in 2011! now they do