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-166129
  • RJh
  • 11 Sep 2013

How should I manage with LG G2 24 GB user available storage including apps, music, video and photo taken by camera?

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    • Anonymous
    • 2An
    • 11 Sep 2013

    lg g2 the promised phone ...

    u want it now...

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      • cawerdo
      • MDV
      • 11 Sep 2013

      Amazing. but someone can tell me the original price and where is available now ? please ..

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        • rony
        • LhZ
        • 11 Sep 2013

        2 NO's by lg, no removable battery and no sd card, ok and im gonna make this fair,one big NO to buy this from me

          AnonD-130464, 10 Sep 2013Because S4 failed in this test so there must be something w... moreoh really. Then what about 3d mark. It performs as good as adreno 320 in s4 s600 and the clock speed is also 480mhz. There is no problem with gfxbench, but the sync between powervr sgx544mp3 and gfxbench. so the gpu in s4 octa is not a slouch. If course this is g2 page and g2 has much more powerful adreno 330. so why talking about s4.

          Also I want to tell you to see the gfxbrnch fill rate charts. The octa tops it and hence it means even the lower framerates appear smoother.

          leave the topic. I won't recomment whatever you reply on this topic.

          u don't even understand whay I wrote in BOLD. DON'T REPLY IN THIS TOPIC. This is a page for g2. Not s4.

          bye

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            • AnonD-80436
            • v{U
            • 11 Sep 2013

            AnonD-184858, 11 Sep 2013What about LG optimus 3D max .....all 3D owner have been fo... more3d max is a very old phone with less profit margin ..
            no need to support it . why you bought 3dmax? if you need update you should have gone for nexus ... you can now throw your 3dmax and buy nexus you wont miss any update...

            but i am going for g2 even if i wont get update .. cos as of now g2 is the up-to-date phone with most required features..

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              • AnonD-184858
              • uuH
              • 11 Sep 2013

              What about LG optimus 3D max .....all 3D owner have been fooled many times with committing the Updates officially and then forgetting.And now we can not install new apps on our expensive device,because our device is still running Android 2.3.6,slowly we are running out of apps.The L series you described got Update , but you are never going to get any more update.

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                • AnonD-116547
                • U{p
                • 10 Sep 2013

                AnonD-80436, 10 Sep 2013samsung fans will be really confused what to believe toda... morethat's true. samsung has made a joke of the term octa core. the S4 has 8 cores present no doubt, but only 4 of them work simultaniously at a time which makes it just another quadcore. mideatech is the first to come out with an octa core processor which actually runs 8 cores at a time. google it for more info. its come out recently.

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                  • AnonD-130464
                  • Lim
                  • 10 Sep 2013

                  shubham yadav, 10 Sep 2013no. Actually there is some problem with gfxbench. add the d... moreBecause S4 failed in this test so there must be something wrong with it! What a stupid explanation!

                  S4 failed ver.2.7 because the technology used for manufacturing SGX544 is old.

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                    • anilfalke
                    • Y}K
                    • 10 Sep 2013

                    Anilfalke ,,,,,,,,,,I did the benchmark of octa myselves. its really a beast.

                    but in the overall run g2 gets the performance edge due to the adreno 330.

                    but you will have to appreciate exynos 5 octa. imagine what note 3 will do @ 1.9 ghz.

                    and yeah when I tried it it doesn't heat even a bit. just slight warm on heavy use. These are just false news from trolls who constantly brag that s4 lags and heats but that's not true.

                    Try it friend, s4 is great. maybe g2 bests it but s4 is not a slouch.

                    actually the reason of slight warmth is the location of radio very near to the surface due to slim design. but that helps in dissipating heat and prevent phone from thermal throttling as all soc's generate heat .............anilfalke

                      AnonD-80436, 10 Sep 2013samsung fans will be really confused what to believe toda... moreBut that was really true friend. The exynos 5 octa cortex a15 cpu at just 1.6 ghz can churn out more power than a 2.26 ghz lg g2. Really I was blown out. read these geekbench 3 scores.

                      lg g2: 2260
                      s4 octa: 2330

                      I did the benchmark of octa myselves. its really a beast.

                      but in the overall run g2 gets the performance edge due to the adreno 330.

                      but you will have to appreciate exynos 5 octa. imagine what note 3 will do @ 1.9 ghz.

                      and yeah when I tried it it doesn't heat even a bit. just slight warm on heavy use. These are just false news from trolls who constantly brag that s4 lags and heats but that's not true.

                      Try it friend, s4 is great. maybe g2 bests it but s4 is not a slouch.

                      actually the reason of slight warmth is the location of radio very near to the surface due to slim design. but that helps in dissipating heat and prevent phone from thermal throttling as all soc's generate heat but that's not always dissipated. The problem with optimus g and nexus 4 was this only and that caused throttling.

                      good night friend.

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                        • Globe Philippines
                        • t7X
                        • 10 Sep 2013

                        LG G2 is perfect smartphone right now.
                        perfect size and power.
                        elegant ergonomic design and balances features.

                        great job LG.

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                          • AnonD-80436
                          • v{U
                          • 10 Sep 2013

                          next may be 'note3 plus' with true 4k recording .

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                            • AnonD-80436
                            • v{U
                            • 10 Sep 2013

                            samsung fans will be really confused what to believe
                            today "true octa core" announced. next time "really true octa core " ..

                            in so many comments we used to see and laugh s4 octa core will smoke out the competion . now sammy-fanboys will be confused of which octa core they need to support true octacore/false octa c.. most of them already have s4 with false octacore ...

                            hats off samsung marketing team

                              AnonD-130464, 10 Sep 2013S4 is using 533 mhz just for cheating in some benchmark app... moreno. Actually there is some problem with gfxbench. add the difference in performance between 533mhz and 480 mhz should be around 10%. but in this is really more than 50% as in 533mhz the powervr sgx544mp3 delivers around 30% more power than adreno 320 in htc one of you can see in antutu 3d or benchmark.

                              Also when you see the results of epic citadel which is not enabling 533 mhz. yeah only 480mhz. It beats all except adreno 330 in snapdragon 800.
                              and for your information, optimus g had adreno 320 which is almost the same power as adreno 320 in s600.

                              The problem with gfxbench I think will be cured or there is something unnatural happening. I don't know. But one think is for sure. g2 has a better graphics performance. so we can leave this topic.

                              Sorry but don't reply on this again as I both don't know what is happening there. DON'T REPLY ME ON THIS TOPIC.

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                                • AnonD-172519
                                • 2Aj
                                • 10 Sep 2013

                                SumGuy, 10 Sep 2013I just purchased the Optimus G-Pro , very nice phone a tad ... moreI'm not the author but
                                I would recommend you to give up G PRO for the G2
                                faster processor n you phone won't get outdated soon
                                Gsmarena says g pro screen is very reflective
                                According to me g2 is unique :-D

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • t7X
                                  • 10 Sep 2013

                                  G2 wil be the BEST smartphone for me closing this year. tried to used a lot of LG handsets and im happy of it. a lot of new things in it and BEST size and display....life's good!

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                                    • saidul
                                    • K6m
                                    • 10 Sep 2013

                                    AnonD-130464, 10 Sep 2013S4 is using 533 mhz just for cheating in some benchmark app... morenice information...

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                                      • SumGuy
                                      • 4ZW
                                      • 10 Sep 2013

                                      I just purchased the Optimus G-Pro , very nice phone a tad larger than the G2 by about .2 in length and width.
                                      Is the G2 worth $120 more than the G-Pro? I am still in the 14 day window for a return or exchange, what would the author of the article recommend???

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                                        • AnonD-69898
                                        • 2Aj
                                        • 10 Sep 2013

                                        Anonymous, 10 Sep 2013LG G PRO didnt have these feature in the first launch,after... moreThe demo for the value pack update was shown even before the announcement of s4. . .
                                        and many the world's first in the field of smartphone, TV technologies are from LG. . :-)