Glamour was in the past
Well, gentlemen never satisfied, fulfilled your curse to the last of the G-series? Fans to criticize the “glamorous” design was very much, and stereotypes (man – means the big black jeep and with a hefty, too, preferably black, Lopatina, and so on) sit not only in the mind of the Russians. In General, many of whom appearance of the phone seemed too pretentious, and even humane price tag lot buyers did see the flagship LG “same, but with appearance simple”.
No edge-to-edge display. Although to hold the smartphone comfortably
So it became easier – after a surprise even to the brutal success of the LG model V10 Koreans suddenly realized that is neutral and spectacular design models they produced repeatedly, but severe and functional appearance so far received is that the public sector employees, only with their respective price class performance. For the flagship same engineers designed the building, which hardly costs the company less expensive to manufacture than gluing glass and metal smartphone, but it does not shout from the doorway, “look, my dear-bonus!”.
Given that LG still resisting the trend of impractical (non-removable battery, no microSD slot, filled with glue from inside the body non-repairable, etc.) solutions, the company was easier to make a radically practical smartphone than Vice versa. And yet produced!
The fingerprint scanner is not immediately recall the power key. A pair of cameras too, looks unusual
Live G5 looks like a relative of refrigerators, washing machines and water heaters, whether a knight in combat, and not your games with the “armour-bras”, armor. That is, looks very modestly (marketers do not agree, let him keep it), but it is difficult to find a weak spot, to poke it and say “impractical did this thing get loose/scratched/fall off/ after a few months after the start of use”. On the contrary, the smartphone feels nice “monolith” with the only decoration – the skinny chrome surround at the junction of the sides and front/rear panels. All other parts of the body is decor painted with a Matt paint in such proportions so as not to be felt “plastic”, and not to suffer from careless exploitation.
The volume control wheel convenient, though very thin
The right side is the tray Nano-SIM and microSD
Diagonal display 5.3″ is very rare in smartphones, but well in line with the principle “and yours, and ours” – the smartphone came out like as not the compact model (which is now styled 5-inch competitors), but not “Lopatino”, and something an average. That is, it is larger than the Sony Xperia Z5, for example, but much more compact (and thinner) himself in the fourth generation, not to mention the iPhone 6s Plus or Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+. Frame around the screen is not thin and not thick – accidentally catch him in the work with the smartphone will not be released, but the feeling of “what technology has reached” practical design they cannot be. Although the display itself is very bright and clear, and even while locked on a black background shows the date, time and notifications. LG say that the day we looked at the clock and notifications in the mobile phone at least 150 times, so the savings will be obvious, and even with this feature locked smartphone will discharge on average by 0.8% per hour.
The top face of LG G5
Removable modules are jumping together with slits for the speaker and a hole for the USB connector C
The key with the rear panel moved to the left side. The swing volume, of course, came the miniature, but because of the streamlined shape of the smartphone stands above the case convincingly enough it can be confidently used. But the power button… left behind and is still combined with the fingerprint scanner. Interestingly – it looks very like a conventional sensor (as in Nexus), so unaccustomed are trying to find the required key somewhere else.
Slightly smaller and much more powerful
LG G5
Operating system
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Screen
5.3”, 2560×1440, IPS, 554 ppi
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 2,15 GHz (4 cores, Kryo)
Graphics
Adreno 530
Operational memory
4 GB
Permanent memory
32 GB, microSD slot
Link
4G (LTE Cat.13), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
Camera
primary: 16 MP + 8 MP 3840×2160,
front: 8 MP
Battery
2800 mAh, removable
Sizes
149,4×73,9×7,7 mm
The price at the time of publication
not declared
Where to buy:
In comparison to the previous generation smartphone well grown in all ways, so to complain about “cut core”, as was the case with the Snapdragon 808, it is not necessary – the flagship without any reservations processor, and RAM are just right for 2016.
“Eyes” – two cameras on the rear panel are only for sometimes to take pictures with wide (130 degree) viewing angle. Not that it justified a strange pandemonium of sensors of a smartphone in the back, but for group photo of students/recruits/participants corporate wide format fits perfectly, so let it be.
Support LTE 12/13 category even for Europe – as long as that feature is “for show”. No operators are so fast 4G networks. And in the near future, mobile communication will move to 5G, and will be no matter how fast the smartphone in an obsolete format provider. But support for the fast charging Qualcomm QuickCharge 3.0 will come in handy now. However, wireless charging, speakers said nothing, therefore, remains an open question.
The result of LG G5 in Antutu Benchmark 5.7
Android interface 6.0 in LG G5
Android interface 6.0 in LG G5
Android interface 6.0 in LG G5
Android interface 6.0 in LG G5
As for performance – it works very quickly. However, even at the second attempt of the test in Antutu classic (and cram into a smartphone newer version did not work – the Koreans were forbidden to set benchmarks) latest processor scored only 71 thousand parrots. Remember, the Samsung Galaxy s6 edge in the same test scored about 70 thousand. And Meizu Pro 5 manufactured by Samsung with the same processor and display Full HD squeeze all 77 thousand in the test. Smartphones at the presentation rarely work “all the money” (because they are prepared to MWC in a mad rush to be on time), and even in Moscow the first samples sometimes come broken, but the guys is Alcatel with its Snapdragon 652 has 61 thousand without any problems – it’s LG with their own resources to motivate the programmers and motivational kicks to make to optimize the firmware for the new processor?
However, to wail it makes no sense, especially because the software works flawlessly. LG is a little “brushed” the original shell, it’s now a separate menu of applications (example Xiaomi is contagious, or Koreans also hate vertical scroll the list of programs?), and the shell itself was stylistically closer to the “material design” and all this fashionable flat minimalism.
The design was practical and severe, like household appliances
Camera take pictures of the wonderful – “noble origin” G5 immediately noticeable. However, a descent difference from LG of the same V10 in the quality of shooting, we didn’t find (and how to find them – the cell phones attached to the stand, a circle of anxious faces of journalists and representatives of the company), why bother with shooting will be in the review of new items. The sound quality is also to say, but subjectively we can say that the G4 was more than a loud smartphone.
Tuning smartphone on the fly
The main feature of the G5 is a rapid “tuning” of additional accessories. It is surprising that this idea did not come to mind ASUS, who made many separate variations of the ZenFone 2.
Initially, LG was inspired by his intransigence and removable battery even in the flagship models. The company even advertising the company was in which the Koreans picked on “smartphones-bricks, in which the rapid charging in an attempt to justify bad autonomy” and hinted that “while other smartphones are recharged using the so-called quick charge in the flagship LG you can change the discharged battery with a fully charged one in just a few seconds!”. At the time of its release, the advertising campaign “never took off”, because to clean a leather cover for the LG G4, few were, but the Koreans have also learned from its disadvantages and we see G5 “military” scheme is replacing the battery.
The battery in LG G5 can be replaced in one fell swoop
No, seriously – the battery is now changing, as a dish in the machine, even a little easier. Looks cool, works well and holds well. But this won’t become loose if the bottom part of the smartphone on the first or second year of life, can not say yet. By the way, the lower part is replaced along with USB connector C and the holes of the speaker, so primitive plug-in units can not be called.
While in the innovative slot you can connect a camera module to which the smartphone show the controls for focus, aperture, zoom, exposure, and burst mode shooting. Overall, the ergonomics of the G5 can retrain the analogue to digital “soap trays”, and the battery module are slightly steeper than standard. However, with such a “scolding” the lower part of the smartphone is 2 times thicker, so the “clip” of the standard battery, it seems, will have to carry – not to go around the city with a mobile phone, which is so thick loin?
The second module was developed in conjunction with Bang&Olufsen and is a dedicated DAC (hardware pack-a-punch sound, in short). With him G5 increases in height, but tries to play high-quality tracks with a frequency of 384 kHz/32 bit.
This idea of the “inner tuning” of the flagship LG over – all other uluchshiteli live outside of the G5 case, but less curious.
Plug electronic stuff
According to the latest fashion smartphone flagship LG supports virtual reality goggles. They are supplied separately and work without a smartphone inside the implant. Due to this, they have become quite compact and such a foreign thing on his head is not felt. Viewing experience of 3D videos and photos amusing, while we all remember that this is your 3D very quickly got bored with the TV. Not the fact that smartphones in this fashion will last longer.
But the usefulness of the camera for shooting photos and video with an angle view of about 360 degrees of questions does not cause – the ability to record multi-channel audio and panoramic video resolution of 2K or take a picture all around themselves useful to many curious people, and in General any traveller. From the army of fans of the flagship smartphone, the lovers of such footage will not gain much, but the manufacturer took care of them, which is good.
Removable battery, robot ball, “sound card”, cool headphones, VR glasses and a stereo camera – all for the sake of the new flagship
LG Rollinng Bot – too newfangled and not so important stuff, but this ball looks funny and impregnated with a common idea of home monitoring in the absence of the host (connected via Internet, rolled the ball around the apartment and watching with his cameras at the setting). It has a microphone, thanks to which you can blame the uninvited guests, like in the movie “home Alone”, and has a laser pointer is especially for online games with your cat. And Yes, all this stuff is controlled in the style of game consoles with the LG G5.
Finally, LG have partnered with the firm Parrot, creators of unmanned aerial vehicles for G5 prepared a special accessory that you want to insert a smartphone – and then you get a very simple remote control for the drone and other quadcopters.
What is the result?
“Why do I need this?!”, shout of the Russian smartphone users, and something will be right in 2016 to pamper yourself with expensive accessories solved a few. And without accessories LG G5 is like a salad without greens and oil. Like separately tomatoes-cucumbers-onions fresh, delicious and nutritious and even more flavorful than before, but something was missing.
LG G5 – geek smartphone with a “human” face. Hardly it will take for “beautiful eyes” – don’t know how, but in grey it looks decent and will suit those who are not a fan of self-expression through the design of a mobile phone. Here with usability it’s great: well-made and durable-looking case that helps.
The popularity of all other innovations of the model is inversely proportional to the price of the accessories. Will be a modest price for audio and photo modules will be demand. There will be special sets of headphones from B&O or a camera for panoramic photography – the people will appreciate them. A complete set of “just a smartphone” G5 does not reveal most of their advantages and there is a risk that many buyers will be aware of only way to replace the battery on your smartphone, and only because this particular model is a bestseller becomes – what would you say fanatics “classic design” in the comments to this article.
LG G5 with glasses virtual reality VR 360 LG