At
this year’s MWC in Barcelona in February a lot of flagship
smartphones were unveiled from various manufacturers across the
globe. The LG G5 was among the hottest flagship smartphones unveiled
at the event. It is the Korean tech giant’s most daring flagship
phone ever, as it brings a modular design and top-notch features you
can find on the planet running Android. With the G5, LG has gotten on
the metal body bandwagon. The company has also done away with the
rear-mounted volume buttons, which once again are located on the side
of the device. The LG G5 is the vendor’s most promising smartphone
ever, on which, the company has placed high bets, and hopes to
compete against the latest Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy
S7 edge.
If
you are looking for a flagship smartphone running Android, the LG G5
is among the best offerings on the market. Before you make the
purchase, let’s take a quick look on the features of the latest LG
flagship, so you can decide if it can fulfill your smartphone feature
needs or not.
LG
G5: features of the latest Korean flagship
Design
The
LG G5 flaunts an ergonomic premium design that is fabricated from
metal – magnesium alloy. The phone sports elegant curves and
refined angles for better gripping, and features an innovative
modular design. LG has also introduced several accessories for the
device called the LG Friends including the LG 360 Cam, LG Cam Plus,
and the LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O PLAY. These goodies add extra
features to the already loaded smartphone. The phone measures 8.6mm
around the waist, and tips the scale at 159 grams. The device also
gets a fingerprint sensor located right below the rear camera that
also works as the power button as well. Overall, the LG G5 offers one
of the most innovative designs found on the flagship smartphones, and
the LG Friends accessories are a big add-on.
Display
and OS
Coming
to the display, the LG G5 flaunts a huge 5.3-inch in-cell IPS LCD
display bearing quad-HD resolution. The phone offers detailed media
viewing experience thanks to a whopping pixel density of 554 pixels
per inch. The device gets a new always-on display feature, which
shows little notification icons without draining the battery life. It
also offers the Knock On feature that lets you turn on/off the
display by tapping on the screen. Software-wise, the LG G5 runs
Android Marshmallow out-of-the-box. The phone ships with the latest
LG UX 5.0, which brings a new launcher, better notification and power
controls, and new settings options, when compared to the UX 4.0.
Configuration
Moving
on to the performance, the LG G5 is powered by the latest and most
high-end processor from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 820. The SoC gets a
quad-core Kryo processor with a clock speed of up to 2.15GHz. The
Snapdragon 820 CPU offers a smooth lag-free experience, and is
capable of running almost every high-end mobile app or game available
on the Play Store. The performance of the phone is further enhanced
by meaty 4-gigabytes of RAM and an Adreno 530 graphics processing
unit. For storage, the LG G5 comes with 32GB of internal memory,
which may be disappointing for some. However, you can increase the
storage further by inserting a microSD card in the phone.
Camera
Coming
to the camera prowess of the LG G5, the phone gets a dual-camera
setup on the back. The phone boasts a 16-megapixel main camera
sensor, which is supported by an 8-megapixel secondary sensor. The
device is capable of recording wide angle videos at 4K quality. For
shutter-bugs, the phone also gets a laser for auto-focusing, 3-axis
optical image stabilisition, and a full manual focus mode in the
camera app. For selfies and video-calling purposes, there’s an
8-megapixel secondary snapper on the front, which delivers wide-angle
selfies with bright colours under the low light conditions as well.
Connectivity
and battery
As
mentioned above, the LG G5 features a fingerprint sensor on the back,
which allows you to unlock the phone, secure apps and make secure
mobile payments. The phone comes with 4G LTE support for both Indian
LTE bands, dual-band Wi-Fi that offers faster browsing and
downloading speeds, Bluetooth 4.2 with aptX, NFC and GPS with
GLONASS. The device also comes with USB on the go to attach external
storage devices and TV-out connectivity options as well. As for the
battery, the LG G5 packs a mediocre 2,800mAh unit, which offers a
single day of regular usage.
Conclusion
The
LG
G5 is certainly
the most powerful Android smartphones from the Korean electronics
giant. With the G5, the company has brought an innovative
semi-modular design for smartphones, which increases the scope of
adding more features to the phone by attaching additional
accessories. However, it’s worth pointing out that all of the
additional LG Friends accessories need to be bought separately, which
increases the overall costing of the smartphone. In specs department,
the LG G5 doesn’t compromises with anything as it offers a bright
display, a powerful flagship Snapdragon processor, meaty RAM,
impressive camera features, and latest software.
It
without a doubt is LG’s most daring flagship smartphone till date.
However, it still misses out a few important features like high
internal storage and water-and dust-resistance. The phone is coming
to India in Q2 this year at the expected price tag of around Rs
49,000. So what’s your take on the latest LG flagship? Share with
us all in the comments section.
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