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LG G2 Full Reviews

LG Mobile Communications Indonesia has introduced the LG G2 , a new flagship smartphone in Indonesia. LG G2 has its own uniqueness in terms of design , especially the placement of the button . Instead of bringing present design is nearly similar to other smartphones , the company is sitting in the top three mobile phone manufacturers actually appear bold by placing the volume control button and the standby button on the back . This is the other specifications of the LG G2 :

Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
1080p 5.2 -inch IPS display ( maximum brightness level of 450 nits )
Thickness of 8.9 mm
SoC 800 quadcore 2.26 GHz Snapdragon , Adreno 330 GPU
2GB of RAM , 16/32GB of internal storage
13MP camera with Optical Image Stabilization ( OIS ) and a 2.1 MP front camera
1080p video recording at 60 fps framerate
Audio output 24 bit/192kHz
3000 mAh battery ( non - removable )
See spec above is certainly very reasonable if you expect a lot from the LG G2 . Check out more details below

Impression Design and Materials
One of the things that was a bit disappointing from G2 is the use of plastic materials , unlike its predecessor , the Optimus G which uses glass materials . The design itself is not as rigid as Optimus G to appear before him . G2 does not mean the design is not good , but like previous LG Optimus G Pro feels good design , especially the back cover . G2 is finishing his own good as well as the mobile phone has made ​​similar competitors . Ergonomically also quite good , though sometimes feels quite prominent corner next to him and did not follow the hand grip .

LG logo move downward , unaccompanied by physical buttons at all . Like the LG Optimus M Pro , viewed from the front , very noticeable when the screen 5.2 inch G2 extremely fulfilling the front . I was so full , body size LG G2 with a 5.2 inch screen can even match the Samsung Galaxy S3 is only 4.8 inches . This is a very positive thing , thus the use of one hand G2 will not differ much from mobile phones with screens under 5 inches .

Material behind it has orange peel pattern as found in the LG Prada , but does not stand out , so full flat . While the camera , lock button , volume eccentric location , as well as the LG logo adds a premium for this phone . For the speaker himself is at the bottom of the phone , it looks like there are two loudspeakers , but the left is not the speaker but rather serves as a mic , like the iPhone 5 . This phone parts rear cover can not be opened , so the battery is not removable . No micro SD slot , while the micro SIM slot is on the top left , opened the drivers license system Injector .


LG G2 uses the tagline Learning From You , one realization is the intuitive use of the back button . At first you might be confused , but after a while you will actually feel a lot of benefits on the power / lock and volume that is behind this . Because your forefinger naturally exists in the part when you are holding the phone . Its just really a flaw . Suppose that when the state of the landscape screen , such as watching a movie , so difficult if you set the volume . Or if the phone is on the table , to set the volume inevitably you have to lift the handset . To lock / unlock the phone , can use gestures luckily knock twice on the screen


screen
As one of the biggest screens in the world , has been a tradition for LG IPS screen to immerse yourself products for superior smartphone products . No exception Optimus G Pro that has a screen resolution of full HD (1920x1080 pixels ) 5.2 inches in diagonal , so that the screen density 423 pixels per inch reach . Its own IPS screen quality is very good and includes eye candy . There are no symptoms of over - brightness like Optimus G , white color looks natural than the AMOLED screen on the Galaxy S line / Note , however, the impact so slightly bluish than Optimus G. The black color also looks good and is very dark for non - AMOLED screen size . Point of view / viewing angle is not perfect , but it do not matter .

LG has not a lot of settings for the display . But as before there are two features of the Smart Screen and Smart Video . Smart Screen guard screen stays on even if you set the screen timeout time , if in a certain period of time the camera detects your eyes still look to the screen , the screen will not die . While Smart Video automatically stop the video being played when the camera detects you do not look at the screen . Both of these features work well , as long as the camera is able to see and detects your eye . In Smart Video features even just glance away from the screen just pause the video . For brightness , while in Auto - set you can still adjust the brightness of the screen.


interface
LG is one of the vendors who faithfully presents a variety of features on the flagship , for example, just Optimus G and G Optimus Pro . Of course G2 as their main hero was given a similar treatment . LG G2 marketed with the tagline Learning from you and does have some usability features for your day-to - day activities . Regarding performance should not be questioned , LG G2 has ultimate current hardware spec . Very rare to find any lag .

On the lockscreen , you can tap the screen twice in screen off state , to wake the phone . Or it could be that eccentric lock button is on the back of the phone . There are several sorts of interesting effects that can be selected during a swipe at lockscreen : ripple , dewdrop , white holes , particle and crystal . These effects each has a different sound . You can add 5 pieces lockscreen shortcuts on the screen . For access to the camera , you can slide the screen to the right edge to the left .

Homescreen has 5 screens by default 5 pieces , from a maximum of 7 pieces . You can change themes , wallpaper , swipe effects , looping and enables landscape mode on the 5.2 inch screen mobile phone . Interestingly , Home settings can be backed up and restored . More interestingly, the LG G2 has Front Touch Button settings , from the standard ( Back + Home + Menu ) , ala Samsung ( Menu + Home + Back ) to pull the notification or the addition of access keys QuickMemo . Not only that , you can memilihlatar behind the front touch buttons , whether transparent , white or black .

Hold down the Home button for a few moments then you will be brought to the Task Manager . LG G2 features a 3 finger gestures , to move applications quickly , swipe the phone screen using 3 fingers simultaneously.

The main menu can be applied to a different wallpaper from the lockscreen . Size of application icons in it can be transformed into a larger , 5x5 became 4x5.Bar notification has quickly access settings (quick toggle ) to activate Quick Memo , Qslide , sound , data, and so on ( so many options available for quick setting ) . At notification bar there is also the option to choose the applications that will be Qslide but still not as much choice Multi Windows features on rival devices . Then there is the brightness level settings and setting the sound level . There is a shortcut to the settings menu but a bit small so we tend to push even one press access to the sound settings .


QSlide
Qslide equal to G Pro and Optimus G , there is a maximum of 2 windows , so in total there are 3 apps running at once ( including apps that run full screen ) . The amount of space for each application can be changed , so did the level of transparency ( overlay functions ) , no bar to adjust the level of transparency in each application Qslide . But unfortunately only a default application that supports Qslide , though it was much more than G and G Optimus Pro , the Video , Internet , Phone , Messaging , Email , File Manager , Memo , Calendar and Calculator . Phone performance when running Qslide functions tend to remain smooth , not surprising considering the use 2GB of RAM and a processor on the G2 class .


Quick Memo
This is one of the excellent features that almost always exist in LG s flagship smartphone , since Optimus 4X , Vu , G and G Pro . Unlike the memo / note on the Galaxy Note ( first screenshot , the new edit ) here you can directly edit the screen just by opening the notification bar , select Quick Memo in quick toggle and the screen is ready for was often painted . Want more easily ? Just choose the options that come with the front touch button access key shortcut Qmemo . Any screen that is ready to be shown was often painted . There are several types of graffiti tools ie pen , markers and highlighters . Indeed, the features and quality losing streak with a Galaxy Note , but Quick Memo app is much more practical . For example , this feature can be used as an overlay ( non-switch - graffiti in graffiti but you still look at the interface ) , so for example when you are told by your friends account number , the faster you can type it in the first Quick Memo that can be directly crossed with finger , then copied or written in the phonebook .


Guest Mode
There are times when your cell phone borrowed by friends or family. If there is something which you do not want to be seen by them , you can use this feature Guest Mode . So the phone will use the lockscreen Pattern models , but there are two Pattern that can be stored . Pattern only for your own ( everything is open as usual ) one more Pattern specific to the borrower . Then you can choose which applications are allowed to see , where else should not be seen by the borrower . The entire application on the phone can be put in the list of applications that should / should not be seen .


Phonebook and Messaging
LG divides the contacts in the phone into 3 categories, Groups , contacts and favorites lists . Contacts can be synchronized with your Gmail account or social network accounts such as Facebook , Twitter and others. In doing a search , edit and add contacts are all easy to do . Each contact can add photos and special ringtone . There is a feature Screen Zooming on the contact list . You can pinch the screen to the outside and the inside to increase or decrease font ukutan . In addition there are features Answer Me . When there is a call , you do not have to press the lift button , simply put the phone earpiece into your ear and automatically calls you receive .

Messaging in G2 no SMS, Email and Instant Messaging . SMS is easy to use as well as other Android phones , there are threaded format . Themes is a unique feature , you can choose a background threaded SMS with several options. In addition there is an option to capture spam . While you can use a Gmail email that has many similar features as the desktop version . Of course you can also use other email client . Screen zooming feature is present on the SMS and email , but not the Gmail app . As for Instant Messaging available is Google Hangouts , other than that you can add as an alternative to Google PlayStore Line , WhatsApp , IM and so on .

input Text
As usual there are two kinds of modes of inputting text that Google Voice Typing and LG keyboard , where you can change themes and keyboard model settings , separate ( Split Keyboard ) mode as well as left or right side for one-handed typing easier . One hand typing on LG G2 is still possible , although a large sail but the body is not too wide due to a very thin bezel is very helpful.


camera
The camera is one of the flagship features of the LG G2 , how not , 13MP rear camera resolution are equipped with Optical Image Stabilization ( OIS ) , although if the OIS extreme wobble is not too helpful , but at least when you shoot using one hand this feature is very helpful . Volume down button itself can be used as a substitute for a camera shutter , so the self-portrait with the camera so much easier . LG claims G2 rear camera lens is protected by a sapphire crystal for strong durability from scratches and dirt better fingerprints .


There are various modes in the photograph , simply complete than previous LG phones . The modes include:

Normal , Shot & Clear , Dynamic Tone ( HDR ) and Intelligent Auto
VR Panorama and Panorama
Shoot Burst , Beauty Shot , Time Catch Shot ( shooting shortly and after the shutter button is pressed , so you do not lose the moment )
dual Camera
Sport and Night
While the features and settings also did not lose much , such as :

Cheese Shutter ( photographed using a voice command such as cheese , smile , whiskey , kimchi , LG )
brightness , setting the focus mode ( auto , manual , face tracking ) , color effects , ISO level , white balance , and resolution
timer
geotagging
Shutter sound and volume settings key ( can to take photos , it could be for zooming )

Of the camera was once no improvement over the Optimus G and G Optimus Pro . In the room the results have been pretty good . For outdoor fairly natural . More details you can download at this link for the results of the original photo , or click the thumbnails below to enlarge .

Video Recorder

Utilizing the ability Snapdragon 800 , LG G2 is capable of recording Full HD video in 60fps framerate . There are several modes in video recording , among other things : Normal , Live Effects ( object reshaped into big-eyed , big mouth and so on ) , Dual Recording and Tracking Zoom ( choose most of the viewfinder area to be zoomed while recording video ) .


Generally known that to record video with 60fps high speed to the maximum , need bright lighting . We tried to record 60fps video in the room but the results are not optimal and not much different from the 30fps mode . When tested in outdoor (daytime ) so the maximum result . Movement of motorcycles and other objects that move so smooth . Because Youtube can not display 60fps mode , you have to download this link to see the video of the LG G2 1080p 60fps . Files generated 1080p 60fps video itself is 110MB per 30 seconds duration video .


Normal video mode itself has 20 thousand kbps bitrate , framerate 29fps with a file size of 144MB and 1 minute for the duration of the video recording . The results are good, clear and quite natural , more details watch the video below:

Photo Gallery
Photo gallery also includes video album to use the standard Android slightly altered by LG , using a white background . Photo shared by Album , location and date of capture . As in the contacts and SMS , Screen zooming feature is also present here , so you can vary the size of thumbnail images with pinch to zoom . You can rename files , rotate the photo , do the cropping , simple to edit and display the image details are pretty much like camera model , focal length , ISO settings and others. Photos can instantly be shared via Bluetooth , email , social networking and others .

Video player

LG G2 uses a dedicated video player . All videos are readable by mobile phones is collected here , you can see it by folder , list and grid ( thumbnail ) . Video formats that can be played with up to 1080p resolution smooth quite varied : mkv , wmv , avi and mp4 . Subtitle format . Srt can be displayed , with some features and settings such as synchronization , font size and color . As in the application of MX Video Player , you can adjust the brightness of the screen while watching a video , with a vertical sweep motion . The touch screen can also be locked when playing video . Other features , change the aspect ratio of the video and of course minimize Qslide video with features so you can watch videos while doing other activities , complete with overlay feature / setting the transparency level .


Music Player
Not only MP3 files can be played LG G2 . This smartphone is also capable of playing . Flac with HiFi quality ( 24 bit , 192kHz ) . HiFi quality LG claimed more original , pure , natural and certainly more qualified approach the original recording of the song playing . There are several examples of song formats . Flac from leading choir Vienna Boys Choir .


connectivity

Quadband GSM / HSDPA
Wi - Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
MicroUSB port
infrared ( as a TV remote )
NFC
GPS with A - GPS support

web Browser
There are two applications namely a web browser and Google Chrome Browser . If at Optimus G Pro default browser is limited only to 16 tabs only, then the G2 you can open a tab to more than 20 . There is an interesting feature which capture plus ( capture and store a page in image format ) . In open full site with lots of content such as Home page belongs TeknoUp fast performance , almost no wait time loading content ( assuming the internet is used quickly ) and smooth , both when scrolling , pinch and zoom and others . Features and settings that are certainly not inferior to other phones , namely : incognito window , Find , share , Bookmarks , option to always open the desktop site , save for offline reading and setting screen brightness level . Also of course there is the default cache , cookies , form data , javascript , zoom, page content , accessibility , and others.

HTML5test.com : 455 and 13 bonus points


Sunspider : 895.3 ms


Benchmark results
Antutu : 29 716 points

Quadrant Standard : 15 339 points

Nenamark 2 : 59.4 fps

Multitouch Tester : up to 10 touch

Battery Life

Test screenshot ( screen remain lit conditions , opening the features and screenshots to carry out the purposes of review ) : reduced by 24 percent after 2 hours 17 minutes
Web Browsing : 8 hours 53 minutes
1080p video : 9 hours 31 minutes
* conditions 50 percent screen brightness , WiFi internet use , there is no SIM card

conclusion

Undoubtedly , LG G2 is one of the best Android smartphones currently . A blend of comprehensive features plus hardware currently being foremost reason . Moreover, the price offered by LG is cheaper when compared to competitors in its class , such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 , HTC , and others Snapdragon 800 , phablet Sony Xperia Z Ultra . Arguably the only major weakness in the material body which includes ordinary. Design keys are a bit odd at first was difficult , but when its used will not be a problem . The rest , Top of the Class !

Pros :

Screen 5.2 -inch full HD 1080p
Placement so effective that space with a large 5.2 -inch screen , the size of G2 is not much different from the 4.8 inch screen mobile phone
The hardware that is used the most current top ( Snapdragon 800 )
Better camera than previous LG phones , plus the OIS
Full HD 60fps video recording
Good battery life
Filled with superior features such as Guest Mode , HiFi audio players and others.

Disadvantages :

Premium materials are used less
There is no Micro SD slot

LG G2 Full Reviews