LG G5 Review

LG G5: the modular flagship for 2016

The LG G5 follows the excellent LG G4 and LG`s flagship for the year 2016. Like that device, the G5 again a combination of high-end hardware and a striking design. The new flagship has a metal unibody and a fingerprint scanner at the back.

The front of the LG G5 is characterized by the sharp 5.3-inch screen with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels. The display has an "always on mode, which gives an overview of missed calls and notifications. At the rear there is a new 16 megapixel camera, which is equipped with two lenses.

The LG G5 is a real flagship and subcutaneous equipped with the powerful hardware in the form of new Snapdragon 820 chip from Qualcomm and 4GB of RAM. The Snapdragon 820 is more economical and more powerful than its predecessor and also has support for faster LPDDR4 memory. With that hardware must compete with the Samsung Galaxy S7, which was introduced concurrently. Below we have put the LG G5 key specs at a glance.

Large and sharp 5.3 inch screen with 2560 by 1440 pixels
Renewed camera with dual lens and laser autofocus
Equipped with the new Snapdragon 820 chip from Qualcomm
Runs out of the box on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
More on the LG G5

lg g5Een important feature of LG G5 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip. Which is more powerful and more economical than its predecessor and also has the so-called Smart Protect. This technology can detect malware and malicious apps using artificial intelligence. In this way, and the privacy of the user data is guaranteed. The chip is also provided with four rather than eight processing cores, which nevertheless are far more powerful.

Out of the box the LG G5 runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). This Android version brings features like Google Now on Tap, Doze and the ability to manage individual application permissions. About Marshmallow is presented a new version of LG`s UX shell. LG UX is a relatively light Android peel contains many elements of the beautiful material design. This allows the interface must nevertheless look a bit like Android as Google intended.

The screen has a size of 5.3 inches and a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels. Furthermore, the G5 has 4GB of RAM, 32GB storage and a removable battery with a capacity of 2800 mAh.

LG G5