http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/4/5778556/lg-g3-reviewthe two issues that I have not seen covered in the reviews is how well the display works outside and the quality of the sound (which totally sucked on the G2).
Additionally, unlike Sonys Xperia Z2, which struggles outdoors, the G3s IPS display is bright enough to remain useful on a sunny day.
I was pleasantly surprised by the G3s loudspeaker. Having recently sung the praises of the front-facing speakers on the HTC One and Xperia Z2, I have to commend LG for coming very close to both of them with its more conventional, rear-mounted single speaker. Its clarity and volume are excellent for undemanding but common uses such as listening to podcasts and watching video streams. The bundled QuadBeat 2 earphones are unchanged from the G2 and for good reason: theyre significantly better than what you typically find in a smartphone box and make it superfluous to buy a new pair for listening to music on the move.
This phone looks great, can't believe there isn't more chatter about it.
While the rest of the world is waiting for availability those lucky enough to be in LG's home South Korea have been buying the LG G3 at a crazy pace. In its first 5 days of selling the LG flagship has reportedly passed the 100 thousand unit mark.
That makes sense since we knew it was outperforming its rival Samsung Galaxy S5 in a whopping fashion - 25-30K a day versus 7-8K for the Samsung flagship.
Last year's LG G2 saw around 10,000 units sold per day in its first 5 days which means the LG G3 is twice as good a sales performer.
A 5.9" G Pro 3 with a 1440p screen, even smaller bezels so that it's about the size of the N3, and whatever the current top line hardware is would be killer.
"We didn't notice any significant focus speed improvement brought about by the laser autofocus compared to other flagships"
A pretty extensive Korean review for you to put through a translator (link to the conclusion; the combobox selector links to more pages):
http://www.playwares.com/xe/index.php?mid=maingame&document_srl=42190375
They're finding some problems with excessive heating and thermal throttling and brightness limiting resulting from it.
Their battery life results are terrible. These guys seem very meticulous about equalizing the brightness output between the devices they test. This is important when OEMs try to "game" the brightness slider calibration like LG does.
On the plus side, their contrast ratio measurment yields a more normal +/- 1000:1.
The idle and talk time will be fine due to battery size and chipset, but screen on is below phablet/current flagship standards. Going up a resolution was a mistake.
Check GSM Arena.
I have to ask...do you browse the web via wifi for 6 hours straight with no chance to charge? I am guessing no. These numbers are way beyond normal usages. Why do you care that a phone lasts 10 hours on wifi when running a web script? For normal usages it lasts all day. Don't people charge their phones at night? In the car? I don't get it.
If you are stuck like me and lose 10% battery in 20 minutes there is a problem. Otherwise...no. I don't see how GSM arena is anywhere close to real world usage conditions.
The idle and talk time will be fine due to battery size and chipset, but screen on is below phablet/current flagship standards. Going up a resolution was a mistake.
Check GSM Arena.
I would just take battery life estimates with a grain of salt for one key reason: as a rule, these first reviews are of Korean models that typically don't support local LTE, and even their 3G may be less than perfect. I'd like to see how they fare when they're not straining themselves so much by hunting for cellular signals.
You must have an old or battery-guzzling device. Certain phones since the Note 2 have actually delivered two days of real device use... and the current flagships/phablets can hit two days of heavy use.It seems to me that there are some unrealistic expectations for battery life these days. You know that guy who swears his iPhone lasts two days? I bet he doesn't have the screen on more than 20 minutes of that time.
You must have an old or battery-guzzling device. Certain phones since the Note 2 have actually delivered two days of real device use... and the current flagships/phablets can hit two days of heavy use.
Of course no one sits there just watching video on the phone without doing anything else. But what that test result tells you is that screen-on, generally the biggest limiting factor for battery life, will rip through the G3's capacity faster than its competition's. That's a major step back from the G2.
Phones only do that brand new. You cannot get two days after 6 months. One day, max.
You must have an old or battery-guzzling device. Certain phones since the Note 2 have actually delivered two days of real device use... and the current flagships/phablets can hit two days of heavy use.
Of course no one sits there just watching video on the phone without doing anything else. But what that test result tells you is that screen-on, generally the biggest limiting factor for battery life, will rip through the G3's capacity faster than its competition's. That's a major step back from the G2.