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Sensamic

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Mar 26, 2010
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It can have all the power it wants: 8GB RAM, octa-core Snapdragon 900, 5000 battery, etc.

All that is useless if the phone won't get KLP or gets it 8 months later.

The Nexus 5 better have that Snapdragon 800 processor.

I wonder if it will have a 13 megapixel camera also.

I wouldn't care if it's 8 again if the include at least the same battery than the LG2, but I doubt it will have such powerful hardware.
 

gotluck

macrumors 603
Dec 8, 2011
5,717
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East Central Florida
this is a beast of a phone

Is the inspiration of the nexus 4 able to be flashed with the stock nexus 4.3 rom?

I would def consider this if I could flash nexus roms. I suppose it can't - hows the dev scene on the first G?
 
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Technarchy

macrumors 604
May 21, 2012
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Are you serious with this?

I am serious.

LG's skins are pretty horrible and I prefer Touchwiz, which has pushing hardware acceleration throughout the the UI experience since the first Galaxy and Samsung has gotten pretty good at making android smoother.

Comparing the Optimus G Pro to the Galaxy Note 2, the Note 2 feels like the more seamless device.

You're more than welcome to disagree, but it wont change my opinion.
 

onthecouchagain

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Mar 29, 2011
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Yeah, it'll be interesting if this is the foundation for the next Nexus phone.

Personally, I don't like LG. I went through 3 or 4 (forgot number) of Nexus 4's that had defects. Swore them off.

But kudos for their efforts here. Some very interesting things happening here. And it'll keep Samsung on their toes too.
 

3bs

macrumors 603
May 20, 2011
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Dublin, Ireland

2298754

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Jun 21, 2010
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Looks alright. As expected. I've sworn off LG after my Nexus 4 and Options G, but if these are just as worthless on the second hand market as the G, I'll pick up a used one In a few months for dirt cheap.

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Are you serious with this? Have you actually USED the OG and compared it to even the S4 or One? I've used a lot of smartphones in my time and, without a doubt, the OG is the fastest, smoothest software I've ever used. Ever. On any device (iPhone, S4, and One included). It's insane how quick it is. Anyone that says it's not or has lag either has a bias against LG or hasn't ever used one in day-to-day life.

Bingo. The LG skin on the OG was actually very snappy and well done. It's a shame the rest of the phone was mediocre
 

mattopotamus

macrumors G5
Jun 12, 2012
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It can have all the power it wants: 8GB RAM, octa-core Snapdragon 900, 5000 battery, etc.

All that is useless if the phone won't get KLP or gets it 8 months later.

The Nexus 5 better have that Snapdragon 800 processor.

I wonder if it will have a 13 megapixel camera also.

I wouldn't care if it's 8 again if the include at least the same battery than the LG2, but I doubt it will have such powerful hardware.

I would be shocked if it did. Maybe Motorola is making the next nexus if it is not LG. Oh, and the nexus phones have always had sub par cameras.
 

blackhand1001

macrumors 68030
Jan 6, 2009
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Why use onscreen buttons and leave out the recent apps button. The whole point of onscreen buttons is you can only show the menu button when needed.
 

2298754

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I think the coolest feature about the phone is a guest mode. I've always thought that phones should have user profiles, like a computer.

I never lock my phone, but just hate it when people start playing with it and open up gmail, texts, etc
 

tbayrgs

macrumors 604
Jul 5, 2009
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You can add a extra button or move the buttons around you can have three buttons or four. The screen is 10x whiter then the S4. Depending on price I'm sold.

Love this feature, can't believe it hasn't been implemented on any other devices that use on screen buttons. Looking at the settings for the on screen buttons though, it appears you have limited options regarding the buttons you can use (Home, menu, notifications, memo, back) and their arrangement. A good start though.

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Too bad there's a menu button instead of recent apps.

Why use onscreen buttons and leave out the recent apps button. The whole point of onscreen buttons is you can only show the menu button when needed.

Is a long press of the home button that inconvenient?
 

2298754

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ouch, it got torn apart in this review

http://gizmodo.com/lg-g2-hands-on-k...eed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

Possible software advantage? If your phone rings and you put it to your ear, it will answer. Cool right? But Samsung did it first. It looked like the camera's OIS worked pretty well, and at first glance the photos looked nice (that's something we'd have to check on a full-sized monitor, though), but there was definitely some shutter lag. Certainly more than you find on, say, the HTC One.
All things told, the G2 is still a phone we're looking forward to giving a full rundown, but that's almost entirely because of the hardware. Once you're in the safe confines of an app, we expect that Snapdragon 800 to keep things moving briskly. But the built-in software (LG's heavy skin running over Android 4.2.2) is a massive disappointment on first glance. Compared to the OS on other modern smartphones (the Moto X, the HTC One, Stock Android, Windows Phone, iOS) it looks tired, ugly, and and just completely out of touch with what people actually want from a phone.
 

F123D

macrumors 68040
Sep 16, 2008
3,776
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Del Mar, CA
Double tap screen to turn on and ability to customize on screen buttons are great ideas.

Didn't see it but wished there was an led light on the front of the phone.
 

TacticalDesire

macrumors 68020
Mar 19, 2012
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Michigan
The reason for tapping the screen to sleep/wake is because of button placement so you can use the phone while it's laying on a flat surface.
 
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