![]() In contrast, the G5’s panel has to use every pixel, even just to show a black and white clock. The Galaxy S7’s OLED display does a significantly better job than this LCD effort, and you have to assume that’s because of its ability to light up individual pixels as it pleases. How small? Imagine what would happen if Danny DeVito downed the Drink Me potion from Alice In Wonderland. At least, it would be if its on-screen clock wasn’t so infuriatingly dim and small. It means I no longer need to squint at my laptop screen to find out if I’m late again for yet another meeting.Īnd unlike on the Galaxy S7, the G5’s always-on tech shows notifications for loads of apps such as Facebook, Slack and WhatsApp, rather than just first-party offerings – meaning it’s theoretically better than what Samsung has to offer. As someone who doesn’t wear a watch and tends to leave their phone lying on an office desk for most of the day, this is a slight but genuinely helpful feature. You see, the benefit of an always-on display is meant to be that you can always see the time and a series of notifications on your phone, even when it’s locked. What’s more frustrating about this phone is its always-on display, which snatches defeat from the jaws of victory in a thoroughly face-palming manner. Most of the time, you’ll appreciate the G5’s bold and vibrant ethos. That you can’t tone down these colours to achieve some more natural shades and contrast is a little irritating, but no great dealbreaker. As is the case with pretty much every smartphone nowadays, the LG’s colours are a little oversaturated so that app icons ping off the screen and even the most humdrum Instagram video takes on a blockbuster sheen. Elsewhere, text is crystal clear and easy to read. Marvel’s Daredevil looks suitably vicious on this screen, with flecks of rain and fire leaping out at you from Hell’s Kitchen, while footage from Barcelona’s Champions League tonking of Arsenal was equally brutal. Plus, it’s not as though you can spot any of the 554 pixels-per-inch the G5 gives you in the first place. Bumping up the G5’s screen to a 4K resolution would prove a huge drain on battery life for the sake of being able to stream a handful of Netflix shows in Ultra-high-definition. Wondering why both LG and Samsung are basically treading water with their smartphone screen tech? It’s so you don’t end up owning a phone that conks out at half past lunchtime. In the case of the G5, that means the IPS LCD screen from 2015’s LG G4. That’s partly because the two phones share a 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution and feature almost the same panels as their predecessors. Not radically new, but still just as good as the Galaxy S7’s. While you can quibble with the G5’s design, its 5.3-inch screen is downright pristine. And compared to the LG G4’s cheap leather look, it’s pretty much the Mona Lisa. So, while the G5 may not exactly be a stunner, I’d happily sign up to live with it for two years. The G5 sits impeccably well between your fingers and with a thickness of 7.7 mm, it’s ever so slightly thinner than the Samsung Galaxy S7. At 159g this handset is as light as you’d want it to be, while its curved back is a delight to clasp on to. You see, there’s a very slight gap between the phone’s posterior and the rest of its body that’s prone to collecting any debris you happen to be carrying in your pockets.ĭon’t panic – there’s little chance of actually damaging your G5 like this unless you use it in an apocalyptic downpour, and once you get the phone in your hand you’ll be reassured of its quality. Until you own one of these gizmos, this mechanism mainly serves as both a crumb magnet and the thing that makes the G5 impossible to waterproof. ![]() Why? So you can lock in LG’s new modular widgets, of course. Seriously: press down on its lower left-hand edge and you’ll be able to detach the handset’s rear end from its display. After all, its greatest design feature is a button that’ll allow you to rip out its bottom. There’s really nothing wrong with it looks-wise, but it’s also fair to say that aesthetics aren’t the G5’s biggest selling point. Sure, the LG’s scanner also passes for a power button, but you get the drift. Both phones have svelte backsides with a quick-sharp fingerprint scanner – even when you’ve got wet fingers – slapped in the middle of them. If it weren’t for its dual camera sensor, the G5 could easily pass for last year’s Nexus 6P in an identity parade. One that’s lacking the ‘wow factor’ of Samsung’s bourgeois glass and metal offerings. In a world stuffed full of aluminium unibody handsets, the LG G5 is simply another aluminium unibody handset. Considering its revolutionary potential, the LG G5 is a thoroughly unassuming phone.
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