- What's up guys, David here.
And the G5 is official.
LG recently took the wraps off of their latest flagship
and man there are some pretty interesting new features
that make the G5 unlike any other smartphone I've ever seen.
In this video, we're gonna take a look
at the top five best new features the G5 has to offer.
One, design.
Historically, LG has struck with plastic designs
on their G series in order to accommodate for things
like a removable battery and a micro SD slot.
But this year, LG decided to ditch the plastic
and went with a full metal unibody design instead.
The metal casing wraps all the way around
the back of the phone where it seamlessly meets
the slightly rounded 3D arc glass in the front.
It has chamfered edges which should make the phone
a bit easier to grip.
And unlike a lot of the other metal phones out there,
the G5 doesn't have those ugly antenna lines.
The other major design change is the move away
from LG's trademark rear buttons as the G5's volume keys
have returned to the side of the phone
with only a power button slash fingerprint scanner
remaining on the back.
The phone will be available in four different color options,
in silver, gold, pink, and a grayish color
LG is calling titan.
So overall, the G5's design looks like a pretty solid
upgrade over the G4s.
But a metal build isn't necessarily exciting.
Plenty of phones have metal designs nowadays
and to be honest, LG is kind of late to the party.
But what is exciting is the fact that LG was able
to pull off this metal design without having to sacrifice
the removable battery.
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- You're a wizard.
- Two, magic slot.
On the G5, you can simply press a button
and slide a battery out from the bottom of the phone
and replace it with a fresh one in a few seconds.
Now that alone is impressive in its own right,
but LG didn't stop there.
Instead of settling with just a removable battery,
which, by the way,
most manufacturers don't even offer anymore,
they've opened the door to a whole new world
of opportunities with the ability to connect peripherals
or what LG is calling friends,
using the removable slot.
LG introduced a camera grip with an extended battery pack
as well as a hi-fi DAC audio player along with the G5
which both transform the phone into something else entirely.
The G5 is the first major phone
to have a modular-type design
and who knows what other peripherals LG or other companies
will come up with
to make the G5 even more capable over time.
This is seriously one of the most innovative features
I've seen in a smartphone in a long time.
And I can't wait to see what comes out of it.
And while the camera grip and the hi-fi player are cool,
I think there's a lot more this modular-type design
can bring to the table.
Three, performance.
The G4 held its own in our phone buff style speed test,
edging out phones like the Galaxy S6 with its superior
RAM management.
So with the Snapdragon 820 under the hood,
along with four gigabytes of RAM,
the G5 looks to be a serious contender in 2016.
LG has streamlined the UI, removing a lot of the bloatware
and unpopular features like Qslide,
which should result in a faster phone.
So I'm excited to see what this thing can do
and how it fares against the competition
in our upcoming speed tests.
Four, display.
It's not often that you see a smartphone manufacturer
make the screen smaller on their new flagship.
But that's exactly what LG did this year,
dropping the screen size from 5.5 inches on the G4
to 5.3 inches on the G5.
The smaller screen results
in the quad HD IPS quantum display having
a higher pixel density on the G5 than it did on the G4,
and should also make for easier one-handed use.
The other big change with the screen is
the new always-on display,
which will always show you the time, the date,
and any missed notifications you may have
when the phone is on standby.
LG says this convenient feature
won't negatively impact battery life too much,
with it using just under one percent of battery life
per hour.
And considering that we check our phones on average
over 150 times a day,
many of those times just to see what time it is
or if we have any missed notifications,
this new feature may actually end up saving battery life
for some people.
Five, dual cameras.
On the back of the G5, you have not one
but two camera sensors.
One of them is your main, 78 degree angle
16 megapixel camera with an f-stop of 1.8
similar to that on the G4,
while the other is a ultra-wide 135 degree angle
eight megapixel camera that lets you capture
more of what is in front of you
without having to take a step back.
The cameras offered lets you easily go back and forth
between the two camera modes
depending on what you need at the time.
And also includes some fun photo modes
that take pictures with both cameras
for different visual effects.
But these dual cameras
aren't just for the gimmicky photo effects.
That stuff is just for fun.
What these dual cameras really bring to the table
is the ability to capture more than what you eyes can see
with the ultra-wide lens.
So you can fit in a bunch of people in a group photo
or maybe get a better shot of landscapes
without having to take a step back.
LG has always had great cameras,
with the G4 being one of the best camera phones
out on the market,
so this dual camera set up
is more than just a marketing gimmick
like we've seen other handsets do before.
So those are the top five features on the LG G5.
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