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Lg g4 brighter screen in store4/29/2023 If this update substantially alters the device's performance, I will update this section accordingly. Warning - early thoughts ahead: LG has stated to us that they are working on a firmware update right now to address performance issues on the G Flex 2 that should be available in time for release of the phone in major markets. Dual-flash, laser auto-focus, and optical image stabilization made the G3's camera - in my opinion - the most usable of any flagship smartphone's last year. While LG has introduced a gesture-based selfie mode on the G Flex 2 (honestly, everyone I showed it to thought it was actually kind of useful), this is basically the same camera you get on the G3 - and that's a good thing. I haven't been able to form any worthwhile opinions on how the standby life is, but I'll update the review as my impressions evolve.Ī CAMERA FOCUSED ON GIVING YOU PICTURES, NOT GIMMICKS That said, my initial impressions are somewhere from average to slightly below - the fact that the G Flex 2's minimum brightness is relatively high, coupled with the 810's heat-generating tendencies, seem to result in pretty quick drain when the phone is actually in use. With all the benchmarking and constant finagling with various settings and putting it on the charger to keep it topped up, I haven't had a single full day of what I'd call "normal" usage with it. why? That's kind of a lame thing to do, especially at the expense of usability (see: retinas).Īs is, I've been running the G Flex 2 so hard that I haven't been able to get a feel for battery life one way or the other. This is almost certainly an artificial restriction put in place to avoid the graininess criticisms the original G Flex's display received, which. For the record, I did this test with pretty much every combination of display settings on the G Flex 2, and they all had basically the same result. The G Flex 2 is absolutely retina-searing if you're trying to use it in a pitch black room, say, when you're in bed, or outside late at night. Two Note 4s on the left are in two different modes - manual 0% and auto-brightness (I think the auto one was picking up light from the phones next to it), and on the top right we have a G3 set to 0% manually (though it looks the same in auto). This is simple enough to test - look at the four devices in the image here. To reduce the noticeability of the distortion at very low brightness levels (it was pretty terrible on the first G Flex), LG appears to have simply raised the minimum brightness of the display panel. increase the minimum brightness of the screen. It's especially noticeable at lower brightness, so LG's solution seems to have been. The G Flex 2's display still suffers from the aggravating graininess / waves of discoloration the first G Flex did. The styling and materials make it look and feel a bit cheap, if I'm honest, even compared to the already-flimsy G3. This is entirely subjective, but the G Flex 2 feels more like 2013's phone to me than it does 2015's. Benchmarks confirm there's some aggressive thermal throttling at play. It's not especially slow, but it experiences jank, app refreshes, and gets noticeably warm while doing things like web browsing. The Snapdragon 810 in the G Flex 2 just does not feel all that snappy. Why does the G Flex 2 exist? As far as I can tell, this is just a way to half-fight the Galaxy S6 and One M9 while the G4 is still under development, but the G Flex 2 offers very few compelling reasons for purchase, even not knowing what Samsung and HTC's new phones will bring.
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