After much messing about from EE i finally got the phone delivered!
Th G5 isnt much different from the handset i had a chance to use the other week. I have started to sit down look at it and work my way through the phone and see how its different from the G4.
First thing most people have commented on is the lack of app draw theres launchers you can install true but if you look under home settings your see you can also use Google Now Launcher that will give you an app draw.
Battery life i will comment more on in a few days but its fast charging works well what i was pleased about unlike my other halfs 5X the USB cable with this is only USB C one side!
The screen is a nice clear screen seemed ok in bright light im not 100% sure its better than the G4 (which im not a fan of in bright light) but it seemed ok? Nice sensitive and responsive.
Camera...... to be fair and honest the primary camera isnt any different to what im using on the G4 i will gladly post some comparisons in the the photography thread in the next few days after a bit more scrutiny but for what i am seeing they are like for like?
The 8mp wide angle seemed better than the one i used in the shop theres less artifacting on the photos in darker aeras but its still not blowing me away. Panorama with the wide angle lense is subject to a lot of distortion and skewing of areas from what i am experiencing. The main camera with wide angle performs well though i seem to have more positive results going right to left than left to right. Is this a software issue in stitching that can be tweeked? I guess so?
My handset can shoot photos with some basic filters built in, the black and white photography was very nice and clean with good ratios of light and dark.
Still im not over impressed with the gimmick options for the photography, i would have been good to see LG use both cameras effectively together as well and individually. If they had took a leaf out of HTC's book and they could have gave us some very cool smart blur, bokeh effects and improved low light photography utilising both sensors for a composite on details at low light as well as faster shutter speeds.
I genuinely do feel LG have missed the boat or better start working hard to bring us more in future updates giving LG G5 users a much more bigger and impressive functionality of the camera/s. 2 cameras independently and no synchronised use seems a waste?
Sound seems nice and fairly loud, phone calls are audible enough though my complaint with that im not sure if theres some kind of issue with earphones but i tried my earphones on both the G4 and G5 and the sound by default was preferable with the G4, again im sure its something that can be tweaked in an update?
Please ask any questions you may have?
Th G5 isnt much different from the handset i had a chance to use the other week. I have started to sit down look at it and work my way through the phone and see how its different from the G4.
First thing most people have commented on is the lack of app draw theres launchers you can install true but if you look under home settings your see you can also use Google Now Launcher that will give you an app draw.
Battery life i will comment more on in a few days but its fast charging works well what i was pleased about unlike my other halfs 5X the USB cable with this is only USB C one side!
The screen is a nice clear screen seemed ok in bright light im not 100% sure its better than the G4 (which im not a fan of in bright light) but it seemed ok? Nice sensitive and responsive.
Camera...... to be fair and honest the primary camera isnt any different to what im using on the G4 i will gladly post some comparisons in the the photography thread in the next few days after a bit more scrutiny but for what i am seeing they are like for like?
The 8mp wide angle seemed better than the one i used in the shop theres less artifacting on the photos in darker aeras but its still not blowing me away. Panorama with the wide angle lense is subject to a lot of distortion and skewing of areas from what i am experiencing. The main camera with wide angle performs well though i seem to have more positive results going right to left than left to right. Is this a software issue in stitching that can be tweeked? I guess so?
My handset can shoot photos with some basic filters built in, the black and white photography was very nice and clean with good ratios of light and dark.
Still im not over impressed with the gimmick options for the photography, i would have been good to see LG use both cameras effectively together as well and individually. If they had took a leaf out of HTC's book and they could have gave us some very cool smart blur, bokeh effects and improved low light photography utilising both sensors for a composite on details at low light as well as faster shutter speeds.
I genuinely do feel LG have missed the boat or better start working hard to bring us more in future updates giving LG G5 users a much more bigger and impressive functionality of the camera/s. 2 cameras independently and no synchronised use seems a waste?
Sound seems nice and fairly loud, phone calls are audible enough though my complaint with that im not sure if theres some kind of issue with earphones but i tried my earphones on both the G4 and G5 and the sound by default was preferable with the G4, again im sure its something that can be tweaked in an update?
Please ask any questions you may have?
