Ugly and boring

[LaTropa64]

I love the look of my G4 with the leather. It stands out among all the Galaxy and iPhones.

Now the G5 looks too much like those phones... and the non black chin on the front is ugly af.

Also, I hate that they took the volume keys off the back. They worked great there in my opinion and made things like taking a screenshot one handed super easy.

Oh well, hopefully they either make the battery non-removable and/or not include an sd card option. That would effectively kill this phone as a choice for me.

 

[20degrees]

I've had the g2, g3, and currently using the g4. If the g5 looks like the leaked photos above, I'll pass by it. No way would I be interested in that ugly mofo.

 

[LaTropa64]

Currently, my dream phone would be:

- LG G3 size (G4 got just too big enough to require my hand to do a shuffle to reach the top opposite corner)
- LG G4 leather backplate options (with the NFC/Qi wireless sticker that's like $10 on ebay)
- LG G3 bezels (G4 got bigger bezels, WTF?)
- Stainless steel instead of plastic chrome on the edges
- LG V10 fingerprint scanner and volume rockers all on the back
- LG G4 camera quality
- USB-C for the rare occasion you want to transfer large files fast or charge it faster than Qi.
- Much more powerful IR blaster
- Swappable battery and microSD card, of course (like all previous LG G's)
- Stock Android (not likely, but hey dreamphone)

 

[geoff5093]

Only LG could make a superior metal phone look more like plastic than anyone else. The G3 looks more metallic than this thing.

 

[Cerberus123]

Very sad design.

 

[Dirtdawg57]

Really the back side doesn't bother me much since I will have a case. The only part that I don't like about the front is that big chin on the bottom (although the black version looks way better than this silver version.) I am curious though since that piece is removable if LG or a third party could make a replacement for it that would be more sleek and not so big. I think that would improve its look a lot.

 

[shadowcore]

Looks like a Nexus 6p,iPhone 6 plus design languange.

I cant believe how many OEMs are copying the boring design of the iphone.
HTC, Sony, LG , Huawei and even samsung.

Seriously, it isnt that good.Its bland and has nothing going for it

For proof, check the "latest" flagships of these OEMs And let me not even start with planned obsolecence of the removable battery...

 

[numpea]

Looks like a Nexus 6p,iPhone 6 plus design languange.

I cant believe how many OEMs are copying the boring design of the iphone.
HTC, Sony, LG , Huawei and even samsung.

Seriously, it isnt that good.Its bland and has nothing going for it

For proof, check the "latest" flagships of these OEMs And let me not even start with planned obsolecence of the removable battery...

i don't see anything common in design with the iphone 6plus or nexus 6p
LG took the design from the nexus 5x

 

[shadowcore]

i don't see anything common in design with the iphone 6plus or nexus 6p
LG took the design from the nexus 5x

"Visor", rounded shape similar to iphone 6 and jumpin g to the inferior material of aluminium, etc.

 

[googlephone]

"Visor", rounded shape similar to iphone 6 and jumpin g to the inferior material of aluminium, etc.

Lol, why didn't you say iphone copied everything you just listed from HTC?

 

[Sithhy™]

The camera bump thing reminds me of the Xiaomi Mi2S with a custom back cover that I have seen for it...

 

[daLareid]

I really hope this is a prototype cause that is fugly as hell.

 

[pidasms]

Why do you care so much what it looks like? So long as it does the job I would be happy. My main beef is no upgrade in internal storage from 32G. Yes i have a 128GB microSD card, but many apps dont let you transfer all to the card. needs 128GB internal to future proof it ( but that would mean no need to upgrade for a long time! not good marketing!) Dont like metal, too heavy and shocks the phone if dropped, more likely to crack the screen. If it keeps the FM radio, microSD expansion slot and removeable battery, which the others dont have all of, it will still be the stand out phone.

 

[SlyUK]

All will be revealed tomorrow I guess. Can't wait for the G6 though

 

[Chris_Kardas]

Im using the G4, I love the curved display and the leather backcover, thats what i miss.

 

[deathknellx]

I got nothing but disappointment for this 5th iteration of the G series. Like several before said this phone is God awful ugly. There should at least be a black option. The colors are all too pastel. Perfect for some women...but nothing about the curves or design speaks to me. Not pleased about moving the volume rockers to the side. Lord only knows how much extra all those extra attachments will cost. I don't keep phones long enough to invest in cases and accessories anyway. I like my phones naked better. I love my V 10 maybe they won't muck that up too much! The next V just need the internals updated and that's all!!!

 

[OneStepAhead]

I think the design looks great. But end of the day, do we really care what a phone looks like? Id rather we went back to soft touch plastic than metal or glass. Most of us just put a plastic case over our phones anyways.

I left Android for 6 Plus after using it exclusively since 2010 or so. The G5 is the first Android phone that is compelling enough for me to consider switching back. The modular design to me is groundbreaking. I'm a big audio guy, so I'd definitely buy the DAC. Who knows what other cool accessories they'll make for it. LG deserves major praise for being the first brand to figure out how to design a metal unibody phone with a removable battery.

 

[Jooosty]

I felt this way. Then I kept watching hands on videos. Your mind will change. This phone looks very nice IN HAND

 

[suljo94]

I felt this way. Then I kept watching hands on videos. Your mind will change. This phone looks very nice IN HAND

exactly what I thought but a nice dbrand skin on the back with a red circle around the fingerprint scanner and a red trim around the cams and it looks nice I will be going for the dark gray version(or whatever they call it) with a black carbon skin and red carbon trim so that it matches my audiotechnica m50x mkbhd skin and the interior of my car and even my desk that has red lights on the back the front looks almost exactly as my lg g3 only bigger forehead

 

[ziggazee]

Huge bezels, no app drawer, smaller battery, smaller screen but bigger phone, ugly mofo and again HUGE bezels!!!! Such a disappointment. Absolutely love my G3, it looks better than G5 and has bigger battery and bigger screen with tiny bezels and the phone is still smaller. After Samsung dropped SD card and removable battery I said id never go back to Samsung. But they have bought back SD card support and to be honest I've never once needed to replace the battery on any of my phones so I don't mind the non removable battery especially since s7 edge has a HUGE 3600 mAH. The S7 edge has a bigger screen but phone is smaller and this time it is properly waterproof ip68 with no flaps! and from early camera tests, it has the best camera. Really disappointed with LG so going back to Samsung this time round.