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LG G2 Review

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 13.02.14

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Design / Build Quality

Although we thought that there is not much to do about the design of the smartphone, LG came with quite a big surprise. While many manufacturers are struggling with button placement and most smartphones have akward and usually different placement for volume and lock/power buttons, LG decided to think out of the box and placed all three buttons on the back, below the camera. Unfortunately, the build quality is not as good as we hoped and although the rear button is interesting, it currently feels quite weird. It is also impossible to use the LG G2 with only one hand and it is a bit heavy.

Camera

The LG G2 Camera is a 13 Megapixel with LED flash and it is similar to the one found on the Galaxy Note 3, Sony Xperia Z. It features two modes for pictures, first one is the Dynamic Mode (HDR mode) and the second is the Normal one. LG G2 is the first Android smartphone with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization). Overall image quality is excellent when compared to any other 13 Megapixel camera. In good lighting, this phone does not fail to disappoint. The OIS can produce completely blur free photos when there is enough light. When the lighting is not perfect, the ISO goes up and expectedly, this produces some image noise, and it appears that the camera software has some kind of diffuser filter, which produces a slight blur to pictures instead of just a picture with a lot of noise. Using the flash shows some improvement but not in high ISO but definitely brings some improvements in low light conditions. The LG G2 can record 1080p at 60ps, and LG G2 is also the second smartphone which offers Dual Camera mode, which means that it is possible to record or capture with front camera at 720p and take picture with the rear camera. One last thing about the camera and the smartphone performance in general, is that the camera is very fast to start up and is ready to use in less than a second.