LG G4 is out and no prize for guessing that it is the company’s latest flagship phone. LG have been cleverly leaking partial details of its upcoming product a couple weeks before its official release which surprisingly helped the device gain even more popularity.
The device was showcased at LG’s glittering launch events across the globe, from Paris to Istanbul to London to Seoul and of course New York.
According to Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG, the G4 is by far the most advanced phone ever manufactured by the company. “We wanted to give consumers a truly human-centric device that combined the analog sensibilities with technologies that delivered real world performance. From the design to the camera to the display to the UX, this is the most ambitious phone we’ve ever created,” was his comments.
The 5.5 inch device (1440 x 2560 pixels with 538 PPI) is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 processor (1.8 GHz on a hexa-core coupled with an Anreno 418 GPU) with a 3GB RAM, with an internal storage of 32 GB, which can be expanded up to 128 GB and runs on the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop. Although it has a 3000 mAh battery (removable), the device doesn’t come with Qualcomm’s Quick-Charge support.
The display comes with a Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protective layer and the handcrafted leather cover magnifies the ‘look & feel’ of this device exponentially. The earlier versions of LG sported a shiny plastic look which was ‘okay’ but did not have the legs to compete with the likes of the elegance of the S6 and raw beauty of the iPhone 6.
The ever so slight curve on the G4 is so subtle that most people won’t notice the change but will reduce the chance of breaking the display by 20 % from a direct impact in comparison with its predecessor.
The front camera has been upgraded to a 16 mega-pixel (with dual-LED flash) and greater image stabilization with an improved f/1.8 aperture lens. The camera app includes a couple of handy new additions, such as greater manual controls over shutter-speed, ISO and RAW image capture capabilities. It has a 8 mega-pixel front camera.
The G4 has a couple of unique features which adds value to the overall user experience of the device:
Quick Shot – Gives the option to take pictures even when the phone’s display is turned off by tapping the Rear Key twice
Gallery – The new and improved gallery allows the user to scroll through thousands of images in no time at all and it groups the images into specific albums based on the time and location they (images and videos) were taken at.
Smart Notice – This feature incorporates the user’s daily habits and generates customized notifications to help provide a ‘personalized human-touch’.