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Just took delivery of the new LG G4 today
Still setting it up as you do but loving it already..
I have already had the G2 and the G3 so no stranger to the LG G devices..
So far im impressed feels great in the hand and is smooth as butter..
there's no root or anything as yet for this device so its pure stock for me for a while running android 5.1..
was it worth the price tag..oh yes!! for me anyway.
 
Obviously too early for a detailed review @AJT but your first first impressions sound positive. Maybe you could post back after the weekend the good/bad points as I've been waiting for a real persons viewpoint rather the sponsored reviews you see online.
Enjoy yer new toy :proud:
HH.
 
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What I can say is the screen is incredible,display is beautiful,fantastic colours super sharp display,sound is great it has twin speakers and sound is Loud crisp and clear.
Device feels great in the hand with a very slight curved screen it just sits nice in the hand.
Overall operations like navigating opening apps etc is as smooth as butter.
I feel a little let down by the choice of ringtones,notification sounds and wallpapers as they are practically identical to my G3 I expected all new sounds and wallpapers from the new flagship divice
Saying this there is a huge amount of G4 stuff available from LG smartworld like new wallpapers,fonts,themes etc.
Camera is amazing I took a load of pictures last night of my 4k TV just to try stuff out in light and dark environments and they were great sharp,colourful,and no blurring..

REVEIW BY UK USER OF G4 on XDA

Battery
Let’s start from what everyone take care and want to now when they have to buy a new smartphone: “The battery life”.
So, taking into account that the battery life of a smartphone really depends on the usage pattern of every single user, apps and mobile reception of where we live, after 5 day of usage I can say that with my pattern of usage (see below) I am constantly getting between 4 and 5 hours of SOT.

Pattern of usage: 2 mails in push (one for work where I usually receive many mails by day), mixed use wifi/data, no push notification for facebook, chatting, browising, watching few videos, and reading mostly all the time. Some camera shots when I am with friends. Brightness always in automatic mode.

Camera
There are already too many example and comparisons on youtube. I can only confirm that the camera great one of the best for now. I have a DSLR camera and like to take my time when I have to take a picture of a landscape. So I really appreciated the manual mode and how it is good and simple the interface of the new camera app. Everything can be settled with few taps. Although a smartphone probably will never substitute a DSLR camera, with that toy on G4 you can have fun for sure.

Display
Also here, already many review and comparisons with the S6 amoled. Without judging which is better because I do not own an S6, what I can tell for sure is that it is really good. Colors are never saturated and brightness is fine in the majority of the situations. What I found really improved is the antiglare, the reflection of the sun seems to me pretty good, while a negative impression is that the display seems to be really power hungry as soon as you increase the brightness.

Reception and Calls
Reception is basically the same of my nexus 5 (pretty good) while I found the calls really clear on the LG G4 and better than my nexus 5.

Speakers
Good and really loud… was unexpected!

Missing Features out of the box
Two missing feature out of the box are the wireless charging and the quick charging. While the quick charging is officially supported by the SD808 and we only have to wait for a kernel update to have it enabled, the big disappoint is the wireless charge. Big disappoint because it is not officially supported on the leather cover but only buying a circle cover. After all the advertising on that cover by LG I can not understand why to enable a common feature of any actual flagship we have to change cover (or via an unofficial way, like a sticker to add to the cover).

Overall and final considerations
This phone is satisfying me under the majority of aspect that I want from a phone, like the battery life, the camera, the display and the quality of calls. I think this phone has a huge potential that can be improved with a good custom kernel and a lighter custom rom (even if I have to say that I found the stock rom really fluid and without any lag). With a custom kernel we will probably gain an other hour of SOT.
 
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On contract or did you purchase? Mines up for renewal in a few months. Not to get a new contract or go sim only + purchase phone.
 
On contract or did you purchase? Mines up for renewal in a few months. Not to get a new contract or go sim only + purchase phone.

Purchased sim free and I have a sim only contract with three for a tenner a month.
 
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