the lg g5 features a transforming design witha slight up battery and modular functionality. in this episode i’ll bring you my full review.stay tuned. hey guys, welcome to bleeding edge tv. i’mandru edwards from gearlive.com and in this edition i’m bringing you one of the firstreviews you’ll find of the lg g5. the smartphone that’s bringing alone some friends. thelg g5 was announced a couple weeks ago at
Android releases, mobile rock congress and t-mobile was niceenough to give me one in advance so i can bring you guys our full review. so, let’sget to it! the lg g5 has distinguished from its predecessorsby its aluminum chassis and focus on modularity. the lower housing which contains the batterycan be removed from the bottom of the device
and replaced by alternative add-on modulesthat provide additional functions such as a camera grip or high fidelity audio module,more on those later though. the g5 is constructed with an aluminum unibodychassis available in silver, gold, graphite and pink finishes. it’s smaller than lastyear’s model, making it feel like more comfortable version of the nexus 6p, and that’s nota bad thing. a micro dazing process was used to conceal the seams required for the antenna,which means that are not unsightly antenna bands around the rectangular protrusion housesthe camera components and on the bottom you’ll find an usb type c connector for chargingand syncing. unlike previous g models, the g5 volume buttons removed from the back ofthe device, they can now be found on the left
hand side of the device in the form of a volumerocker. the circular power button which now also contains the fingerprint reader remainson the rear. now as i mentioned the lower portion of thedevice serves as a battery tray, it can be detached to remove or replace the batteryas well as install add-on modules to add additional functionality, the battery plugs into thesemodules which is reinserted to replace the stuck battery tray. i found the g5 performanceto be excellent on the t-mobile unit that i’ve been testing, animations flow smoothly,the phone reacts immediately, and the camera is basically instantaneous, credits for thatgoes to qualcomm’s new top tier snap dragon 820 chips set, which is accompanied by 4gbof ram inside the g5, speaking of the camera,
lg now actually offers 2 of them on the back,a regular 16 megapixel camera and an additional 135 degree wide angle 8 megapixel camera,these can be used individually with a latter offering a wider more panoramic view to bettercapture grand architecture or suiting vistas, or they can work together to create some funcombinations of layering, switching between the 2 cameras is super quick, and togetherwith lg established shrinking and camera software i think is a positive change.jumping into space for a moment with the lg g5 ships with android 6.0 marshmallow, onfront you got a 5.3 inch 1440 p ips display, which equates to a 2560 by 1440 resolution.i already mentioned the qualcomm snapdragon 820 processor with 4gb of ram and the dualcameras on the rear.
on front you got an 8 megapixel camera withan f 2.0 aperture, this is all powered on the inside by a 28 hundred million power battery,by default the lg g5 ships by 32 gigabytes of internal storage which is expandable viaa micro sd up to 2 terabytes. yes, up to 2 terabytes... of course you have to wait until2 terabytes micro sd cards are available but, when they are you can use them here. one unique function of the 5.3 inch displayis the always-on mechanism and that persistently displays a clock and notifications eitherwhen the device is in standby, this allows you to see the time, dates, and importantnotifications out a glance without waking the phone, as mentioned the lg g5 ships withandroid 6.0 marshmallow, which is the latest
android operating system out of google.lg says that due to the confusion between removing shortcuts to apps and uninstall thementirely the g5 home screen does not feature an app door out of the box, instead all appsare placed on pages of the main home screen similar to what you find on ios and othercostumed android distributions, additionally the g5 also doesn’t support the androidmarshmallow adapted store feature which lets you format external storage and have it treatedas permanent internal storage. now, earlier i mentioned the modular add-onswhich lg refers to as friends, i haven’t got any opportunity to try any out yet, buthere is what you can expect... there is the lg cam plus which is a more comfortableway to take pictures, it adds a grip to the
rear of the device to incorporate physicalcamera controls, a jogger for zoom, as well as supplementary battery life.there is also the lg hi5 plus, which is a collaboration between lg and bang & olufsenwhich adds a deck, and amplifier, digital stream, digital audio support, an up sampling,and is bundled with bang & olufsen play h3 airbuds.other accessories include the lg 360 cam which allows you to capture 360 degrees photos andvideos, the lg 360 vr, which allows you to watch those 360 degrees photos and videosin a portable and light weight device that attaches to the phones usb c port, and thelg rolling bot that kindly goes around and takes 8 megapixel pictures and 10 mp videos,controls your tv, can control your air conditioning,
it can even use a leisure bot to play withyour pet, but that one won’t be out for like 5 or 6 months.all these devices are managed by the lg friends manager application on the device, which automaticallypairs and synchronizes with them for easy set up.the lg g5 and some of its friends accessories will be available globally in the beginningof april. and there you have it guys that was the lookat the new lg g5 smartphone, it will be available for purchasing early april along with someof those lg g5 friends accessories that i mentioned during the course of the review.now, if you have any questions about the lg g5 that i didn’t address in the review,feel free to leave them in the comment section
below i’ll meet you down there and if iget enough of them i’ll do a follow up 2 na video specifically addressing the thingsyou wanna know about the lg g5. i’ll leave links in the description to allthe carries that are carrying the lg g5 so you can place your orders and big shout ofthe t-mobile for sending over there the lg g5 on almost a month early so we can bringyou this review. that is it for this edition of bleeding edge tv, feel free to hit thatlike button if you like what you saw today, or if you have a problem with anything yousaw today feel free to throw thumbs out down there as well.regardless of what you choose though whether you’re new here or you’ve watches us fora while, hit that subscribe button if you
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