LG G2

[RallyMo]

I just picked one of these up.

Ridiculous.

I'm floored by how solid the device is.

Battery life is insane, relatively speaking.

[nate]

Will be interesting to see what you think of it in a few days.  Generally one of the worst reviewed mobile phones.  The LG Android UI is supposed to be the worst.

[Blarg]

How is it at taking pictures of cats?

[Count Orlok]

Will be interesting to see what you think of it in a few days.  Generally one of the worst reviewed mobile phones.  The LG Android UI is supposed to be the worst.

I've mostly heard good things about it. Usually about the battery life. 

[nate]

The hardware is supposed to be amazing.  The UI is supposed to be so bad the hardware is completely wasted.

[Blarg]

He probably had an iPhone before.

[RallyMo]

I have no issues at all with the UI, honestly. It's just a bit of a change from stock Android.

 

Furthermore, I use Nova Launcher Prime instead of the LG launcher, so that's not much of an issue for me.

 

I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus, so battery is a huge deal to me as that phone had pretty awful battery life. I took it off the charger yesterday at 5:30 AM and haven't charged it since. I've used it for around two and a half hours. My battery is at 48% as I type this post.

 

...and it's absurdly fast.

 

This is the first Android phone I've had that I have no interest in rooting.

[St1ck]

I just picked one of these up.

Ridiculous.

I'm floored by how solid the device is.

Battery life is insane, relatively speaking.

 

 

 

That's great, and all but my phone is better than yours. Stick that in your pipe, and smoke it. 

[Make Angels Great Again]

I have no issues at all with the UI, honestly. It's just a bit of a change from stock Android.

Furthermore, I use Nova Launcher Prime instead of the LG launcher, so that's not much of an issue for me.

I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus, so battery is a huge deal to me as that phone had pretty awful battery life. I took it off the charger yesterday at 5:30 AM and haven't charged it since. I've used it for around two and a half hours. My battery is at 48% as I type this post.

...and it's absurdly fast.

This is the first Android phone I've had that I have no interest in rooting.

I hear you. I had a nexus also, that battery life was trash. It would literally last about 5 hours after coming off the charger, and that's light usage with an extended battery! My new note 3 is awesome for battery, I've had it off charging for 4 hours now with lots of email and Internet usage and I'm still at 92 percent.

[nate]

Man I want a Note 3 so bad... can't believe I went back to my iPhone lol.

[Jobu]

What do you think of the back buttons?

I have a GNex and am looking for an upgrade. G2 is on the list but I'm not on contract so having to pay full price has me considering the Nexus 5 over this and the S4.

[nate]

S5 comes out in a couple months.

 

Honestly don't know why anyone would get the LG over a Samsung device.

[RallyMo]

S5 comes out in a couple months.

Honestly don't know why anyone would get the LG over a Samsung device.

I like this more than the Samsung devices.

I like the back buttons a lot.

This phone is great.

I went two days on a single charge.

[Vladfan]

Anyone on AT&T that is looking for a LG G2......Here you go.

 

http://www.androidcentral.com/att-drops-lg-g2-and-moto-x-free-contract

[RallyMo]

Not bad. I picked mine up for 200 new off of Craigslist, so I still have my upgrade available.

[RallyMo]

Also, since I'm on Sprint and San Antonio is a Spark market, I'll finally have legit speeds.

[stevestevens]

Spark market? You guys hate LA. I thought everyone in San Antonio followed the Silver Stars.

[Jay]

A buddy of mine has this phone, saw it last night. Nicest phone I've seen. Super fast, bright display, thin package, really, really nice.

[RallyMo]

A buddy of mine has this phone, saw it last night. Nicest phone I've seen. Super fast, bright display, thin package, really, really nice.

Yep. It's outstanding.

[Jobu]

Not bad. I picked mine up for 200 new off of Craigslist, so I still have my upgrade available.

 

200 new?! No contract? That's "hot property" money ... or "I owe my dealer big" money...

 

I'm shopping for one now and I'm struggling to find one under $400.

Edited January 19, 2014 by Jobu

[RallyMo]

Well, I'm on Sprint. Sprint phones generally run less after initial sale than others due to their complete lack of flexibility and transferability.

Also, it was 225.

[Jobu]

I guess you're right they run a little cheaper...

 

http://swappa.com/buy/lg-g2-sprint

 

vs.

 

http://swappa.com/buy/lg-g2-tmobile

 

Still a great deal though.

[Tank]

Also, since I'm on Sprint and San Antonio is a Spark market, I'll finally have legit speeds.

 

bummer about lisa leslie retiring.

[Chuck]

It has been 5 months and I still love the Note 3. F'n awesome phone!

 

That said, I handled an LG G2 a few weeks back and I was impressed as well.

[Section517]

S5 comes out in a couple months.

 

Honestly don't know why anyone would get the LG over a Samsung device.

 

2 reasons come to mind.

1.  Samsung is locking down their phones.  

2.  Samsung adds a lot of bloatware (apps) on their phones which eat up internal memory.

 

I was a fan of Samsung.  I've had an Galaxy S2, S3, Note 2, S4, and most recent the Note 3.  I even have the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) tablet.  With that said, Sammy continues to add more an more apps onto the basic stock ROM.  Even before adding any apps from the Google Play store, a Samsung phone has 50 or so core apps.  That's ridiculous.  I could get around this problem in the past by rooting (even flashing a different ROM) on the phone.  But now Samsung is making it more difficult to crack their phones.  

 

Coming from a Note 3 with a brief interlude with the HTC One M8, I have returned to using the LG G2.  It's a plastic phone similar to Samsung, and the UI is more slick and sleek than Samsung's Touchwiz.  Also, battery life is superior to the S4 and even the Note 3 which has a bigger battery size compared to the G2.

 

I'm glad LG produced a solid phone.  Samsung seems to have become complacent.