LG G5 severely underrated?

atavax · August 12, 2018

I've had this phone for about a year now, and couldn't be happier with it.

It has a replacable battery and replacable bottom/charging port, which for me at least, are the two main things that force me to buy a new phone. It has expanable storage, and is decently powerful with a decent screen and camera. And while not razer thin, it is easy to hold in my hand, which can't be said about a lot of modern flagships with larger screens. Plus its dirt cheap for a smartphone. But somehow it was a flop? Because it doesn't look sleek even though most people put their phones in cases? I get it not being popular for people that want the newest, most powerful phone with the best looking screen, and best camera, but i don't get why for the average person, we're not seeing better adoption of phones with more consumer friendly features.

Darkseth · August 12, 2018

well, it was overrated in my opinion when it launched. The "modding" wasn't thought through, the build quality was bad for a flaggship (some edges didn't fit properly, etc etc), it wasn't waterproof like the S7, Camera was worse (but it had a Wideangle lens), the Battery is replaceable, but quite small.

Camera was not the best 2 year s ago, and by far it's not the best today^^ not saying it's unuseable bad. But there were better ones.

From it's size, it's almost the same dimensions as the S7 Edge, which has:

- in Europe the better CPU. Exynos 8890 > Snapdragon 820 (better CPU performance, better power efficiency)

- 3600 mAh battery vs. 2800. Beeing replaceble doesn't help it at all getting through the day.

Most people don't want to keep 2 batteries charged at the same time. Or charge the phone, change battery, and charge again. it's annoying, so this is more a niche. For example, i have never once replaced the battery of any of my phones, even thinking back to my first one, Nokia 3210.

- Bigger screen with similar size = smaller bezels

- much better build quality.

- IP68 rating vs. none

- better Screen. Not just because Oled > IPS.

Oh yea, the phone is supposed to be out of metal.. but you're not touching metal. You're touching a layer of paint.

And from today's standpoints: it's eol, no reason to buy a Phone anymore, that was at best above average when it launched - think about future Updates.

Example, why buy this phone? If you could get a Xiaomi A2 (Android One program), Nokia 7 Plus, BQ X2 (pro), Xiaomi Mi8 a Oneplus, etc etc.

Or a Xiaomi Note 5, that will do just fine for anyone who doesn't need the newst, fastest flaggship - but comes with a huge 4000 mAh battery. I would take that over a small (but replaceable) 2800 mAh anytime of the day