WEBVTT 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:12.160 hey guys this is Luke and welcome to my really late review of the LG G2 first 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:18.279 we'll start off with tech specs so it has a 5.2 in 1080P IPS screen a 13 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:23.359 megapixel camera on the back a 2.26 GHz quadcore Snapdragon 800 which makes my 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:25.920 S3 look like a Tonka truck a 3,000 mAh 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:32.200 battery 32 GB of storage which only about I think 22 to 24 GB is usable I 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:34.160 believe and 2 GB of 800 MHz RAM next 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:38.160 we're moving to physical features so it comes in kind of a nasty gloss mine 00:00:36.239 --> 00:00:41.719 specifically comes in Black which I'll hopefully cover up with a case as soon 00:00:39.559 --> 00:00:46.079 as possible unlike the models in Korea it does not have a removable back 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:50.440 removable battery or interchangeable SD card slot other than that there's the 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:53.800 kind of tiny speakers which my hands seem to cover when I actually watch it 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.879 in portrait mode which is unfortunate because you're essentially manually 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:01.079 muting the device but I've gotten used to kind of Hope holding it really wide 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:06.080 so I don't cover the actual speakers but it is kind of odd um other than that 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:09.400 just around the the sides of the device there's no buttons and there's no 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:13.119 buttons on the front either which was really weird at first and I honestly 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:16.680 really hated it and expected I was not going to like the phone at all but 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:20.040 there's buttons on the back which I didn't like at first but then I noticed 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:23.400 that that's kind of where my finger naturally rests my finger naturally 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:27.079 rests right on the buttons on the back and it's really easy to tell what button 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:30.040 you're pressing so once I got used to that I noticed that there's the double 00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:35.600 tap on feature for the screens so you can turn the screen on by just double tapping the screen and if you're able to 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:39.759 double tap a a blank area on your desktop it will turn the screen off so 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:42.399 if your phone is resting on a table you can double tap the screen to turn it on 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:47.759 double tap the screen to turn it off and you don't have to access the buttons on the back and if the button if the phone 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:50.479 is not resting on a table you can just press the buttons on the back easily 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.680 because your hand is naturally in that position and I actually really like this 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:57.399 feature after using the phone for quite a while it feels awkward to use a 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:00.759 different phone now to press the buttons on the side feels weird whenever I go to 00:01:59.479 --> 00:02:06.039 press the Buton on the side I tend to press more than one and adjust things that I don't want to adjust and this 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:09.920 just feels better now if the phone's in my pocket I can reach down into my 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:12.879 pocket change the volume or do whatever really easily as I'll always know where 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:18.920 the buttons are because if they're at the top that means the top one is volume up if they're at the bottom that means 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:22.599 the top one is volumed down it's just really simple and I like it a lot I hope 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:25.920 this feature transcends onto phones in the future so that once I replace this 00:02:24.440 --> 00:02:30.760 phone I can get this feature again that's how much I do like it now speaking about hoping this feature might 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:34.480 be on future phones my future phone might actually be this phone my contract 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:37.400 is ending with tus very soon and I'm going to have to pick up another phone 00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:44.080 it's honestly probably going to be this one I really like the buttons on the back and speaking of Tellus thank you 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:48.200 Tellus for giving Android bugle this phone Android bugle is a Canadian 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:53.159 publication talking about mobile stuff and they were nice enough to give us 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:57.080 this phone to review and to give away so we'll be giving away by having you guys 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:00.480 comment on the video below include somewhere in your comment Android bugle 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:05.080 whether or not it's it's like thans Android bugle or something like that that'll all work as long as you have 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:10.200 Android bugle in it I be able to find it more easily and also Circle them on 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:12.959 Google+ if you do both those two things comment on the video below with 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:17.599 something to do with Android bugle and circle them on Google+ you'll be entered 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:22.840 into the into the draw to win that phone the uh LG G2 more about the back button 00:03:20.640 --> 00:03:28.280 so if you hold the volume up button on the back down while the screen is off it 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:31.760 will open up the notes application quickly and just jump you right into 00:03:30.040 --> 00:03:36.159 there if you hold the volume down button down while the screen is off it'll open 00:03:33.799 --> 00:03:39.720 the camera application and having your uh hand already back there makes it 00:03:38.200 --> 00:03:43.200 fairly easy to take pictures in portrait mode and will enable you to take 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.000 pictures just by pressing that button again and speaking of the camera it's actually pretty awesome it has Optical 00:03:46.040 --> 00:03:52.319 image stabilization a pretty sweet sensor and tons of photo options as you 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:55.920 guys probably know I'm not exactly the greatest at taking photos so I'm going 00:03:54.120 --> 00:04:00.239 to get Brandon here to actually take the photo so you guys can see some examples 00:03:57.920 --> 00:04:04.159 of how good this camera is I personally have just been using it to take super 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:07.159 cheesy photos of my food although I have not been instagramming them or posting 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:10.640 them online so don't worry about that the 3,000 mli hour battery with a 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:15.680 combination of the efficiency of the Snapdragon 800 is pretty impressive as a 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:19.440 story of how good this battery is and this is probably one of the the best 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:23.639 cases I could have possibly been in was at CES when I was using the phone quite 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:28.720 heavily I forgot to charge it one night now I was staying up for like 20 hours a 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.639 day at this point and using it quite consistently throughout the entire enire 00:04:29.960 --> 00:04:35.919 day used it for one day forgot to charge it overnight use it for the entire next 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:39.720 day and as I was laying down to go to bed it finally gave me a warning saying 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:45.240 that I only have 15% of my battery life left meaning it worked for two entire 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:47.240 extended days of Fairly medium to heavy 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:51.080 use without dying I still had a little bit of juice left that was awesome 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:54.280 because I was able to completely forget about charging it and completely get 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:59.280 through the whole next day without having to worry about carrying a battery pack around or anything like that the 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:04.160 phone is running Android 4.2 software and on on top of that it's running LG's 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:09.320 Optimus UI currently I've used TouchWiz since for a little while and now Optimus 00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:12.880 UI um when you first start using Optimus UI it's a little bit clunky there's a 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:16.800 bunch of animations and the animations are fairly long now the snapd dragon 800 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:20.720 makes the animations run exactly how long they should be and not really lag 00:05:18.919 --> 00:05:24.639 but they still take a little while and seem a little bit unnecessary and some 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:29.000 things are just a little bit messy luckily it's fairly customizable you can 00:05:26.840 --> 00:05:32.680 change a lot of things and after spending a while with it I found that I 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:36.360 was able to turn it into something that I didn't mind that much the only thing I 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:41.800 don't really like right now is the notification drawer that is still pretty 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:46.240 messy and I'm hoping that I can fix that up in the next little while uh because 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:50.880 I'm not actually a huge fan of it but the rest of the whole experience I have 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.919 been able to change to my liking quite well thank you for watching my video on 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:58.400 the LG G2 don't forget to comment below with something to do with Android bugle 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:01.440 and do you like the buttons on the back or do you still want buttons on the the 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:04.880 side I know I like the buttons on the back but that might not be the same for 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:10.360 everyone and it might suit your style a lot better to have the buttons on the side so what do you think also don't 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:13.919 forget to Circle Android Bugle on Google+ because you need to do that to 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:16.960 be eligible for the 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