WEBVTT 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:06.279 the G3 from LG is the first of their phones I've reviewed so it's actually my 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.519 first experience with their particular flavor of Android it's got the usual 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:16.119 topof the range spec Snapdragon 801 quad core 3 gigs of RAM on my Korean model 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:17.199 well this is unusual actually a 5.5 in 00:00:16.119 --> 00:00:25.800 display with a 2560x1440 16x9 aspect ratio LCD display 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:27.690 that is a stunning 530 plus pixels per 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:32.759 inch 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:39.520 with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:44.760 amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts physically the 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:48.079 phone floats my boat mostly the top features an IR blaster and a noise 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:52.079 cancelling microphone Port the bottom has a micro USB charging port the main 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:56.120 microphone and a 3 and 12 mm Jack and here on the sides we have well actually 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:59.600 not a whole lot of anything I've been asking someone on the Android side to 00:00:57.879 --> 00:01:03.760 create a phone without side buttons that are POS position such that I constantly 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:08.119 mash them by accident for a while and I I guess LG's solution is to completely 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:12.600 remove them like the G2 the g3s buttons are on the back and this ergonomic shift 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:16.159 while a little jarring at first was something that I actually got used to 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:20.880 fairly quickly and if it enables thinner bezels then I like the decision the 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:25.520 buttons back here are a lock button and volume up and down that you can use to 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:29.560 quick launch the camera or Q memo if you long press them also on the back we find 00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:33.960 a laser distance finder for the camera the 13 megapixel camera itself a 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:37.600 two-tone Flash and a speaker port with one watt amplified speaker or something 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:43.520 like that anyway that might have impressed me if it was mounted on the front of the phone it's loud enough but 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:48.000 nothing can sound quite right pointed away from your ears this seems like as 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:51.799 good a time as any to mention that I think LG nailed it with the backing 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:56.560 material on the phone though it looks great it's lighter it's more difficult 00:01:53.960 --> 00:02:01.399 to stain and it can be removed and replaced unlike most metal designs on 00:01:59.479 --> 00:02:05.880 top of that the phone is still very solidly built it doesn't it doesn't feel 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:11.039 like a compromised brushed plastic for to win mang under it there's a user 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:14.519 replaceable 3,000 milliamp battery whose performance I can't really comment on 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:19.400 because my Korean unit doesn't work for cellular data here there's a Sim slot a 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:23.680 micr SD slot and contacts for optional accessories like a wireless charging 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:29.360 compatible back plate which brings us to the front of the phone aside from an LG 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.519 logo 2.1 mapel selfie camera and a 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:36.080 dimmer than I would like RGB LED 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:38.519 indicator this is one clean design the 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.959 bezels are slim it's nearly completely symmetrical with a very small chin and 00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:49.400 it is very obvious that LG wants the experience of using this phone to be all 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:51.360 about that 5.5 in Quad HD IPS screen 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:55.640 unfortunately the screen didn't really float my boat it's got a lot of pixels 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:59.840 and I'm a major advocate of pushing the envelope technologically but there's 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:04.799 much more to a great screen than res resolution the G3 screen has a warm 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:11.040 yellowish cast that I don't find pleasing and a noticeably worse contrast 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:12.799 ratio than the 1 M8 that makes it less 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:17.720 Pleasant to use than my current daily driver especially Outdoors now I've been 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:22.120 informed by others that to fully take advantage of it I need highres content 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:25.159 like 1440p wallpapers but I don't really care about wallpapers and neither do a 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:30.560 lot of people so the only practical benefit for me is that text is ever so 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:34.319 slightly sharper when it's extremely small something that LG seemed to pretty 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:38.120 much design their stock keyboard to take advantage of with its tiny symbol 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:42.319 indicators when it comes to moving pictures though whether we're talking 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:47.959 about games or shows I can hardly tell the difference between 720p and 1080p at 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:49.760 this screen size anyway so 1440p feels 00:03:47.959 --> 00:03:54.879 unnecessary when other things could have been improved about the screen instead 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:59.280 which leads us to the software we got off to a rough start here prompting me 00:03:57.079 --> 00:04:03.920 during setup to enter a backup contact phone number that sits on my lock screen 00:04:01.239 --> 00:04:08.599 is genius but the hardcore Ula that I had to sign made me super uncomfortable 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:12.439 and it's not all bad though LG skin has an attractive flat appearance that 00:04:10.760 --> 00:04:16.479 differs in subtle ways from stock Android but didn't require a crazy 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:19.720 learning curve to get the hang of one thing that impressed me was that it 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:24.560 offers a great degree of customizability for a stock skin you can change the home 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:28.440 screen switching animations change screen off Fade Out effects you can 00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:31.960 tailor make your own power saving schemes adjust vibration ation strength 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:35.960 choose between a bajillion different unlock methods my personal favorite of 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:39.600 which is not code where you just tap certain parts of the screen and then 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:43.919 finally and this one's a killer you can customize the functions and locations of 00:04:41.880 --> 00:04:47.919 the bottom buttons and even choose whether they are hidden or persistent it 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:52.199 feels like a great balance between a vanilla interface and the tricked out 00:04:49.919 --> 00:04:56.440 ones that Android Geeks tend to use the included keyboard is also surprisingly 00:04:54.360 --> 00:05:01.120 solid you can tweak a couple of buttons and alter the autocorrect aggressiveness 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:05.199 and backspacing one undo auto correct swift key are you listening but there 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:10.600 are still a few issues keeping me away like lack of a customizable long press 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:15.320 duration being able to adjust the size though is great especially with the very 00:05:12.919 --> 00:05:19.400 small chin on the G3 it made more of a difference than I expected to get it 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:23.360 tuned just right the settings menu where all of these tweaks reside actually 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:27.280 annoyed me at first it's inefficient use of all that screen real estate even at 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:31.039 the smallest font size felt very TouchWiz like but then I found out you 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:37.680 can switch to a completely different view in list mode I actually found it quite efficient to navigate so thumbs up 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:38.880 there but not everything about the UI is 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:44.160 fast and whether it's the high resolution or something else 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:46.240 multitasking is very noticeably slower 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:50.479 than the 1 M8 and it makes the device feel considerably slower for me given 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:54.479 how often I switch between recent Windows I also really dislike the way it 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:58.639 puts your most recently used application in the top left corner it should be the 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:03.160 opposite because the fastest part of a smartphone screen to act access for 00:06:00.440 --> 00:06:07.599 right-handed users is the bottom right it's not all bad though you can zoom in 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:11.319 and out unlike sense it allows more than nine items and compared to stock Android 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:17.000 it's much faster to find things that are buried deeper in the list uh other 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:18.919 complaint time now I guess uh LG health 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:22.319 and smart tips about using the phone are a complete waste of an entire home 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:27.039 screen I turned that off right away adding extra stuff with overlapping 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:33.000 functionality to the Google Now swipe up is a big no no and managing apps is 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:34.840 really weird instead of hold dragging to 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:38.800 delete within the app tray that does absolutely nothing as far as I can tell 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:44.599 instead you go through the top right menu where you can change icon size and 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:47.000 hide or uninstall apps from there but 00:06:44.599 --> 00:06:51.960 there's more good stuff too dual window seems crazy useful if you chat while 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:56.599 watching videos the multi-item clipboard is a freaking godsend if you do a lot of 00:06:54.199 --> 00:07:00.599 copy pasting and replying to incoming texts without having to minimize the 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:04.680 current APP is a big time time saer and and I mean the stunning number of user 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:08.879 accessibility options make sense look stupid invert colors change colors for 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:12.280 higher contrast send a custom message for hearing impaired users change 00:07:10.479 --> 00:07:15.720 headphone output so that one side is unbalanced for folks who hear better in 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:19.160 one ear flash alerts for hearing impaired and I guess I guess easy home 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:23.400 is the kind of thing I would enable for my grandpa if I thought he needed a top-of-the-line phone in the first place 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:26.919 and I wanted to hide all the functionality from him for some reason 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:32.000 okay that last one didn't make a ton of sense but the other stuff is great onto 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:37.280 the camera the laser focus does seem to deliver very fast autofocusing Auto HDR 00:07:34.960 --> 00:07:42.919 actually was pretty pleasing to use for me um and aside from the unlabeled 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:47.720 settings button I found the app quite easy and more importantly fast to use 00:07:46.039 --> 00:07:51.360 dedicated photo and video buttons without needing to switch modes is great 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:56.440 that's something that drives me bananas about the M8 it is so slow to switch 00:07:53.680 --> 00:08:00.759 modes and all of the usual topof the line nice to have modes are here so you 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:06.440 got the 13 megapixel still camera 4K video capture and 120 FPS 720p but while 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:10.720 it's cool that the slow-mo on the camera records sound unfortunately the 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:14.960 recording quality is noticeably worse than the One M8 for video lots of 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:18.599 jaggies it's not a huge issue but one to be aware of if you love taking slow 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:24.199 motion videos of your cats what are you going to do what are you going to do I 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:27.000 vacuumed your tail which leads me to the 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:29.879 conclusion some overheating issues aside I didn't encounter them here in the 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:34.399 great white North By the way but it's fairly well documented on the web the G3 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:38.919 is a solid Contender LG delivered a phone that looks beautiful and feels 00:08:36.560 --> 00:08:43.880 solid but still managed to deliver optional wireless charging a Micro SD 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:47.800 slot and a high-capacity removable battery the hardware spec is up there 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:52.560 with other Flagship devices and even though I'd probably prefer a more 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:58.079 vanilla Android experience personally LG's skin really does feel like a solid 00:08:55.360 --> 00:09:02.480 Middle Ground between stock Android and those tricked out custom launcher custom 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:07.079 everything Android setups that some people use all of that said the G3 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:12.560 didn't quite win me over it's not really LG's fault but in spite of the very sexy 00:09:10.040 --> 00:09:17.320 very thin bezels the phone is still a touch too wide for me to use comfortably 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:21.200 it's just too big for me to handle if you know what I mean but that doesn't 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:25.680 mean it won't be perfect for you and wouldn't you know it we've got an 00:09:22.880 --> 00:09:30.200 opportunity for you to own your very own to try it out and find out if it's any 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:38.519 good LG is giving us not one not two not three not four not five but 00:09:33.040 --> 00:09:41.399 25 LG G3 phones to give a away to our 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:46.000 audience yes 25 now there are some caveats they are pre-production Korean 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:51.200 units which means that unless you're on AT&T or in the US or a number of other 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:55.040 carriers worldwide you won't be able to get certain aspects of the phone working 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:58.200 so maybe you won't get cellular data for example and you'll only be able to use 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:03.079 it on Wi-Fi and to make phone calls which is what I can do with mine on the 00:09:59.880 --> 00:10:05.000 Bell network but it's still an LG G3 00:10:03.079 --> 00:10:09.200 it's still the Real Deal fully-fledged phone and you get to keep it so check 00:10:07.640 --> 00:10:14.519 out the link in the video description on linest Tech tips.com for full details 00:10:11.880 --> 00:10:18.959 about how you can get one of those sent to you pretty freaking cool anyway guys 00:10:17.040 --> 00:10:22.040 like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment in 00:10:20.640 --> 00:10:25.800 the bottom of the video telling me if you have any well comments about the 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