Review LG G4

Korean smartphone vendor, LG is seeking to return to the path of success. One of the steps taken is to launch its flagship smartphone in 2015, LG G4.

Many high expectations imposed LG to G4, since the smartphone becomes the flagship in the high-end segment, competing with Samsung Galaxy S6 or even the iPhone 6.

Then, can the G4 meet the heavy duty charged LG? Or at least perform better than their predecessors. The following reviews KompasTekno.

Design

LG G4 has a screen that is slightly concave design. LG said in its release that the screen will provide a comfortable ergonomic grip when the smartphone, or when attached to the ear when calling.

Arches in the LG G4 is not too extreme, such as that used in the line of LG G Flex 2. Because the curvature may rarely be seen when someone look at it from the front.

Due to a slightly concave design that the screen surface G4 that uses Gorilla Glass material 4 will not stick completely when the smartphone is placed upside down.

LG G4 has a screen size of 5.5 inches. However, because LG puts softkey buttons typical of Android, namely the Home, Back and Menu, plus Dual Screen button at the bottom row of the screen, then the main screen so truncated.

No physical buttons that appear on the face of the smartphone. So also at the sides that are usually perched power button (lockscreen) and volume on Android smartphones in general.

Instead, LG put the key into one at the back of the smartphone. Power button (lockscreen) is in the middle flanked by volume Up and Down buttons that flanked at the top and bottom.

For those accustomed to using the physical buttons on the side, will probably need some time to adjust. KompasTekno experience, it was difficult to tell which button locksreen and where the volume button when touched with a finger.

Meanwhile, the 3.5 mm audio port and micro USB port located on the bottom side of the smartphone.

Actually, LG G4 has a variant cover the back are coated with leather sewn exclusively, but the unit received KompasTekno is a variant with a plastic cover Cut Diamond pattern.

There are four color options for leather wrapping G4 backs. Among them black, brown, beige, and red. In addition to leather, unisex other materials that can be selected to cover G4, ie, Ceramic White, Gray Metallic and Shiny Gold.

Specification

LG G4 comes with a high specification. This smartphone has a screen size of 5.5 inches with a resolution of Quad HD (1,440 x 2,560 pixels) and Quantum IPS screen technology.

LG G4 screen resolution equal to the resolution of the Samsung Galaxy S6, but higher than the screen resolution of the HTC One M9 and iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with Full HD resolution (1080 x 1920).

Level pixel density of 538 ppi LG G4 reach and equipped with Gorilla Glass scratch-resistant coating 4.

In terms of the "innards", LG G4 is equipped with chipsets made by Qualcomm Snapdragon 808. This chipset choice looks different than other vendors artificial flagship smartphone that carries 810 Snapdragon chipset.

Possibilities, LG tries to play it safe because when first introduced by Qualcomm, Snapdragon chipset 810 experiencing obstacles that easy fast heat.

In the case of a camera, the LG G4 brings 16-megapixel resolution sensor made by Sony. Diaphragm owned LG camera lens G4 quite wide, f / 1.8 coupled with features optical image stabilization (OIS) second generation.

Besides having a manual shooting settings, LG G4 also can produce images RAW format.

For lovers selfie, G4 provides an 8 megapixel camera with improved gesture controls and can target many selfie at once.

For memory, G4 equipped with 3 GB RAM with 32 GB of internal storage. Not only that, G4 provides free Google Drive storage of 100 GB for two years.

Performance

KompasTekno test LG G4 with Antutu Benchmark tests run to determine its score compared to other Android devices.

In addition, KompasTekno also run PCMark testing for Android to determine the durability of the battery.

In terms of performance, according to Antutu, LG G4 has a high enough score, 48 946. The score puts LG G4 above Galaxy Note 4 and Asus Zenfone 2, HTC One M8, and Xiaomi MI4.

While in the test battery life, LG G4 battery is rated for approximately 6 hours 30 minutes based on the test results Battery Life Work in PCMark Android application. Battery life is equivalent to the HTC One M9, but lags behind Samsung Galaxy S6 which have a rating of about 7 hours.

For charging batteries, the new G4 LG full recharged in about 2 hours. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S6 has a rechargeable battery faster, about 70 minutes.

Camera

The camera is one of the excellent features G4. With a 16 megapixel camera sensor, G4 claimed to rival the quality of a DSLR camera. Lens aperture of f / 1.8 that is slightly larger than that carried lenses Samsung Galaxy S6 (f / 1.9) claimed LG allows light to enter 80 percent more to the sensor, so no need to worry about the lowlight conditions.

Aperture f / 1.8-owned LG G4 is also greater than the lens that carried the iPhone 6 and HTC One M9, which is f / 2.2. Besides being able to receive more light, wide aperture also allows making photos with DOF (depth of field) are in, or the background looks more blur, the effect is much preferred photographer.

G4 camera is also reinforced by the optical image stabilization (OIS) that carried the second generation. With OIS 2.0, the camera can be stable face hand shake when shooting images. So the focus of the image can be maintained.

Focus laser modules were added LG at the rear is also claimed to provide fast focusing time. However, in practice in the field, feel the speed KompasTekno mediocre when compared to smartphone class.

For the first time, the G4 also provides manual adjustment is relatively complete. Users can set their own focus, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, exposure, and white balance for each shot. There is even a white balance setting Kelvin (2400-7400). This experience is like to try out a professional camera.

In addition to the main camera, G4 also pinned 8 MP front camera for those who like selfie. With gesture control, selfie can be done as many as four times in a row.

Features "Voice Shutter" in the camera software LG G4 enables the shot more quickly and easily by voice commands.

In terms of image quality, G4 is able to produce sharp images. When using in daylight, images tend to look over-expose, visible color of the sky that tends to white.

This deficiency can be overcome by using the HDR mode. The dynamic range of the camera becomes wider so as to maintain a shaded area and bright, though seems a bit less natural.

In indoor conditions, or low-light, photo spots began to look at setting up ISO 1500. Photos with a maximum ISO 7500 looks grainy rough and detail was reduced.

(kompastekno)