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this coverage of MWC is brought to you by bitdefender mobile security and now here come the two behemoths from the two big camps we're taking a quick first look at the LG G pro 2 and Samsung's largest most premium flagship the Galaxy Note 3 both feature very compelling designs with LG incorporating elements borrowed from the recent crop of devices like the LG g2 especially considering the button layout that is found on the back to be pressed by your index finger to take things even further the G pro 2 Slim's the bezels down even further and the back no longer is of a glossy plastic as and is instead matted whereas Samsung has gone with a more rectangular shape with its design LG has curved down the corners a little bit and have sought to creative device that is not only visually stunning but also is a joy to hold in the hand despite its very large size with that 5.9 inch screen yes we do see a point to increase in the size of the LG G pro twos screen however the best from LG is standing up very well against the best that Samsung has to offer in its 5.7 inch AMOLED display well let you be the judge on which one looks better as both offer very deep color palettes and are clearly among the best that we've seen as far as performance goes we also have a bit of a dead heat here as both pack the snapdragon 800 with 3 gigabytes of ram backed by Adreno 330 GPU graphics so you can't really lose in either case really it's more of a question of the perception of the performance which appears to be pretty excellent across the board we'll take a closer look at how things perform especially in terms of the camera as the camera on the Galaxy Note 3 does not have all is and the OIS inside of the G pro 2 is actually enhanced not just with the hardware that we all loved from the g2 but also with some software optimizations on top of that as far as the hardware bits go we do see that both of these phones offer very similar experiences what with both devices having 3200 milliamp hour removable battery units for a good longevity and also expandable storage with a micro SD card slot found right next to that battery as far as the software goes we do see that the Optimus UI by LG and TouchWiz by Samsung are quite similar in that they both sport heavy feature sets but LG was quick to emphasize that they will be focusing more on the quality of the experience rather than just adding more features into the software suite that being said however we do see some optimizations in here with the update 4.4 kitkat in particular one feature we did like was the NOC code in which you could use a pattern set of taps in order to turn on and unlock your device from 8 turned off state Samsung's TouchWiz on the Galaxy Note 3 does have a top in class multitasking suite that is very useful but has also made its way over to the G pro 2 as well however the main trump card that the Galaxy Note 3 does have is of course that S Pen and it remains one of the best stylus experiences available on any smartphone and most peripherals to date in the end we have some of the best that either of these companies have to offer and in larger sizes you have a great screen experience no matter which device you pick so it really kind of comes down to whether or not you want a stylus experience with the Galaxy Note 3 or you want the best that LG has to offer with their G pro - stay tuned for a full comparison once we get our hands on the G pro 2 in the future but until then keep it tuned to Android authority for all of the best coverage from the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona Spain