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it's the expected Battle of the Korean smartphone Giants age Joshua Vergara from Android Authority what's going on everybody and this is the LG g3 versus the Samsung Galaxy s5 in this quick look now both of these phones feature design languages that borrow heavily from their previous flagships but with enough differences to keep things pretty interesting the big move for Samsung in terms of design was the shift from the glossy plastic to a polycarbonate back with the perforated or dimple design the reactions to the new design have been mixed at best but any move away from glossy plastic is a good one other changes with the s5 include the addition of a finger scanner integrated into the home button and the heartrate monitor that's found below the camera on the back similarly LG moved away from the glossy slippery plastic back of the g2 with the g3 now featuring a brushed metallic finish and feel which is not actually metal it is still plastic more like a hybrid of polycarbonate that has been given a brushed finish the best way to describe it is like it's a brushed plastic but in the end it still gives it a more premium look and feel staples such as the ultra thin bezels and rear button layout make a return but the button layout is a lot more refined too this time around with much meteor feel and also it's a little bit more pronounced and when it comes to the size they are actually quite similar but the g3 is definitely the bigger of the two it's still amazing how close they are considering that the g3 offers a lot more screen real estate with its 5.5 inch screen display compared to the 5.1 inch screen of the galaxy s5 the 5.1 inch Super AMOLED display with a 1080p resolution of the galaxy s5 brings the signature high saturation with colors that basically pop out of the screen you get vivid colors great brightness and no loss in clarity even at steep angles on the other hand the 5.5 inch display of the LG g3 is one of the very few to boast a quad HD resolution with a pixel density of 534 pixels per inch a 100 PPI density more than the galaxy s5 this is an absolute beast as far as displays are concerned in the experience should and actually is pretty fantastic the differences will actually barely be noticeable to the general user however and both screens will offer a great experience and nonetheless whether you're reading texts watching videos or playing games that bump up in resolution for the LG g3 Israel nice and it makes it one of the handsomest displays we have seen but when you compare it to the one on the galaxy s5 for the most part you're not really going to notice the difference both the Samsung Galaxy s5 and the LG g3 feature identical processing packages with the Snapdragon 801 processor coming in at 2.5 gigahertz and backed by the adrenal 330 as expected performance with both smartphones was fast and smooth and if you did think that the high-resolution display of the g3 was going to bog it down that's not necessarily what I found in the little time that I had with it apart from the usual array of hardware additions new additions in the galaxy s5 include the heart rate monitor and fingerprint scanner that is integrated into the home button uses for both are still somewhat limited and it's entirely up to you how much you use them as I still kind of feel that the heart rate monitor is not a great companion for people who are actually really into fitness but another positive for the Galaxy s5 is the fact that the whole device is dust and waterproof as indicated by the ip67 rating on the phone on the g3 side of things you also get the full host of hardware and connectivity options as well including expandable storage our removable battery at least in the international version of the phone that I got so use NFC and 4G LTE but of course it doesn't include the extras that Samsung does the LG g3 does feature a bigger 3000 milliamp hour battery compared to the twenty eight hundred million Bauer unit of the s5 but in all likelihood the g3 battery life may not be as good considering the larger display with a higher resolution that the g3 battery has to power for the most part we will probably say that these two phones will be more or less on par when it comes to battery most likely the Samsung Galaxy s5 features a 16 megapixel ISO cell camera that we've covered extensively already overall you get some great shots with this camera and it definitely allows for some fun as well as serious smartphone photography on the other hand the g3 features a camera setup that's quite similar to what was found on the G pro 2 with a 13 megapixel rear shooter sporting óas plus and as we've seen before the camera should perform admirably well the newly added autofocus laser that is found on the back next to the camera has also made a big difference in allowing for some quicker autofocus an issue that was plagued that has plagued to previous iterations of LG smartphone cameras well when it comes to software both of these phones bring slightly different versions of the operating systems that came before it TouchWiz now brings relatively few updates to what was already a future heavy software suite with mostly cosmetic changes the biggest change is the addition of the my magazine which is essentially Samsung's answer to blinkfeed while it does bring the neat news aggregation feature to touch who is my magazine is unfortunately not very robust at all underneath and a piggy backs off a Flipboard eventually feeling like an unnecessary extra step between you and the already good for the bored app overall TouchWiz remains TouchWiz even with the additions of the circles all over the place including inside of these settings menus it doesn't really bring enough to the table to make the UI overhaul worth anything that we were really kind of expecting LG on the other hand has managed a major overhaul with their latest version of the custom interface much flatter icons colors that are not as bright and also with an overall cleaner and minimalistic feel that said LG still packs a ton of features into its software with a lot of useful additions as well returning things are things like the multitasking of the dual window and after that the NOC code which we saw in the G pro two new additions include LG's Google now like concierge service a revamped keyboard that allows for more customization including adjusting the height to what you want and also a quick circle feature that actually piggy backs off of a quick circle case that I also have a hands-on with in another video and so there you have it for this quick look at the Samsung Galaxy s5 up against the LG g3 which was just launched today these are the two big Korean smartphone manufacturers going head-to-head once again and we do think that the LG g3 has a lot to offer over the incumbent to the galaxy s5 which has already been out for just a little while already so keep it into Android Authority for further comparisons of the LG g3 to the flagship 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