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what's up guys lon here from Android authority and with an all-new metal build dual cameras and a modular design is the LG g5 worth the upgrade over the g4 this is the LG g5 versus the LG g4 so with the LG g5 LG basically switched up their entire design formula and created a completely different foam from last year's g4 the g5 has an all-new metal build which makes it feel a lot nicer and more high quality over LG's previous plastic designs but because it's been coded in a primer and paint it doesn't feel quite as premium as it should and the g5 is by no means an ugly looking phone but it's certainly not the most attractive design that LG has ever used the big story here with the g5 is its modularity the bottom chin pops off with a simple press of a button allowing you to swap in different modules like the camera grip that LG dubs the cam plus and the Bang & Olufsen hi-fi DAC for higher quality audio this also gives access to the removable battery so despite the change in design LG still managed to figure out a way to keep this feature intact for those of you who love swapping batteries on the fly in contrast to the g4 it's kind of hard to believe that these two phones were made by the same company the g4 was entirely made of plastic or a combination of plastic and leather if you opted for the leather back and it also featured LG's signature curved but judging by the g5 and their previous flagship the v10 it looks like they're moving away from that it's kind of shamed because the curve was unique and different and it also made the phone feel more ergonomic in the hand like the g5 the g4 also has a removable battery except this can be accessed in a more traditional manner simply by removing the back cover both of these phones also support microSD card expansion but that's about where the hardware similarities end the g5 still retains the rear mounted power key just like the g4 but the volume rockers been moved back to a more traditional location on the side which to me personally isn't that big of a deal the power button on the g5 also doubles as a fingerprint sensor a feature that was absent on the g4 and with the g5 LG also made the switch to USB type-c over the microUSB of the g4 as far as one-handed usability goes the g4 and g5 are roughly the same in terms of height but the g5 is overall the smaller phone especially in the width Department this is mostly because it has a slightly smaller display so it's a little bit easier to hold and operate in one hand the g5 is rocking a 5.3 inch LCD display with quad HD resolution and it's a pretty good looking screen with good viewing angles brightness and color but it's definitely not the best quad HD screen on the market the g4 also has a quad HD screen but this one measures in at 5.5 inches and apart from the extra screen real estate that you get on the g4 both of these screens are pretty comparable to one another in terms of quality the g5 screen does however exhibit much cooler color tones over the warmer look of the g4 s but that's a difference you'll really only notice if you have these two screens side-by-side the other big difference is the g5 has an always-on display that can show the clock notifications and a custom message and this is a feature that the g4 simply doesn't have but since it's more software based it could totally be possible that we see come to the g4 in a future update internally the g5 is packing the latest and greatest specs for a 2016 flagship you have the Snapdragon 820 Adreno 530 and 4 gigabytes of RAM which makes this phone very fast and responsive and on par with every other flagship that has come out this year with the same specs the g4 on the other hand has much more outdated specs at this point with a Snapdragon 808 and 3 gigabytes of RAM and while it still performs very well in day-to-day use it's not going to hold a candle to the g5 s much more powerful processor and generally snap your performance and if you care about benchmark scores you're obviously going to get significantly better numbers on the g5 the battery inside the g5 is a 2800 milliamp hour battery which is actually a tad smaller than the 3000 milliamp ire cell on the g4 but battery life on both of these devices is pretty par for the course they can easily get through a full day with regular you perfectly fine but I wouldn't expect much more than that on either device they also feature fast charging capabilities so they're both very easy to top off or fill up anytime you need a quick charge but again if you want to go from zero to full as quickly as possible with these two phones it's as simple as swapping out the battery for a fresh one the cameras between these two phones is where it starts to get a little bit interesting the g4 and the g5 are actually both utilizing the same 16 megapixel optically stabilized F 1.8 aperture sensor as their main camera but on the g5 LG tacked on a secondary 8 megapixel wide-angle lens that allows for some very amazing and incredible looking wide-angle shots it's a ton of fun to use and is by far one of the best features of the g5 there are some subtle differences in the camera software like the multi View mode on the g5 that lets you use all three cameras at once or the snap mode for recording a string of three-second clips but aside from that the experience is practically the same you still have the simple and auto modes if you rather keep things relatively straightforward but if you want to dig a little deeper you can always jump into LG's manual mode for DSLR light controls over your photos with the same 16 megapixel sensor you would think that the images between these two phones would be exactly the same but surprisingly they're not they both take very sharp very well detailed photos as you would expect from a camera on an LG flagship but the way they go about processing these photos are slightly different the g5 opts for more contrast II more vibrant colors which results in much darker shadows and less detail in these areas the g4 is a complete swing in the opposite direction with less contrast and slightly less color but you're getting a much brighter image with more details in the shadows the only drawback is because the g4 opts for a much brighter image you're also getting more overblown highlights the g4 and g5 are running on Android 6.0 marshmallow but they're on two completely different versions of LG's interface the g4 has an older version of LG's UI which is much more bloated with more software features that may or may not be all that useful and it feels a lot more intrusive with so many features being turned on by default with the g5 LG's interface still isn't the best but it's a big improvement over previous versions it still has very cartoony and brightly colored Conn's but the overall aesthetics from the notification shade to the settings menu look a lot cleaner and more streamlined LG also got rid of some of the features like dual window and made other features such as smart bulletin and qslide more hidden and less in-your-face but they're still there if you really want to use them the biggest change the LG's interface is that it no longer comes with an app drawer by default which makes it feel a lot more like iOS and your only form of organization is through the use of folders but since this is Android you can easily change that with a third-party launcher like Google now apex or Nova or if you really want to stick with LG's software you can download their own launcher from the smart world application to bring back the app drawer so the big question here is did LG do enough with a g5 to make it worth getting or should you save yourself a little bit of money and stick with the g4 which is proven to still be a more than capable smartphone here in 2016 the answer to that question really depends on how much you want all the new features that the g5 has to offer like the modular design the dual cameras and the fingerprint sensor the g5 does all the basic things that we expect out of a smartphone really well like having great performance a great display a good camera and good battery life which are all things we usually expect to be better as we upgrade smartphones and LG certainly made improvements in those areas with a g5 if you really want all the new features of the g5 and you find the modular design to be compelling then the g5 will be worth your time but should you decide to stick with the g4 for the time being while you wait for another flagship is at the market you still have a more than reliable daily driver and that pretty much wraps it up for this comparison between the LG g5 and the LG g4 hopefully you guys enjoyed this video and found it helpful if you did please give a thumbs up down below and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already so you don't miss out on future videos and follow us on social media like Twitter Instagram snapchat Google+ all that good stuff all the links 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