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LG's flagship phone has gotten a makeover and though it may look nicer than last year's not all changes are good let's see how the g6 stacks up against the old g5 the g6 has ditched the modular look for a more polished unibody design of metal and glass it's slightly thicker than other high-end competitors but it has a comfortable grip and feels like an improvement over its clunky predecessor the cost of beauty though that removable battery more on that later even the screen has gotten a bit of a facelift on the g6 the shrunken bezels allow it to tack on about half an inch more of screen real estate without adding bulk to the phone the resolution itself though didn't change much but the g6 is packin more pixels per inch in a higher quality HDR display the camera on the other hand has lost a few mega pixels in the g6 both on the main and front camera it kept that dual lens setup on the back with a wide-angle option but made both 13 megapixel sensors the g5 had a 16 and 8 megapixel setup for the main and wide-angle lenses respectively the wide angle on the g6 is still slightly inferior to the main with a lower aperture and no optical image stabilization but you're more likely to use it interchangeably the interface inside the app has changed a bit too with a new camera roll strip right on the viewfinder and a square format to create cool Instagram shots and compositions ok google' outside the camera app you'll also notice a few interface and software changes aside from running the latest version of Android it's the first non Google phone with Google assistant baked in and new setting options like comfort view that warms the blueish hues of the screen for better nighttime viewing the g6 has a bigger battery but since we weren't able to conduct any formal testing on this pre-production unit you'll have to check back on that later what we can tell you is that you won't be able to swap it out for a fresh one once it's out the consolation prize wireless charging if you're a US customer and a water-resistant shell you can submerge the g6 in about a meter and a half of water for up to 30 minutes removable battery aside the g6 combines the best features of the g5 and the V 20 with a few new ones that make it rise up to the top of the LG lines you