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we've already reviewed LG's latest curved smartphone in its global form but we promised you follow-up coverage on the US model and it became available and now we're here to do just that I'm high as a human with pocket now taking a look at the LG G flex 2 for Sprint if there's one thing to be said about the G flex - it's that this thing is flashy the arch design and the volcano red back make it one of the most eye-catching smartphones on the market and the Sprint model remains totally unchanged in that way the foam measures nine point four millimeters at its thickest point and weighs in at just 152 grams and it's just one of the most comfortable phones I think I've ever used a trademark feature of the G flex 2 is of course it's curved design which conforms perfectly to the palm of your hand and along your face and it makes for a slightly immersive experience when you're watching videos there's also the rear mount and control scheme that puts the power and volume buttons right where your finger naturally rests and makes room to fit as much screen in as little space as possible what I'm getting at is this phone is carefully designed to be entirely ergonomic and it's one of LG's biggest victories with the device packed inside is the Snapdragon 810 chipset sitting alongside three gigabytes of RAM and in Adreno 430 GPU there's also a 3000 milliamp hour battery and a 13 megapixel camera with laser autofocus and optical image stabilization an increasing rarity in today's smartphones another rare inclusion here is the microSD slot with support for a maximum 2 terabyte card now the biggest difference between this model and the South Korean model that Michael Fisher tested back in February is also the most obvious one compatibility with Sprint's spark LTE network the phone comes pre-loaded with a bevy of sprint applications none of which we've really found particularly useful but thankfully most of them can be disabled or uninstalled the one new feature that we're glad to see here is Wi-Fi calling something previously only found on t-mobile phones you can make you cheap jabs at Sprint or even needing a feature like this but the fact of the matter is every carrier has dead spots and it's better to embrace that and be prepared aside from that this is largely the same software experience the Michael touched on in his review there's still the awesome double tap to wake function and its evolved form not code and plenty of customization options like being able to change the buttons in your navigation bar especially on a 5.5 inch display it's really nice to have a button to call down the notification shade without having to contort your thumb there's also LG's peak function which lets you slide a finger down the screen and the display is off to preview the time and any new notifications something else you can do with the display off is launch the camera with a long press of the volume down key the viewfinder is largely the same one that we found on the g3 and we appreciate its clean and simple UI even if it's sometimes a little confusing the camera itself takes pretty great photos in broad daylight and thanks to oh is videos look reasonably smooth as well but don't expect the same story indoors once the Sun is out of sight saturation takes a pretty big hit and shots turn fuzzy fast it's not unmanageable but if you spend a lot of time in dimly lit areas this may not be the camera for you when Michael reviewed the G flex 2 his biggest concerns were with the phone's performance and battery life neither of those things were particularly great with my sprint unit but it's worth noting that my time with the phone showed significantly less lag than his reports whether that's the result of a much needed software update or a difference at Hardware beyond the two variants were not sure but beyond the occasional one-and-done stutter I never really ran into any major performance issues apps and games ran smoothly in my testing and I was always able to stream music from Spotify in the background without tripping up the phone but it's quick to let me know when apps like Spotify might lead to battery drain that drain is pretty significant and no matter how I use the phone throughout the day it never lasts me more than four and a half hours of screen all the time this might be forgivable if you could replace the battery on the go but with the sealed in unit you can't the G flex 2 is available at scrimped right now with a retail price of $500 and especially given the specs inside and the great design that's a really good deal the phone got a lot of flack in the first wave of reviews for its performance issues but at this point I'm convinced that the only reason not to buy it is because we already know that the g4 is coming but even the g4 can't offer the same wow factor the same organ omits the same pizazz and if that's your thing maybe you should pay a visit to the now network that's gonna do it for our video review of the sprint G flex 2 if you want even more info on this phone might I recommend reading a written review at pocketnow.com but before you go there don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel for more video content and drop us a like in a comment below once again I'm hi out to Houston and I'll see you in the next one thanks for watching