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we've looked at LG's 2014 flagship the g3 multiple times now but last month LG announced a new version the cat six so what's different what's new I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is the LG g3 versus the g3 cat six before we get started I want to thank our friends over at 28th mobile for lending us the g3 cat 6 for review if you'd like to g3 cat 6 to call your own simply click the link in the description below or go to 28 mobile comm where you can find the cat 6 as well as dozens of other smart phones to choose from so what exactly did LG change with this cat6 model of its g3 handset externally there are only a handful of minor differences one this is a South Korean model meaning yes there's a DMB TV antenna found in the upper right corner and of course there's LTE a branding in the middle of the back side and the new g3 cat6 emblem near the bottom under the battery door the micro SD card slot has been moved to accommodate for the new modem which we'll get to in a second other than that as far as appearances go this cat6 is identical to every other g3 out there including the AT&T model we've been testing likewise it comes in the standard white gold or black color options and even the spec list of the g3 cat6 is almost identical to the AT&T model on hand and the g3 we originally reviewed both have 32 gigabytes of fixed storage 3 gigabytes of RAM a microSD card slot for up to 128 gigabytes of additional storage a 13 megapixel OAS + camera a 5.5 inch 1440p true HD IPS plus display and a 3000 milliamp hour removable battery inside there are only two notable differences between the standard g3 and this cat6 variant instead of the Snapdragon 801 founded the g3 the cat6 has a newer Snapdragon 805 this 805 comes with newer Krait 450 CPUs clocked at 2.7 gigahertz and an Adreno 420 GPU the ADA 1 on the other hand has create four hundred CPUs clocked at 2.5 gigahertz with an Adreno 330 GPU also as the name suggests this cat6 is capable of much faster data speeds provided you're on the right network the new modem is capable of up to theoretical speeds of 225 megabits per second one of the more unexpected differences between these two phones are the display temperatures and color reproduction the display on the cat 6 is dramatically warmer with totally different color reproduction even tweaking the accessibility display settings didn't seem to matter the cat 6 is display is just warm and we prefer the look of the AT&T models display all of these changes amount to a mere 5 gram difference in weight otherwise these two phones are blow-for-blow the same goes for software both the AT&T model and cat6 are running Android 4.4.2 with the same version of LG UI atop the notable discrepancies here are that the AT&T model comes filled with about two dozen AT&T applications and the cat6 comes with the same blow found on most other SK Telecom variants of the g3 you can find in-depth coverage of the software in both our LG g3 review videos obviously we can't test the cat sakes to its fullest capabilities here on AT&T or t-mobile in the States the infrastructure simply isn't here and both models seemed to gather practically identical speeds through network speed tests although our time has been very limited with the cat 6 better life also seems to be similar between the two models we weren't able to definitively test how the Snapdragon 805 effects battery life and we were unable to discern a difference in call or speaker quality these are for all intents and purposes the same phones so the real question everyone wants an answer to is does the Snapdragon 805 really make a difference well not really we ran a host of different synthetic benchmark tests and found that at best the two phones were back and forth the graphics prowess of the audrina 450 is apparent when running something like the 3d mark test or a graphically intensive game especially due to the number of pixels the g3 has to push in heavy gaming and graphics benchmarks the cat 6 has an ever so slight edge switch that over two other benchmark tests and the results are far less definitive the cat 6 consistently scored just lower than the original g3 in Geekbench 3 but completed the SunSpider javascript test faster and in standard tests the cat 6 appeared marginally faster it didn't seem to hesitate like the AT&T model when jump at home or switching apps in other words the cat 6 definitely has better graphics performance but the rest is negligible so unless you're a heavy gamer the cat 6 is Snapdragon 805 won't really benefit you all that much worst yet modern combat 5 which I installed and played on the AT&T g3 isn't compatible with the cat 6 sad day the Snapdragon 805 also brings some new camera capabilities but as far as we can tell the original g3 in the cat 6 g3 at the exact same camera hardware and software there is no discernible difference in output quality so should you worry and fear that your new g3 is already outdated not at all if you're in South Korea and have access to LTE a the cat 6 g3 might be worth buying over the standard g3 especially if you're into mobile gaming otherwise you should be perfectly happy with the original LG g3 form or g3 coverage be sure to check out our previous reviews and comparisons right here on the pocket now channel folks thanks for watching and supporting pocket now if you'd like to help us out even more be sure to click the thumbs up button below and subscribe to the channel you can find us around the web on twitter facebook and google+ at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech and i will see you next time be sure to click the thumbs up button below and subscribe to the channel to the live channel remix god