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on one corner we have one of the most powerful Android smartphones of the year and in the other we have Apple's best iPhone ever or so they say which of these devices is better suited for your needs let's find out I'm Jaime Rivera this is PocketNow and this is iPhone 5s versus LG g2 this comparison is odd in its own way since LG is better known for their intense competition with Samsung and not Apple these devices are completely different and absolutely everything and still both support the best cameras and their respective platforms the best internals and both even push the bar of design in their own unique way when it comes to hardware the only thing they have in common is that both companies are trying to give you the thinnest and lightest design you can get for the experience they intend to give you the g2 is in no way like last year's Optimus G some are disappointed at the company for ditching the glass on glass for plastic but there's a reason for that just picture this at 5.2 inches diagonal this phone has almost the exact same screen size as the monstrous first generation galaxy note but sandwiched in a chassis that's almost identical to the galaxy s4 yes this phone is that big and yet it is that small there's almost no bezel here and if LG had to use plastic to pull this off I'm gonna forgive them especially because there is some heft to the phone so it doesn't really feel cheap in the hand yes the buttons are awkward placed in the back but I've gotten used to it and if you don't like it simply double tap the display the device will wake up or go back to standby still the device is a smudge magnet even though the denim pattern that LG has chosen in the back looks kind of cool now aside from the design the real story here is the spec sheet and this is one of the first devices to rock the Snapdragon 800 processor from Qualcomm clocked at 2.2 gigahertz along with 2 gigabytes of RAM and all the other 2013 bells and whistles like an IR blaster and Wi-Fi 802 a leaven AC sadly our 80 unit here features only 16 or 32 gigabytes of non-expandable storage and a 3000 milliamp hour battery that is non-replaceable which you can actually get with someone Lock models of this phone but we'll explain later on on the test notes why this is not really important the iPhone is another device that challenges designed I mean when was the last time that you got a 4-inch display in such a small and elegant housing Apple's focus is to give you the best one-handed experience and they nail it here the design of this phone includes the usual convention button layout but obviously all sandwiched in a premium aluminum design overall the device feels great in the hand and any of the three color options that you choose will deter fingerprints quite well now specs on the iPhone won't ever sound monstrous when compared to any Android phone but Apple say seven 64-bit processor is both powerful and efficient we do have fixed storage options in a non replaceable battery that's the reality of every iPhone that you buy but it's also the reality of this g2 in particular though we would like to have an IR blaster and Wi-Fi AC on this phone as well and the enhancements that are lacked by the g2 are touch ID which is actually quite cool both these devices support IPS displays and as such they are just gorgeous great color reproduction great pixel density and great viewing angles though obviously the g2 does a buy - a much better 1080p standard and much better pixel density as well overall on paper and in the hand these two devices live up to their top position in their respective platforms and both are future-proof devices in their own way since the platform is really what determines that it really depends on you and if you'd prefer a larger-than-life display that suits your needs or if one hand that in premium feel is more important to you when it comes to hardware now I'll admit I didn't want to get to the software section of this video and sadly the time has come okay so Apple's iOS 7 has definitely matured for good and it is now more visually pleasing and even though it's not out there to wow you instead it's actually there to blend with your needs surely customizations are limited but you won't need them for the most part this is a very efficient piece of software that just works and that is logical in almost every aspect enhancements like control center or the smarter photo gallery will make any iOS user happy so I'm sure that a lot of people will be pleased but sadly software is not LG's best work this device does run Android 4.2.2 jelly bean out of the box which is great but LG's custom skin is in a word tacky it is very poorly designed almost everywhere and it does back down the phone at times even with the snapdragon 800 the text and folder is overlaps and you'll even find spelling mistakes across various areas of the UI which make everything look sloppy some areas try to be like TouchWiz like the case of the tap settings in even the whole camera UI is a poor rip-off of the galaxy s4 sadly multi-window didn't get copied from Samsung which is the only thing I would have praised here but LG does bring cute slide apps which are sloppy looking but still they bring a window and interface to certain services which is actually really cool now ok I'm going to stop criticizing the g2 because to LG's defense they chose Android as their operating system so you don't really have to put up with any of this all you have to do is do what I did just install nova launcher which i found to be the best third-party launcher that works with it and install Swift key and then you can start enjoying this phone you'll even notice that nova runs much smoother on this g2 then pretty much LG's own software UI overall even though Apple doesn't allow customizations those who have an iPhone know that you just won't need them so software on iOS 7 could be considered solid LG may have failed here but since it runs Android you'll notice that you can customize just about everything you want on the phone so the in spiria pnes can be awesome depending on you now how is it to actually use these two phones on a daily basis well I'll admit I love them both performance is really the specialty of both phones every single app launches quickly on both of them and they are very reliable they don't even have significant heat issues when you're playing hardcore games that are optimized for them at first my tests were kind of difficult with the g2 because asphalt 8 wasn't optimized for the center 1800 but lucky g2 that just got updated today so I did get to play the game and it played quite great on this device but so does the iPhone 5s now touch ID while awesome on the iPhone 5s is not available on the g2 but that really depends on your needs whether that's fool or not see I have a lot of passwords I depend on them so I definitely need something like touch ID and the fact that it works in seconds and it works flawlessly makes me love this feature a lot but a lot of people don't need passwords so that could just mean that you don't need this and on Android you have options like face to unlock even though they're not as quick as touch ID I'll tell you that now in battery life things are dramatically different between these two devices the Snapdragon 800 on the lg g2 zips on that battery with a straw you just can't kill this phone I've gotten two solid days of use with no mercy to this device and it takes it like a champ if gaming is your thing this is really the perfect device you get a big display a smooth processor and a battery that just won't die on the other hand the iPhone has good battery life that'll last you through the day but just one day that's fine for most users but the d2 really takes the cake here when it comes to their cameras guys the g2 has the Android camera to beat the optical image stabilization makes those 13 megapixel shots great on both sunlight and low-light forget about the shooting modes here just set this device to auto and let the phone do the rest yes the camera is that good now again that's comparing the g2 against other Android phones the 5s on the other hand this is no slouch the camera does not have optical image stabilization but the software stabilization provided by Apple is actually state-of-the-art there are some lowlife photos that I did find better on the iPhone but not significantly better I would feel that both cameras perform just as great on both devices phone calls are good on both devices as well the iPhone did sound a little better over the earpiece for me but caller said that I sounded exactly the same on both devices on the other end so I would call this even for both now the iPhone has a speaker that's second only to HTC's boomsound for speaker phone calls and for music sadly the g2 has a very bad speaker it's very tinny and it's just the feature that I would not recommend you use on this phone so bottom line iPhone 5s or LG g2 I'll try to make this easy for you I'd rather you select the platform that you prefer whether it's iOS or Android I mean in my case in the past I would select iOS because the iPhone took better photos and it had a more reliable experience but when you use the g2 you'll notice that you get a great camera that the user experience is very reliable as long as you install a third-party launcher so let's just say that you have two very solid performers you can pick from either of the platforms that you want I'd call the g2 a gamers best friend or for anybody that's interested in heavy multimedia use there is definitely no compromise here and if you prefer to stay on the Android echo system this is your best choice obviously if you don't mind the big package and on the other hand I'd call the iPhone everybody's best friend since it can handle games it can handle multimedia with ease there is no compromise on your experience with iOS here and you don't have to have a monster phone in order to get this experience which is sadly the problem with Android for most people regardless of what you pick I am sure you're going to be a happy customer with either of these two phones that's it for today's comparison thank you very much for watching please let us know in the comments down below which device are you picking or did you pick that you get the LG g2 or the iPhone 5s you'd also leave us a comment if you have any particular question about these phones as well and please subscribe to our youtube channel and also follow us on social media you can follow me on Twitter and Jaime underscore Iveta again thank you very much for watching I'm Hanna Rivera please give this video thumbs up if you like what you saw and we will see you tomorrow for more coverage