Gadgetory

this is Dan Seifert with The Verge and I'm taking a look at the new LG g4 this is LG's new flagship smartphone for the year obviously her place is AEG three that came before it it looks very similar to the g3 in terms of design it's got the same size screens 5.5 inches same kind of overall shape there's an ever so slightly almost imperceptible curve to the device now whereas the g3 was flat but it's nothing along the lines of the G flex or anything like that so the screen itself is a new what they're calling quantum IPS panel it's a brighter better color reproduction and more efficient than prior screens used by LG and of course LG says it's better than the competition as well as the same q HD resolution so it's 2560 by 1440 pixels it's really bright great viewing angles in this limited time that we've had it really does look nice it's powered by a Snapdragon 808 processor it's got three gigabytes of RAM 32 gigabytes of internal storage LG claims that it is just as fast as the s6 and a whole variety of situations such as opening apps and opening your camera and things like that one of the other big new features in the g4 is the new camera which features a new f1 point eight aperture lens it's the brightest cell phone lens that you can get at this point it's 16 megapixels and resolution it's got a new image sensor in there as well the g4 still has the laser autofocus system that we saw on the g3 but over here on the other side underneath the flash is the new sensor that provides more accurate white balance and better color reproduction LG says that this this is the camera that will actually make you replace your point-and-shoot camera or digital SLR the other thing that LG is really talking about here is the design of the g4 this particular one uses a plastic back with a kind of dimpled finish not too unlike the g3 but LG is also offering an leather back which uses a vegetable tanned finish and stitches and all kinds of stuff to give more of a premium feel as opposed to the metal or glass that every other phone manufacturer is using the back itself is still removable so you can customize the different backs you can take the battery out you can an SD card slot in so the g4 is actually has a lot of features that Samsung has taken out of its most recent phones LG has decided to keep them for this year's model for software the g4 is running android 5.1 lollipop it's still lg's interface and skinning on top of it but the company says that it has removed a lot of duplicate apps most versions will only have one browser which is google chrome and it has a lot of other google apps pre-installed just like most Android phones today as well as integration with Google Drive throughout the calorie app and the music app and other things it still feels and looks a lot like LG's software it really doesn't look too much different than the G flex 2 or the g3 or anything along that line LG says that the g4 will be available in the US by the end of May or early June can expect to see it on all the usual carriers and LG says they'll be priced about the same as the g3