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Android Cellphones Handhelds Upgrades

LG G4 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 808 Benchmarked 45

Posted by samzenpus from the looking-at-the-numbers dept.
MojoKid writes: LG officially lifted the veil on its new G4 flagship Android phone this week and the buzz has been fairly strong. LG's display prowess is well known, along with their ability to pack a ton of screen real estate into a smaller frame with very little bezel, as they did with the previous generation G3. However, what's under the hood of the new LG G4 is probably just as interesting as the build quality and display, for some. On board the LG G4 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, the six-core little brother of the powerful and power-hungry Snapdragon 810 that's found in HTC's One M9. The One M9 is currently one of the fastest Android handsets out there, but its battery life suffers as a result. So with a six-core Snapdragon and a slightly tamer Adreno 418 graphics engine on board, but also with 3GB of RAM, it's interesting to see where the G4 lands performance-wise. It's basically somewhere between the HTC One M9 (Snapdragon 810) and the Snapdragon 805 in the Nexus 6 in CPU bound workloads, besting even the iPhone 6, but much more middle of the pack in terms of graphics and gaming.
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  • But what's really interesting to me is the camera. I'm really interested in seeing that put through its paces.

    • Re:plenty of performance for almost everyone (Score:5, Informative)

      by olsmeister ( 1488789 ) on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:19PM (#49582491)
      It has a removable battery and SD slot. Unless the camera is complete crap (and I'll bet it's not), this is likely my next phone. My old Samsung S3 is getting long in the tooth.
      • I would think it would be at least as good as the G3's which is probably the best in a phone. I upgraded from an S3 to the LG G3 and the camera was a huge upgrade. I like pretty much everything about the LG G3, but it is a downgrade in contrast and color saturation going from OLED to LCD.
      • I understand the camera has RAW support, and manual mode. Sounds like a proper camera, not just a selfie snapper.

        • Re: (Score:1)

          by xyra132 ( 615021 )
          Isn't the raw support more to do with the latest version of android rather than the phone itself? I could well be wrong here, I haven't double checked just thought I heard something like that...

      • Holy crap! A phone that still has a replaceable battery!

        This is definitely my next phone, my GS3 is starting to show its age.

        I really don't give a rats ass about phones being super slim. I want a phone with a user replaceable battery, because they are only good for so many charges and the battery will have to be replaced. I'm already on my second battery in my GS3. Apple's solution of sending in your phone and getting a completely different refurb unit is crap, because you don't know what you are getting. I

    • The camera in this phone definitely interests me. I'm starting to eye replacements for my XPeria Z. Yes, Z, not Z1, Z2 or Z3.

      Colby Brown has a review of this camera, err, phone that you might find interesting. http://www.colbybrownphotograp... [colbybrown...graphy.com]

  • No qwerty slider? (Score:1, Flamebait)

    by taxman_10m ( 41083 )

    Do not want.

    • Do not want.

      One thing I find particularly senseless and counterproductive is removal of *all* physical buttons.

      The older LG G models had a physical center button and capacitive left and right buttons positioned in the same area of the now useless LG logo at the bottom of the screen of the G4. This new arrangement senselessly wastes display real-estate by taking up screen space which now needs to be dedicated to display of virtual buttons.

      Worse than this center button illuminated for notifications.. you were able to se

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by paulhar ( 652995 )

        Except this isn't the case. The G3 uses the same technique (only buttons for power/volume on the back, no buttons on the front).
        For games and apps where you want the extra real estate, go into Settings->Display->Home touch buttons.
        Then click on 'Hide Home touch buttons'. A list of all your apps will appear, just tick away.

        Then when you're in an app you've done this with the bottom buttons will vanish but will re-appear when you slide your finger from the bottom/side of the screen where they normally a

        • Except this isn't the case. The G3 uses the same technique (only buttons for power/volume on the back, no buttons on the front).
          For games and apps where you want the extra real estate, go into Settings->Display->Home touch buttons.
          Then click on 'Hide Home touch buttons'. A list of all your apps will appear, just tick away.

          Then when you're in an app you've done this with the bottom buttons will vanish but will re-appear when you slide your finger from the bottom/side of the screen where they normally are. For me, it's intuitive.

          I was referring to older models and apologize for "any buttons" what I really meant was the front buttons for navigating the UI not literally a total lack of any physical buttons.

          It is true that anyone can adapt to anything and be happy with it yet my point is the change is not for the better... it doesn't accomplish anything other than requiring people to go through unnecessary hoops. It is a step backwards not forwards.

      • As a G3 owner, I can tell you that there's very useful finger real-estate at the bottom bezel for buttons. Also, as a 16:9 device, you're not really losing any useful space to them when they're "on screen" as that's a fucked up aspect ratio for any kind of real work - way too long and narrow.

        And, fwiw, there is still a fully customizable, full color notification light - it's in the upper left corner. I thought I'd really like having it, but I've turned it off. It mattered back when I only got a couple calls

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by Rob Y. ( 110975 )

          I have a G2 - also a really nice device. But the notification light is so bright, it lights up the whole bedroom at night. If anybody reading this knows of a way to dim it (not just mute it at night), please comment.

      • Other manufacturers are doing away with physical buttons as well.

        For example, my first Sony, an Xperia X10, had 3 physical buttons at the bottom. So did my next Sony, Xperia Arc.

        Then my current Xperia ZL has no buttons on the front, just capacitive ones.

        You get used to it though, and never miss them after a few weeks of adjusting.

    • Do not want.

      Not sure why you got modded down, you made a valid point. Android used to be all about getting whichever phone had the features that best suited your needs. Now every flagship phone without a fruit on the back, is a freakin' phablet.

  • So with a six-core Snapdragon and a slightly tamer Adreno 418 graphics engine on board...

    Fantastic! So does this mean we'll finally get smooth scrolling?

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