I was really excited about this phone but everything I thought was going to be good has proved just average or poor. Camera mean to be great but actually only OK. Build quality actually very poor. The B and O DAC not really being much better then the phone one (this is a strong point tbf) because of software limitations. In short I can't see why anyone would buy this over a HTC 10, S7/edge or iPhone 6S. Even the removable battery is on 2800mah for a high resolution display. The only was I would buy this is if all of the friends were included but at moment we get headphones where American carriers have been giving away the camera or the B and O DAC! I'll vote hot because it is a good deal (point of this site) but the G5 is freezing cold for me and that's from someone who liked look of it! Plus that Andorid skin...oh my god!

The camera is on a rough par with the S7, and it's definitely much better than phone cameras from 2-2.5 years ago. It's also supposed to be at least as good as the G4 camera - is that seriously only "OK" nowadays? There's only so much you can do in a smartphone, you "cannae change the laws of physics" :wink: There's still plenty that can be done, I just temper my expectations of what a mobile phone can do, and frankly nowadays most flagships have pretty good cameras.

I'm not sure what the B&O DAC can genuinely bring to the table in all honest; most built-in DACs today are perfectly decent and besides that, it's a mobile phone that you'll often use for playing music when you're out and about, not sitting in a quiet environment listening to music critically. If you have high impedance 'phones then you should probably be using an external DAC with its own battery anyway.

You can change the launcher/theme whenever you want, and to be honest LG's latest iteration isn't the worst thing out there anyway - although I did change mine to Nova pretty much straight away. But the point is that you can easily do something like that and make it suit you.

I may be wearing different glasses from you, because for me the G5 is a better choice than the S7 or the M10 for a few reasons; there's no "absolute best" phone, there is however "the best phone for you". Had the V10 been easily available, I would probably have chosen that instead.

No it's not a brilliant design, but at least they did something different - I'm bored of all the "oh look, we've put in a new CPU, more pixels and some extra case design tweaks" handsets that have been coming out lately, the market needs something genuinely different, so well done LG and keep working on it!

If you're in the market for this handset, I think its a hot deal. If you're in the market for the best Android handset, I'm not sure this is for you.

I was really excited about this phone but everything I thought was going to be good has proved just average or poor. Camera mean to be great but actually only OK. Build quality actually very poor. The B and O DAC not really being much better then the phone one (this is a strong point tbf) because of software limitations. In short I can't see why anyone would buy this over a HTC 10, S7/edge or iPhone 6S. Even the removable battery is on 2800mah for a high resolution display. The only was I would buy this is if all of the friends were included but at moment we get headphones where American carriers have been giving away the camera or the B and O DAC! I'll vote hot because it is a good deal (point of this site) but the G5 is freezing cold for me and that's from someone who liked look of it! Plus that Andorid skin...oh my god!

I think the phone is really good but to be fair I am a light user and came from the G2. Have to admit I'm still waiting to find a great setting for
the camera. I didn't my it for the module concept either. just like LG stuff and not to have a galaxy or iPhone like most people

HEAT!

Price & no upfront fee for handset V an iBone.. brilliant!

Actual LG G5 handset.. pure toot with design from the 80's ;-(

Lets hope they pull out all the stops on the LG G6 as the LG G4 is still
the handset to own and with latest Marshmallow on it, smooth as silk!

If you are going to dump this much dosh on a bit of kit, choose the S7E
or even the HTC 10, which unusually for HTC is a blinder of a smartphone..

Only an opinion, so no need for the iBone gang to start flaming the thread or
take me round the back of the bike sheds to duff me up ;-)

yep...i own both iPhone and Android and both are great for different reasons but I'm of the same feelings as you regarding the G5

Not the reviews I've read and watched...very positive on the whole for first time since M8

http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g5-bang-and-olufsen-dac-review-686953/

I always prefer to have a hands on but in general i think the G4 had good reviews but the design polarised opinions. It also has a very good screen to bezel ratio. I don't own it so better off checking the reviews out which have generally said it is a good phone but can't hold up against S7 and iPhone 6S or the new HTC.

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/htc-10-review/


"Should you get it?
Because it falls in the same price range as the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5, I expected the HTC 10 to deliver the same sort of performance as its fellow Android competitors. While I give it major props for its superb audio quality (seriously, I've never nodded my head to music being played by a phone as strongly as when I was using HTC BoomSound) and handsome good looks, I hesitate to recommend it as anyone's top choice.

For the same price you can get the Galaxy S7, which is also beautifully designed and water resistant. There's also the G5, which beats the 10 in battery life (plus you can replace the battery with its unique modular design if need be).

And while the Google Nexus 6P didn't edge out the 10 in our benchmark tests, it costs about $100 less, has a comparable battery life and gets software updates from Google as soon as they're available.

The mobile landscape is as cutthroat as they come. Despite the HTC 10 being a solid device, it simply doesn't have enough to carry it over the top. So unless you're a diehard music lover, skip the 10 for something better."

Agree totally that the new dual camera idea is really nice but the reviews outside of DXmark have generally said not as good as S7 and 6S, probably about the same if not slightly less good then HTC outside of the wide angle feature which is really good. I am glad you're happy with your purchase. It is just mainly I had really high hopes that have been let down by a fair few flagships but this especially. Currently swapping between iPhone 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and OnePlus 2. All of these had good and bad points but none of the flagships have enough to make me upgrade. If the S7 Edge had stereo speakers it would probably be my choice and first Samsung in years. now for the first time in ages as touchwiz is finally not so bad. Really like how HTC have worked with Google on creating a phone without loads of bloat and with mixture of stock android apps and their own but think battery will let it down plus would have liked to see waterproofing. You are right...maybe I'm being a bit harsh on the G5 but it is because it promised so much!