After knowing the complaints of the users, the company decided to go on the drawing board and this year LG launched the upgraded version G Flex2. This phone is smaller than its previous variant and has a 1080p display. Apart from this, many more improvements have been made in the handset. For example, self-healing coating has been used in the back of the phone. The Gorilla Glass Screen Protection is better in this handset. Apart from this, G Flex2 is the first smartphone to use the latest and best Octa-Core 64-BIT SOC, Snapdragon 810 processor of Qualcomm. Is LG G Flex2 a better Curvy version? Let’s know.
Look and design
Like the old version, the design of the G Flex2 is also very unique and the credit goes to Karvi Style. During the review, we found that after seeing this phone, people were forced to reversed i.e. the handset worked to awaken. Especially the flamingo red color handset, which we got for review. By the way, the phone is also available in silver color. G Flex2 is more light, slim, compact compared to the old version, it can be used with the same hand. However, this does not mean that this phone is more favorable to operate one hand.
LG has used the self-healing coating (G Flex also had this feature) in the back of the phone, that is, after scratching the body, it heals on its own. Due to the slim texture of this coating, we lost the grip of this phone many times. LG claims that the self-healing feature works in just 10 seconds. If there is a scratch on the room temperature, it will recover in 10 seconds. This is much less than the 3 -minute rating of G Flex. We also looked at the back of the phone and it improved very soon, but the claim of 10 seconds is no less than an exaggeration.
Applying pressure on the rear side of the phone led to G Flex2 bend and returned to its original shape faster than the previous variants. Like LG G2, G3 and G Flex, the power button in the G Flex2 is also made in the middle of the volume control button in the rear side. The taxcher pattern of the volume button is quite different from the power button, due to which it becomes easier to identify them. Tectical feedback is also quite good. The primary camera is built on top of it. It is accompanied by dual LED flash and laser autofocus window.
The front part of the phone has a 700mm radius curve, while the rear side grip has a radius currency of 650mm. The G Flex 2 has a 5.5 -inch screen and the company has given an onscreen button to navigate in the operating system. The earpiece, LED indicator, front camera and ambient light sensor are built above the display.
Specifications and software
Powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core Processor has been used in the phone. It also supports four Arm Cortex-A53 core 1.5GHz and four Cortex-A57 core 2GHz. Adreno 430 GPU is also part of SOC. The G Flex2 model available in India comes with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. According to the company, storage can be increased to 2 TB via microSD card. There is no need to be very excited about this feature, because only up to 128 GB microSD cards are available in the market.
The phone has many types of sensors, such as accelerometer, gyroscopes, proximity sensor and a compass. No support for 4G networks available on 2300mHz band is the biggest flaw of this phone. For this reason, most 4G networks in India cannot be accessed through this phone. In terms of connectivity, the phone has support for Wi-Fi A/B/G/N/AC, Bluetooth V4.1 with Aptx and Infrared LG. LG has used a 13 -megapixel rear camera. This optical image comes with stabilization. Support of laser autofocus and dual LED flash is also available for primary camera. After turning the phone, you will find that there is a 2.1 megapixel camera in the front of the phone. LG was compulsory to reduce the size and capacity of the battery due to the compact body. The G Flex 2 has a 3000mAh battery, while in the previous variants it was 3500mAh. The 5.5-inch P-ULED panel of the phone is 1080p. The latest handset screen is more crisp and vibrant than G Flex. The content gets a 3D look to some extent due to the screen curve. The experience of watching videos, reading long articles and playing games on curved screen is fantastic. This is the real advantage of having a curved screen. Viewing angles are also excellent and in the sun also there is less reflection on the phone.
G Flex 2 runs on Google’s Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system and LG has used its custom UI over it. Custom UI is very clean and its look is flat, but it is not like Android Lollipop in any way. LG has kept the unwanted blotware low, which is excellent. A software feature named Glance gives users the facility to view the status bar and recent notifications by swip down on the top of the screen even after the phone is locked. Knockcode (Customized Code to unlock the phone) and Knockon (tap twice to activate the screen), these features were already launched by LG in their phone, these handsets are also available.
Camera
Surprising everyone, LG has removed many features from the default camera app, now only three modes are available- Auto, Panorama and Dual. Through the dual mode app, both users can create a picture in image by using the camera once, but it is not innovative.
The 13 -megapixel camera captures photos with details and natural colors are enhanced. It focuses on the subject very fast. However, it is possible that some people do not see the pictures colorful according to their desire. We saw the barrel distortion around the agage, which was very disappointing. The HDR mode does the best job of protecting the image from over exposes in bright light.
In low light, the rear camera works well. We took some detail shots, but the camera failed to reduce the noise. OIS works to help. The OIS system is perfectly useful to protect the moving video from shooting. The quality of the 4K video we shot was excellent, but regrettably the camera clip limits the length 5 minutes. The quality of a selfie taken from the 2.1 -megapixel front camera was average. However, you can make your picture more beautiful through these built beauty mode.
Performance
In view of the controversies, we were excited about the Test of Snapdragon 810 SoC. We also found that there is a problem of heating in it. The phone gets hot while performing even a little bit difficult. Even while taking the photo, the upper part of the rear side of the phone becomes hot. In addition, simple tasks such as swiping notifications shade down during processor throtting are intermittently intermittently. There is no scope for such a deficiency in a flagship device.
We have benchmark scores for those who are interested, but do not just go to these figures to estimate the ability of G Flex 2. In the AnTuu and Quadrant Tests, the handset scored 49,882 and 29,223 respectively, which is fantastic. Losing the expectation, the phone scored a score of 17,358 in the 3DMark Ice Storm’s Basic Test.
G Flex2 very easily played our video test file. The quality of the voice on the loudspeaker was less visible. The earnerphs given with the phone makes a good sound and you will not need to replace it. Even during the phone call, the quality of the voice was very good and managed to maintain the phone connection in the Conjasted Network. In the battery test, the phone lasted for 8 hours and 6 minutes, which is less than the performance of G Flex. Perhaps, the company’s decision to use a small battery is wrong. Even during normal use, we found that the battery life was not very good.
Our decision
The effort of LG to create a curved smartphone for common users seems to fail, this time the reason is the performance of the processor. It is not that due to this deficiency, the phone will not get users, but knowing that the price of this phone is around Rs 50,000, such small deficiencies are more.
G Flex2 can be purchased for its uniqueness. Be practically seen, if you are ready to spend so much, then we will suggest that you also check the iPhone 6 or The Samsung Galaxy S6. We would suggest the second version of Galaxy S6 to buy Galaxy S6 Edge as it is a more stable product.