great apps and gadgets, but battery and camera are not optimal

great apps and gadgets, but battery and camera are not optimal

LG G3 S Smartphone (12.7 cm (5 inches) HD IPS display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, Android 4.4) titanium black (Wireless Phone)

Customer Review

At one time mobile phones have kept Felt eternities, now need (or want) to have a new smartphone every few months.
The LG comes with a very pleasant landscaped surface, the back feels good and looks like aluminum, but it is not.
The designers have chosen, not as usual to attach the buttons for the volume and power button on the side, but the back of the rear panel. This is very unusual at first, but certainly not so very bad idea. The buttons are so recessed that you can not accidentally press the power button, when used on the device.
The operation is quite simple in theory, because where the buttons are (under the center-mounted camera lens), has mostly anyway positioned one finger when you hold the device in his hand.

Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult for me to find out at the first attempt, on which button my fingertip just lies there. I must always only all sampling, in order to know what I need right now. That takes a long time and is quite impractical, but people with sensitive fingertips can thus perhaps better deal.

The LG has continued with a removable battery and would be lined with a micro-SIM. The connector for the charger cable is at the bottom of the device, which is loaded for use while it is very convenient.

If one then takes the phone into operation, the actual strengths and weaknesses reveal.
Made really great example of the knock-code in which you can get the device through a predetermined sequence of knocks on the display from the stand-by. I think that's really nicely done, to enter more than one number sequence or a pattern on the turned-on display. Because honest people, you can see that. I keep seeing people enter their pattern when really sure I do not feel that it can be described as the third party to easily recognize.
The Knock Code, however, is running on the off-screen, which is in itself very unobtrusive and it works pretty well. Should it nevertheless five times have been entered incorrectly, a previously chosen himself PIN is requested, with which one can still unlock your device. The usual methods such as pattern or PIN of course also work, as well as face recognition.
Is solved nice that the Entsperrmethode you can only change that alternatives ever only be seen after you have successfully entered the current Knock Code. This creates additional security.

Ever offer pre-installed components of the software here the big plus. So there is an example app that you can replace the remote control for various devices. So TV and BluRay player were easily recognized and I need now only the cell phone in order to operate both devices. Unfortunately, the receiver could not be recognized, but if I want to see only a DVD, it's a nice relief. Also you can save in this app several rooms, so that the operation of different devices is possible.

There is also a memo app when you can write with your finger. This is due to the small size of the display and the corresponding limitation on little text indeed only a besssere gimmick, but I find it nice.

Unfortunately done very bad the camera. I have not been able even to shoot a really great image. Outdoors in natural light as possible, but once you're in artificially lit interiors, cares about the quality rapidly. Nevertheless, is well done, the camera automatically triggers in a few key words, so you can place the phone and take pictures virtually by acoustic remote release. Unfortunately, consoles me that does not hide the fact that the images of normal camera only moderately and the front camera, are very very grainy and noisy.

The battery life could also be better. Although I've had some smart phones in their hands, have not covered itself with glory in the reference, but also some that could have much longer maturities. So you have the LG example after a few hours when the phone has been used for games already recharging. To this end, I have to say that I mean all the screens always quite bright hiring (between 60 and 70% brightness). If you like it dark like, is thus longer get along with the battery charge.

Other services are okay, the games run smoothly and also surfing the Internet works without slow load times.
The integrated keyboard is again simultaneously good and bad. Very good, because they both letters, and in a small series about making all the numbers simultaneously operate. Bad because the text input is very slow until a proposal emerges, one has already written more. Also I find the service not quite as comfortable, but that's probably more of a subjective problem.

Overall, a visually beautiful mobile phone that brings some great gadgets as Apps or within the apps, that with me but can not score by the camera and battery life.

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