User Review History
metropical's review of the LG G4 (GSM)
original version, submitted Oct 30, 2016, 8:59 PM:
good phone for the $
I came from an HTC M7. I'd have gone for the M9, but there wasn't much improvement. Same with the somewhat later M10. HTC is a better build, but this is very nice. Like all current high end phones, it's too big for my taste. The M7 was just right. This is a good sounding phone with solid reception. Fast WiFI switching. Plenty of storage space, though I added 32G. Decent sounding audio for music playback, as long as your source isn't less than 320kb. The screen and camera are very good. The plastic back scared me, having come from all metal. So I bought a .3MM case. Removable batt is nice, but I always have a charger and cable and wall current available. Battery life is good. 12 hours with lots of screen time. The touchscreen has always had an intermittency issue. Matter fact the mobo just blew out and I sent back to LG for in warrantee repair/replacement, even though it is out of warrantee. Even with that, I think it's a pretty good phone. I rooted and unlocked and put a de-bloated ROM to it. That helps it perform marginally better.
edited Jul 21, 2017, 9:04 PM to the current version:
good phone for the $
I came from an HTC M7. I'd have gone for the M9, but there wasn't much improvement. Same with the somewhat later M10.
HTC is a better build, but this is pretty good.
Like all current high end phones, it's too big for my taste. The M7 was just right.
This is a good sounding phone with solid reception.
Fast WiFI switching.
Plenty of storage space, though I added 32G. Decent sounding audio for music playback, as long as your source isn't less than 320kb.
The screen and camera are very good.
The plastic back scared me, having come from all metal.
So I bought a .3MM case.
Removable batt is nice, but I always have a charger and cable and wall current available.
Battery life is good. 12 hours with lots of screen time.
The touchscreen has always had an intermittency issue.
Matter fact the mobo just blew out and I sent back to LG for in warrantee repair/replacement, even though it is out of warrantee.
I rooted and unlocked and put a de-bloated ROM to it. That helps it perform marginally better.
A year after the factory refurb. I think I'd have a tough time buying anymore LG product. Touch screen is peeling. Phone runs hot often.
Needs a daily restart and weekly cache wipe for it to function as well as the HTC M7.
Yea, that's right, the M7.
Although I have 120 apps, over 60 are Greenified. Mostly I use for text, email, weather, occasional Chrome and Metal.
woof!
