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Sleeper: LG G2 One of the Fastest Android Smartphones On the Market

Posted by timothy on from the prefers-to-go-by-lucky-goldstar dept.

MojoKid writes "The LG G2 is the follow-up to LG's Optimus G Pro. It's also one of the few smartphones on the market right now powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 quad-core SoC. The G2 sports a 5.2-inch 1080p display, 2GB of RAM and up to 32GB of on board storage. However, the 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chip on board also has Qualcomm's Adreno 330 GPU that even gives NVIDIA's Tegra 4 a run for its money in gaming and graphics performance. Though the G2 has a rather unorthodox volume rocker and power button assembly on the back of the phone, once you get used to the location, it's actually a pretty comfortable control system. What's pretty impressive though is the G2's performance combined with its 3000mAh battery that offers a solid balance of horsepower and battery life and rivals flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple's iPhone 5S."

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  1. Re:Apple Cheating on Benchmarks since 2003 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    So, you are saying that in 2003 (10 years ago) Apple cheated with a pre-release G5 Desktop machine.
    Yet the whole process was documented, including any system level changes they did. Apple was also forth coming that the firm was contracted to do the test.

    Where as today the android makers are NOT documenting things, it took reverse engineering the code to see what they were doing.
    And the independent testers have show that the only players who are NOT currently gaming the system is Apple and Motorola.

    Talk about Apples and Oranges.

  2. I liked my LG by chr1st1anSoldier · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I really liked my LG Optimus L9, i think it was a very solid buy for $200. I had the T-Mobile version (P769n) and couldn't unlock the boot loader, but I did root it. I used a different launcher, removed all of the worthless T-Mobile apps and everything else I didn't need. I ended up with a snappy, responsive phone that had a Galaxy S2 or S3 (don't remember which now) users envious. My mistake was going for one of those confounded WP that T-Mobile gives away for my GF after breaking the screen on her phone. She basically threw it at me so I had to give her my droid and use this WP8 phone. Its..... Its.... Not a day goes by that I look at my old LG and think about stealing my phone back. I've even gone as far as to plot this out. As soon as I'm able I am getting back on Droid and I would like another LG. As I said, I was very happy with my Optimus L9.

  3. Re:No SD, No sell by MastarPete · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think there even is an international version with an SD slot, at least not according to GSMarena. http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-5543.php
    It does support USB OTG, but I agree, SD slot or bust.