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I am a big Nexus phone fan, having owned all four of them so far the past few years, but I am an even bigger fan of huge batteries and long battery life in my smartphone.
I was super excited when the G2 came out, knowing that the Nexus 5 would be based off it. Well now the rumors show the N5 having a small 2,300mAh battery, no GRAM, a lesser quality screen display compared to the G2's. Looks like the N5 battery life will be on par with the HTC One or so, I will just get the G2 instead, root it, and install CM10.3. I want a phone I can hammer on all day long, and still have juice left for going out at night, and not having to baby the battery. Only phones that can confidently do that are the Androids with 3,000mAh + size batteries, like the Note 2, Note 3, Moto MAXX.
Do you think the G2 will have a long last development group, and get a ROM port from the Nexus 5, just like the HTC One and Galaxy S4 carrier phones get the ROM's from GPE phones ?
nexus phone are nice but I notice that nexus phones that are made by Samsung and LG have lower specs than there flagship phones.
I would say you shouldn't have anything to worry about. My last phone was an LG Nitro HD with a small community for a phone that basically bombed and we still had official CM, Avatar, and others. No reason to believe that this beast won't get the same in due time. In fact, this community is growing so rapidly, it will soon overtake the Nitro forum and that phone came out in 2011! There is no way this isn't getting major dev love.
By the way, Thanks Devs!
Check out the Optimus G Pro forum if you want to feel better. Even though it only got released in parts of Asia, and with a locked boot loader on AT&T in the US, there's now a rich selection of AOSP base roms available. The G2 will have a MUCH larger user base. So it's only a matter of time. Until then, you might even find the LG skin to be tolerable. After some mods, I actually liked the stock rom on the OGP.
I dont mind stock rom anymore
Nova launcher and Widget locker made things better for me
very stable no lag what so ever so far for me
Im running clean rom
i get 5 hrs easy with normal web browsing/texting
I can get easy 3 1/2 screen time with 2 hours tethering :good:
This thing lasts all day, never really heats up ( i can play modern combat 4 for 30 minutes without it getting super hot)
Get the g2, it will beat the nexus 5 for SURE
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I am a big Nexus phone fan, having owned all four of them so far the past few years, but I am an even bigger fan of huge batteries and long battery life in my smartphone.
I was super excited when the G2 came out, knowing that the Nexus 5 would be based off it. Well now the rumors show the N5 having a small 2,300mAh battery, no GRAM, a lesser quality screen display compared to the G2's. Looks like the N5 battery life will be on par with the HTC One or so, I will just get the G2 instead, root it, and install CM10.3. I want a phone I can hammer on all day long, and still have juice left for going out at night, and not having to baby the battery. Only phones that can confidently do that are the Androids with 3,000mAh + size batteries, like the Note 2, Note 3, Moto MAXX.
Do you think the G2 will have a long last development group, and get a ROM port from the Nexus 5, just like the HTC One and Galaxy S4 carrier phones get the ROM's from GPE phones ?
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Yes. The G2 is LG's flagship phone.
If the N5 doesn't have the nice big 3,000mAh battery I will get the G2 instead.
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Zorachus said:
If the N5 doesn't have the nice big 3,000mAh battery I will get the G2 instead.
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It's almost certain that the nexus 5 WON'T have the same 3000 mah battery as the G2, it's a smaller phone so there's less room to acomodate the battery, I would be "ok" with a 2600 battery , but a 2300 would be a total deal breaker for me, let's hope google is listening to our complains (one can only wish) :crying:
LG doesn't care how much lower end it will be because they know it will sell in droves just like the iPhone does, lg could stick a single core chip and a 1500mah battery in it and people will still line up to buy it.
RAVPOWER is the answer to your battery concerns -10000 or 15000 mah for $30 -$45
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The Nexus Five will be pure 4.4
It will be better software and better ROMs.
The G2 will be better battery but the N5 battery might be very good. Looks like google has done a lot of battery tweaks to the core services in 4.4. Plus the smaller screen and less bloatware battery life might not be too different.
The G2 will get ROMs but will likely all ways be months behind the Nexus. Hell, the galaxy nexus from 2011 runs pure 4.3.
Camera is still an unkown, 8MP is enough.
currentsupply said:
The Nexus Five will be pure 4.4
It will be better software and better ROMs.
The G2 will be better battery but the N5 battery might be very good. Looks like google has done a lot of battery tweaks to the core services in 4.4. Plus the smaller screen and less bloatware battery life might not be too different.
The G2 will get ROMs but will likely all ways be months behind the Nexus. Hell, the galaxy nexus from 2011 runs pure 4.3.
Camera is still an unkown, 8MP is enough.
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So if we get this 4.4 to LG G2 we end up with !"#"!#%"no words"#!¤"#¤ battery?
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So if we get this 4.4 to LG G2 we end up with !"#"!#%"no words"#!¤"#¤ battery?
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It's going to get it eventually, question is, how long will it take.
I'm still hung up about the locked bootloader. It was such a hindrance on my Bionic that I sold it and bought a Galaxy Nexus. I know there are already custom 4.2.2 roms for the G2, but without the ability to load optimized kernels, I'm just not sure. I'm sure devs will come up the 4.3 and 4.4 roms in time so that doesn't bother me.
I've read that TWRP is available, and that is great, Can one easily boot into it to do backups/restores/flashes like I do on my GNex or does the locked bootloader interfere with that? What are the other downsides of a locked bootloader?
Zorachus said:
I am a big Nexus phone fan, having owned all four of them so far the past few years, but I am an even bigger fan of huge batteries and long battery life in my smartphone.
I was super excited when the G2 came out, knowing that the Nexus 5 would be based off it. Well now the rumors show the N5 having a small 2,300mAh battery, no GRAM, a lesser quality screen display compared to the G2's. Looks like the N5 battery life will be on par with the HTC One or so, I will just get the G2 instead, root it, and install CM10.3. I want a phone I can hammer on all day long, and still have juice left for going out at night, and not having to baby the battery. Only phones that can confidently do that are the Androids with 3,000mAh + size batteries, like the Note 2, Note 3, Moto MAXX.
Do you think the G2 will have a long last development group, and get a ROM port from the Nexus 5, just like the HTC One and Galaxy S4 carrier phones get the ROM's from GPE phones ?
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It never was based off of the G2 in the first place. Other than they both use the Snapdragon 800 chip there is nothing in common at all between the G2 and N5. It is just hopeless fan boys who expected LG to just do a copy+paste from the G2 to make the N5 and assume the exact same specs would appear except the N5 would be stock android. Oh well.
In response to OP, absolutely, the G2 is a beast of a phone, highly unlikely that the N5 will touch it in terms of hardware spec and actual real world performance.
almahix said:
I'm still hung up about the locked bootloader. It was such a hindrance on my Bionic that I sold it and bought a Galaxy Nexus. I know there are already custom 4.2.2 roms for the G2, but without the ability to load optimized kernels, I'm just not sure. I'm sure devs will come up the 4.3 and 4.4 roms in time so that doesn't bother me.
I've read that TWRP is available, and that is great, Can one easily boot into it to do backups/restores/flashes like I do on my GNex or does the locked bootloader interfere with that? What are the other downsides of a locked bootloader?
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I would also like to know the answer to this.
Hi all,
I'm considering getting me the LG G2 (D802), and have 3 questions.
1: How is the camera if you compare Nexus 5?
2: Can you get Google now on it (so I can say "ok Google")
3: How is the battery life on it if you compare Nexus 5?
Going to buy the phone next week, and it stands between Nexus 5 and G2.
So do you have any up and down as you want to share too so you are welcome to write!
Thanks for advance!
/ / Pat
devideorg said:
Hi all,
I'm considering getting me the LG G2 (D802), and have 3 questions.
1: How is the camera if you compare Nexus 5?
2: Can you get Google now on it (so I can say "ok Google")
3: How is the battery life on it if you compare Nexus 5?
Going to buy the phone next week, and it stands between Nexus 5 and G2.
So do you have any up and down as you want to share too so you are welcome to write!
Thanks for advance!
/ / Pat
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1. Well, it got more MP's than Nexus 5, and I do assume ( my personal opinion though ), that G2 has a slightly better camera, expecially if you root it and install one of the 2 "edited" camera apks, either xdabbeb's or jishnu's ... Gives it a slight edge over the stock camera, faster shutter speeds, faster focus, better low light shots etc ...
2. Not sure about that, some1 else will have to answer that instead of me ...
3. Battery life is as good as it can get ... I can EASILY get 2 days out of it with 6-7h of screen time, got multiple screenshots posted on LG G2 owners site on G+ to proove that aswell ... I am rooted though, on a stock and debloated ROM ...
lg g2 is a better nexus 5, the nexus 5 is based on the lg g2 lg even make the nexus 5, the camera is primarily what is better 13mp and it gets everything 4.2.2 jelly bean gets so a quick google would be better than looking here. i have one, get it over the nexus 5 itll be getting kit kat 4.4 soon anyway and is cheap £150 off on amazon. dont bother flashing another rom on it btw because lg hasnt bloated it much and even the bloat ware is uninstalled or usefull
tnx for the rplys!
Well im a taxi driver in sweden so the new google now is really importent so i don't need to pick up the phone when im driving to get to navigation
devideorg said:
tnx for the rplys!
Well im a taxi driver in sweden so the new google now is really importent so i don't need to pick up the phone when im driving to get to navigation
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you dont need google now then, even though it has it (just checked) you want to use google maps/navigation which has that feature
lionheart2092 said:
you dont need google now then, even though it has it (just checked) you want to use google maps/navigation which has that feature
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well i want that to just say from the homescreen, "ok google, where is :streetname:" bla bla, seems cool imo but think im gonna go with the G2 anyway cuz of the 32 GB vs 16GB on nexus =/
devideorg said:
Hi all,
I'm considering getting me the LG G2 (D802), and have 3 questions.
1: How is the camera if you compare Nexus 5?
2: Can you get Google now on it (so I can say "ok Google")
3: How is the battery life on it if you compare Nexus 5?
Going to buy the phone next week, and it stands between Nexus 5 and G2.
So do you have any up and down as you want to share too so you are welcome to write!
Thanks for advance!
/ / Pat
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I had a Nexus 5 for about 10 days and returned it for an LG G2 and am very happy I did. Here are my answers to your question, my opinion of course.
1. I think the camera is better. Better low light shots and in general it seemed to focus sharper and faster. That said it does have an issue I'm hoping gets fixed in the next patch where it kind of hunts on the focus while shooting video.
2. If you press the Google search box that is installed by default on the home screen it will respond to voice commands but not simply from the home screen like the Nexus 5. There is at least 2 kit katt roms that are available and have google now tho if that is important to you.
3. The G2's battery life is leaps ahead of the Nexus 5. I can get 4.5 hours of screen on time with very heavy usage on the G2easily with 30-40% battery left. My Nexus 5 was dead before dinner every day even with as little as 1.5 hours of screen on time. Part of the problem for me is I live in a very bad area for signal at the moment as they are working on the towers. The G2 seems to have no trouble with poor signal where as the Nexus chews through battery at an insane rate in a poor signal area.
Again the above are only my opinions but I've had an S4, Note3, Nexus 5 and now the G2 all in the past 8 months and the G2 is my favorite by far. Glad I gave it a shot as I almost passed it up having never owned an LG phone before.
Doomhamma said:
1. Well, it got more MP's than Nexus 5, and I do assume ( my personal opinion though ), that G2 has a slightly better camera, expecially if you root it and install one of the 2 "edited" camera apks, either xdabbeb's or jishnu's ... Gives it a slight edge over the stock camera, faster shutter speeds, faster focus, better low light shots etc ...
2. Not sure about that, some1 else will have to answer that instead of me ...
3. Battery life is as good as it can get ... I can EASILY get 2 days out of it with 6-7h of screen time, got multiple screenshots posted on LG G2 owners site on G+ to proove that aswell ... I am rooted though, on a stock and debloated ROM ...
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I have to ask how are people getting 2 days with 6-7 hours of screen time on their G2's. I am running flex rom with furnace kernel, have screen at 50% and can never get more than a day with 5 hours of screen time. Am I just not getting the battery times that others are or are some of these claims inflated?
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I had a Nexus 5 for about 10 days and returned it for an LG G2 and am very happy I did. Here are my answers to your question, my opinion of course.
1. I think the camera is better. Better low light shots and in general it seemed to focus sharper and faster. That said it does have an issue I'm hoping gets fixed in the next patch where it kind of hunts on the focus while shooting video.
2. If you press the Google search box that is installed by default on the home screen it will respond to voice commands but not simply from the home screen like the Nexus 5. There is at least 2 kit katt roms that are available and have google now tho if that is important to you.
3. The G2's battery life is leaps ahead of the Nexus 5. I can get 4.5 hours of screen on time with very heavy usage on the G2easily with 30-40% battery left. My Nexus 5 was dead before dinner every day even with as little as 1.5 hours of screen on time. Part of the problem for me is I live in a very bad area for signal at the moment as they are working on the towers. The G2 seems to have no trouble with poor signal where as the Nexus chews through battery at an insane rate in a poor signal area.
Again the above are only my opinions but I've had an S4, Note3, Nexus 5 and now the G2 all in the past 8 months and the G2 is my favorite by far. Glad I gave it a shot as I almost passed it up having never owned an LG phone before.
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Tnx for all info, well it's gonna be a G2 white 32GB then!
You can get Google now from home screen by installing gel launcher.
Sent from my white LG Nexus 5
Surfman423 said:
I have to ask how are people getting 2 days with 6-7 hours of screen time on their G2's. I am running flex rom with furnace kernel, have screen at 50% and can never get more than a day with 5 hours of screen time. Am I just not getting the battery times that others are or are some of these claims inflated?
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These claims are legitimate. However, I would venture to say that a vast majority of them are on WiFi for a significant period of time, as opposed to mobile data.
My typical usage easily gets me to the end of my day (16 hours or more with 3-4 hours of screen time) with usually 30% left, but I work in a location with horrible reception.
However, on my days off at home and connected to wifi, I've racked up 4.5-5 hours of screen time and I'm at about 60% (sorry, no screen shots) after 16 hours off charger.
So it's definitely possible. I'm stock rooted and debloated, by the way.
I heard it was pretty slow update before for LG, how about now? still that bad?
If LG can update the firmware often, just like Samsung, I will say it's good enough to me.
This is the only reason I haven't decided to get a G2 or Nexus 5.
What exactly are you asking on here?
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I heard it was pretty slow update before for LG, how about now? still that bad?
If LG can update the firmware often, just like Samsung, I will say it's good enough to me.
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I would go LG G2 being that the G2 is essentially a better version of the Nexus 5. Better screen, better battery and better speakers(from my understanding). Also the LG G2 has its own overlay on top of it so you can always mess around with that and see if you like it OR just slap a KitKat ROM on it and have yourself a Nexus experience. The Nexus 5 although I'm sure a great device is only pure android and you can't slap on the G2 like overlay if for whatever reason you wanted to and got bored of Stock Android. All of the Nexus 5 ROMs center around Stock Android and if you ever wanted something flashy as the LG G2s Stock ROM that would be impossible. Hope that helped. Lol
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I'd go with the LG G2 because of the camera and also the bigger screen.
cly1025 said:
I heard it was pretty slow update before for LG, how about now? still that bad?
If LG can update the firmware often, just like Samsung, I will say it's good enough to me.
This is the only reason I haven't decided to get a G2 or Nexus 5.
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If updates are your concern then nexus 5 is your best way to go.LG has nothing to do with updates with that phone all from google itself being stock android.
Oh yea and better camera. Lol. Totally forgot
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cly1025 said:
I heard it was pretty slow update before for LG, how about now? still that bad?
If LG can update the firmware often, just like Samsung, I will say it's good enough to me.
This is the only reason I haven't decided to get a G2 or Nexus 5.
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If you want better hardware The G2. If you want faster software updates the Nexus 5. It's hard to get the best of both worlds. Choose the One that's more important to you.
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I had a N5 before my G2, G2 beats it sir
Nexus 5 is the cheap alternative.
My battery life on the G2 is insane. The N5 battery is quite bad i've heard.
cly1025 said:
If LG can update the firmware often, just like Samsung, I will say it's good enough to me.
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ever asked yourself why Samsung is providing so many updates???
only speaking for myself, but the G2 with 4.2.2 is running pretty smoothly and "LG's Android version" (with LG's UI) is working exceptionally well.
so personally I prefere LG is taking it's time on KK, but the version they realease is as stable as 4.2.2 is now!
Nexus 5
- Better camera software, HDR+ mode takes extremely sharp/colorful pictures that can never be produced on the G2, even with camera mods. This is one of the things I miss most about the Nexus 5. G2 pictures don't have sharp lines and colors are washed out.
- Built in antennas are better, slightly stronger signals, loads webpages/everything much faster.
- Less lag compared to the G2, very zippy and everything runs much faster.
- Better software development, more roms, mods, themes, etcs. Easier to root/flash new roms.
- Stock rom is less bloated, around 285mb vs G2's 2gb rom.
The screen on the Nexus 5 looks really cheap compared to the G2, viewing angles are much worse and you can see the white backlight bleeding all over the screen from an angle. The feel of the nexus is light and overall plasticy and cheap.
The G2 has knock on/off, better battery life by far, and bigger more premium screen.
For me it was important to have battery, better screen and knock on so I went with the G2. Still I'm not entirely satisfied with either phone. LG is also not a very popular phone so resale value and software development is very limited.
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Nexus 5
- Better camera software, HDR+ mode takes extremely sharp/colorful pictures that can never be produced on the G2, even with camera mods. This is one of the things I miss most about the Nexus 5. G2 pictures don't have sharp lines and colors are washed out.
- Built in antennas are better, slightly stronger signals, loads webpages/everything much faster.
- Less lag compared to the G2, very zippy and everything runs much faster.
- Better software development, more roms, mods, themes, etcs. Easier to root/flash new roms.
- Stock rom is less bloated, around 285mb vs G2's 2gb rom.
The screen on the Nexus 5 looks really cheap compared to the G2, viewing angles are much worse and you can see the white backlight bleeding all over the screen from an angle. The feel of the nexus is light and overall plasticy and cheap.
The G2 has knock on/off, better battery life by far, and bigger more premium screen.
For me it was important to have battery, better screen and knock on so I went with the G2. Still I'm not entirely satisfied with either phone. LG is also not a very popular phone so resale value and software development is very limited.
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Coming from the nexus 5 to the g2 I can also chime in here. For starters, its preference, if ya want the stock vanilla android or skinned. Having the nexus 4 and 5 to the g2 I was initially shocked on the aamount of crap on this g2. Nothing a little disabling could take care of, but once ya go vanilla, its mind blowing how much **** a carrier and company can throw on there. That and the amount of Dev support is crazy good.......but that's where it ends.
The g2 is IMO<--- far superior in every other element. The battery is a beast, and that was first on my checklist. Also for some odd reason, I'm having stronger signal on the g2 then I did with the nexus, both WiFi and data signals. The camera, and features, are much much better.
The screen on my n5 seemed washed out, the g2's color reproduction is much more accurate, plus that little extra 5.2"-4.95" is noticeable to me.
I definitely consider the g2 a winner, and it just suits my needs better then the n5 did......and until I/if get annoyed of this lg skin too much, that's when I'll miss the nexus developer side. And as a matter of fact, I'm already eyeing that PA for 803 to flash my tempting needs....Lol
If your absolute need is the latest & constant software update, then you can go for Nexus 5. Spec wise, it does have difference than G2 & on lower end for some parts. Nevertheless, it's an awesome device for pure android experience.
If you don't mind about the software update (which you don't have to, since the JB 4.2.2 implemention is seriously good here) then go for G2. I own one so, it's definitely spot on so far, moving from Samsung after a few generations with it. It's really snappy & no noticeable lag yet. The battery life is very2 impressive for a device this size.
Ultimately, it's up to you to decide. I was on same predicament as you for a couple of months before deciding on which to choose. Whichever you choose, it will be a worthy choice.
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I bought the D802 version of G2, but today i should go for Nexus 5 instead. The development for the G2 is to slow.
I think you should go for LG G2. Battery is amazing.
Lg G2 + CM11 is your solution.
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Lg G2 + CM11 is your solution.
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Then you havent tried Mahdi, CM 11, to much bugs and unstable and bad battery compared to Mahdi ROM with Houstonn kernel.
I'm going the other way, leaving a lg-g2 after 5 months for the nexus 5. What hit me is the size factor. 5" vs 5.2 (or rather 2.72" vs 2.78" wide). That difference is the difference in my hands between one handed use and needing to adjust the phone and use two hands for basic operations. Basically the N5 is as wide as a phone can be for me before it hits phablet level.
Hey guys, I am looking for a new phone and I stopped with lg g2, xiaomi mi3,nexus 5.
I think the g2 is best and the display is big for the size of the phone. I don't like any lag even the slightest lag in a phone. I am gonna buy the phone second hand with warranty and I usually root and install roms after a few months of stock usage. I am gonna use the phone for about 1,5 - 2 years when I get it and I really don't know which one to buy.
Actually I like them all, but the mi3 is too expensive and can only find new ones that are like 80$ more than second hand g2's with warranty and the nexus 5 is good, but weak battery
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Hey guys, I am looking for a new phone and I stopped with lg g2, xiaomi mi3,nexus 5.
I think the g2 is best and the display is big for the size of the phone. I don't like any lag even the slightest lag in a phone. I am gonna buy the phone second hand with warranty and I usually root and install roms after a few months of stock usage. I am gonna use the phone for about 1,5 - 2 years when I get it and I really don't know which one to buy.
Actually I like them all, but the mi3 is too expensive and can only find new ones that are like 80$ more than second hand g2's with warranty and the nexus 5 is good, but weak battery
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I also needed to make the same decision and I finally picked the G2 as it got enough development and the specs are just great for the price.
nexus5 has alot of development but sucks in all the other ways with hardware in my opinion.
Xiaomi mi3, Only a bit of development as Xiaomi isn't the best source releaser and it's kinda huge for its screensize if you compare it to the G2 ain't it?
SO your final pick would probably be the G2 or the N5. But I would personally go for the G2 as the Stock is great and the Camera app is awesome too and the N5 is more like a tester, developer phone so it has really some big ass annoying bugs which you probably don't want. I experienced with my N4 fast draining battery, alot of wifi connection issues. And same goes for almost every nexus device.
So my personal advice is to go with the G2 if you want to live further without much problems and with a long battery life.
And the buttons on the back are damm nice . Plus you got dorimanx kernel with stock roms
I have a n5 and recently bought a g2 mainly for the better camera and battery, however the software imo is a bit lacking and its annoying me to the point where im just going to sell it and keep my n5. Lg's kitkat is simply garbage, its lag city, lg's lollipop isn't available for my phone yet so i have to rely on cm/aosp roms. Since there's so many variations of the g2 not every rom developer supports your phone. I installed around 6 of the most popular roms and found 1 that has all the features i want, gravity box doesn't work on 5.1.1 yet, however i can't get data working on that rom for some reason, seems like the modem isn't compatible with it. So im stuck on kitkat which runs like ****, so i either give up some of the features that i want and run another 5.1.1 rom, or install an older 5.0.2 rom and install gravity box.
Beauty of the n5 is software, every rom works on it, and there's tons of them. There's also a way to stick the g2's battery into it and that's what im going to do once it arrives.
Which g2 model should I look for?
I Am also thinking about meizu m1 note
What's yiur location and network?
If software speed/lag is your deciding factor I'd go with the Nexus 5 everytime. I like LG's 20H firmware but accept that its no where near as fast as 4.4.4 on the Nexus 5. I cant comment on rooted G2 vs rooted N5.
For me, I can live with the speed reduction as the G2 has that killer battery. :angel:
I have looked for a replacement for my old HTC Sensation (running Lollipop) for a long time. I just received a brand new G2 from amazon for $236 yesterday. To me nothing could beat the value new or used right now. I have been impressed with the G2 so far and really look forward to it's reported battery life. I'm just (impatiently) waiting for Tmobile to push out Lollipop to my phone and I'll be totally happy!
I considered the Nexus 5, but used models seemed overpriced and I was concerned about battery life. I also looked at the 1st gen Moto X, but the specs were not quite up to the LG G2 and not a large enough leap from my Sensation. Next up was the OPO, good price but it looked huge for me. A 2nd gen Moto G would have been fine, but no LTE, less phone and similar price to the G2. My big issue with the Nexus, Moto and OPO is that they don't support Tmobile Wifi calling.
My wife got a used Samsung S5. It's decent, but very plastic feeling. The S5 specs are not enough an improvement over the G2 for how I use the phone to warrant the $125+ premium for a used phone.
Pending no stupid tax, and the phone works like I think it should, I can't see trading it out for any current phones.
I am from Bulgaria. Well I will buy either nexus 5 or g2. It depends on which one I will find with more warranty and better condition. Thank you all.
What do you all think? Stilling holding on to the G2 and running strong? With all these shiny new toys released her recently it's got me wanting to upgrade, yet I'm pretty much in the camp of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I've repaired my G2 now a few times and still come out on top. Who else has had really great success with these phones and still loves rocking the G2 even though it's over two years old now?
Definetly holding on.
Wont let go of back buttons and a phone that fits so well for one handed use. Perfect body ratio and screen dimensions for my needs and of course a battery life that to this day can compete with the latest flagships.
The G5? I'm alright. In my eyes, not worthy to pay all that extra $ when nothing much has changed since 2013.
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The G5? I'm alright. In my eyes, not worthy to pay all that extra $ when nothing much has changed since 2013.
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i agree, although i like the camera hardware on g5 which is way ahead G2 (but still not much ahead of g4)
i also agree on the part about the back buttons... i don't get why they abandoned this? it's more ergonomic with the back buttons...
and the bezel to screen ratio goes down again (g2 still has the highest screen to bezel ratio of any g-series devices)
would rather buy LG Xcam than g5...
the force is still strong in g2... does everything i need very well even today...
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What do you all think? Stilling holding on to the G2 and running strong? With all these shiny new toys released her recently it's got me wanting to upgrade, yet I'm pretty much in the camp of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I've repaired my G2 now a few times and still come out on top. Who else has had really great success with these phones and still loves rocking the G2 even though it's over two years old now?
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The LG G2's SoC is still a better performer than pretty much all budget and mid-range smartphones of 2015. You got a decent 1080p screen, battery life, and it does not get hot like the G3. The G2 does have significant flaws. The GPS has weak reception, and I personally don't like the camera much because it often takes ages to auto-focus, if it can at all. There is likely no official marshmallow update, although there are a few well established AOSP ROMs like CM13. I applied the cardboard fix to the GPS problem (dunno if it works), installed the stripped down D800 lollipop ROM, boosted the sound, and passed the phone to my dad who only really cares about having big screen and loud sound.
Now that the galaxy s7 is out, I'll be looking for an s6 in a few months when prices go down. As much as I like the g2, the horrible gps and mediocre camera ruin it for me - those two things don't seem that important until you really need them. Plus, it's 2016, time to get a phone with a fingerprint scanner.
The only real upgrade for G2 is a SD820 based phone. Sadly, the majority of announced ones are too gimmicky. X performance and Le max pro seem promising but I bet on new nexuses and Motorola. So, that's one more year of g2 rocking.
Still waiting for Vivo XPlay 5 to be released. I also hope, that some other "Chinese" bands will release something new. I'm not really up to changing my LG G2 with decent hardware, support and battery into some crappy LG G5 with that crappy battery and "fancy" modules. Also bye bye back buttons. Perhaps ASUS will release something new with back buttons again, but based on some newer Intel chipset or S820 with battery at least 4000 mAh.
If nothing will be as good as LG G2 was back then, I'm not even thinking about any changes.
I will definitely buy a G5 this summer, but my g2 will stay strong in my gf's hands.
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What do you all think? Stilling holding on to the G2 and running strong? With all these shiny new toys released her recently it's got me wanting to upgrade, yet I'm pretty much in the camp of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I've repaired my G2 now a few times and still come out on top. Who else has had really great success with these phones and still loves rocking the G2 even though it's over two years old now?
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Me, G2 still beat many mid-range phones. Plus, flasholic like me couldn't stand buy a phone then found out that I cant even root it.
I do agree that there hasn't really been anything that has exploded the scene for android phones. I think there is more competition in the race to the bottom with decently priced "mid-range" phones. Pretty excited about the finger print sensor but contactless payments and the added security are really the only reason's I'd argue to upgrade. You know "knock-on-wood" that my phone still stays strong as it's been a great device. Having awesome Devs to upgrade to CM13 and get all the extra software features is awesome!
I am . Not going on another phone ,not now ,I don't really need a fingerprint scanner (to be honest how many ppls are using it ?) ,camera is still doing a great job (don't have any problems with autofocus at all ,maybe in low light condition ) ,battery is still awesome even after 1 year and half of use (still last 1 day with medium use) ,and looking great (just trying to get new cases)
Me too! Not been impressed with the G5 so far. Will still read the reviews and try it out but taller than the G4 with a smaller screen and smaller battery... no thanks. If only they made the G2 again but with the G5 build materials and latest SoC then it would've been perfect for me.
Tried the S7 today but wasn't all that impressed for some reason. Dislike shiny glass back and prefer customisable on-screen buttons.
Hopes resting on the Huawei P9 that is supposed to be 5.2". Hopefully slightly smaller than the P8 with a larger battery.
I'm tying to justify replacing my 2 years old G2 but it appears to be a tough job..
ROM: SRKG2-300
Launcher: Nova Prime. The phone is very smooth.
Battery: About 45 hours with 3-4 SOT which is more than enough for me.
Camera: I'm using Xdabbeb's driver so I have 120FPS slow motion and also 4K recording. I also purchased Xcam LG Settings which is awesome too.
So..basically the main reason I want to upgrade is to have manual controls in the camera (specifically long exposure).
With that in mind, I don't really like the G5.. I don't like the design, the smaller battery, the big size (for the screen) and the HUGE BEZELS.
I kinda liked the V10 but the 808 SOC seems stupid when the 820 is about 50% more efficient.
I did look at the Mi5 which looks awesome but I'm waiting to see the camera review of this phone..
All in all, the G2 is holding strong! Too strong..
One of the best phone ever made
Simply the best ..... No lag...photo quality is superb...display and battery are out of this world....what's not to like !!!
How are you able to get 3-4 hours of SOT!? That's crazy, I've never gotten more than 1.5 hours on mine. I know everyone is different in the use and what they keep on but that's very high!
Anyone else still getting really high battery numbers?
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How are you able to get 3-4 hours of SOT!? That's crazy, I've never gotten more than 1.5 hours on mine. I know everyone is different in the use and what they keep on but that's very high!
Anyone else still getting really high battery numbers?
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You bought your G2 second hand? If so, go change the damn battery.
Mine is 1.5 years old and I still get 6 hours sot, sometimes more sometimes less depending on usage. Sometimes it reaches 9 hours if I just read ebooks offline (with low brightness).
But I dont know what is on D800 maybe it's carrier stuff that is causing the battery to suck to terribly.
I'd say about 90% of each charge cycle, I get about 5 hours 30 mins sot if I let it die completely. G2 is no joke.
No mine is not second hand. I've already changed the battery out with one from etradesupply. The original one hit the dirt this past summer and it's not on the original stock rom either so no carrier bloat. Crazy that you guys are getting that amount of SOT! Might make my case for a new phone even sooner then.... hahah Not sure I'd want to go through the hassle of finding a new battery supplier. Finding good screen replacements for this device was a PIA alone.
zizuka said:
You bought your G2 second hand? If so, go change the damn battery.
Mine is 1.5 years old and I still get 6 hours sot, sometimes more sometimes less depending on usage. Sometimes it reaches 9 hours if I just read ebooks offline (with low brightness).
But I dont know what is on D800 maybe it's carrier stuff that is causing the battery to suck to terribly.
I'd say about 90% of each charge cycle, I get about 5 hours 30 mins sot if I let it die completely. G2 is no joke.
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^ this
mine is 2 years old and i'm getting 4:30 hours sot when i play nfs no limits for an hour... without playing - easy 5 hrs+ sot...
Well....looks like mine might be closer out the door than I thought. I didn't think the battery I bought from Etradesupply was bad since it went from 20mintues SOT to over an 1.5hrs SOT. Looks like I was wrong...
I have come back to the G2 from the land of 5.5" phablets phones!
Got to say its good to be back to a sensible sized device, with a perfectly good set of specs even against everything that has followed it! I went for the G3 when it launched, and simply never felt at home with it compared to the 16Gb D802 that I passed to a family member. I've now picked up a 32Gb D802 in red, in perfect condition for just £100. Rooted, flashed CloudyG2 3.3 .. absolutely the best phone I've ever had, not just from a 'preference' perspective, but compared to most devices that are on the market it is not in any way a bad device to own. In particular I am constantly disappointed by screen to device size ratios, very few ever get close the G2's 75.9% which I see as its greatest asset, add to that a great camera, battery life, and the great button layout and I cannot see my self moving out of this gem for quite some time.