Final Words
Simply put, I think the LG G Pro 2 is a solid evolution of the LG G2 design. While I went into the review expecting a phone that wasn’t much more than an attempt to cash in on the phablet trend, LG has definitely put in enough that I found the phone to be surprisingly good. LG has managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that TouchWiz has with its UI by keeping things somewhat more tidy and understandable, but also added features that are good enough to be incredibly obvious in hindsight. While there’s some room for improvement in display calibration, the UI could use a better theme, and I’m not sure who will use features like Content Lock, the phone is surprisingly good. Features like KnockCode are a great addition to KnockOn, Mini View helps to alleviate some of the issues with using a phablet, and the multiwindow function works well, if a bit clunky from a UI perspective. LG is doing many things right with this phone, possibly more than Samsung did with the Note 3. The real question now is whether it’ll come to western regions without major changes.
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jonup - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - link
And it appears Samsung might have stop cheating with KK.R0H1T - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Thanks for the link, evidently I didn't read the GS4 review on this site, but I don't seem to recall very many Samsung (phone)reviews out there with KitKat installed on the device so do you have any link cause I'm curious as to how the performance is without the usual cheat sheet.Hrel - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - link
You guys should review this new laptop soon: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34...kmmatney - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Looks pretty awesome - but I like the line in the description "Insanely Lightweight: 6.39 pounds". I have a 17.3" laptop, so the weight is no big deal to me, I'm used to it. There must be a lot of metal in there, used for heatsinks and heatpipes.Death666Angel - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - link
From the first page, Note 3 comparison: "newer SoC" -> Pretty sure they have the same SoC, you even state so in the table. :-)JoshHo - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Sorry for leaving the typo up for so long. I thought I corrected it, evidently not...You might be able to tell that I thought the G Pro 2 was 8974AB for quite a while...
gonks - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - link
What's up with javascript benchmarks? I have a SGS4 (International) and it gets better numbers than most of the phones tested here, both with chrome and stock browser in Android 4.3, it's just oddaryonoco - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - link
So I'm just wondering, is Brian still the smartphone editor or not?Don't get me wrong, you are doing a very fine job Joshua, but there is a part of me which misses Brian's quirky sense of humour! :-)
Arbie - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
aryonoco - Brian couldn't review this phone because it has a micro-SD slot. Foolish LG is evidently unaware that nobody wants those and they're going the way of the dodo.ddriver - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
LOL spot on.