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.
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
63 Comments
View All Comments
fenneberg - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Also, - Brian + AT do not like a spare battery in a shirt with larger, hidden cell phone pockets.blzd - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Did you fail to notice the whole chart indicating your phone cheats on benchmarks? It's included with ever phone review such as this one.Gunbuster - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
I know it's trivial but who designs the charger so it covers up your own company logo? Total marketing fail.retrospooty - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Uh.... Pretty sure that pic above is the anti theft device put on by whatever show the pics are taken from. Same as you see in any mobile phone store so no-one walks off with the device.Gunbuster - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
That makes it even worse. Would you show up at a trade show and then put black tape over your company logo?kmmatney - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
I'm pretty sure their booth has a lot of large company logos, so I don't think anyone isn't going to know who makes the phone...Scrote - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
On the first page, in the photo at the top what is that green light thing sticking out of the phone?CoryS - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
That's the security cable connected to it at a booth. For some reason he used a picture they probably took when it was announced as the cover photo.Scrote - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
Thanks ^________^kmmatney - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - link
I have an LG Optimus Pro G and one big problem I have is that the buttons are far to easily pressed, so I find the phone unusable without a cover. So the glossy back cover plate doesn't matter, since you need a cover anyways. I don't now if the button pressing is due to bad design, or just the phone being so big.