With special buttons on the back and ultra narrow borders, LG G2's performance is quite eye-catching both in terms of consumer feedback and sales. As time goes by, the debut of LG G3 seems to want to inherit this aura. With stronger hardware configuration, finer screen and new laser focusing, can LG G3 become the successor?

As in the past, LG G3 still has regional differences, such as the Korean version F400, the National Bank version D858 and the international version D855. The three are slightly different in battery capacity, three dimensions and weight, but compared with LG G2, this time the difference of LG G3 is basically negligible. Of course, compared with the national bank version of LG G3, the dual card dual standby and mobile 4G network support added are undoubtedly more suitable for domestic use.

Compared with G2, the configuration of LG G3 is actually the flagship level of the new generation. The 2.5GHz MSM8974AC processor and 2K resolution screen used by LG G3 are the best choice for performance configuration control. The newly added laser focusing and OIS+seem to be able to reverse the weak shooting ability.

Appearance design:

In terms of appearance design, LG G3 actually continues the design of LG G2, and whether this design is good or bad really depends on whether you can accept it. From the front, a 5.5 inch screen of the LG G3 occupies most of the area. With a narrow frame and a round forehead and chin, it gives a great feeling. Of course, the proportion of LG G3 screens has also reached 76.4%, which is quite good.

Previously, the different width and line design of LG G2 forehead and chin resulted in the imbalance, which was a bit uncomfortable visually. LG G3 has made corrections. The same width and line design make G3 look more harmonious.

On the top are front camera, sensor and earpiece, as well as Korean standard colorful LED lights.

LG G3 uses a virtual key design, so there is only a simple chin at the bottom. Here is a small detail. The white chin grain of LG G3 is a horizontal stripe, and other colors are concentric circles.

LG G3 has no buttons on both sides, and the overall radian is very close to the hand. At the bottom are headphone holes, mic and mirco USB ports. LG G3 continues the design of LG G2. All kinds of interfaces are relatively centralized and simple, which is very popular.

It seems that after the widespread praise of LG G2, LG has thoroughly taken the back button as its own feature, and many subsequent models have adopted the back button design. LG G3 is no exception. It is also suitable for buttons on the back, but the details are slightly improved. For example, the volume key and the Home key are sinking on the back as a whole. Compared with the bulge of LG G2, it is more convenient to place without touching by mistake. In addition, the volume key and the Home key are designed with corresponding lines and different material processing, which makes the touch and positioning more clear.

Another interesting thing on the back of LG G3 is its back cover. The back cover of LG G3 is made of plastic. Although the white used in the evaluation is not obvious, the other colors are really metallic only according to the effect picture. In fact, the back cover of LG G3 really has a metallic feel.

The back cover of LG G3 uses brushed metal coating, which creates a very metallic texture in texture and touch. Compared with Samsung, the plastic king, it has to pretend to be more similar. In addition to the effect of pretending to be metal, the brushed metal coating has wonderful effects on fingerprint resistance and keeping dry. LG also said that there is a very thin metal sheet in the middle of the back cover of LG G3, which is more solid.

The whole camera combination of LG G3 is quite interesting. The small black spot on the left is laser focus, the right is dual color temperature flash, and the middle is the 13 million pixel camera of OIS+. Of course, it is really annoying that the Sony IMX135 sensor is used by LG G3 or LG G3 Cat. 6 instead of the latest IMX214, and the optimization is also relatively ordinary, making the overall shooting quality slightly improved compared with LG G2.

LG G3 is designed for removable rear cover and removable battery, which is rare at present. It should be noted that the battery of the Korean version of LG G3 is marked as 3000mAh, while that of the Bank of China version is marked as 2940mAh. In fact, the model is the same, but the Bank of China version is marked as the minimum capacity. And the Bank of China version is still double card and double waiting, which is more suitable for national conditions and environment.

In terms of single hand holding, LG G3 can be said to be the best large screen mobile phone. First of all, the three dimensions of LG G3 are only 146.3 * 74.6mm, and the curve of the whole toilet is quite round, so it is very convenient to hold it with one hand. And the LG G3 back button and many small details of the system design, one hand can control a variety of operations is not exaggerated. It's even exaggerating to say that LG G3 is the best single handed large screen mobile phone at present.

Screen contrast:

LG G3 uses a 5.5-inch 2K resolution screen, IPS screen plus up to 534 pixels, which is completely invisible. For actual comparison, LG G2, HTC One M8, and OPPO Find 7 are used for comparison. The top and bottom are LG G2, HTC One M8, LG G3, and OPPO Find 7, respectively. OPPO Find 7 is a standard version with a resolution of 2K.

In the contrast of solid colors, OPPO Find 7 is obviously cold, and the overall appearance is a bit inferior. The relative saturation of HTC One M8 is a little lower, and LG G2 and LG G3 are basically the same.

Under the pure black contrast, we can see that the LG G3 used in this evaluation has obvious light leakage in the lower left corner. The contrast performance of the LG G3 screen used this time is quite good.

In terms of color transition, LG G3 is the best among the four models, with smooth color difference and no stripes. Of course, such small details don't feel too big in daily use. They will be different when compared together, so they don't need to be too tangled.

Compared with the actual pictures, the LG G3 is still the most accurate on the whole, and has a certain improvement compared with the LG G2.

If the LG G3 screen has the biggest improvement, it should be regarded as the viewing angle. The death diagonal that has been shown on LG G2 before is completely absent on LG G3. In addition, LG G3 does not have the whitening of visual angle deviation, and performs quite well.

Of course, it should be noted that the death diagonal of LG G2 can only be seen from an angle with a considerable deviation, and this angle is rarely encountered in daily use, so it is not necessary to focus too much on this problem.

System UI:

LG G3 uses LG's own UI and follows the trend of flattening. Icons and interface details are flattened. In addition, the LG G3 interface design is a bit like the Android L material design.

LG's system UI has always been a strong Korean style, and it is good at absorbing and learning the advantages of various companies. The whole system can set and customize quite a number of projects, of course, it is more inclined to various transitional animations and icon themes. In fact, in addition to the changes in UI style, LG's new system does not add much new features, which is basically consistent with LG G2.

The drop down bar of LG G3 is semi transparent and has a good look. It can also adjust the order of various shortcut switches and make self selection, and can also place the brightness bar and volume bar at the same time, which is very convenient for adjustment.

As for the desktop and program list, the Android properties are basically the same, except for the icon changes, there is basically nothing to say.

The task manager should be the biggest change. The task manager of LG G3 can be viewed by zooming in and out with two fingers, so that the task processing can be seen more intuitively.

Korean style is a variety of settings, such as themes, screen click effects and LED lights, which are more playable.

Double window is a common function. Of course, LG G3 still has its own family and Google series this time, which is still quite limited.

A Smart Cleaning function is also added in the system, which is actually an intelligent cleaning function to clean all kinds of garbage.

Although LG G3 is already suitable for single hand operation, many single hand operation functions have been set. Of course, the common ones are dialing keyboard, LG full keyboard and locking the side of the screen, and the rear volume key can also be long pressed to activate the corresponding shortcut keys.

Perhaps the most eye-catching thing in the whole system is the touch button on the home page. In addition to the common return, home page and task menus, it also adds Qmemo+, Quick multi task, double window and notification, and can adjust the arrangement to facilitate the use habits of different users.

As mentioned earlier, LG G3 is not only suitable for single hand shooting in hardware design, but also designed for software details. In addition to a few simple operations that can be seen in the system, the notification button by touching the button is quite helpful. Even though LG G3 is working hard, it is still hard to call up the notice bar with one hand. Through the notification button, you can easily call up the notification bar to view and operate.

In addition, LG G3 can also unlock and lock the screen by double clicking the screen. With various hardware and software optimization and processing of LG G3, single hand operation is really good.

Shooting ability:

In terms of shooting capability, LG G3 uses a 13 million pixel camera with an aperture of F/2.4, and the sensor is Sony's IMX135. Compared with its current flagship model, IMX214 is widely used, the LG G3 is really not very generous this time. Even the LG G3 Cat. 6 is still IMX135, which really makes people feel guilty.

On the shooting interface, LG G3 has also taken an unusual path. Compared with the rich setting items of LG G2, LG G3 basically has no setting items. LG G3 only provides image size adjustment, but iso, white balance, and metering cannot be adjusted, and in the shooting mode, various scenes are basically removed. In general, what LG G3 hopes to do this time is to give the simplest free hand experience. It seems that LG G3 is confident in its default imaging.

LG G3 and LG G2 use the same 13 million pixel camera and Sony IMX135 sensor. Except for the optical anti shake, OIS+and OIS, there is no significant difference between the two, which is not interesting. When evaluating the shooting of LG G2, the details of LG G2 were poorly restored. Large area overflow was the most common problem, and LG G3 corrected this problem.

When you zoom in to 100%, you can see that LG G3 performs much better in detail restoration than LG G2, and the lines on the petals are clearly visible. However, LG G3 is a bit strange. While maintaining the restoration of details, the whole picture has a feeling of vigorously smearing. So you can find that the details of petals are very clear, but they are dim and can not be seen clearly.

Although LG G3 is much better than LG G2 in detail restoration, its color performance is really ordinary, and may be inferior to LG G2. The shooting samples of LG G3 are always white on the whole, as the grass in the above picture has withered in the sun, but it is dead after shooting by LG G3. In the red petal sample sheet, LG G3 directly helped people with foundation, which is really very sorry.

The only convincing thing, of course, is its powerful focusing system and speed. On the basis of the original nine point focusing of LG G2, LG G3 also added laser focusing, that is, the small black spot on the back button. LG claims that its fastest focusing speed has reached 0.276 seconds, but in fact it can. With the help of laser focusing, LG G3 not only focuses very fast, but also has a success rate of almost 100%. And the more dark the environment is, the more powerful the laser focusing becomes.

However, it is a pity that although LG G3's night shooting has an accurate focusing speed and a high success rate, its imaging is still relatively ordinary. Although OIS+optical anti shake support is not easy to blur, the presentation quality and noise are extremely impressive. It can only be said that LG G3 and LG G2 have the same performance. LG is not meaningful in optimization.

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Performance and endurance:

LG G3 is divided into two versions. In fact, the RAM is 2G and 3G respectively. In other configurations, it uses a 2.5GHz MSM8974AC processor and a 2K resolution screen. However, due to the use of 2K resolution or LG's consistent optimization problems, LG G3 is disappointing both in the theoretical run and in the actual game test.

The same problem is more serious in LG G3 Cat. 6. You should know that the LG G3 Cat. 6 uses the 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805. There is no obvious difference between the actual game test and the LG G3. It can only be blamed on the optimization problem of LG. After technical monitoring, it was found that both LG G3 and LG G3 Cat. 6 were conservative in SoC frequency control, and did not go all out to enjoy the superior performance.

The actual situation of the wild drag racing 8 and LG G3 in the actual game test can only be said to be really unsatisfactory. In most of the time, the LG G3 frames fluctuate between 16 and 25 fps, often showing a more obvious sense of fluency and a more general experience.

Although the performance is not good, the advantage is that the heating is very good. After 15 minutes of wild racing, the maximum temperature of LG G3 is 38 ° C at the back button part, which is similar to the previous LG G2. Of course, the heat control is good, and the heat dissipation is also good. LG G3 can calm down quite easily.

Compared with the beautiful endurance of LG G2, this endurance is the biggest weakness of LG G3. The 3000 mAh detachable battery is used in LG G3, and the capacity is enough. However, due to 2K resolution or optimization, the endurance of LG G3 is not enough. The endurance of the LG G3 can only be maintained for one day in normal use of the 4G network. It may be necessary to save some money. Without the removable battery, the endurance of the LG G3 is not too bad.

Summary:

LG G3 continues the key on the back of LG G2, and modifies the design details of LG G2 to make LG G3 more harmonious and upright. The back cover has been brushed and coated, which is much better than the previous one in hand, touch and appearance. Most importantly, even with a 5.5 inch screen, the LG G3 is extremely friendly to single hand operation through hardware optimization and software detail support.

In terms of hardware configuration, the LG G3 uses a 2.5GHz MSM8974AC processor and a 2K resolution screen, which is the mainstream level of the current flagship, even a bit super strong. However, due to optimization problems, or the pressure of 2K resolution screen on resources, the daily operation of LG G3 will have a sense of stuttering that is easy to detect, and the game experience will also be affected. And the endurance is quite disappointing. The 3000mAh battery can only last for one day. If it were not for the reason of disassembly, it would not be too bad.

LG G3 and LG G2 also use a 13 million pixel rear camera. The sensors are Sony IMX135 and support optical anti shake. The newly added laser focusing brings about extremely fast focusing speed and extremely high focusing success rate. However, due to optimization and hardware problems, it can only be said that it is slightly better than LG G2 in some aspects. However, it is not only impossible to compete with rivals with the same configuration, but also far behind in the flagship camp, which is really not interesting.