LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

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Camera and Beyond

The G Flex sports a 13MP rear facing camera that's coupled with a 2.1MP snapper at the front. But that's only numbers which matter nothing as long as the features aren't brought into the fore-front.

 
LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

For starters, LG has filled the device with a host of features that will help you in your day to day photography needs. However, for more budding photographers, there are further options such as burst and sports that offers serious editing tools for smart results.

 

LG understands that the device could be quite big for most and hence has offered the option of using the rear volume keys as shutter buttons (also zoom controls) which is quite impressive as well. But then again, what about the time (happens a lot actually) when your fingers come in the way of your camera lens due to the placement of the zoom buttons?

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

Apart from that, low-light photography with the camera is not something that's great and, similar to most handsets, remain a lot to be desired. But a few small things like the inability to turn down shutter tone (you will have to put the entire volume settings to silent to achieve that) and the time to sort out images when flash is turned on could turn out to be major deal breakers for the device.

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

A Battery Like Never Seen Before

To be perfectly honest, we are impressed by the kind of battery the G Flex comes fitted with in the first place, and some times it seems like the battery just won't get over. And without any real doubt, it can said at this moment that the camera provides enough juice to the device more than what I have experienced recently with other devices.

For example, I'm currently tuned to YouTube from the phone charting out my at-work playlists while writing this review. And believe me when I tell you that the device was charged last week and has since been kept on my desk, apart from me taking out several times over the week for photos - and today the battery still shows enough juice for another two days at least.

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

Of course, in real world, the results will be quite different as the phone will then act as a primary handset whose job is not only to listen to music or snap images, but much more. But whatever it may, nobody can take away the fact that it does sport an exceptional battery that's assisted by super fast charging times.

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

A Few Features That Stand Out

To begin with, the device offers the important one-hand operation menu in settings for those of you primarily looking to use the device without needing both of your hands at the same time. The best part about it is that everything in the display shrinks accordingly so that you won't have to stretch your fingers too much - and this includes the dial-pad and the lockscreen.

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

An impressive thing about the device is its ability to go active just by tapping on the screen, rather than scrambling for the power/lock key that's based at the back of the device - powered by the G Flex's Knock On screen technology that you can find in the device's settings.

LG G Flex Hands on Review: Curving Its Way Straight to Top

However, going by the external aspect of things, the device's 720 x 1280 resolution doesn't really match up to the likes of Nokia Lumia 1520 and Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 and the devices 245ppi pixel density rendering doesn't help its cause.

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