User score

Overall satisfaction
8.5
  • 70
  • 29
  • 6
  • 1
  • 0
106 reviews
  • Screen8.2
  • Performance8.9
  • Camera8.6
  • Connectivity8.6
  • Battery5.9
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Design & Materials

Is it a drop-resistant and scratch-resistant smartphone?
7.6

106 reviews

Do you think it's a nice phone?
8.4

106 reviews

Is it comfortable?
8.7

106 reviews

Can you see it well in the sunlight?
8.2

106 reviews

Performance & Hardware

Does it have good sound?
8.8

106 reviews

Does it work smoothly in everyday use?
8.9

106 reviews

What's your experience been with demanding games?
8.8

106 reviews

Camera

Quality of daytime photos
9.3

106 reviews

Quality of nighttime photos
8.3

106 reviews

Quality of selfies
8.4

106 reviews

Does it have a powerful flash?
8.7

106 reviews

Connectivity

Does it have good coverage for calls?
8.8

106 reviews

Quality of the GPS
8.1

106 reviews

And the WiFi?
8.9

106 reviews

Battery

How long does the battery last?
  • 11%
    Less than half day
  • 31%
    Less than a day
  • 43%
    One day
  • 12%
    More than one day
  • 2%
    Two days or more

106 reviews

Software

Did it come with preinstalled applications?
  • 5%
    It comes with a clean operating system
  • 79%
    It has preinstalled apps but they don't bother me
  • 16%
    It has preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall

106 reviews

Do you regularly receive updates?
  • 11%
    Never
  • 16%
    Once a year
  • 58%
    Every six months
  • 14%
    Every two months or less

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User reviews

  • I like it, but I would like to have more operating power.

    Pros
    • Finger reader in the back
    • Strudy and durable
    Cons
    • Heats up quite a bit
    • Rather slow
    • 7.8
    • Screen8.7
    • Performance3.6
    • Camera4.5
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery9.0
  • Good phone . If it starts to get slow change the battery or do a factory reset.

    • 9.7
    • Screen9.0
    • Performance9.6
    • Camera9.7
    • Connectivity9.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Good but not excellent

    Good

    Pros
    • 7
    Cons
    • 3
    • 8.6
    • Screen8.7
    • Performance8.6
    • Camera9.7
    • Connectivity8.6
    • Battery0.0
  • Good quality of display

    Pros
    • Display
    Cons
    • Desing
    • 8.9
    • Screen8.0
    • Performance7.6
    • Camera8.2
    • Connectivity8.0
    • Battery5.0
  • Perfect cell phone,but we all knows whats the main problem,motherboard...some new cell phones don't have these characteristics.

    Pros
    • Camera
    Cons
    • Motherboard
    • 9.6
    • Screen10
    • Performance10
    • Camera9.2
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery5.0
  • Top tier cost effective phone <$150. High repairability

    The 3 year experience: "It keeps in trucking"

    Problem: Phone took a swim. Phone survives, microphone + loudspeaker did not.
    Fix: Replace the modular chin that holds the microphone
    Fix: Lifeproof case hasn't stopped being waterproof yet

    P: Fingersensor / power button stops working
    F: Easily replaceable. The screen snap-fits to frame (easy disassembly)

    P: Camera stops focusing
    F: Ebay

    P: Volume rocker stuck pressing down
    F: Ebay

    P: GPS poor signal
    F: Clean /Re-seat antenna contacts.

    P: Battery degradation
    F: Swap batteries

    Additional Positives:
    -Slim / Compact for one handed use
    -Stunning camera, especially with pixel camera apk
    -Wide angle lens
    -Swappable battery + Hybrid cradle

    Pros
    • Always on display
    • QHD
    • Snapdragon 820
    • Cheap
    • Modular
    • Repairability
    Cons
    • Mediocre signal strength on Cricket -100dBm 35asu
    • Mediocre GPS: ~40 Signal to Noise ratio (0-100) fr
    • <1day battery, shuts off phone @ incorrect level
    • Easily scratched front and rear glass
    • Temporary screen burn-in + light bleed
    • 8.4
    • Screen8.0
    • Performance8.6
    • Camera9.5
    • Connectivity7.3
    • Battery5.0
  • pretty powerful phone

    • 9.9
    • Screen9.8
    • Performance10
    • Camera10
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery7.0
  • Good phone but only for half year. After 6 month freezes occures

    Pros
    • type-c
    • display
    • main camera
    • removeble battery
    Cons
    • selfie camera
    • battery
    • 7.4
    • Screen8.3
    • Performance9.0
    • Camera7.8
    • Connectivity4.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Overall a good phone

    The camera is very good in daylight, not so in lowlight. The selfie is also good. Only the battery sot which make you disappointed

    Pros
    • Camera
    • Design
    • Price
    Cons
    • Battery
    • Sunlight legibility
    • 9
    • Screen9.0
    • Performance9.3
    • Camera9.3
    • Connectivity8.3
    • Battery5.0
  • Verry good flagship from 2016

    My LG G5 H850 EU model Antutu score is 147860,i am amazed with that Benchmark score.
    I bought LG G5 H850 a few days ago.
    First I was sceptic about LG in general because of bootloop issues with previous versions like LG G3 and LG G4.
    I was Samsung fan,but with S6 and S7 with glass back cover I didn't want to get into problems with dropping the phone so I bought LG G5.
    In this few days my experience is almost exellent.Cameras both back and front are great,especially wide camera is awesome for brilliant pictures.Games are fluid with no lags.My LG G5 is on Nougat so it runs very fast and fluid,no lags at all.
    I only hate the baterry because I am charging the battery twice a day because of my work.
    Screen is great also,with Glass Protector that I bought it is safe.I bought Armor Cover so it won't brake for sure if it is dropped.
    I have to say that LG G6 is just modern than LG G5,they are almost the same,exept LG G6 is waterproof and has better screen
    Go for it!

    Pros
    • Cameras
    • Aluminium body
    • Speed
    • Graphics
    Cons
    • Battery
    • Not waterproof
    • 10
    • Screen9.3
    • Performance10
    • Camera9.8
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery5.0

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  • 5.9 Design & Materials
  • 4.9 Performance & Hardware
  • 6.3 Camera
  • 6.6 Connectivity
  • 4.6 Battery
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  • Hardware and performance
  • Camera
  • Connectivity
  • Battery

Once these 5 factors have been rated, we introduce the price variable. This means that any two devices with the same ratings get a different Ki score for quality vs price.

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