⇡ # Pioneer or is it not?
The lack of innovation – a long-standing claim to the manufacturers of smartphones. The devices become thinner, more productive, diagonal screens grow, and the display resolution will give odds to many TV sets and monitors. At the same time for the sake of external beauty and compactness of the new generation of gadgets sometimes loses in functionality: for example, Samsung Galaxy S6 has lost a slot for microSD cards, and water resistance. Although the Koreans quickly thought better of it – in the Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge connector for cards and protection against water back
LG this time has gone his own way.. Apparently, the company realized that if the G5 to do just a little better than the G4, it will not bring success. So they decided to take a chance. LG G5 manufacturer proudly calls the first smartphone based on modular design, though it is not. The pioneer was the Fairphone unit 2, which is now available to buy for € 530. This smartphone includes several interchangeable modules: the body, the main board (. On it are the chipset, RAM, flash memory, modem, antenna, etc.), a display with a touch panel, the transceiver unit with a headphone jack and front-facing camera, the main camera, and also block the speaker with the main microphone viboromotorom and USB-port.
modular smartphone Fairphone 2
And there is still suffering Project Ara, work on which have been conducted since 2012. The developers have promised to release the first commercial product in early 2015, but this has not happened and is still – perhaps the release will happen in the current year, but count on it is not necessary
But back to the hero of the publication.. Although we found that LG G5 is not the first modular smartphone, but interest in the device is still large. Still, after all this is the first product released by a major corporation, and which will be available on the shelves of retail stores.
⇡ # Modular design
So what is the modularity LG G5? The smartphone has a detachable bottom part – this is the one single module that can be replaced by others. When you remove it immediate access to the battery of the smartphone, which means that you can quickly replace shrunken or a failed battery. Standard unremarkable module on it and a standard: microphone, speaker, connector USB Type-C logo and LG – and that’s all the details
LG G5 and available modules
Detached lower module is pretty simple, put considerable physical effort would be required from the main body. However, if your hands are wet, the task is much more difficult. It is worth noting that the standard module and the main body does not form a single plane: between them there is a barely perceptible transition that spoil the mood of a perfectionist. The module attaches smartphone battery – enough to install combine risks and insert the battery inside.
The same can be replaced by a standard module? So far, LG offers only two options. LG CAM Plus is positioned as a solution for those who are constantly using your smartphone as a camera, that is, for almost all users. Its main purpose – facilitating the process of shooting. This is achieved in two ways. Firstly, in the present case the module hardware controls: shutter button, turn on the camera, video recording, zoom wheel and LED-indicator. The module itself is noticeably thicker than standard, due to which hold the smartphone in a horizontal position, it becomes easier. Inside built battery capacity 1200 mAh, so it’s also a little extra battery.
I tried to make a few photos on a smartphone with a set LG CAM Plus. Keep your smartphone in a horizontal position with one hand relatively user-friendly, while he gets his index finger on the button. But the need to zoom wheel I doubt: digital zoom, I do not use quite as banal interpolation degrades image quality. And use Wheeled uncomfortable: the picture “close” in steps. The easiest way to use this function, touch screen gesture «pinch to zoom». Unfortunately, it is impossible to reconfigure the keys. The only plus of gears – with its help easily intuitively switch from wide-angle camera on the main
LG G5 module CAM Plus
The second option is a standard module replacement – a music player LG Hi-Fi Plus with B & amp; O Play. Recall that the B & amp; O Play – a brand renowned Danish company Bang & amp; Olufsen, develops and manufactures high-priced audio and video class Hi-End. The device supports audio playback with a sampling frequency up to 384 kHz. The player uses the DAC bunch ES9028S2M and amplifier 9602S ESS company
music player LG Hi-Fi Plus with B & amp; O Play
the thickness of the music player is almost the same as that of the main body, but it is slightly wider than the standard module. At the booth of LG could evaluate the work with LG G5 Reputation: H6 established player and headphones from B & amp; O PLAY. From well-known artists on the phone was a Norwegian group a-ha, a song entitled «Take on me» I listened. The sound quality was pleasant, but it’s hard to say what kind of contribution to the sound picture made an audio player, and what – the headphones cost $ 400
music player LG Hi-Fi Plus with B & amp ; O Play with cover
An interesting feature of the music player LG Hi-Fi Plus with B & amp; O Play – the ability to connect it to any smartphone, tablet or computer. A module has the other half, which serves as a kind of cover. Connecting to other devices is carried out via the USB interface – the player is equipped with a connector USB Type-C
LG G5 and plug-ins
LG has yet to reveal plans to release other modules, but certainly they are. Unknown price and existing modules. But from them it depends on the success and the smartphone itself – hardly anyone would want to buy the machine, knowing that it is unlikely in the future will acquire at least one plug-in module
⇡ # . Display and iron
Modular – this is the main but not the only interesting feature of the new smartphone LG’s. The display diagonal of 5.3 inches is made on IPS technology and has the expected resolution – 2560 × 1440 pixels (Quad HD). Its main “trick” – technology «Always-on Display». On the screen there is a special area where displays time, date, and various notifications. This region is active all the time, which is very convenient – no need to constantly unlock your phone to see the time and check if someone does not have a message
LG G5 and the function «Always-on Display »
According to the manufacturer, to reduce battery consumption LG upgraded display driver and power management function so that the light illuminates only a small part of the screen. With this solution for the function «Always-on Display» required 0.8% of the battery capacity per hour. It seems to be a little, but constantly active screen eats fifth of the battery per day. On the other hand, a lot of energy is saved due to the fact that the user will not be permanently unlock your smart phone to check the time and notifications – as claimed by Samsung company representative during the Galaxy S7 / S7 presentation Edge, the average person is doing this operation 150 times per day.
LG G5 and the function «Always-on display»
Instead of showing the time on the screen can be displayed any sign – it can be set in the settings. The other settings in this function, there is no
Another curious feature of the screen LG G5 -. This is a special mode of daylight. Thanks to his smartphone can increase display brightness to 850 nits, so that even the bright sun information remains readable. Closing theme of the display, there may be mentioned curved glass 3D Arc Glass, which is covered by the screen.
Curved glass 3D Arc glass
LG G5 Reputation:, like most flagships 2016 uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. This chipset is the most powerful existing American company solution includes four 64-bit Kryo core, clocked at up to 2.1GHz. The processor is manufactured on 14-nm FinFET process technology. Early tests indicate that the LG G5 is very fast – in the AnTuTu benchmark, he scored 133 points thousand, significantly ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S7
The volume of RAM is 4GB solid… 32 GB of flash memory can be expanded with microSD memory cards with capacity of up to 2TB.
⇡ # camera
On the back of the LG smartphone has posted just two cameras: one of them has a resolution of 16 megapixels, the second – 8 Mn. Secondary camera with lower resolution is equipped with wide-angle lens with a viewing angle of 135 degrees – according to the manufacturer, this is the maximum rate among all available today for smartphones. Focal length is not specified, it is reported only about f / 2,4 diaphragm. In the EXIF of the images indicated DF = 1.5 mm, but without the physical size of the matrix, this information does not speak about anything.
A secondary camera with a viewing angle will avoid situations when the subject does not fit into the frame. This often happens when you try to take a picture of any architectural object like a temple or a church. Below an example two images taken from the same point: the first shot on the main smartphone camera, the second – on the wide
At the booth of LG managed to make a few more shots to the main chamber of the smartphone G5
<.. p> to judge the chamber for several pictures it would be rash, definitive conclusions can be made only after a full test. Pictures I like, LG G5 automatically exposed by frames correctly, not lied with color and showed good detail. The front facing camera is also coped with a self-portrait shooting.
The first impression of the cameras (all three) G5 remains very good. LG G4 smartphone had one of the best camera among smartphones, and its predecessor, there is every chance to stay in the top cohort
LG company deserves credit at least for the courage -. Koreans have risked much by betting on a modular design. It remains to wait for the prices and the start of sales of the smartphone LG G5 to see whether consumers are willing to pay for real innovation, which all have been waiting
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