LG G3: Hit or Miss

It seems like just five minutes ago actually it's over six month now when I read an article in which it was revealed that LG's then latest smartphone had just beaten the likes of HTC One, Samsung GS4, and more surprising the Galaxy Note 3 to the award for the "Best smartphone of the year" - '2013'.

 

To be quite frank I wasn't all that surprised that a come-back from the dead tech franchise had acheived such success in so little time. Specs wise the G2 was the best out there, design-wise it was excellent though some may argue that the G2 was dubbed (duplicated) s4 and thanks to the LG's No. 1 selling point, the cool first of it's kind rear key and Knock-on feature.

LG have continued in the same vain as they recently announced and launched - in some parts of the world, the senior brother/follow-up flagship device, the G3.
The G3 like it's predecessor spots the LG 'trademark' rear keys configuration, as well as the latest tech hardware which ranges from the super fast Snapdragon 801 - 2.5Ghz, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, a 13-megapixel camera and, the super large - 5.5inch QHD screen. The G3 has a sharp, modern look with subtle curves and a brushed-metal finish when compared to the cheap plasticky finger-print magnetic rear found on the G2.

 The G3 spots various software upgrades when compared to the G2 with inclusion of new features such as Knock-code, and some other cool gestures - not to forget the first of it's kind Infrared laser focus system, which makes taking that perfect pic, a walk in the pack. The G3 also comes with a new clean looking UI - not that the old one was bad, but I guess they just needed to keep up with competition  
I guess they are picking up one or two lessons from Blackberry/Nokia's downfall.
It also supports what LG calls the selfie camera, the G3 is also one of the early adopters of the smartphone killSwitch concept which enables a user to disable his/her device permanently once its been stolen. Thereby making the phone useless to both the thief and any potential buyer.  

MISS:

The G3 spots an unnecessary large screen, a removable battery - a personal dislike, and also room for an external storage card. The G3 also has a newly designed rear key which although looks cool but could be a problem for users with not so huge hands proving somewhat had to access no thanks to the phone's mega size. The Korean company however claims that in their home country large phone screens are the norm, hence prompting their decision to make phones with such large screens. Not withstanding all these though, the G3 is and amazing device, and I can't quite wait to lay my hands on it for a hands-on review. So do you deem the LG G3 to be a tech - Miss or do you see this phone keeping up to it's predecessors' standard by retaining the award for the android phone of the year, for the second year running.

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