LG G4 GB SIM Free Smartphone, 5.5 inch Screen, Android OS 5.1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Quad-Core 1.44 GHZ Cortex – A53 & Dual – Core Duo 1.82 GHZ Cortex – A57, Model: H815/H815T, RAM: GB, Network: G LTE (International Version) Leather Brown Leather Brown [parallel import goods]

This is my first LG phone coming from the M8, I did not expect much but after trying out I'm glad with my choice. Even though most of the competition focuses on gimmicks like beefing up cameras instead of focusing on essentials, this phone does it right in all areas. UI looks good, clean and most importantly customizable thanks to LG Smart World. Screen is beautiful, battery life is excellent around 2 days but you have to make several tweaks to achieve it. You don't even need that many third party apps. LG Keyboard is just as good as Swiftkey, It comes with a file manager and there's a "smart cleaning" feature that does most of what apps like clean master do. Be careful with smart cleaning idle apps though I thought it would just stop the apps but it actually uninstalls them so consider changing the setting to at least 1 month. I'm a believer that Quad HD on a phone ( everything above full HD) is a gimmick and in my opinion useless even though the screen is nice and would be lying that is not impressive, I would have preferred if they released 2 models Full HD and QHD. If I can get around 2 days of battery life with it, I can only imagine if the screen was Full HD. If you look at the battery usage tab in the settings and see what drains more, it's the screen it goes from like 25-39% (0 Brightness at home and auto when I'm out) Camera is just fine for me in auto mode, I wouldn't have a clue on how to operate manual mode. Smart features in my opinion are useless since they use location and location decreases battery life considerably so I disable location completely. If you plan on using it, I would suggest using battery saving mode it uses data and WiFi instead of GPS. The only smart feature I have enabled is to open the music app when I plugin earphones/headphones. Smart bulletin could use some improvements, it could even become LG's own Blinkfeed. +Battery life + Customization (themes/fonts/app logos etc) + Knock Code a good alternative to fingerprint scanner and surprisingly convenient + Leather back looks good + comes with a screen protector and extra case + SD card slot + Removable battery The last two are reasons enough to at the very least consider this phone.

I will update this as and when I get a new handset, however... In the first hour of ownership this phone switched itself off without warning repeatedly, while downloading apps from Play Store. After eventually managing to update to Marshmallow the reason for the resets became clearer, with repeated warnings that the device was overheating. At no point did the phone even feel warm. The situation got worse, to the point that my fully charged phone would turn off, then on attempted restart claim it had 0% charge. If I left the handset off the charger it would allow me to boot after a few minutes, but would only last a couple of minutes before the temperature warning appeared, followed very quickly by shutting down. Still no temperature emanating from the phone. This has now been sent back for refund and I will get a replacement once I have the money. The handset is lovely when it works, just a shame it is only for about 10 minutes a day! Fingers crossed the replacement is ok as this does not seem to be a common fault. I will edit my review once the new handset arrives. EDIT: Well after a bit of a balls up by Amazon I finally received my new handset, this time in black leather. Thankfully it was also the UK model unlike the brown one which I believe was Taiwanese. All I can say is that this phone is absolutely perfect for me. It is fast, has an excellent camera (apart from slight lag on first opening the app) and most importantly had expandable memory for all my music. I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone so I can use better apps for battery management, as the battery is no better than any other handset and only really lasts a day with steady use. You can easily disable or ignore most of the pre installed software and install your own launcher etc just like any Android handset. The screen is stunning, my wife has the Galaxy S7 Edge and the G4's screen and camera easily match that. I decided against the G5 as I wanted to keep the rear buttons and there wasn't enough better on the G5 to convince me to go for it. Anyway there you go, I think I have found my perfect phone, well done LG!

i purchased this phone and was over the moon.. THEN THE PROBLEMS STARTED!! i was unfortunate enough to drop the phone. and to my absolute horror, the screen cracked.. i ring up LG to see if they offered a repair service for the phone (i was willing to pay of course as a damaged screen is outside of the warranty) but i was informed that LG DO NOT OFFER THIS TYPE OF SERVICE! Apple, Samsung and all the other top phone companies offer this service as a cracked screen is a problem that most people will experience with these new phones (and yes i had a case, one of those wallet ones which was absolutely pathetic and didn't do a single thing) which made matters worse, LG had the cheek to tell me that the phones warranty would be invalid as the screen is cracked but they HOPED I would resolve the issue quickly.. HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO THAT WHEN LG DO NOT OFFER A PHONE REPAIR SERVICE!!! i was facing the unfortunate issue of forking up £175 to replace a cracked screen (not far off half the price of the mobile bloody phone!) you would think that my problems would end there... WRONG!! The phone then started to randomly switch itself off and freeze.. I spent more time Taking the battery out to try and get it to function than i did actually using the phone! ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!! now this was clearly a manufacturing problem but because my skin was cracked, the WARRANTY was invalid.. HOW IS YOUR LUCK!! Luckily for me, i had insurance through my bank! They informed me that the phone was BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR!! now, i now for a fact that the screen was not the reason it was beyond repair but the DODGY BUILD OF THE PHONE! i should have done my research on the issues of the phone before purchasing. i have reverted back to my LG G2 whilst i await the arrival of a replacement handset. I can honestly say that this will be the LAST time i go with LG! Maybe i was unlucky and received a dodgy handset.. but the fact that a massive company like LG do not offer a repair service is beyond me.. You crack your iPhone.. you simply walk into apple and get the screen fixed.. no drama.. no issue.. LG may be ahead when it comes to technology etc but they are LIGHTYEARS behind on customer service! Amazon wasn't very helpful when i raised the very valid point of the phone switching off has nothing to do with a cracked screen.. All they did was repeat the fact that because the screen was cracked, it voided the warranty! Cheers.. for nothing! buy at your own risk and make sure you have INSURANCE with your bank otherwise you will be paying over the odds to get a simple screen repaired!

I have only had this for a couple of days. I got a warehouse deal which was pristine and only missing documentation -easily found online. At my age and because I tend to stick with a phone for years, I am taking it slowly so can't comment too much about functionality but the only problem I haven't solved so far is how to convince some apps that I don't live in SE London. The 'leather' back is quite nice but is just a plastic back and it seems strange that it carries a higher price tag. I have easily managed to put on a clear bumper case: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UMDOTWK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Which somewhat spoils the look but I feel safer with it on. Edited November 2017. I am still using this phone and am happy with it. the camera is very, very good; although the phone is quite large and I worry about breaking it, I have sat with it in my back jeans pocket several times with no ill effects.

The one star I've allocated this product is not so much for the phone itself, which worked well for three months, but for the service I received from the seller, Globalphone SLRS, when I reported that it was faulty. To begin at the beginning, the phone was great in every way for the first three months or so, and then I started to have problems. It began by failing to recognise my SIM as valid. My network provider gave me a new SIM card in case the old one was at fault, but this made no difference. The fault was obviously with the phone itself. I got in touch with the Amazon seller, Globalphone SLRS, and got this succinct and rather unhelpful reply: "dear customer, must contact the LG service center for the repair of the product. Cordial greetings and good day." They didn't bother to give me any information about how I should contact the LG service centre and that was their first and last effort to help me or take any responsibility for the product they had supplied me with. To cut a long story short, LG advised me to do a factory reset, which I did. The process appeared to go according to plan but then the phone died completely while I was re-importing all my backed-up data (via LG's own software for this purpose). Having then sent the handset to LG for them to repair three weeks ago, they have now told me that the phone is not repairable. Fortunately, they've offered me a newer product to replace it (an LG G5), but you know what? I bought the G4 specifically for its leather back feature and rather liked it. LG no longer produce it though, and I'm not willing to chance buying another one online from a seller such as Globalphone SLRS. In summary - you might get lucky with the phone you buy from this seller, but if you have problems, don't expect any help from them.