![]() The design may be familiar and uninspiring, but the G4’s display is a real upgrade. But the back can be removed easily so you can swap the battery and use a Micro SD card, two things missing from the Galaxy S6. And it doesn’t have the cool self-healing tricks of the G Flex 2. It makes the phone look like something from 2012, not 2015. Unfortunately, my Korean-model review unit has the standard grey plastic back, which feels pretty cheap compared to the glass and metal finishes of the iPhone, HTC One M9, or Galaxy S6. The one thing that’s new for the G4 is the optional leather back that looks and feels pretty nice. I’m not sure how you can actually quantify something like that, but I dropped the G4 onto concrete a couple of times and it didn’t break. LG also says it makes the G4 20 percent less likely to shatter when dropped. The curve is not extreme - it doesn’t have the banana-like profile of the G Flex 2 - but it’s there and makes the phone slightly more comfortable to hold. The only meaningful differences between the G4’s design and last year’s G3 are slightly more square corners and a very slight curve. But there’s no getting around it: the G4 is a big phone, and if you don’t like big phones, you’re probably not going to like the G4. It’s noticeably wider than the Galaxy S6, but it’s not as massive as an iPhone 6 Plus. Like any phone with a 5.5-inch display, the G4 isn’t small. I’m not a fan of their placement: no matter how long I use a phone with its volume keys on the back, it never feels natural to me. It’s made of plastic, has a 5.5-inch display, and has its power and volume buttons on the back - a design trait that LG has apparently decided is a differentiating feature that people actually want. Visually, the G4 is very similar to the G3.
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