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But if you want the phone with the longer battery life, then the GS5 is the winner.
Granted, I streamed Netflix for an hour or more on those days, in addition to spending many more hours with the screen on. I don't think the G3's uptimes are a huge concern (its uptimes are about the same as the iPhone 5s'), but there have been several times that my G3 came dangerously close to conking out at the end of the day. Specifically, the Galaxy S5 chugged along for 9 hours and 27 minutes, while the G3 lasted 6 hours and 20 minutes. In our standard battery test, where we stream video over Wi-Fi with brightness set at 75 percent, the G3 lasted 67 percent as long as the Galaxy S5 did.
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For a quick summary of how to switch to ART, you can hit up our full LG G3 review (about 2/3 of the way down the page).Īnother minor downside to the G3, that could be related to its Quad HD display, is that its battery life isn't quite in the same league as the Galaxy S5's.
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ART is still considered an experimental setting on the G3's Android 4.4 KitKat, but I noticed a big performance boost (and no stability problems) on the G3 once I made the change.
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If that sounds like gibberish to you, have no fear: it's an easy change to make and you can enjoy the results without understanding the developer-level software changes that it makes. It could be related to LG's custom software that's pasted on top of Android, but I'm guessing it comes more from the G3's GPU working overtime to move those 3.6+ million pixels.įortunately there's a fairly easy fix for the G3's lag issue: switch from Dalvik runtime to Android runtime (ART). That's unusual for any modern high-end smartphone, much less one with a Snapdragon 801 processor. First, we noticed some minor performance lag while navigating around the home screen, settings menus and apps. There are also some downsides to the G3's Quad HD display. The G3 has a mind-bogglingly sharp Quad HD display The G3's sharper screen is a nice bonus, but I wouldn't recommend basing your decision on that alone. In fact, I don't think most eyes will notice much of a difference between a 500+ PPI screen like the G3's and a 400+ PPI screen like the GS5's (the iPhone, for example, is 326 PPI and still looks pretty sharp). But the Galaxy S5's display isn't as far behind as those pixel counts might suggest. It's the sharpest screen I've seen on any smartphone or phablet. In terms of experience, what does that mean? Well, when I put the two side-by-side and look closely, my eyes can notice the denser pixels packed into the G3.
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The Galaxy S5 sports "only" a 1080p (1,920 x 1,080) screen, which comes out to 432 PPI. The G3 sports a Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) display, which comes out to an absolutely insane 538 pixels per inch (PPI). The G3 also has a sharper screen, though both phones are going to be past the point of concern for most eyeballs. The G3 is just 3 percent longer and 3 percent wider than the GS5 So you can enjoy the G3's full 5.5-in screen in any app you want, including Kindle, Flipboard, Chrome or any other app – whether it natively supports Android's Immersive Mode or not (and when you do need the keys, you can just swipe up from the edge of the screen to get them back) That usually means you'll sacrifice some precious screen real estate, but LG was smart about this, as the G3 lets you choose apps to hide those navigation keys in. The G3, meanwhile, uses virtual (software-based) versions of those same buttons on its screen. The Galaxy S5 has home, back and recent apps buttons below its screen. Or, to put it another way, the G3 gives you the perks of a phablet without all the baggage. It takes a screen that you'd typically find on a phablet, and squeezes it onto a body that's more like a "normal" Android smartphone. This balance – thanks to the slim bezels above and below its screen– is the LG G3's killer feature. The Galaxy S5 gives you 86 percent as much screen real estate as the LG G3
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