 This is Dan Seifer with The Verge and I'm taking a look at the new LG G4. This is LG's new flagship smartphone for the year, obviously replaces the G3 that came before it. It looks very similar to the G3 in terms of design. It's got the same size screens, 5.5 inches, same kind of overall shape. There's an ever so slightly almost imperceptible curve to the device now, whereas the G3 was flat but it's nothing along the lines of the G Flex or anything like that. So the screen itself is a new, what they're calling, quantum IPS panel. It's brighter, better color reproduction, and more efficient than prior screens used by LG and of course LG says it's better than the competition as well. It has the same QHD resolution, so it's 2560 by 1440 pixels. It's really bright, great viewing angles. In this limited time that we've had, it really does look nice. It's powered by a Snapdragon 808 processor. It's got 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage. LG claims that it is just as fast as the S6 in a whole variety of situations such as opening apps and opening your camera and things like that. One of the other big new features in the G4 is the new camera, which features a new f1.8 aperture lens. It's the brightest cell phone lens that you can get at this point. It's 16 megapixels in resolution. It's got a new image sensor in there as well. The G4 still has the laser autofocus system that we saw on the G3, but over here on the other side underneath the flash is a new sensor that provides more accurate white balance and better color reproduction. LG says that this is the camera that will actually make you replace your point and shoot camera or digital SLR. The other thing that LG is really talking about here is the design of the G4. This particular one uses a plastic back with a kind of dimpled finish, not too unlike the G3, but LG is also offering a leather back, which uses a vegetable tan finish and stitches and all kinds of stuff to give more of a premium feel as opposed to the metal or glass that every other phone manufacturer is using. The back itself is still removable, so you can customize the different backs. You can take the battery out. You can SD card slot in. So the G4 actually has a lot of features that Samsung has taken out of its most recent phones. LG has decided to keep them for this year's model. For software, the G4 is running Android 5.1 Lollipop. It still has LG's interface and skinning on top of it, but the company says that it has removed a lot of duplicate apps. Most versions will only have one browser, which is Google Chrome, and it has a lot of other Google apps pre-installed, just like most Android phones today, as well as integration with Google Drive throughout the calorie app and the music app and other things. It still feels and looks a lot like LG software. It really doesn't look too much different than the G Flex 2 or the G3 or anything along that line. LG says that the G4 will be available in the US by the end of May or early June. You can expect to see it on all the usual carriers, and LG says it will be priced about the same as the G3.
 This is Dan Seifer with The Verge and I'm taking a look at the new LG G4.
 This is LG's new flagship smartphone for the year, obviously replaces the G3 that came
 before it.
 It looks very similar to the G3 in terms of design.
 It's got the same size screens, 5.5 inches, same kind of overall shape.
 There's an ever so slightly almost imperceptible curve to the device now, whereas the G3 was
 flat but it's nothing along the lines of the G Flex or anything like that.
 So the screen itself is a new, what they're calling, quantum IPS panel.
 It's brighter, better color reproduction, and more efficient than prior screens used
 by LG and of course LG says it's better than the competition as well.
 It has the same QHD resolution, so it's 2560 by 1440 pixels.
 It's really bright, great viewing angles.
 In this limited time that we've had, it really does look nice.
 It's powered by a Snapdragon 808 processor.
 It's got 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage.
 LG claims that it is just as fast as the S6 in a whole variety of situations such as opening
 apps and opening your camera and things like that.
 One of the other big new features in the G4 is the new camera, which features a new f1.8
 aperture lens.
 It's the brightest cell phone lens that you can get at this point.
 It's 16 megapixels in resolution.
 It's got a new image sensor in there as well.
 The G4 still has the laser autofocus system that we saw on the G3, but over here on the
 other side underneath the flash is a new sensor that provides more accurate white balance
 and better color reproduction.
 LG says that this is the camera that will actually make you replace your point and shoot
 camera or digital SLR.
 The other thing that LG is really talking about here is the design of the G4.
 This particular one uses a plastic back with a kind of dimpled finish, not too unlike the
 G3, but LG is also offering a leather back, which uses a vegetable tan finish and stitches
 and all kinds of stuff to give more of a premium feel as opposed to the metal or glass that
 every other phone manufacturer is using.
 The back itself is still removable, so you can customize the different backs.
 You can take the battery out.
 You can SD card slot in.
 So the G4 actually has a lot of features that Samsung has taken out of its most recent phones.
 LG has decided to keep them for this year's model.
 For software, the G4 is running Android 5.1 Lollipop.
 It still has LG's interface and skinning on top of it, but the company says that it has
 removed a lot of duplicate apps.
 Most versions will only have one browser, which is Google Chrome, and it has a lot of
 other Google apps pre-installed, just like most Android phones today, as well as integration
 with Google Drive throughout the calorie app and the music app and other things.
 It still feels and looks a lot like LG software.
 It really doesn't look too much different than the G Flex 2 or the G3 or anything along
 that line.
 LG says that the G4 will be available in the US by the end of May or early June.
 You can expect to see it on all the usual carriers, and LG says it will be priced about
 the same as the G3.