Here we go
Quick review after a week:
( Have put G5 in a tough grippy £10 case with a kickstand, now not as slippery so harder to drop! )
Very fast, no lag
Very good auto focus on camera
Wide angle mode on camera is excellent although you get fish eye effect at edges, hopefully LG or Adobe release a fix?
Screen offers realistic colours but is not as bright outdoors as my previous phones ( Note 4, Moto X 2nd gen etc)
So so battery life so I keep charger in bag.
USB-C is great as is fast charging.
Camera photos are sharp but look like those from a Sony camera, a bit mushy on closeup. Prefer Samsung images TBH!
Manual camera controls very flexible.
Ability to add controls ( such as notifications panel toggle) to main nav strip is v useful. Unique to LG.
Fingerprint login is great.
Miss rear volume controls of my G3 but I guess that is to avoid accidental activation fingerprint login? ( Only requires a touch)
FM Radio a nice bonus, didnt know G5 had one!
Not tried 4K video yet.
Call quality much improved since LG software update.
Signal reception way better than my last few phones. For a metal phone, v clever.
No crashes etc yet.
Have inserted a 64GB microSD card for extra memory if travelling away from connectivity for cloud upload of photos etc.
Not a very pretty phone and I doubt I will use Friends modules. Case it if you don’t like design, like I have.
Miss wireless charging, had a wireless back on Note 4, and had a G3 once too.
Am waiting for Note 7, but if I can work out how to improve camera images may keep G5.
G5 is starting to fall to £400 here in UK ( Vodafone & online) so is now very good value for such a well specified 32GB device!
Hope that is useful.