LG G4 Unlocked Smartphone with 32GB Internal Memory, 16 MP Camera and 5.5-Inch IPS Quantum Display for GSM and CDMA, US Warranty (Black Leather)

I tried the Samsung S6 and it gave me nothing but fits. The S6 always had me retype passwords to reconnect to WiFi networks I routinely use (i.e. home and work). Apparently no fix. I gave up my larger Asus Zenfone 2 to "upgrade" to the Samsung. The S6 DOES have a better display and IS faster, but I really missed the larger screen (5.1" on S6 vs. 5.5" on the Asus). Since the LG G5 was recently released I figured the G4 (last years "flagship" phone) would/should be a little less expensive. Which it is. It's not the latest generation LG phone but it operates MUCH MUCH better and faster than the Zenfone 2. It's also thinner/lighter and I can replace the battery on the G4. Plus (a big plus for me) it runs Android v. 6 (aka Marshmallow). Love this OS. Camera is much better than the Zenfone considering it has a larger aperture, laser focusing, and OIS (optical image stabilization). Update 10-2016: Still working fine. Thank goodness it doesn't have that boot-loop some people complain about. I put a Straight Talk SIM card (using AT&T network) and it works like a charm. I can even tether my Samsung tablet to this phone when there's no Wi-Fi around. In essence my phone becomes a little Wi-Fi hot-spot, WITHOUT costing extra. Camera works great and it takes better photos than the Samsung S6. For sure better photos than the Asus Zenfone 2. A word of caution--I bought two extra batteries for this phone. It seems one of those new (non-LG, knock-off) batteries mysteriously causes my phone to intermittently reboot for some unknown reason. Hmmmm? Maybe that's why folks have issues with their phones that have a boot-loop issue. Maybe it's their stupid battery? LG's "skin" operating system is not too obtrusive, considering there are very few duplicate applications loaded. For example you'll find only one internet browser (Chrome) and almost everything is straight Google. It comes pre-loaded with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. You can uninstall these if you want. Honestly I doubt I'll ever edit ANY MS Office documents on my phone. Maybe view but rarely will I edit a document. I love LG's sleep/wake function by double tapping the screen, verses finding/hunting/groping for a button to push. My G4 variant is US991 which typically translates to a US Cellular phone. I was a little concerned this phone would not accept or have a SIM card slot because US Cellular phones typically don't utilize SIM cards and the associated networks. But the Amazon description of this phone DID say it would work with AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint networks. Since I use Straight Talk SIM card which uses the AT&T network, I was concerned and had my doubts if this phone would work. Thus I didn't want to by a used (i.e. less expensive) G4. I wanted a new warranty and I wanted the option to return the phone if it didn't work. Well... it works GREAT. Plus it's truly unlocked. Unlike the unlocked Samsung S6, with this G4 I can use it as a hotspot and tether my tablet to the G4. The Samsung was unlocked so I could use the Straight Talk SIM card, but AT&T still had it's tentacles inside the phone preventing me from tethering another device with the phone. Bottom line - I would definitely buy this phone again. I noticed the price increased about $40 since I purchased mine. Now that I know a Straight Talk SIM works in this phone, I wouldn't hesitate buying a used G4 from Amazon - but only if the condition is "like new". That's my opinion anyway.

I own a T-Mobile LG G4 (the H811). This phone was absolutely perfect on android lollipop. The battery life wasn't excellent, but it was average and it got me through the day. One day I decided to restart my phone and it upgraded to marshmallow automatically. It totally ruined a perfect phone and made what as once the perfect smartphone into a mediocre phone. 3 stars at best (really 2.5 stars). The battery life is absolutely horrible. I had to buy a 6000 mah battery for it which made the battery life decent. It should be excellent with a 6000 mah battery. If I want to download an image from the web it doesn't even save. The worst part about the phone since the marshmallow upgrade, is that the WIFI is horrific. Sometimes youtube videos don't even load if I'm on WIFI and I know that it's not my router because I tried several routers and I've had the same issues with all of them. It's really sad because this was a perfect smartphone that they basically ruined. It was also the last high end smartphone with a removable battery, a removable back cover, and removable memory which I think should be a requirement for all high end phones. The only good things about it at this point are the camera, the speaker volume, and the display. I wish I had the opportunity to downgrade back to Lollipop to make this phone the perfect smartphone once again. They make it very easy for you to upgrade the firmware and impossible to downgrade the firmware. Very disappointed about that. I hope they at least fix the WIFI issue when the roll out the next software update. That would at least make it a 4 star phone. Because I don't like any of the new phones that are out and I used to love my LG G4, here I am again buying the US991. I hope the US991 doesn't have the same problems as my H811 because this phone was the perfect smartphone and it has the potential to be the perfect smartphone. I'm also concerned about the bootloop issue that everyone keeps talking about, but I never had that issue. If this US991 turns out to be 90% of the smartphone that my H811 was before the marshmallow update, I'm updating this review and giving it 5 stars. Updated: The US991 is much better than the H811. The WIFI works perfectly on it and Marshmallow isn't bad on it either.

The phone works perfectly on the Cricket network and have had no issues. There was a problem at first with the phone overheating, but I determined it was a conflicting software issue from some apps I loaded. Once I cleared those apps and restarted the phone, bingo--everything worked fine. My only complaint is the well-known battery life issue. It seems like it should last longer. But I'm going to solve that problem with a 6000 mha battery for about $20 which will double the factory capacity. I used the phone all day traveling, using the map function, etc and the battery was on its' last leg at the end of the day. The new higher capacity battery should resolve all issues. Pictures, audio quality on speakerphone/map function, functionality, speed, and ease of use are fantastic. Great phone without paying a ridiculous price! Update: The 6000 mha battery requires a thicker back replacement which is usually sold with the larger battery. Unfortunately, the larger back causes my Otterbox case to no longer fit. Therefore, I'm going to stick with the original battery. For every day normal use, I've had no issues with battery life. You just have to be watchful if you're going to have the phone/map display running for several hours or you will kill the battery. Not really an issue in my book though.

I am a AT&T customer. So far so good. Purchased 4-23-16 from seller Amazon. Spanking new LG G4 Model US991 arrived in 2 days. It is a unlocked model manufactured by LG for US Cellular. I do not see anything in the boot load or anywhere else to think OS was customized for US Cellular like you see with AT&T and Verizon phones. Box has Manufacture date of 03/2016 and it came already loaded with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box. I have the NexDock (14" laptop configured as hdmi monitor and BT keyboard) in my near future from the Indiegogo campaign and my Moto X Pure did not have HDMI ability to connect to that device. The Moto had a nano sim and this takes a micro sim so I had to wait till Saturday when I'd have time to get this thing running with proper sim card from AT&T. I had bought a Slimport adapter at same time of purchase for this phone. Arrived Tues, powered it on Fri w/o sim, hooked it up via Slimport adapter to a 1080p hdmi capable monitor I have and a BT keyboard, and was very happy to see phone should do business just fine with the NexDock when it arrives. So now on Saturday... Scheduled an appointment on the AT&T website at my closest AT&T corporate store. Got sim install, made a phone call, worked, and walked out the door. Got in truck to leave and discovered phone had no data when Pandora wouldn't stream. Went back inside. Now this is not AT&T's problem because they didn't sell me the phone but the salesclerk did set his tablet down with a web page loaded for the manual APN settings to configure a phones network connections and that was understandably as far as his assistance went. I tried both settings that were on the web page with no luck. I have brought phones I've got elsewhere to my AT&T service before and have manually configure APNs on a phone before so confidence was high I would get this going. Long story short, I sat there messing with phone until 4pm knowing that this phone works on AT&T determined to get this thing running on their network. Eventually reset all my network configuring, I rebooted the phone, and the AT&T data network came online. Dunno why it wouldn't get onto the AT&T data network for that first 1/2 hr after the sim activation? I cannot tell you how it eventually came to connect onto the AT&T network, that is, if it was something in the phone got sorted out, or the network had a hard time recognizing this device and eventually sorted itself out on that end. But before I left the Woodinville, WA AT&T store I confirmed my data speeds at 29 Mbps down and 8.3 Mbps up before I left the store and it has been fine since. If Lenovo hadn't removed the Slimport ability from their recent line of Moto top end phones I wouldn't of even considered this LG G4. Don't get me wrong, this G4 is a nice phone but Moto Assist on the Moto X Pure has the ability to read incoming text to me and let me respond, all with my voice handsfree, thru my Pioneer stereo while driving, which was the reason I went for the Moto X Pure coming from WP where Cortana has that operation perfected. I do like that with Android M that they have a setting for Google to announce a sender's name of a incoming text message in my car but it doesn't offer to read it to me then if I would like to reply. I would think this will get sorted out on Android N, I hope. Additional Edit: I want to add that this is by no way a counterfeit phone from China. I logged into the LG website, registered as a user, then registered my unique device id for warranty coverage no problem.

A now-ancient phone that sported a slim, lightweight removable battery + removable microSD storage (up to 2TB). A user-friendly intuitive OS. Photos decent for the time. Attractive case styling. It seemed to have everything going for it. But the hardware dept messed up. Badly. The board's low-quality soldering caused the phone to overheat and boot-loop. Repair claims multiplied and LG tried to deny there was a problem. It took the threat of a class action suit to get LG to come clean. By that time, too late. Only a couple models later LG exited the cellphone market. What a shame. The phone had such potential. Imagine being out and the battery getting low, and then just popping in an extra one you brought along with its cool slim carrying case. I had three of these for a NYC trip where I took a lot of photos. At least it didn't boot loop until after that trip.

I had a lot of questions and concerns before buying this phone, as I assume many people do. So I wanted to share my entirely positive experiences and provide some key info. I purchased this phone on May 12, 2016 for $309.99, and the seller at the time was Mango Wireless. The seller keeps changing and as of this moment it is being sold directly by Amazon. It was brand new, with the sticker still over the screen, and all original cables, battery, and paperwork in sealed plastic. It was already running Android Marshmallow. The phone is from US Cellular, the US991, is unlocked, and was never activated on US Cellular and has no carrier logo or any branding other than LG's. I wanted to be sure this phone would work on Straight Talk. Several customer reviews stated that it worked, and yes, it does. But, two Straight Talk customer service reps told me the phone would be incompatible because US Cellular phones are not supported by them. Fortunately, those reps were wrong. If you have any issues like that, explain to them that the phone is GSM, UNLOCKED, NEVER ACTIVATED ON US CELLULAR. Then they'll work with you. I had to tell both reps the same thing twice. But really, you shouldn't even have to deal with that if you're happy with getting a new phone number. I only began live chat with them because I wanted to port over the number from my old cell phone, which is a bit complicated. (By the way, if you DO want to port over an old number, I suggest you begin live chat or call customer support BEFORE activating the phone with the SIM card. Once you activate the SIM card, Straight Talk gives you a phone number. At that point, you can no longer port another number, and will have to buy another SIM card. You can just buy the $0.99 compatible SIM card, without springing for another $60 activation kit, so it's not a big deal. Just means a second trip--for me.) The $60 Straight Talk activation kit found in Walmart stores worked without a hitch. For this phone, you use the micro SIM card which is in packet 1, and is attached to a dark blue card. It will look like a standard sized SIM card, but simply detach the smaller micro card at the perforations from the larger standard card. The phone's SIM card port is also where a MicroSD card would go. There are two slots, one on top of the other. Insert the SIM card in the lower slot. (The SD card, if you choose to get one, will go in the upper slot.) If you look very closely you will see a diagram on there. As for the APN settings, which need to be adjusted in order for messaging and picture messaging to work, Straight Talk has now made that process unbelievably simple. Once you activate the phone, they send you a text with a file that automatically adjusts those APN settings. You simply click "install" right there in the text and within 1 second, the settings are done and messaging and picture messaging will work. As for the phone itself...well, I've only had it a few days. For the first two days, I was using it without service because I hadn't bought the activation kit yet. At that stage, the battery life was simply unbelievable. The first day, I left the house at 100%, and 3 hours later at work after having done very little with the phone other than look at some settings, make some adjustments to the homescreen, and show it off to my co-workers, the battery was STILL at 100%. I've never seen anything like it before. A total of 10 hours after taking it off the charger, and using it mildly, it was at 94%. The second day, I hooked up my Bluetooth headphones and listened to music at work for about 3 hours. My other phone usage was about the same as the day before. Ten hours later, the battery was at 87%! Cell service itself does cause some battery drain, so now that the phone is activated I no longer expect to get those numbers. And of course, once you start installing all of your apps, the usual battery drain will begin. Out of the box and after installing just a couple of essential apps, I had no wakelocks. Here's something to know about the screen: It's IPS Quantum display, and 4K (UHD). My old Samsung Galaxy S3 has a Super Amoled display. That amoled display is more vivid than the LG, but the LG is no slouch at all. With an amoled display, bright wallpapers cause battery drain. Perhaps an extra 5% over a day. So it is advised to use a pitch black background with amoled screens. With the LG's IPS display, it doesn't matter how bright or colorful your wallpaper is. The only thing that will drain the battery is, of course, pumping up the screen brightness in the settings. Bluetooth performance was another big concern of mine. Not that I'd heard anything negative about the G4, quite the contrary in fact. But my experiences before this phone, with the S3 and an iPhone 4S were a bit disappointing. I couldn't really pinpoint the source of the occasional dropouts, stutters, and various glitches...was it the phone or the headphones? Well, I feel I can finally put that question to bed. The LG G4's Bluetooth performance is utterly flawless (so far, at least). In the 5 hours I've used Bluetooth up to now, there was, truly, not one single dropout, stutter, pause, or any other issue. It was the first time I've ever had a stellar BT experience. If you're planning on using Bluetooth, I give this phone my endorsement. By the way, I'd read about LG phones having a volume limiter. Supposedly, if you push the volume past a certain point, a warning pops up about hearing loss. According to the reviews I read, that warning would pop up every time you tried to exceed that volume level, and you had to click on it to proceed. Well, no volume limiter on this particular phone. Did I get lucky? No idea. When I use Bluetooth, I crank the phone's volume to the max, then adjust as needed at the headphones. This worked perfectly. Also, the volume of the phone, via Bluetooth, is incredibly loud. Much more so than my S3. That's about all I can tell you for now. I mostly wanted to get the Straight Talk information out there for other users like me. The phone is super thin and super light, surprisingly so given its 5.5" display. I've found no lag whatsoever in any usage, it looks beautiful, performs perfectly, and seems like a real winner. If my experience goes South, I'll be sure to update you. Hope this was helpful.

Great phone. Received the US991 model, which apparently is the US Cellular model, but there was no US Cellular software on the phone, just LG's version of Marshmallow out of the box. No carrier bloatware, clean LG interface. Smooth, quick response time, sharp looking screen with nice colors and contrast. Build date noted as 4/2016, so Amazon is not selling old phones (purchased directly from Amazon.com, not a 3rd party seller). I am aware of the boot loop issue, but given these are current builds, I am confident the newer manufacturing line is fine, however, I will update this review if I do run into any issues. I also have a Samsung Note5 (work phone), which is a technically superior unit, so it should blow this away, right? Wrong. Real-world speed with everyday tasks (internet, email, etc.) is effectively the same (the Note5 is a few ms faster launching most apps), however, surprisingly, the G4 is able to easily toggle back and forth between various open apps; the Note5 seems to do this a bit slower. Oddly, with no other apps open, the G4 performs much better with Google Chrome and Java than the Note5. If your primary use is the internet, then the G4 is the hands-down winner. Although very capable, the G4 is a step slower than the Note5 when used for 3D gaming. Since I don't really play games that much, it's not really an issue for me, and again, the G4 is more than capable, it just doesn't have the same fluidity the Note5 has in this department. Is the Note5 superior to the G4? In strict technological terms, yes. However, the LG G4 has less custom "bloatware" from LG than the Note5 has from Samsung, and as a result, real-world performance (sans 3D games) is nearly identical. Couple that with the fact the Note5 is going for nearly double the price of the G4, it seems unfathomable to spend $250+ more to get the Note5 for a few more FPS and that snazzy pen (unless you really NEED the pen). ALSO, if you are into sound, the Note5 does NOT have APTX (verified with CSR), while the G4 most certainly does!

Edit: after using this phone for only 4 months I have since moved to an unlocked Moto G4. The reason being battery life is horrendous. Less than an hour screen on time per charge is terrible and I simply cannot recommend this phone to power users or people who use their phones even moderately. I have given this phone to my father who is not the most technically advanced and he likes it well enough. He just keeps a charger with him. I simply cannot do this as my job requires me to have a reliable phone and the LG G4 simply isn't the answer I was hoping for. I bought this phone from Amazon stated as "used like new" condition and that is exactly how I received it. The box had a tiny dent on it and that was it! Very much worth $50 less than new! The phone itself has an excellent UHD display, everything is crisp and clear and the colors 'pop' about as much as you would expect from a flagship phone. I bought the black leather back and I've been loving the look and feel of it, not only does the phone look very cool, it also makes it easier to hold with one hand and keeps it from sliding out of your hand. I have yet to put a case in it, and I'm reluctant to ever put one on because of how nice the back looks. The camera is one of the best cameras on any phone period, and that's true from what I've seen, the 16 mp display makes some seriously good photos on auto and manual it's about as good as you can get besides a DSLR camera. Hardware is pretty much what you would expect from a flagship phone as well, the phone is snappy and I have not witnessed any slowdowns even while playing Deezer along with other apps all working simultaneously. This phone takes a micro SIM card which is standard with today's phones, my micro SIM card I used with a previous phone works perfectly in this, all I needed was to plug it in and the phone did the rest automaticlly! If you are using this phone on AT&T or Cricket you will not have a problem. Battery life is unfortunately only average, I never let my phones die let alone get passed 30% battery life, and unfortunately it's a bit hard to reach a full day without dipping below that 30% mark. This is with looking at facebook every now and again along with other apps and WITHOUT music playing. If there was anything to complain about with this phone this would be it. I have never owned a flagship phone before, the most expensive phone I have ever bought was right around $100 and that is pushing it. My last phone was an Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 and I loved it, but this LG G4 puts it to shame in every category. Just as a side note, if you are a heavy music listener these headphones work super well with the ActionPie earbuds, they are by far the best sounding headphones in its price range and actually sound as good as headphones that cost 5 times as much, the amp in this phone drives them really well, and they get LOUD! Thanks for reading, if you have any questions just comment and I'll try my best to answer your question!