G7 ThinQ UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Aurora Black

I needed to replace my old phone and I needed a phone that would take excellent photo's and video's as well all the other things that a modern top of the range smartphone can do. I spent a couple of months researching suitable phones and settled on 3 contenders Pixel 2XL, iPhone XSMax and OnePlus 6T, then a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a review of the LG G7, I started watching videos and reading reviews and finally ordered the phone off Amazon for around £400. The phone arrived yesterday and here are my first impressions: The phone came with 50% charge and included an LG UK 3 pin fast charger which will take the phone from empty to full charge in 90 mins and to 50% full in around 30mins. The phone is fast with a beautiful display. I found the setup to be easy and quick. Before I switched the phone on, I added my sim card and a 128GB memory card (also purchased from Amazon for about £20). The phone comes with 64GB so plenty of space, but as I will be taking lots of high res photos and 4K videos I wanted the extra storage. The LG G7 immediately recognised the extra memory and set up the phone to use it. Nice and simple :) The phone has a rear fingerprint sensor, which was a bit weird at first, but only after a few minutes of use seems so much better than having one on the front. Once set up, the next thing I did was to check out the cameras, the LG G7 has two cameras, normal and wide angle. Both cameras are excellent and the results very, very impressive. You get incredible photos and videos from the Pixel 2 and 3 phones, but the LG G7 photo's and videos look very close in quality to me, and what I really like about the LG G7 is the flexibility of the extra wide angle lens, plus the manual controls over both still photography and when filming videos, it's really impressive. Sound and Audio. I've been pleasantly surprised by the audio of this phone. It only has one small speaker mounted in the base of the phone, but it uses space in the phone as a kind of boom box, causing the whole phone to gently vibrate while you hold it (not an unpleasant experience LOL), but put the phone down on a table and the sound it produces gets deeper and richer, but if you use headphones then the phone has 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC for wired headphones and a Bluetooth 5.0 connection that supports AptX HD, and DTS:X Virtual Surround as well. Now, one of the things a lot of the reviews I read/watched talked about is the battery life. I have to say I did notice this going down quite quickly, but while I would have prefered a longer lasting battery I'm happy to compromise on this and carry a small portable charger with me, and a bigger one (PISEN 10000mAh Portable Charger LED Display) when I'm out taking photos or filming videos. TLDR: Overall my first impression is that the LG G7 is a fantastic phone that takes brilliant photos and videos with a range of modes from Auto AI Camera and fully Manual, has awesome audio, a brilliant display and is marred slightly by the battery life. LG G7 ThinQ (LMG710EM.AGBRBK) Sim-Free Smartphone, 6.1-inch QHD+ Display, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage, Android 8.0 - Black SanDisk Ultra 128GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter with A1 App Performance up to 100MB/s, Class 10, U1 Spigen a27cs23038 6.1 "Cover Blue Marine, Silver Mobile Phone Case PISEN 10000mAh Portable Charger LED Display Ultra Slim Power Bank High Capacity External Battery Pack for iPhone,iPad,Samsung,Nexus and More.(Silver)

Advertised as new, old stock. Purchased approximately 1 year ago but recently it developed a screen fault (random vertical white lines and blocks appearing). Phone was always looked after, always in a full case and never dropped. Screen was and still is unmarked. Contacted Amazon who refunded me in full and advised I didn't have to return the phone. Decided to attempt a repair and researched dismantling the phone. Due to its waterproof rating, it requires heating with a hot air gun or hairdryer whilst simultaneously carefully inserting thin plastic tools to separate the two halves of the phone. I achieved this, and surprisingly it only took about 5 minutes rather than the 30 minutes plus I expected. However, the reason for this became clear once I removed the back - it had already been opened. There were 2 stickers inside containing Chinese characters, dated 2024. I proceeded to carefully remove all the screws and internal components, to ensure I felt confident in replacing the screen. Once satisfied, I reassembled the phone (with the faulty screen) then ensured it still functioned correctly, which it did. I am still awaiting delivery of the screen so will update this review once installed. Now, whilst I have no issue with retailers selling used items, they should be clearly marked as such, so as not to deceive the potential buyer – as happened here. They went to great lengths to disguise the fact that this was a used phone e.g., applying a plastic screen cover; including all new accessories; even applying fresh shrink-wrapping. I admit, I was fooled by this and I take great pride in always inspecting orders and being confident in my ability to spot something that doesn't seem right. The phone cost me £90 a year ago (mid 2024) and whilst that may not seem a lot of money for a smart phone, it was released in 2018, so 6 years old when purchased. An entry level new phone would comprehensively beat it for processing power, but I primarily wanted it for its Quad DAC (with phone features thrown in). FYI, the phone does still function and competes very well with other stand-alone dedicated music players I own e.g. HiFiman HM901, Colorfly C4. Hopefully, the replacement screen will get it back to full functionality, although going forward I will be extra sceptical regarding 'new' purchases. I hope this is of some help to someone..

I really do love this phone! It has all the bells and whistles I want in a mobile phone. The camera is brilliantly clear and the photos and videos are sharp. The taking a photo in the pitch black is cool too. A photo can be taken in a normal mode or a wide screen mode all with the touch of an onscreen button. Great for family groups and outside in the wilds. Battery power is dependant on useage. If there is a lot of apps running in the background the phone probably will have to be recharged throughout the day at sometime but only the once. Thats okay for what this phone can do. I swapped samsung for the lg and have never looked back. Highly recommended.

I don't chase the latest and greatest, and this was a replacement for a G3 that was probably bought in 2014 or so (6+ years old). That stopped working, I needed a replacement, I'd have been happy with another G3. After comparing practically every phone on the market, I decided the G7 fit my purposes as well as anything else. Very happy with the choice (after about 1 year). Mainly used for SMS, web, email, ebooks, and the camera. Does all of those to my satisfaction.

Me encanta el teléfono hace unos videos importantes y las fotos también y por lo demás igual o superior en ciertos aspectos q los demás moviles de su gama

I love it enabled the FM Radio in this international version unlocked phone. The North America version of unlocked phone was disabled the FM Radio by the phone carriers like AT & T, Verizon, etc. But one draw back is used the headphone plug-in as an antenna, in that case you can't use you Bluetooth headphone to listen your favor radio station. Of course, you can still use your Bluetooth headphone to listen your musics.