Don't go by the hundreds and thousands of reviewers who will keep hammering you with the advantage of being on the "stock android" experience and the "pure google experience". I have been a nexus 4 user since an year. Gave it tonnes of thought. Wanted to buy and almost bought nexus 5. But got an amazing deal on LG G2 - bought it for just 36k. FK had dropped the price to 40k along with a 10% cashback on HDFC. By paying 4k more than nexus 5, I get a 1.5 times more powerful battery and 2x more in real usage, and a MUCH better camera than the nexus 5. It's better than all other android phones anyway so no use comparing to anything else.
Ok, let's talk about the elephant in the room first. It's battery last really... REALLY long. Here's an example to give you an idea of what 'long' really means: you wake up, read emails, browse the news, flipboard, facebook, etc for 15-20 minutes. Battery goes down just 1%. You go on your office commute, watch live TV via 3G in your car for a half an hour-45 minutes commute. Also, My Tracks is running in the background recording your GPS activity, sync, bluetooth etc is on, music is streaming, etc. - for those 45 minutes of almost 90% brightness (as the phone is mounted in bright sunlight on the car's windshield), battery goes down just 4-5%. You spend your workday with intermittent screen time, some facebooking, emailing, whatsapping, chatting, checking your calendar, and some browsing during lunch time. After the end of the entire day with 3-4 hours of screen time and another 45 minute session of live 3G streaming and my tracks in the car, battery is _still_ at 70-75%!
It is just mind blowing. You will be glad to own a phone which doesn't go out when you really needed at some evening or while travelling or long journeys, etc. That and the fact that it is powering such monster specs, is amazing.
Camera: The low light quality is stunningly good. HDR is also very good. Shutter speed quick. Camera app has good useful settings (much better than the pure google experience camera app anyday).
OS: Having used stock android 4.4 (and 4.3 for the most part) on my N4, I have to say that I do NOT miss it at all and I do not have any disgust/frustration at LG's UI. I have replaced the stock messaging app of LG with a pure android version. Have installed Swype keyboard. The only LG UI remaining is the notification bar and settings. Initially I was neutral to it and thought I'll install stock android if I get annoyed with the UX, but after a week's usage, believe it or not, I actually like LG's UI. Give it a chance, you'll get used to it. It actually has a lot of useful functions. I do like the QSlide apps too!
Issues: the body is not that strong, so if you drop it a few times (like I've done), it'll start giving squeeky sounds from the back. Cover it up in a good case.
- Angad Singh24 Jan, 2014