

See, swapping Friends sometimes involves removing the G5's 2,800mAh battery from one module and snapping it onto another. You'll be doing this a lot if you want to swap between your G5's additional "Friend" modules, and the process can involve a certain amount of terror. Congrats! You've found what makes the G5 such a marvelously crazy phone. Additionally, there's one more button on the G5's left edge pressing it releases a latch and frees the phone's battery/chin-piece combination. (That sensor, by the way, seems much more finicky than the one on the Nexus 5X.) Meanwhile, the signature lump on the back plays host to not one but two cameras: one for wide-angle shots and another for your more traditionally framed photos. LG broke with tradition by moving the phone's volume keys to the left side, instead of fitting them above and below the rear power button/fingerprint sensor. Peer a little closer, though, and you'll start to see key signs that not all is normal here.


Throw in a Snapdragon 820 chip, 4GB of RAM, a 5.3-inch IPS LCD display running at Quad HD resolution and a USB Type-C port on the bottom and you've got yourself a solidly modern (if forgettable) phone. The device is pleasant to hold too, though I'd still give the comfort nod to the Galaxy S7, which is actually a hair thicker than the G5. Its all-metal body is softened by rounded corners and a curved glass forehead that also houses the earpiece and an 8-megapixel selfie camera. For what it's worth, I personally find the G5 kind of charming. And that's understandable physically, there's just not a lot going on here. "Boring" is the single most common adjective I've heard used in conversation to describe the phone's design. The G5 might be the most ambitious flagship I've ever used, but you probably wouldn't guess that from its looks.
