iPhone 6 Vs LG G3 Review: Heavyweights Trade Blows

Perhaps what I love most about technology is its ability to surprise: Apple was meant to struggle when making bigger iPhones and LG was meant to be a spent force. But in 2015 these two companies (perhaps including Motorola) make the most consistently good smartphones on the market.
So it is time to put their flagship smartphones head-to-head: Apple’s iPhone 6 and LG’s remarkable G3.
Display – Radically Different, Shockingly Close

• iPhone 6 – 4.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD with 750 x 1334 pixels
• LG G3 – 5.5-inch True HD-IPS + LCD, 1440 x 2560 pixels

Comparing these phones has to start with their displays, because they are both massively important for their respective manufacturers but in completely different ways.

iPhone 6 (left), LG G3 (right) – image credit Gordon Kelly

For the iPhone 6 the move to a larger 4.7-inch display has been a great success, but LG has long been in big screen territory. That said the G3’s triumph is that it directly compares to the iPhone 6 in the first place. Its 5.5-inch is the same size as the massive iPhone 6 Plus, but in hand it remains a clear rival to the iPhone 6 thanks to its tremendously small bezels (more later).
Even better news is the displays on both the iPhone 6 and G3 are triumphs, though again for completely different reasons.
Read more – iPhone 6 Plus vs Galaxy Note 4 Review: 2014’s Biggest Phone Fight
On paper the G3 is a technical tour de force. Its 2K native resolution delivers a mighty 538 pixels per inch (ppi) while the iPhone 6 lags far behind only just scraping in at 326ppi – Apple’s baseline for a so-called ‘Retina Display’ (the point where the human eye is not meant to be able to distinguish individual pixels).
And yet it isn’t so simple. Yes the G3 has a tremendous display and its stunning viewing angles, colour accuracy and brightness all keep pace with that headline size and resolution. Still the iPhone 6 isn’t left far behind. Look extremely closely and you can just about make out the pixels in the iPhone 6 display, but it is every bit the match for the G3 in colour accuracy, viewing angles and brightness.

LG edges the display comparison, but it’s close – image Gordon Kelly

Does this make the 2K resolution pointless? No, but it does have one polarising aspect: LG’s use of oversharpening. In short: text on the G3 is extremely sharp but LG has taken it further making it pop out perhaps too much. Some owners love this saying it aids reading, but it isn’t particularly natural on the eye.
As such I can see the case for those who prefer the iPhone 6 display. The G3 still takes it for me, but specs clearly do not tell the whole story – something that will become a theme of this review.
Design – Style And Impracticality Vs Ergonomics And Practicality

• iPhone 6 – 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.27 in) and 129 g (4.55 oz)
• LG G3 – 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm (5.76 x 2.94 x 0.35 in) and 149 g (5.26 oz)

There is more than one way to skin a cat, that’s the lesson when comparing these two phones. With the iPhone 6 Apple is back to its gloriously decadent best. The new aluminium unibody harks back to the original 2007 iPhone (until now the most attractive iPhone, in my opinion) and it has never been thinner or lighter (at least proportionately).
Read more – iPhone 6 Vs iPhone 6 Plus: Which To Buy?
Still there is a problem and that is Apple’s decadence has come at the expense of practicality. For while the beautifully curved finish of the screen, meticulously machined power and volume buttons and seamless joins can be admired, it is a woefully impractical phone.

G3 is larger, but easier to hold than the iPhone 6 – image credit Gordon Kelly

The biggest problem is the super smooth finish. Holding the iPhone 6 is akin to holding a bar of soap. Most will opt for cases, it would’ve been nice to give users a realistic option of whether they must cover their handsets in rubber or not.
In addition the iPhone 6’s large top and bottom bezels and lack of any ergonomic curvature make the footprint large for a phone which has a relatively small display by todays standards and some users will find it hard to use one handed.
The LG G3 is the exact opposite of this. Its plastic finish is not showy, its rear mounted power and volume buttons seem alienating and it doesn’t feel like a premium device – but it is stunningly practical.

LG G3 battery is removable and storage expandable – image credit Gordon Kelly

Read more – iPhone 6 Long-Term Review
LG also deserves credit for being one of the few Android handset makers to put the headphone jack at the bottom. Apple has done this since the iPhone 6 and while it means the phone has to go upside down in your pocket, it is a small price to pay for headphone wires not getting in your way as you use it. Rivals should follow suit.
Which design do I prefer personally? The G3. Yes LG should up the quality of its build materials, but it has done the harder work in getting the bezels, footprint and ergonomics spot on and to me this those qualities see it currently lead the way in smartphone design.

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