LG G5 Retrospective: Big Innovations, Little Hope

The LG G5 had many of the first features ever in a smartphone. The first to include an ultrawide camera. The first to include modular addons. It also had many of the lasts. The last LG to include an IR Blaster, a removable battery, and the last to feature modular addons. Yes, they did not last very long. But in today's video, we will be taking at all two of the Friend's modules, see if they were any good, and take a look at the phone itself, to see why it failed (or rather, why it shouldn't have failed)

Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - LG Friends Modules
01:04 - LG Cam Plus
02:00 - LG HiFi Plus With B&O Play
03:13 - LG's Innovative Features
03:37 - LG's Software
03:58 - Specs & Build
05:13 - Performance
05:38 - Camera
07:46 - Audio & Battery
08:18 - Dual SIM Model
08:48 - Final Notes

[Alessi_Adore]

I loved this phone! it was a very clever and ergonomic. The dual cameras were pretty good (I had the camera module as well) but the build quality wasn't great as well as software support back then.

[StudioGalvan]

I have one of these that I will use as an inexpensiv backup phone and am about to get another to use as a viewfinder for my Osmo Pocket Cameras. Good Screen, sufficient power and replaceable batteries sole me on them.

[rayrayy]

The G5 and V35 are goated LG phones in my eyes lol

[FreeGreatBritain]

I adored my LG G5 it was one of the first phones that genuinely stood out to me

[kurosawaTaiki]

why does mine overheats in about a minute of using? i literally dont have any apps installed. any tips?

[ranggasyailendra]

I had this and really loved this phone. Sadly the build quality is really poor for a "flagship" phone. Screen got shadow or burn in just a year after I bought it and battery got really suck

[hoaanhdinh]

I remember so well the day this phone and the Galaxy S7 both got released 🫤 The G5 was just inferior compared to the S7, plus the only thing this modular design added to the phone was making it a frail and easy-to-break phone 🤷🏻‍♂️ Even the HTC 10 and Xperia XZ coming after were better than this, LG really spiraled into a downfall after the G5