LG G5 H830 32GB T-mobile - Silver

Love the phone. Yes the phone is the previous generation but only a year from launch. I like to buy flagship phones when the new model is just coming out as this saves hundreds of dollars. This is my second G series phone (I have the G3 which still works fine).Quality of build is fantastic as it should for a flagship phone. Feels great in the hand and isn't too big (but close). Button placement is good but I liked the all on the back that this abandoned though the only thing moved is the volume buttons. Another plus is the user replaceable battery. The phone upgraded to the latest Android OS within the first day. LG is pretty good about that. The added interface by LG is minimalistic and not intrusive but would have liked to be able to uninstall some of the unused programs. As is you just have to disable them.The phone sounds GREAT both in receiving and quality of voice on the other end. Reception strength is excellent too even in marginal areas. For those who use the music player it is excellent sounding as well (in earbuds). The internal speaker volume is marginal (they all are) and could be louder for hands free voice.While I didn't think I would use it I love the fingerprint scanner. If you lose the phone no one can easily access sensitive data.The cameras are great and there are three of them. On the back is two laser auto focused cameras one standard 15Mp and one wide angle 8Mp. LG has done a huge job of improvement here over the older G3 that I have. The internal flash works with both cameras. Both are sharp with great colors. The front camera is now 8Mp and has really good quality as well. All can do 4k video.Now for the accessories available. I bought the camera control attachment and I find that while it works nicely it adds too much bulk. However, for those times when you plan to use the camera it does add a ease of use that other phones don't have. I have used it often (mostly because I have it) but prefer the phone without the bulk for daily use. There is also a high rez audio module available but honestly the "stock" sound system is great.Now with the heavy discounts because this is last years model it is a steal.

I bought this phone over two years ago. It had everything I wanted at the time, and some things I didn't know I wanted -- enough CPU, enough RAM (4GB), enough on-board storage (32GB), micro SD card support, bluetooth to two devices at once, wifi, and plenty of LTE bands. It was one of the only devices on the market with a user-replaceable battery. The ability to support hardware modules is not useful for me, but doesn't hurt.I liked this phone so much, I bought a second one for one of my sisters.Over two years later, I'm starting to run into performance limits. But that's hardly the phone's fault. Software becomes more bloated over time.

[FOLLOW UP] I found out this phone has been hacked with a special ROM to unlock it. That's why Android Pay won't work, and will NEVER work on this phone. This phone will also never get another update, and is identified by the Google Play store app as an Uncertified device. Any app that requires a certified device will fail. I'm returning this.{original review follows, before I found out exactly how this phone was hacked}The phone itself: 5 stars so far. Activated without trouble on MetroPCS (owned by TMobile). Seems very fast, a better size than the huge ZTE ZMax Pro it replaced. Came with Android 7 already installed, though only up to April 2017 security patch level... hope there's another update soon. The display looks great, and appears to get very bright, hopefully it'll be more viewable outdoors than my last phone.I'm knocking off a couple of stars because the phone isn't unlocked as specified in the product description. It was described as "LG G5 H830 32GB T-mobile GSM Unlocked LTE Smartphone w/ 16MB Camera - Silver". All that's true except the "Unlocked" part. It was also supposed to be brand new, yet the tape seal on the box was broken... at first I assumed this was simply because the phone had to be taken out to unlock, but since it wasn't unlocked there's no reason the seal should've been broken. That aside, everything inside the box did appear brand new and unopened.Debating returning the phone since it's not actually unlocked... but then again I may be fussing over what will amount to nothing; I've no intention of switching from MetroPCS any time soon, but the fact remains I probably wouldn't have bought the phone if it wasn't described as "Unlocked".

Very pleased with it's operation, transitions between apps smoothly and quickly. Music playback is top quality. My reason for not giving it a 5 star rating is that out of the box I put it to charge and it became extremely hot, to the point where I had to have a fan on it to cool it down and then afterwards it also got hot under heavy use so I'm wondering if it's an issue with this device or is it an issue with the G5 overall.