LG G5 H831 32GB Silver 5.3" Display 16MP Dual Camera Smartphone 4G LTE (GSM, NO CDMA) Factory Unlocked

The battery in my HTC 10 died after only a year, so I did some research to find a comparable phone with a replaceable battery. The LG G5 seemed the best of what's out there. Now that I've used it a few weeks, here's my assessment.CONS: Since the LG calendar cannot be disabled, I get double notifications for appointments — annoying but not major. (Note: I subsequently discovered that I could disable notifications in the LG calendar, which has stopped the double notifications.) The default appearance of the screen icons and folders was less pleasing to me than my HTC, but I found a free LG theme that I could live with. I discovered that, since this is a Canadian model, I was unable to download any of the paid LG themes. Instead I got a notification that I'm in the wrong country to buy that theme. For users who don't care much about the look, this restriction won't be a concern. If it is, you can always install a customizable launcher (I finally installed the Action Launcher). Battery life is average — OK with normal use; weak if you spend a lot of time listening to music or watching videos. In addition, the charging speed is slow for a quick-charge phone. One minor item I had to get used to was the on-off button on the back — not my favorite location, but I quickly adjusted to it. That about covers the downsides.PROS: Like the HTC, the main body is metal, not plastic, a big plus for me. Though the G5's manufacturing process results in a look and feel that is less classy, it is still solid. An important feature for me was the size — about the same as my HTC10, and one of the few phones with a replaceable battery that's not too big for a medium-to-small hand (or for those who like to drop their phone in a shirt pocket). The camera is excellent; even the selfie camera is good. The sound though not great is decent. I suspect it's fine with headphones. The screen resolution is clear and sharp.In my view, this phone's biggest assets are its replaceable battery and the price. For a brand new, flagship-level phone of fairly recent vintage, the price is simply outstanding. Perhaps the steep depreciation occurred because of the unsuccessful push of the G5's modular nature. The add-on modules just never caught on. However, since I could care less about the modules, I'm just happy to have a solid, right-sized phone with good specs that has a replaceable battery.

I bought my wife one of these in Feb 2017 for $450 or so (an H820--ATT). She liked it so much we bought TWO of them here for a shade under $400. Our H831 models were actually originally for the Canadian market with T-Mobile, but came unlocked and useful for our ATT pre-paid plan--but with some manual Network settings required which I copied from my wife's H820 (you might need to call your carrier's support line for that). AND, unlike my wife's H820, these updated quickly to Android 8.0 within a week; making my wife jealous or us, but what can you do? Overall, the phone is great, cameras very nice, battery life good but not fantastic (of course it depends on what you do with your phone--you can't drive it like a sports car and expect low gas mileage). Would I buy more if I needed to? Sure thing.

Great product. I tend to be frugal when it comes to mobile devices, so I was looking for a slightly older model of smartphone so that I wouldn't have to take out a line of credit to afford it. I upgraded to this from the LG G2, which i liked very much and found very reliable. This device has been great so far: battery life is significantly shorter than my last model (around 3 days or so), but charges very rapidly; it does have a lot more memory and oomph in its processor, so media streaming is great. This particular seller sent me a Canadian model, and I am in the US: this actually resulted in a much easier time configuring settings, however I did have to manually set up the APN in order to be able to access my provider's LTE network. Within 2 weeks of purchasing, i had received 2 OS upgrades (shipped with Android 6 and I'm currently at 8), so this phone was a fantastic compromise in terms of having an older model that is up-to-date in terms of functionality.Beware however, this particular model from LG has a known bug which can cause an infinite bootloop after an update. I had purchased this once before from another vendor and had to return it within a week. My current device has not experienced this issue, so from what I have researched it is hit or miss.

I purchased this LG G5 H831 4G LTE phone in Oct 2020. Was mostly happy with this phone and the reviews. Reviews don't mean much if your current cell phone provider Consumer Cellular feels your phone is out of date 20 months later. Consumer Cellular sells phones that are 4G LTE as this claims to be in the Amazon invoice. There seems to be an electronic glitch here that just keeps on giving. This experience tells me no more purchases from Amazon of electronic products which have been gathering dust in their warehouses. There are some type of products buyer beware with Amazon. Electronics for sure! Never again!!!👎

5 stars for an awesome, fast and reliable phone with fantastic camera.1 hiccup was getting the texting and mobile data to work after getting a SIM thrown in it. I was told this is NOT a GSM only device and that it can work with a CDMA carrier as well but since my device was apparently an international version (works anywhere) there is no Access Point APN settings established. As long as you bring this up to the guys in the store you won't have to make a 2nd trip like I did.PS how is a phone this good less than 200 bucks? It's a high end device and still very relevant in 2018.

It did come in a sealed box and it was unlocked...I'm not sure how they did that. I bought it for the USB-C to HDMI capability to stream Netflix, etc or play video games on my HDTV, works great if you get the right adapter that allows for the HDMI, usb (for keyboard/mouse), and charging port. The one I got was here on amazon, I'll add the link below. Be warned that the phone to HDTV link up is not always plug and play.Many times I've had to disconnect and reconnect the various components to get them to recognize and sync to each other. Not sure if this is a phone or the cheap adapter. So if you're will to play with it a bit it works awesome when it does work.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DL29W4X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought this LG for use as a cheap media device, as well as an emergency backup phone. For the same price as a current budget phone, you get a quad HD display, 4 GB of RAM, and a premium metal design. The battery lasts a long time on standby, but drains rapidly with wi-fi turned on; this is expected for a 3-year-old device (although the battery in the G5 is user-replaceable). The LG G5 H831 comes factory unlocked and works exactly as advertised; I tested mine with two different SIM cards (Rogers and Telus), and the phone successfully recognized and connected to both networks. However, I can only speak for calls and texts; I haven't tested more advanced features like wi-fi calling or voice over LTE, since I don't plan to use mine as a phone on a daily basis (only for backup).One thing to be aware of: if you insert a new SIM card while the G5 is powered on, the phone will reboot for security, and your home screen app layout will be reset, but you'll still keep all your apps and settings. This is much less bothersome than what Samsung does (inserting SIM initiates a full factory reset), but if you've already organized your apps into folders, it can be annoying to have all your work undone. So power off the phone before switching SIMs, and if you're setting yours up for the first time, preferably insert the SIM before you begin.

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Exactly what I had thought I was purchasing.

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I ordered a phone and had some problems with it but customer support helped me out tremendously. 4/5 would buy again