LG G Flex 2 Improves phone curve, but the slow

It seems that the curves phones are here to stay. The first phones curves debuted in 2013 as a result of flexible displays and despair manufacturers to differentiate smart phones. The LG G Flex was among them.

He was also a giant beast of a low power phone, and although its curved screen can attract attention, could not turn a device as it to good. The curve always debatable some advantages, but it was hard to see through all the strange experience.

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Now comes the LG G Flex 2, which promises to update the phone curve with better hardware and design, which is closer to the mainstream. For starters, the phone's screen measures 5.5 inches instead of 6, so it is easier to handle and more in line with today's insignia "phablets".

But LG did not stop there: The phone screen is full HD (1920 x 1080), which is one level below the iconic phone Quad HD and LG own G3, but more pixels than you need in a single Phone screen. OG Flex 2 running the latest version of Android, version 5.0 or "Lollipop," and is one of the first phones to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 810 - state of the art.

Slowpoke

The LG G Flex 2 has a problem, however, has nothing to do with the curve, and can be summarized in one word: lag. The phone can be a real lazy to meet even the most mundane taps and strokes - this is not the buttery softness that you see in your typical iPhone.

I found slow in many Android phones, but it was never as bad as I found the G Flex 2. When I started using the phone, it was a slow madness: Just call the application switcher sometimes took as long as 20 seconds ! This is unacceptable in 2015.

The slowness was a shock considering the Snapdragon 810 chip in the forefront. It is 64 bits, has eight cores, is likely to hit the Millennium Falcon in the Kessel Run, too. None of this means anything, however, when you are waiting for a website to respond to the coup that path with your finger for a few seconds ago.

LG G Flex 2

Even the simple act of going to roll the LG G Flex 2 produced an unacceptable delay.

Image: Mashable, LUKE LEONARD

I should point out here that I tried the Korean version of the phone, which was loaded with bloatware, but even after I deleted most of it, the Flex 2 was still a sloth.

Investigated by running some benchmarks Geekbench 3. When testing a single core, the phone scored 493, putting it in the neighborhood of Motorola RAZR HD, a phone that came out in 2012! For multi-core, which averaged 1854, or about the same as the HTC One. That is, the HTC One from 2013.

Then, a few hours before this public opinion, which accelerated after a couple of reboots. The delay while not eliminated, is significantly reduced. The benchmarks rose, too, but only to about the end of the 2013 level-device - not as high as you would expect from a 810 phone Snapdragon engine. A reboot later, however, and returned to slowsville.

That said, my experience could simply say that there is something wrong with the evaluation unit to LG provided to us. We are checking with the company to resolve the issue.

But given what we have seen, we are cautious: The LG G Flex 2 seems a little underpowered - or a little or a lot - for its ambitious goal of giving curved phone a good name. Given its high end features and a better design, I was expecting the whole package, but the lethargy of experience I have found is not for the discerning consumer. But if LG can get the next to go a little faster, the third time could be the charm.