LG Optimus G Pro (2013)

Bestest, phabest phablet I've owned – Okay so I've owned a note 3 and S3 before this, each died on me after about 14 months so I wasn't going to get another Samsung that's for sure. let me get something straight I really do flog my phones, not literally of course, it's not like I get a little mini whip and slap the little bugger. Nah, I'm talking the kinda usage where I'm constantly changing the look, playing games and installing custom ROMs. I also use it to study on, reading notes and doing research, listening to podcasts/radio, sorting out my finances etc etc I'm a but geeky like that.

So my phone takes a beating used every day quite often for and my previous note 3 and S3 both died a sudden fried death. Yep, the CPUs died.

Not this LG, it's been chugging along for 16 months and the operating temperature is excellent. I have not had one shutdown due to overheating. Battery life is excellent, it runs kitkat, camera is very clear in many types of conditions/lighting. Screen is bright, and pixel density is brilliant.Design is fairly simple, I like geometric shapes on the back plate, though a little plasticy, is solid enough. Sound is loud and clear enough. LG UI is ok, which is not a criticism, I'm just a vanilla android man myself. I know my next phone will beam LG.

Not that good – Poor reception quality. When you tilt the phone you lose the web page very frustrating to use. Privacy is also an issue. If you log out of an email account you can hitthe back button and get logged in on apositive side its a big phone for easy browsing and slim design

Big and fast! – Bought this phone few months back online. It's a big phone so you can watch videos or surf the web easily. Great when traveling on train. It also means that you can't really use it with one hand. Till now it's been reliable and fast android phone. Extra useful features are one button screenshot , multitasking ~one window fur watching video and other to surf the web, remote control for tv DVD or ac.

If you are looking for phablets like note, this one is a great alternative.