LG G Flex, like most of the latest flagships, is powered by the Snapdragon 800 chipset. The four Krait 400 cores tick at 2.27GHz, the graphics are handled by Adreno 330 chip and the amount of available RAM is 2GB.
We test the single-core performance with the BenchmarkPi. The LG G Flex did excellently and joined its G2 sibling and the Galaxy Note 3 phablet on the top spot.
Lower is better
Linpack is putting all four Krait 400 cores to a test and the LG G Flex produced another chart-toping score.
Higher is better
The next benchmark we ran is the GeekBench 3. It evaluates CPU and memory performance but the G Flex, just like the G2, failed to deliver impressive performance and fell short of the Sony and Samsung latest flagships.
Higher is better
Quadrant and AnTuTu assess the overall device performance. Here LG G Flex once again was flying high, producing two first place scores, just a whisker better than Galaxy Note 3 and LG G2. The lower 720p display resolution is what probably helped it here.
Higher is better
Higher is better
It's time to test the Adreno 330 graphics performance. Since the LG G Flex is using a 720p display we expect it to behave noticeably better than the rest of the Snapdragon 800 smartphones running on 1080p resolution.
We ran the GFXBenchmark on 1080p off-screen resolution in order to test the raw power of the Adreno 330. Unsurprisingly, it turned out just as powerful as the Galaxy Note 3 and LG G2's graphics chips.
Higher is better
Higher is better
Epic Citadel however runs at the native resolution and allowed the G Flex to do a lot better than the 1080p S800-powered rivals.
Higher is better
The JavaScript performance of the LG G Flex browser is excellent although not quite the best we have seen.
Lower is better
LG G Flex wasn't exactly a failure on the compound BrowserMark 2 test, but didn't quite match its direct rivals either.
Higher is better
We put the LG G Flex through Vellamo and it bounced back to the top of our chart.
Higher is better
Just like the rest of the S800 gang the LG G Flex offers blazing fast performance and smooth user experience. Thanks to the lower-res display the G Flex feels even faster than the competition on some occassions. It is one of the fastest smartphones on the market with lag-free Android experience and will disappoint no one.
Google Now integrates with your Google account and if allowed, it can access your daily routine, internet searches and email to give you information more relevant to you.
It provides traffic information to your work or home, knows the scores of sports teams you follow and gives you the weather forecast for your location.
Launching Google Now or Q Voice
The latest version of Google Now (November 2013) will allow you to have short dialogues with the app AI when you are conducting searches. In these dialogues, Google Now should be able to understand when you referring to your search term by an indirect pronoun instead of using its full name. It will also answer back when there are several options for action.
Google Now gives you short overview of information it believes is relevant to you right now in the form of cards. Going to work in the morning? Google Now knows this and lets you know there's a big traffic jam on your usual way to the office, so it offers you a re-route.
It can interpret a lot of things from your search history as well. If you've been searching for, let's say, your favorite football team, Google Now will prepare a card showing you the next match the team is playing and will provide you score updates once the game begins.
Google Now, if you allow it, can scan your email for upcoming flights, deliveries or restaurant reservations and let you know when they are due. There are also numerous kinds of cards like birthdays (yours and those of your contacts) and what distance you've walked in a particular month. The last one could definitely feel creepy for some users, but it's easily turned off from the Google Now settings menuGoogle has also integrated Voice Actions into Now. They can handle stuff like sending messages (SMS or email), initiating a voice call, asking for directions, taking a note or opening a site. Google Now can also launch apps, check and manage your calendar and look for nearby places of interest and stuff like movie openings in theaters.
Google has added lots of more customization on Google Now in Android 4.4 KitKat. You can now set your default transportation method, you favorite sports teams, company stocks you are following, places you are interested to visit and more. Once you add items you want to keep an eye on Google Now will do this instead of you. It will automatically inform you for various changes, news and updates.
Customizing Google Now behavior
The More section of the customization will update automatically with topics you can choose from once you've start using Google Now search capabilities.
You can now set reminders straight from Google Now's UI. Just hit the bottom left icon (the palm with a stretched index finger). There you can add reminders or just check all the past, ongoing or upcoming reminders.
One big advantage of Google Now is that the voice typing functionality doesn't require an internet connection to work. You can enter text by speaking anywhere you can use the on-screen keyboard - be it the Messaging app or a note taking app - without the need for a data connection as long as you have pre-downloaded the needed language packs (and those only take about 20-25MB of your storage per pack).
Making voice typing available offline also made it faster as it's not dependent on your connection. What's even more impressive is that the transition hasn't cost it anything in terms of accuracy.
Q Voice is LG's answer to Apple's Siri and Samsung's S-Voice. Q Voice can be used to initiate a call, dictate text, play music, launch apps, change a setting, make memos, add a reminder, schedule an event, set an alarm or timer, check the weather, do a search on the internet, look for local listings (e.g. nearby restaurants) and even get an answer to a question.
The Voice Mate does duplicate parts of Google Now, but being less search focused it tries to do more on the actual phone and it has some added features. The problem with Voice Mate is that it works only in Korean for now (but support for more languages should be on the way), it is not nearly as fast or as accurate in recognizing your speech input as Now.
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