The curved screen and plastic back rests more comfortably in my hand and pocket than the Note 9, and I wasn’t nearly as concerned about dropping it without a case. breakable glassĪs you’d expect, the Stylo 4 is made of plastic as opposed to the Note 9’s all-glass design, and while it definitely feels less substantial than Samsung’s thousand-dollar flagship, it has a nice build that feels far from cheap. Benchmarks weren’t so kind, showing around 7 hours, but this a case where real-world use is vastly superior. Rarely did I have to plug in the Stylo 4 before the end of a day, and even then, I generally had more than 10 percent remaining. With a 3,300mAh capacity, I expected it to be so-so, especially coming from the Note 9’s impressive 4,000mAh battery, but I was pleasantly surprised. I was most impressed with the Stylo 4’s battery life. The Stylo 4 might be slow, but it’s by no means unusable. Besides, most people buying a Stylo 4 will be coming from a similar class of phone, and the Stylo’s Snapdragon 450 is certainly faster than the Snapdragon 429 or 210 they’re likely switching from. I missed the speed of the Note 9 for sure, but it didn’t feel like a $750 difference. I’ve been using Snapdragon 845 phones for the better part of 2018, so I figured the Stylo 4 would be slow to the point of unusable. I can’t help but wonder how much faster the Stylo 4 would feel if it ran Android One like the G7 One. That said, I have a new appreciation for the Note 9’s Adreno 630 GPU, which makes things buttery smooth despite the Samsung Experience UI.Įveryday speed performance is also noticeable slower than it is on the Note 9, but again, I adjusted my expectations after just a few days. The slowness is compounded by LG’s UX skin, which adds unnecessary clutter and interface oddities throughout. But overall, the graphics were more of a nuisance than a hindrance. There is a reason why MetroPCS, Boost, and Cricket give this away FREE.Auto-rotate was most affected by the Stylo 4’s low-end specs-so much so that I turned on orientation lock. Otherwise, it is outdated, slow, clunky, bad a just about everything that isn't phone-call related. It's a fine phone if you don't want a smartphone for anything more than a phone that you can use to browser the internet and take a call. Glad to have it here while I am working but get no data signal.įinal Thoughts: It is a perfectly fine phone if you are low-income and can't afford buying a better one. + Has a built-in FM Radio receiver and app. This is nice compared to Samsung with all the extra "features", "interfaces", and "apps" that they pre-load. + User Experience: Standard Android with no "bloatware". If you are doing those things, you'll see the battery going down quite quickly. Battery life is good IF you're not using the phone for games or video viewing. Microphone is clear for whomever is on the other end of your phone call. + When on a call (not speaker phone), the ear speaker is sufficient and call quality is clear. Speakers are barely audible when watching youtube/netflix. This is like most phones, so not too bad of a knock against it. My first android smart phone was just as good as this one and that was back in 2010. It is very susceptible to blurring even shallow breathing or minor hand movement "smears" photos. And if you are trying to switch back-n-forth to reference information between apps (say using your browser to look at billing statements, and then going to your bank's app) you'll loose your place in each app because it has to reload EVERYTHING again. This is very frustrating when switching between your text messaging app, to the browser, to music, and back to messaging because of how much waiting you're doing. This means anytime you switch apps, it will take the app a while to load as there is no "room" for it to be running in the background. 1.6GB of it is used ONLY by the Android operating system. BIGGEST DEFICIENCY (of many): It has only 2GB of RAM. This phone uses a processor that is easily 4 generations (i.e., "four years") old. I went from a Samsung S8+ to this phone and there is a significant difference in quality. I got this phone for $0 (free) and it is worth every penny.
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