LG Optimus F5 Pro Reviews

The first impression is often decisive and so it was with the LG P875 Optimus F5's. Already the first hands-on was boring. Design and haptics are not particularly innovative and the hardware can be found in many devices. It features an SoC from Qualcomm with a clock rate of 1.2 GHz and 1 GB RAM. In addition, the Optimus F5 comes with the usual wireless modules including LTE, NFC, and Bluetooth. Admittedly, the smartphone performs well and achieves satisfactory results in the benchmarks. Videos run smoothly and current 3D games do not pose a problem. Unfortunately, the battery life is only modest. The latter is also not improved by the "feature" which automatically dims the display when the device gets too hot. What makes it even worse is the very high RRP of 399 Euros (~$528). At the time of testing the street price was 350 Euros (~$464) – which is still too high in our opinion. If you consider buying the Optimus F5, you should also consider the Galaxy S4 Mini. The latter is a significantly more attractive mobile phone of notably higher quality for a similar price.