{"id":85183,"date":"2025-10-19T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/85183\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:58:09","slug":"i-tried-to-use-an-lg-g7-in-2025-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/85183\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried to use an LG G7 in 2025; here\u2019s what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve always had a soft spot for LG smartphones. Whether it was the LG Chocolate in the mid-2000s or the LG Wing<\/a>, I loved that the company wasn\u2019t afraid to try different designs. <\/p>\n

However, the company\u2019s devices never gained the traction required to keep going, and it was a sad day when LG announced it would no longer produce smartphones.<\/p>\n

We need more smartphone competition in the US, not less, and it\u2019s disappointing (although not unsurprising) that the marketplace didn\u2019t reward LG for doing things differently.<\/p>\n

I recently had the chance to pop a SIM back into the LG G7 to see what it had left in 2025, and you\u2019ll be surprised by the result.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t feel ancient<\/p>\n

The LG G7 is still premium<\/p>\n

\"IPS<\/p>\n

The LG G7 may have come out in 2018, but it feels like a 2025 flagship. It features Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front and back, with an aluminum frame.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been a fan of LG\u2019s Raspberry Rose color since I saw it on the LG V30, so I had to have it on my G7. It\u2019s gorgeous, and I love the way it looks when the sunlight hits the back glass.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a sturdy device with an IP68 rating, and it reminds me how much I appreciate compact flagship smartphones with only a 6.1-inch display.<\/p>\n

It was refreshing to use a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor again. Ultrasonic readers in today\u2019s smartphones have gotten better, but I still prefer a fingerprint reader on the back of my smartphones.<\/p>\n

However, there are a couple of other design elements that date the G7.<\/p>\n

The LG G7 is a 7.9mm device with wireless charging, so I don\u2019t know the argument that companies can\u2019t fit in a headphone jack.<\/p>\n

It features a notch in the display, a trend popularized by the iPhone X from the previous year. It also has a slight chin at the bottom of the display, but that\u2019s not something that bothers me.<\/p>\n

It was refreshing to regain a couple of legacy features by reverting to the LG G7. It includes a microSD card slot for expandable storage and a 3.5mm headphone jack \u2014 more on that later.<\/p>\n

The LG G7 only sports an IPS LCD, but it does the job in 2025. It\u2019s not as color-accurate as today\u2019s OLED panels, but I still found it to be bright and vibrant.<\/p>\n

It also features a notification LED, a feature I wish would return to modern smartphones.<\/p>\n

Performance isn\u2019t terrible at all<\/p>\n

The Snapdragon 845 aged well<\/p>\n

\"Quick<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know what to expect after I loaded up all my favorite apps on the LG G7. My Samsung Galaxy Note 9<\/a> is still usable, and the G7 is powered by the same Snapdragon 845 chipset. <\/p>\n

I was pleasantly surprised by how smoothly everything ran. You can tell you\u2019re on a flagship from seven years ago, but nothing was unusable.<\/p>\n

Threads and Instagram scrolls were no issue, and hitting a few stops in Pok\u00e9mon Go was a pleasant experience.<\/p>\n

Depending on the storage variant you selected, your G7 comes with either 4 or 6GB of RAM. My 64GB storage model is limited to 4GB, which thankfully wasn\u2019t a huge problem on Android 10.<\/p>\n

I was able to set up my favorite widgets, and work tasks were handled easily \u2014 sending a message in Slack wasn\u2019t an issue.<\/p>\n

I did notice a few glitches when apps would close out, but I remember those being a part of the LG software experience when the phones were new.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, LG wasn\u2019t fantastic at updating its devices. I\u2019ve had devices from the company that only got two major Android upgrades, and if you were lucky, you got three.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the LG G7 was left on Android 10, so I at least got to use gesture navigation.<\/p>\n

It last received a security patch in September 2020, so it might not be best for your financial apps, but otherwise, I didn\u2019t feel limited.<\/p>\n

I got to enjoy my favorite LG feature again<\/p>\n

The audio is outstanding<\/p>\n

\"3.5mm<\/p>\n

Anyone who is okay with 3.5mm headphone jacks disappearing on smartphones has never used the Quad DAC on an LG device.<\/p>\n

The audio is absolutely outstanding, and plugging in my headphones and enjoying my favorite songs brought me back.<\/p>\n

The LG G7 is a 7.9mm device with wireless charging, so I don\u2019t buy the argument that companies can\u2019t fit in a headphone jack. More people would use it if you made it something special, and LG absolutely did that with the Quad DAC.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t expect much from the LG G7\u2019s 3,000mAh battery, but it wasn\u2019t awful. If I were careful, I could stretch four hours of screen-on time, but this will vary depending on battery health and usage.<\/p>\n

If you want to rock a G7 in 2025, consider bringing a portable power bank with you.<\/p>\n

Not as bad as I thought it would be<\/p>\n

I love revisiting older phones<\/a> and seeing how much value they still hold.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t recommend running out to pick up an LG G7 in 2025, but if you have one sitting around in a drawer, it\u2019ll do the job in a pinch.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always helpful to have a backup phone around, and it\u2019s excellent to see the LG G7 is still viable \u2014 especially if I get to listen to Amy Grant songs in such high-quality audio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve always had a soft spot for LG smartphones. Whether it was the LG Chocolate in the mid-2000s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-85183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}