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<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T what's different" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/optimusg-pro.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Two Galaxy Notes and two Optimus Vus later, LG's ready to tackle the giant-sized smartphone niche, this time <em>without</em> the category's defining accessory: a stylus. The Optimus G Pro, part of the company's <em>performance</em> line, was a surprise when we first laid eyes and hands on it: it's a  5.5-inch embodiment of lessons learned, not just from LG's past  endeavors, but also from Samsung's. That the device would ever make it  out of South Korea and into the US was an uncertainty. And by entering  the market now, the G Pro risks coming off as a stopgap between the Note  II and III, as well as LG's own flagship G line.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Yet, LG found a way. It paired with AT&T to bring the G Pro, with its Snapdragon 600  processor and 1080p display, to the States as an exclusive. For $199 on  a two-year plan, subscribers get an attractive package: LTE, NFC, 32GB  of storage (expandable by up to 64GB via microSDXC), a gargantuan  3,140mAh battery and dual 2.1MP / 13MP cameras with the option for  dual-recording. So, aided by some competitive pricing and top-shelf  specifications, the G Pro reads on paper like a boss. But the window for  that dominance is short. So while we wait for Samsung to attempt a  three-peat in the category it created (a Note III could debut by  summer's end), let's examine the G Pro and its 15 minutes of fame. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Gallery Image" height="424" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc04789.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="424" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc04791.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="424" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc04815.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="424" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc04810.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="425" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06656.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="425" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06662.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="425" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06664.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="425" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06666.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="425" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06668.jpg" width="640" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">The hardware is essentially the same, both inside and out. At <span>150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4mm (5.91 x 3.0 x 0.37 in.) and </span>6.14 oz. (174g), the G Pro's dimensions <span>have remained unchanged</span>. It's almost as if carriers are waking to the growing chorus of consumers who crave smartphones <em>designed by manufacturers</em>,  not the wireless providers themselves. Of course, AT&T has made  some minor customizations, like the globe on back (the only instance of  carrier branding on the shell), along with compatible radios for HSPA+  and LTE. Also, AT&T is only issuing the G Pro in black. We'd whinge  about the foolishness of that last decision, but you need only look back  at our original review to see how the G Pro sparkles in a white shell  (literally).</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T what's different" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06686-1367944535.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Users who pick up a G Pro will immediately notice how comfortable it  is in-hand relative to its size. This is due to the reduction in bezel  size, as well as the blunter edges. What's more, the G Pro may be all  plastic, but it manages to almost entirely avoid the slippery feel of  the Note II. The backplate, covered in an unattractive patterning, is  also removable, giving way to slots for micro-SIM and microSDXC (to  complement the 32GB of inbuilt storage), as well as the 3,140mAh  battery.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">As a conversation piece, this variant of the G Pro won't ever win  props for its looks, but that 5.5-inch 1080p screen (400 ppi) is a  different matter entirely. The full HD IPS display is simply gorgeous.  Colors are balanced, the whites are bright and, thanks to the panel  used, the screen is viewable from most angles. If you're using it  outdoors, however, you'll still want to bump up the brightness.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Right-handed users will feel especially at home using the G Pro since  its button layout works best when used that way. Along the left edge  you'll find a hot function key and volume rocker with the power button  on the opposite edge. Up top is the 3.5mm headphone jack and IR blaster,  below which is the 2.1-megapixel camera. The standard micro-USB port  resides at the base and an LED-ringed home button, surrounded by  capacitive keys, flanks the lower half of the screen.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Smartphone junkies will be pleased to know that the G Pro still packs  a Snapdragon 600, clocked at 1.7GHz, and paired with 2GB of RAM. That  combination makes every moment with the G Pro an absolute delight --  there are no hangups, no awkward moments of stuttering or force closing.  It performs as a phone of its caliber should: effortlessly. The only  obstacle on the G Pro's path to pure ease-of-use is LG's hot mess of a  UX. The company claims this version of its Android skin is cleaner, but  it's not. Admittedly, the icons come off as less cartoony and users do  have the option to super-size them for easier viewing, but the overall  implementation is just too clunky.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Take, for example, the drop-down notification tray. It's so cluttered  with toggles that even after a few days of use, we still had to search  for the cogwheel that denotes the settings icon. Which brings us to yet  another point of frustration: the settings menu. For some reason, LG  decided to abandon the single-pane view and opted instead to divide key  submenus across panes much the way Samsung did on the Galaxy S 4, all  accessible with a swipe gesture or via tabs. It may sound convenient,  but it's not. It branches off from the Android experience as we know it  and introduces one more unnecessary learning curve.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T what's different" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06709-1367944576.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">On the app front, you're looking at a dozen pre-installed  AT&T-branded applications (i.e., Navigator, Smart WiFi, MyAT&T,  Locker, Messages, etc.). The good news is that <em>some</em> of this  unnecessary bloat is uninstallable, but it's pretty random. There's a  good chunk that you can only disable, effectively hiding those  applications from view, which is better than nothing, but far from  ideal. By contrast, LG's additions seem downright tame -- the bulk of  its add-ons mostly involve baked-in Optimus UI features like QSlide 2.0  (for split-screen multi-tasking), QuickMemo (for on-the-fly note-taking)  and VuTalk, a screensharing function currently exclusive to the G Pro.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Without question, the G Pro's 1080p display is a leg up on the Note  II's relatively paltry 720p HD Super AMOLED. But there is a downside to  this that not even the generous 3,140mAh battery can mitigate, and  that's its staying power. Those extra pixels create more of a strain on  the battery. It can yield more than a full day's use, but not the  phenomenal two day's worth we've enjoyed on the Note II. And it's not  like we sat around watching YouTube videos all day -- this was with  regular light browsing, moderately obsessive Twitter monitoring,  emailing and texting. It's worth noting, however, that LG has included a  power-saving option in addition to a battery-saving toggle to  specifically ramp down the demands of the quad-core CPU.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T what's different" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06681-1367944626.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">The G Pro didn't fare so well under the stress of our formal battery  rundown test. With an HD video running on a constant loop, brightness  set to 50 percent, one push email account active, WiFi / LTE enabled and  Twitter set to sync at 15-minute intervals, the handset managed to last  six hours. That's hardly a promising figure, but it's definitely an  indication of how closely you'll need to manage the G Pro's battery  life.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">As you might've guessed, LG's decision to keep the G Pro's specs in  line with its Korean counterpart means parallel performance. Benchmark  testing delivered results more or less on par with the Korea-only G Pro,  though its scores in the graphics tests GLBenchmark and CF-Bench fell  short of what we saw on the HTC One.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T what's different" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/dsc06666-1367944716.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">There are two unavoidable truths about the AT&T G Pro: it's $100  cheaper on-contract and better specced than AT&T's Note II (hello,  Snapdragon 600!). For what LG's crammed into its oblong shell, the G Pro  really is a bargain for power users. But it has one ugly mole (no, not  that AT&T globe) that not even its stunning 1080p display can  overshadow, and that's its less-than-stellar battery life. True, it's an  improvement from what you'd get from the GS4 or HTC One. Even so, in  South Korea the Optimus G Pro comes with an extra battery in the box,  and that's sadly missing on the US variant. CPU power and high-res  beauty come at a cost -- whether that's to save you money or keep you on  a constant hunt for power outlets is your choice to make.</div></div>

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<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc07873-1363294641.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span>We might have spent a few hours toying with Samsung's new mobile hardware, but some tinkerers over at <em>XDA-Developers</em> claim have had enough time to root the Galaxy S 4, already. This means  those (very) early adopters might be able to peruse the inner workings  as soon as it arrives on store shelves. There's a video of the process  after the break and you can pick up all the necessary custom ROM files  (and warnings of <em>not to meddle with what you do not understand</em>) at the source. There is one tiny caveat to the news, however, as the rooting magic is focused squarely on the Exynos 5 Octa model for now. According to <em>SAM Mobile</em>,  several batches of the new Galaxy phone are rumored to be packing  Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600 instead of Samsung's homemade chip series. An  official spokesperson from the UK branch has confirmed that it'll arrive  in the there with the Snapdragon processor.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <strong>Update: </strong>Perhaps we were a little too zealous. Notable smartphone tinkerer Chainfire  has taken to Google Plus to note that this would be a pretty huge  accomplishment given the limited number of handsets currently out there.  Most of the <em>XDA-Developers</em> thread details custom ROMs, while  the Galaxy S 4 apparently has a few extra tricks to slow down the  rooting process. Read Chainfire's full breakdown in More Coverage.  Apologies for any confusion.</div></div>

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LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T: what's different?

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LG's 5.5-inch Optimus G Pro is the first with a Snapdragon 600 quad-core CPU

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