LG X Charge Phone Keeps Going and Going
PC Magazine|January 2018

LG X Charge

$199.99

Ajay Kumar
LG X Charge Phone Keeps Going and Going
Modern phones are power-hungry beasts. Instagram, Pokemon Go, Snapchat, Twitter… There’s always some app sucking up juice, and even pricey flagships can’t promise allday battery life. That’s why it’s easy to see the appeal of a phone like the unlocked LG X Charge. With a gargantuan 4,500mAh battery, it can last about twice as long as many phones, so you can keep tallgxking and tweeting. Beyond that, it offers decent performance at a reasonable price. It’s a solid deal for anyone that needs as much battery as possible—but you can get more performance for the price if you’re willing to sacrifice some juice. DESIGN, DISPLAY, AND FEATURESThe LG X Charge is a phone without pretension. It has a simple, textured, gray-plastic back, slick plastic sides, and a large black bezel. The back is nice and grippy, and the polycarbonate build is free of the creakiness you sometimes find on less expensive devices. It doesn’t feel cheap, but the comparable Moto G5 Plus offers a nicer, metal build.

The phone measures 6.1 by 3.1 by 0.3 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.8 ounces. That’s similar to the G5 Plus (5.9 by 2.9 by 0.3 inches, 5.5 ounces), and a little thinner than the Moto E4 Plus (6.1 by 3.1 by 0.4 inches), which has an even larger battery. The phone’s width, along with a large bottom bezel, makes it hard to use with one hand.

Unlike most new LG phones, the buttons are not on the back of the phone. Instead, the X Charge has a power button on the right and a volume rocker on the left. It also has a SIM/microSD card slot on the left that worked fine with a 256GB card. The bottom of the phone has a micro USB charging port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. One notable omission is a fingerprint sensor, a feature we’re starting to see on even the most affordable phones.

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