The main image sensor packs optical image stabilization, and appears to have a warmer image quality about it, with a faster f/1.8 aperture. The other wide-angle sensor is f/2.4 and lacks the same stabilizer, so images can come out less sharp.

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Dear Dpreview
You should talk and review RAW mode on this smartphone.cause the result is stunning!!
Add RAW mode to your smartphone review.

Can you set it to do RAW plus jpeg, and have that as the fixed default? My G4's one huge vice is that raw gets turned on ONSCREEN , and merely by momentarily touching the little square whilst you are busy leads to it reverting to horrid low-res blocky jpegs and no raw at all. This is VERY easy to do, and difficult to spot.

Lars Rehm;

Please test the G6's REAL ISO, I have G5 which is at least overstate ISO one stop if not more comparing to my SONY RX100.M3.

Please test G5 too.

How is the stabilization when shooting 4K video?

nice phone specification...
Dual-camera with two 1/3" 13MP sensors
Wide-angle, 71 degree angle of view, F1.8, 3-axis OIS
Super-wide-angle, 125 degree angle of view, F2.4
Laser-assisted autofocus
4K video with stereo sound recording
5MP front camera with 100 degree angle of view, F2.2
Dual-LED flash

Where are the raw-file samples?

Well, sorry, but the one thing I hate about my G4 is its revolting sharpened Jpegs, and this thing is STILL doing it. Its about time they realized WHY Samsung phones outsell LG by an almost infinite factor. It is because, like our cameras and old Nokias, you can turn off the sharpening and Samsung hardly sharpens at all, leaving it to you. The blockey, messy results also ruin the panoramas and you may as well use a proper camera instead and spend hours stitching- because then you can shoot RAW and fix exposure for the entire pan instead of the horrid auto exposure compensation making the dark light and the light dark- why samples are usually monotonous!
Can it still record the radio in FM HD? Their biggest selling point of old?

Love LG's high end phones........ BUT!!!!! Terrible QC and durability!!! V10 was probably the best phone I ever had! Brilliant audio and very good camera. Yes, there are phones with better IQ but the user interface was so good, I only ever use manual mode and I had no problem with its IQ. Of course bigger sensor, better dynamic range and less noise will always be welcome.
After a few months, my V10 started to have ghost image on the LCD. After 1 year, just after the warrenty expired, the phone went into boot loop and couldn't boot up. This was supposed to be LG's flagship and I bought it at a premium price! Only lasted 1 year? Good job LG!
I now use a HTC 10 and in many way, it's a much better phone then my old V10 but the camera interface just isn't quite as good, although the IQ is a bit better. I still miss my V10 but buying a LG again? NEVER!!!!

A wider lens seems the wrong direction to me. Ok, fine for architectural/vista shots, but aren't cellphones often used for everyday people snaps not necessarily in elevator-tight spaces? For these shots an even wider lens likely means more zooming & cropping or wide angle proximity distortion (not so hot for faces) and less than optimal end results. Not asking for a telephoto, but can't we at least have a 50mm equivalent? In non-cell camera terms, if you were heading out with a 27mm or 30mm equiv prime lens and wanted to bring another prime, would it really be an even wider lens?

Also, I have to say as a shafted G4 user, I have lost all trust for LG after the bootloop debacle with several models, including my G4. Unlike Samsung that at least fessed up quickly & recalled its Note, LG dragged its feet, apparently still dealing with a class action suit, one can read about on ArsTechnica or Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_smartphone_bootloop_issues

Why no RAW samples in the gallery?...

Like the V20, they've moved the twin lenses from the front to the back, unlike on my V10 with its twin front lenses, where arguably it is far more useful for getting a wide-angle selfie group shot.

Lot of phones have two lenses, but I think LG G5&6 are the ONLY phone has UWA lens, and its UWA lens (12mm) is really very wide.

The 12mm UWA is wider than all UWAs from MFT lenses. I wish some one make a 12mm UWA lens for my Olympus cams.

Also, I wish other phone makers will follow.

LG G6 camera is really very awesome and give HD quality photos. Satisfy with the overall performance.

I have the LG G5. I LOVE the wide angle lens.
It's too early to replace it as it works great but my next phone will probably also be an LG just because of the wide angle!
Also, LG's camera app is by far the best on the market.

as phone this is one of the best on market, as photo camera people must use even compact cameras with 1" sensor and they will have always nice photo, much better then from any smartphones... No need to require from smartphones even to brew the coffee...

The phone is a bit too large and the pictures are not that good. Some people (like me) do not want or need such large phones. I also think the Google Pixel with its 5" screen is a better phone. Also, the Google assistant seems like a nice feature to have.

BTW, it's hard enough to make an UWA lens for any camera, much less a camera phone! I mean, how much do those plastic lenses on that phone cost anyway?

Real bad result at 100% Over sharpened.

The level of details smudged by the noise is surprising

Is 1/30 really the slowest shutterspeed? I know the G4 has 30 sec (The whole reason why I own it). Is it a typo?

For to see the distortion of UWA lens, Please shoot a brick wall.

It will be a great help for us.

The green leaf rendering is catching up to Fuji x-trans cameras at base ISO.

"That said, with our version of Adobe Camera Raw we found it impossible to set a white balance value that would achieve a totally neutral color response."
I am surprised that several smartphones have this issue when it comes to raw files. For instance the new Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom.
And dngs from Huawei smartphones often need something like tint = +70 in the Lightroom app.
Fortunately my Nexus 5x does not have this problem.

Excellent review Lars. Thanks for the great job.
One thing that is seldom mentioned in reviews - the software used in editing. Not the apps that come with the phone camera - but the big boys. Photoshop, NIK, ON1, programs I use with phone/ tablet photos. I remain amazed what can be done with captured pixels using these programs.

That is much more honest review than blind vote camera in other page, your daylight image sample looks underwhelmed, not nice sample so it looks like camera is not doing well with this situation of difficult lighting and in plain lighting. I am sticking to Samsung cos it does better for me, I have is S6 Edge and I am happy with this, it does support RAW but I like Samsung algorithm of colours and contrast better but sharpening seems aggressive similar behaviour to Sony. Glad to see this is a proper review, not nonsense blind vote photos sample in other page.