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Bree Olson describes hardships after leaving adult film industry
Bree Olson (born October 7, 1986), born as Rachel Marie Oberlin is a former American pornographic actress and PenthousePet. She performed in over 280 adult films from 2006 to 2011 before changing to mainstream acting.Since leaving the industry, she has become vocally critical of the social stigma attached to being a former porn actress and of the porn industry.
(CNN)Former adult film star Bree Olson has a message for young girls: Don't get into porn.
Olson was one of Charlie Sheen's live-in "goddesses" who shared his home with other women during his 2011 meltdown.
Olson estimates she was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in the adult film industry before she gave up her career and parted ways with Sheen.Personal lifeOlson estimates she was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in the adult film industry before she gave up her career and parted ways with Sheen.
Since then, she's been trying to transition into mainstream life, but it hasn't been easy. Olson shared her struggles in a video for the digital interview series, "Real Women, Real Stories."
She said she has trouble finding work and making friends. No one wants anything to do with her after they find out about her former life. Without giving details, she said people who recognize her in public call her ugly, demeaning names."When I go out, I feel as if I'm wearing 'slut' across my forehead," she said in the video interview, which was posted online last week and is making the rounds in feminist circles on social media. "I have really gotten to the point where there are days to weeks at time where I don't leave the house because I don't feel like facing the world," she said. "People treat me as if I am a pedophile. They don't treat me like an ex-sex worker. They treat me like I would somehow be damaging to children." Olson, 29, moved recently from Los Angeles to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In an email interview with CNN she said she left the porn industry in 2011 and tried to launch several businesses that failed. She now works reluctantly as a cam model, a term for men and women who perform sex acts on live webcams for Internet customers. She has a girlfriend, and Bree Olson is not her real name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NyzCJx4IiIOlson said she agreed to do the video interview -- recorded last year at her home in L.A. -- to offer an honest take on the porn industry and its effects on female stars of adult films. The curator of "Real Women, Real Stories," Matan Uziel, told CNN he launched the series to empower women by highlighting their struggles, challenging stereotypes and raising money for causes that support girls' and women's education. "Today, unfortunately women are seriously under-represented across nearly all sectors of society around the globe. I believe that with that proper exposure, we can minimize the destruction and even reverse some negative trends against women," he told CNN in an email. "In our next episodes, we want to keep spotlighting provocative stories about women that you don't get to access through magazines and reality television." When Olson is asked in the video how she would like to be treated, the question appears to catch her off guard. She brings her hands to her mouth, falling silent as tears fill her eyes. "I wish people would treat me like they would treat a married registered nurse with 2.5 kids in Indiana. That's how I wish people would treat me," she said, wiping away tears. "I would be so happy," she continues. "I never even thought of that before. But it will never happen. That's probably why I don't think about it." Olson told CNN the backlash she's faced over her work in porn has killed her dreams of having children. "I'll never put a child through this," she said. "Even with the best private education and great parenting, the parents will talk and the children will hear and my child would be ostracized." She also fears that her past will derail her goal of having a traditional career. "I'd love to go back to college and work for some amazing company, be it health care, children, some other type of firm, and I'd work my way right to the top -- but I am hit with harsh realities constantly," she told CNN. "People say, change your hair color, move to another state. Ha! People know me by voice alone. I can't run. I can't hide. I have to face this. Anonymity is something I'll never know. Even with all the surgeries, relocating, years of school, all it takes is one person to blow everything," she said. "The only way to have power at this point is to own it. Yeah, I did porn, and thanks to this society that's all I can say I've done." In the video, Olson says there's nothing inherently wrong with porn or with women embracing their sexuality. Even so, she cautions young women against entering the adult film industry because of how society will treat them. "I send a very strong message to young girls: Don't do porn," she said. "You're just going to have a life of crap in front of you in dealing with people, companies," she said, describing how employers can turn you down based on past experience or "morality clauses." "These are things that teenage girls don't think (about)," she said. "There's nothing wrong with porn, but how people treat you for the rest of your life, it's not worth it." Olson was born in Houston, Texas. Olson's maternal grandparents wereUkrainians who emigrated to Texas, then Fort Wayne, Indiana, when she was two years old. She has stated that her biggest hero is her grandmother, who was a concentration camp survivor. Her first summer job was working as a corn detasseler; she later worked as abusgirl at a local restaurant. After graduating from high school, she applied toIndiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne intending to become a doctor, but she dropped out of the university. On March 1, 2011, Olson was reported to be living with actor Charlie Sheen.The relationship ended in April 2011. On June 17, 2015, Olson posted an open letter on Twitter advising women to avoid the adult film industry.On 24 March 2016, writing as a guest columnist in Daily Dot, she related her post-porn social life, stating, "porn didn't hurt me. The way society treats me for having done it does". In the same article, she claimed she is "broke", although independent sources had claimed in 2015 she was "worth US$ 5 million.This article was later followed by her 25 March appearance in the YouTube documentary series "Real Women, Real Stories", in which she repeated these claims, adding that she believes society in general perceives ex-porn stars in a highly negative manner, specifically as morally akin to pedophiles. She is also critical of the pornography industry, noting "We are the only entertainment industry that doesn't offer talent royalties after they are gone," but not of the profession itself.
The man put the camera in the home to see his wife, this is what they do it!
Burri vendos kamera ne shtëpi për të parë gruan e tij, ja çfarë po bënte ajo!
There are some situations where a person is given the opportunity to do something that is not necessarily the required. But there are times when the presence of temptation is easily accessible, and can cause chills to a person, and I lose control giving to something that is banned, reports Telegraph.
A video published on social media is making rounds of the world, where a master of television faces with an awkward situation when a client which is not so covered invites home to TV fix.
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Ekzistojnë disa situata kur një personi i epet mundësia të bëjë diçka që nuk është domosdoshmërish iobliguar. Por ka edhe raste kur prania e tundimit është lehtësisht e arritshme, dhe mund të shkaktojë të dridhura tek një person, dhe të humbas kontrollin duke u dhënë në diçka që është e ndaluar, transmeton Telegrafi.
Një video e publikuar në mediet sociale po bën gjiron e botës, ku një mjeshtër i televizorëve ballafaqohet me një situatë të pakëndshme, kur një kliente e cila nuk është edhe aq e mbuluar e fton në shtëpi për t’i rregulluar televizorin.
BlackBerry says it is "very disappointed" by the decision of Facebook to not supported his application. This means that users BlackBerry should use the mobile version or website to enter the social network.
However, BBC says it is not yet clear when it will be launched effects his. Earlier this month, WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, announced that We will only support for BlackBerry Priv, which is supported by Android.
While the company's own operating system will function WhatsApp
up to 2016.
"We have worked with WhatsApp and Facebook to change their mind, but this time their decision no return "Lou Gazzola writes in his blog.
He worked in the BlackBerry relationships with other companies.
"We have worked extremely hard to provide our users with the most experience
well, under this decision, and we are looking for alternative solutions "
he adds, as it seeks support using the hashtag # ILoveBB10Apps.
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BlackBerry thotë se është ‘shumë i zhgënjyer’ nga vendimi i Facebook për të mos mbështetur më aplikacionin e tij. Kjo do të thotë se përdoruesit e BlackBerry duhet të përdorin versionin mobile apo faqen e internetit për të hyrë në rrjetin social.
Megjithatë, BBC thotë se nuk është ende e qartë se kur do të nisin efektet e tij. Në fillim të këtij muaji, WhatsApp , në pronësi të Facebook, bëri të ditur se do të ketë suport vetëm për BlackBerry Priv, i cili mbështetet nga Android.
Ndërsa për sistemin operativ të vetë kompanisë WhatsApp do të funksionojë deri në fund të 2016.
“Ne kemi punuar me WhatsApp dhe Facebook për t’u ndryshuar mendjen, por këtë herë vendimi i tyre nuk ka kthim”, shkruan Lou Gazzola në blogun e tij.
Ai ka punuar në marrëdhëniet e BlackBerry me kompanitë e tjera.
“Kemi punuar shumë për ti siguruar përdoruesve tanë eksperiencën më të mirë, në kuadër të këtij vendimi, dhe jemi në kërkim të zgjidhjeve alternative”, vijon ai, teksa kërkon mbështetje duke përdorur hashtagun #ILoveBB10Apps
KËSHTU E KEQTRAJTUAN “TIGRAT” E ARKANIT SHQIPTARIN NË BOSNJË (FOTO)
Picture by Bosnian newspaper "Oslobodjenje", which shows a Kosovo Albanian
residing in Bijeljina Bosnia and Herzegovina, while two mistreated by Serb paramilitaries paramilitary formation "Arkan's Tigers" during the war in this country in 1992.
Bosnian writer and journalist Jusuf Trbic from Bijeljina, has appealed to his compatriots to make an effort to recognize the young man from the picture, which is already circulating in the media world.
"A young man, who is seen in the picture until the two soldiers beat Arkan, was made Facility Urbanism former Bijeljina. It is an Albanian from Bijeljina, "writes" Oslobodjenje ".
Trbic has written that the pictures of course are made by American photographer Ron Haviv, who has shoot the scene until he reached Arkan. Later he get
pictures and the camera obscura.
"But American photojournalist, until it was Arkan, he managed to eject from the old movie camera and introduce the young man, continuing to photograph. At the time he shot it as Arkan's soldiers thrown out Second floor beat Albanian, who had caught before Rexhepovit house. The shot there Haviv Albanian with his hands raised high. When thrown from the second floor on the asphalt, he was still alive, while Arkan they continued to strike him with boots and machine-gun butt. Then dipped in
building, "Trbic said, adding that Arkan's soldiers then sprinkle with water Albanian
(Seen in photo), because after the crash he had lost consciousness.
When compared to the man in front of the house of Rexhepovit files, which in 1992 swept the world at Urbanism photography man who mistreat before Arkan's soldiers can reach the conclusion that it is the same person, the daily writes that Bosnian.
According to the newspaper, the Albanian working as a waiter in this city.
"I said that Ron Haviv Albanian heard that he has survived. I do not know how it happened, but he believes that he is alive. I have a list of all Albanians killed, but did not know for whom exactly talking "Trbic said, adding that during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Most Albanians were killed in Bijeljina.
Also, it is said that the man in the photograph is one of the brothers Belkic. According to Trbic, in April 1992 brought two brothers Urbanism, Almiri (27) and Ibrahim (26) with Belkic adjective. Almiri wife, who lives in Germany with his son, after he saw the picture, could not confirm that it is her husband killed, the newspaper writes.
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Fotografia e publikuar nga gazeta boshnjake “Oslobodjenje”, në të cilën shihet një shqiptar i Kosovës
me vendqëndrim në Bijelinë të Bosnjë e Hercegovinës, teksa keqtrajtohet nga dy paramilitarë serbë të
formacionit paraushtarak “Tigrat e Arkanit”, gjatë luftës në këtë vend në vitin 1992.
Shkrimtari dhe gazetari boshnjak Jusuf Trbic nga Bijelina, u ka bërë apel bashkëqytetarëve të tij që të
bëjnë përpjekje për ta njohur të riun nga fotografia, e cila tashmë po qarkullon edhe në mediat
botërore.
“Një i ri, i cili shihet në fotografi derisa e rrahin dy ushtarë të Arkanit, është bërë para objektit të
Urbanizmit të dikurshëm në Bijelinë. Bëhet fjalë për një shqiptar nga Bijelina”, shkruan “Oslobodjenje”.
Trbic ka shkruar se fotografitë sigurisht janë bërë nga fotoreporteri amerikan Ron Haviv, i cili ka
xhiruar në vendin e ngjarjes deri në momentin kur ka arritur Arkani. Më pas atij i janë marrë
fotografitë dhe fotoaparati.
“Por, fotoreporteri amerikan, derisa vinte Arkani, arriti që ta nxjerr filmin e vjetër nga aparati dhe ta
fuste të riun, duke vazhduar të fotografonte. Ai aso kohe xhiroi se si ushtarët e Arkanit e hodhën nga
kati i dyti shqiptarin e rrahur, të cilin e kishin kapur para shtëpisë së Rexhepovit. Haviv e xhiroi aty
shqiptarin me duar të ngritura lartë. Kur e hodhën nga kati i dytë në asfalt, ai ende ishte gjallë, derisa
ata të Arkanit vazhdonin ta godisnin me çizme dhe kondak të automatikëve. Më pas e futën në
ndërtesë”, ka thënë Trbic, duke shtuar se ushtarët e Arkanit më pas e spërkasin me ujë shqiptarin
(shihet në fotografi), sepse pas rrëzimit ai e kishte humbur vetëdijen.
Kur krahasohet burri në fotografi para shtëpisë së Rexhepovit, e cila në vitin 1992 përshkoi botën dhe
fotografinë e burrit para Urbanizmit që e keqtrajtojnë ushtarët e Arkanit, mund të arrihet deri te
konstatimi se bëhet fjalë për të njëjtin person, shkruan kjo e përditshme boshnjake.
Sipas kësaj gazete, shqiptari punonte si kamerier në këtë qytet.
“Mua më ka thënë Ron Haviv se ka dëgjuar se ai shqiptar ka mbijetuar. Nuk e di se si ka ndodhur,
por beson se ai është gjallë. E kam listën e të gjithë shqiptarëve të vrarë, por nuk e di për kë
saktësisht bëhet fjalë”, ka thënë Trbic, duke shtuar se gjatë luftës në Bosnjë dhe Hercegovinë më së
shumti shqiptarë janë vrarë në Bijelinë.
Po ashtu, thuhet se burri në fotografi është njëri nga vëllezërit Belkic. Sipas Trbicit, në prill të vitit
1992 në Urbanizëm janë sjellë dy vëllezër, Almiri (27) dhe Ibrahimi (26) me mbiemër Belkic.
Gruaja e Almirit, e cila jeton në Gjermani me të birin, pasi që e ka parë fotografinë, nuk ka mundur të
vërtetojë se bëhet fjalë për burrin e saj të vrarë, shkruan gazeta.
Mos jeni duke i pastruar dhëmbët gabimisht ? Ja metoda më e
mirë!(Video)
Brushing your teeth seem simple, because after all we do every day life. Behold scientists. They say that we have done wrong life.
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Larja e dhëmbëve duket e thjeshtë, sepse fundja e kemi bërë çdo ditë gjithë jetën. Por ja që shkencëtarët na thonë se e paskemi bërë gabim gjithë jetën.
It is time the optical illusions and online puzzle.
The latest challenges people to join nine points with just 4 lines.
In fact 'problem of 9 points "emerged for the first time in 1963 and is a standard task in
psychology of thought.
Only 7 percent of settle it within three minutes.
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Është koha e iluzioneve optike dhe pazëllave online.
Më e fundit i sfidon njerëzit që të bashkojnë nëntë pika me vetëm 4 vija.
Në fakt ‘problemi i 9 pikave’ doli për herë të parë në vitin 1963 dhe është një detyrë standarde në
psikologjinë e mendimit.
Vetëm 7 përqind e zgjidhin atë brenda tre minutave.
Friendship will keep this in mind WEDDING LONG AS ALSO invited guest of honor BUT I JUST beat
MIQeSIA DO TA MBAJ NE MEND KETe DASEM
GJATE , EDHE I FTUAN SI MYSAFIR NDERI
Hear mysterious noises from the sky that are plaguing Americans
Dëgjoni zhurmat misterioze nga qielli që po shqetësojnë amerikanët(video)
Occasionally the sound of explosions reported, which is heard in different parts of the globe, however the origin of these explosions was never disclosed.
Many scholars and writers have tried to explain the reasons that cause these mysterious noise, relying on different laws of physics, but, to this day, their sayings have remained just a theory, not established, never.
This phenomenon is back on the scene in recent times, as in 2014 reported a large number of such noise, which in some cases are transmitted by an earthquake, though not high intensity.
In fact, the United States lead in terms of reporting, such as that from February until now, has not passed any month without having dozens of reports of "mysterious explosion".
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Herë pas here raportohet për zhurma shpërthimesh, të cilat dëgjohen në anë të ndryshme të globit, megjithatë origjina e këtyre shpërthimeve kurrë nuk është bërë e ditur.
Studiues dhe shkrimtarë të shumtë janë munduar të shpjegojnë arsyet që shkakton këto zhurma misterioze, duke u mbështetur në ligjet e ndryshme të fizikës, mirëpo, sot e kësaj dite, të thënat e tyre kanë mbetur thjesht teori, që nuk janë vërtetuar asnjëherë.
Ky fenomen është kthyer përsëri në skenë kohëve të fundit, pasi që gjatë vitit 2014 është raportuar për një numër të madh të zhurmave të tilla, e që në disa raste janë përcjellë edhe nga ndonjë termet, ndonëse jo me intensitet të lartë.
Në fakt, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës kryesojnë sa i përket raportimeve të tilla, pasi që prej muajit shkurt deri më tani, nuk ka kaluar asnjë muaj pa pasur me dhjetëra raportime për “eksplodimet misterioze”.
Many people were eager to buy the new Samsung mobiles, and when I finally bought them, many customers began to notice problems.
Thus, after many publications and online reports, it was realized that these two phones come with some problems.
The first problem is their screen. According to those who have already bought these phones, said that the screen is very sensitive and made applications to open accidentally, reports Gazeta Express.
In addition, another problem is even Bluetooth. Models come with the feature "Bluetooth Low Energy", but unfortunately, it is enabled when Bluetooth is stopped, so eat a significant amount of battery.
Another problem with Bluetooth is the inability to connect with other devices, such as the sound system of the car and what not else.
Over-heating is also another problem that customers of Samsung have noticed. Even say that mobiles are heated up to a level inadequate to hold in hand.
Samsung's new phones seem to also block their work, making customers be forced to restart their devices.
Weak Wi-Fi is also reported in various forums, saying that mobiles have about poor Wi-Fi.
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Shumë njerëz mezi prisnin që të blinin celularët e rinj të Samsung, dhe kur më në fund i blenë ata, shumë klientë filluan të vërejnë probleme.
Kështu, pas shumë publikimeve dhe raportimeve online, u kuptua se këta dy celularë erdhën me disa probleme.
Problemi i parë është me ekranin e tyre. Sipas atyre që tashmë i kanë blerë këta celularë, thuhet se ekrani është tepër i ndjeshëm dhe bënë që aplikacionet të hapen aksidentalisht, transmeton Gazeta Express.
Përveç kësaj, një tjetër problem është edhe Bluetooth-i. Modelet erdhën me veçorinë “Bluetooth Low Energy”, por për fat të keq, ai qëndron i aktivizuar edhe kur Bluetooth është i ndalur, duke ngrënë kështu një sasi të konsiderueshme të baterisë.
Një tjetër problem me Bluetooth është edhe pamundësia për t’u lidhur me pajisjet e tjera, të tilla si sistemin e zërit të veturës dhe çka jo tjetër.
Mbi-nxehja është gjithashtu një tjetër problem që klientët e Samsung e kanë vërejtur. Madje, thuhet se celularët nxehen deri në një nivel të papërshtatshëm për t’i mbajtur në dorë.
Celularët e rinj të Samsung duket se gjithashtu po bllokojnë gjatë punës së tyre, duke bërë që klientët të jenë të detyruar t’i ristartojnë pajisjet e tyre.
Wi-Fi i dobët është raportuar gjithashtu nëpër forume të ndryshme, duke thënë se celularët kanë lidhje të dobët të Wi-Fi.
In China except the iPhone has the "Apple Store" false
On a bustling street in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, more than 30 stores carrying Apple Inc's iconic white logos peddle pre-orders for the new iPhone, a gadget that has become a status symbol among many better-off Chinese.
Many of the stores look just like Apple's signature outlets, right down to the sales staff kitted out in blue T-shirts bearing the company's white logo and the sample iPads and iWatches displayed on sleek wooden tables.
But the world's second-largest smartphone vendor only has one official store in Shenzhen and five authorized dealers in the area. Most of the stores in the roughly 1 km shopping corridor are unauthorized "fakes" - although they are selling genuine Apple products - and their numbers have mushroomed ahead of the release on Friday of the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6s Plus.
The rapid increase in copycat Apple stores underscores the popularity of the brand in China, where it doubled its revenue in the third quarter from a year earlier to more than $13 billion, and suggests the U.S. tech giant is on course to shrug off weakening consumer spending in its second biggest market.
"There are many Apple fans in China," said a clerk surnamed Zhao at one of the unauthorized dealers that opened just two weeks ago. "There are many silly people in China who are willing to pay extra money just to get a new iPhone ahead of everyone else."
Apple routinely grapples with iPhone supply constraints, particularly in years that involve a smartphone re-design.
The latest iteration of the iPhone, featuring larger screens and longer battery life, will only be available on the launch date in China to customers who have reserved online, and the company has said pre-order demand has outstripped supply.
Shenzhen's unauthorized Apple stores are taking advantage, banking on quick-hit gains from re-selling devices bought via authorized sales channels for as much as double the official price to consumers unwilling to wait weeks for stock to arrive.
The fake stores are also taking pre-orders, but say they will have the new phones from Friday.
Several workers at the stores said they were buying iPhone models in China and in overseas markets such as the United States and Hong Kong, from where they would be smuggled across the border into the mainland.
Apple declined to comment on the proliferation of unauthorized stores in China but said it recommended customers to go to its website and buy products from one of the thousands of authorized dealers across the country.
KNOCK-OFF INDUSTRY
Some analysts said the presence of fake Apple stores could be a good thing for the company as they promote brand awareness in a country that had just 22 Apple stores in the third quarter, with plans to raise that number to 40 by the middle of 2016.
But the widespread unauthorized reselling of even genuine goods can make it harder for companies such as Apple to manage their brands and risks disrupting longer term plans.
Washington has repeatedly pressed China to do more to protect intellectual copyright in the country, a call reiterated by the White House this week as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the United States for a week-long visit.
The fake Apple store model is proving so lucrative it has even spawned a cottage industry servicing such businesses.
Just a stone's throw from the street of copycat stores, tucked away in a giant tech mall, two shops offer the logos, uniforms, display shelves and shopping bags needed to make an unauthorized outlet feel like a genuine Apple store.
A recent raid by authorities on fake Apple stores has, however, made some cautious. Some shops have blocked signs that read "authorized Apple seller" with promotional banners and covered Apple logos on staff uniforms with stickers, although several vendors said business had not been affected.
Others in the industry said the fake Apple store had become so popular that it was just a matter of time before some shops would be forced to close as the market becomes saturated.
Back at the tech mall, Yang Fei, owner of a shop that helps unauthorized dealers set up specialized cellphone stores, said it might be time for Apple dealers to think about switching to other brands.
"Look at all the shops out there on the street. It would be tough to do the Apple business this year," she said. "It might be better if you do Huawei."
The LG G5 is well on its way to store shelves and will be in the hands of eager fans in less than a week. It's LG's first metal flagship, with a curious modular design, a fingerprint scanner, and an unorthodox dual camera setup in tow.
After playing around with a preview unit here in the office, we became increasingly aware of how this years’ LG UX user interface doesn’t necessarily make
any huge gains over last year’s interpretation
. Excluding the fact that LG omitted the app drawer and Dual Window features from the new smartphone, we'd say the look, feel, and execution of the interface is pretty familiar to what we saw on the LG G4.
So, the settings menu is still a little bit garbled, at least it looks so to us (example – the passcode settings are found in the Lock Screen menu under the Display tab; the fingerprint scanner settings are found in the Security menu under the General tab ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). But we dug through and looked for some of the less-than-obvious, or just LG-specific tips and features. Check them out below!
1. Its modular design is unique, but not fully realized
When LG first showed off the G5, it made a big show of it being the first phone with modular capabilities. This ability to swap out and customize certain hardware parts -- in this case, the bottom bezel detaches and you can remove the battery inside and replace it -- has been a longtime fantasy for mobile users. Like building a personal computer, you can upgrade certain components that are important to you or fit a certain need. It's encouraging to see LG take these baby steps towards modularity. This isn't a concept device stuck in developer limbo (Project Ara, I'm looking at you).
Instead, LG ran this on a mass-market flagship phone, which hopefully means it's committed to furthering this feature in the next iterations. But that's the key term here: "next iterations." With only these two official add-ons (more on that later), and no plans to make more, LG will need to rely on third-party developers to expand the usefulness of the phone's current modular features. As a top-tier handset in and of itself, the G5 looks to be a great device. But solely in terms of modularity, it has a ways to go. As for the two accessories that swap out with the bottom chin, one is called theCam Plus. It's a camera grip that has a physical shutter button to record and capture video, and a zooming wheel. It also has a built-in battery, which you can use on top of the handset's battery for extra juice.
Swapping out the bottom bezel was a bit difficult at first. The pieces fit tightly, and the unlock button that lets you to detach the chin lies flush with the surface of the device, so I had to dig my nail in to press it. After a while, I got the hang of it and got faster at swapping the parts out. That doesn't mean I ever got to the point where I could walk around, stop and switch out the bezel casually. There's still some wrangling involved, and due to the sheer fear that I'd accidentally fling the top part of the G5 across the room when I pulled out the chin, I felt compelled to find a place to sit down to switch out the parts.
The other accessory is the Hi-Fi Plus, a portable digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that boosts audio playback for high-definition sound files. Because the Hi-Fi Plus includes an audio grill, a USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm headphone jack, you can leave it attached to your device and use it all the time.
2. LG buried a beloved software feature
You know the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? According to LG, most users don't often launch the grid of icons that holds all their apps (known as the app drawer). Instead, their most-used apps are usually arranged right on their homepage. But I use my app drawer, and I bet plenty of people do too. So I don't understand why LG buried the feature in a secondary (non-default) layout option called "EasyHome."(Hat tip to Techno Buffalo for pointing this out.)
EasyHome is tucked under Settings (to get there: Settings app > Display > Home screen > Select Home). While you get the app drawer back, EasyHome also enlarges the font size on your home screen (which you can't adjust) and gets rid of the dashboard, which is a row of up to five apps that you can choose to display on the bottom of your home page. Obviously this isn't a deal-breaker, but I'd rather just have the default Home layout with the app drawer because the possibility of accumulating pages and pages of apps doesn't appeal to me. What am I, some sort of iPhone user?
LG did, however, add some new software goodies. One is the always-on display. Like the Galaxy S7, the screen continuously displays the time, date and any missed notifications on the display, even when the phone is sleeping. Because the information is "always on," you won't have to wake it up or wave your hand over the screen (like on Motorola phones).
The feature is useful, and it does save me a tap whenever I want to check the time. Compared to Samsung's always-on feature though, it's limited. With the Galaxy S7 you can choose different clock faces and there's a monthly calendar option. On the G5 you can add a "welcome message" but that's pretty much it. And while its always-on text is visible in sunlight, it's not as bright as on the S7.
Other features include increased customizability with the notifications shade and on-screen home buttons (you can add keys to launch the note-taking and multitasking apps). Aside from eliminating the app drawer, these other changes are welcome and keep the general navigation of the phone intuitive.
3. You might become an over-shooter with its dual cameras
The G5 has two cameras in the back: a 16-megapixel camera with a standard 78-degree wide lens and an 8-megapixel camera with a wide-angle, 135-degree lens. The wider lens lets you capture more space within each frame.
At first I wasn't too excited about this. I thought a wide-angle lens made more sense on the front (like how the LG V10 had it) so you can include more people in your group selfies. Turns out though, having a wide-angle lens on the back is useful if you're more into sweeping landscapes than selfies (which I am). And because you can seamlessly switch between the lenses by zooming in and out on the camera's interface, it's easy to quickly snap two versions of every scene I wanted to capture.
Every time I took a regular photo using the standard camera, I'd pause, then zoom out even wider for the wide-angle version "just in case" I liked that photo better. It became a little addictive. To take advantage of the dual cameras, LG added two software features: "Popout," which superimposes an image from the standard lens on top of the wide-angle lens' view with a few effects and "multiview." Multiview arranges images taken from all cameras (including the 8-megapixel front-facing camera) into instant collages.
The cameras themselves operate quickly too, and they take sharp images. When I was capturing a photo of a lanky flower that was blowing in the breeze, the camera's burst shot feature took several pictures of the flower in succession, all of which were in focus. Lighting was also even and colors were true to life. For more on photo quality, check out the shots below (and be sure to click on them to view them at their full resolution).
4. It's super speedy
The G5 features a Snapdragon 820 processor and operates lightning fast and very smoothly. As I mentioned before, the camera operates swiftly, and I didn't run into any problems playing games, launching and quitting apps, or flipping through the home pages.
As for benchmark tests, it performed comparably to its rivals. Though it beat the Nexus 6P on all our tests, it didn't outperform the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Still though, it clocked respectable results. Again, this is a preproduction model and I'll rerun the tests when I get a final unit.
The handset's 2,800mAh battery did a great job surviving the work day without a charge. After surfing the Web, running benchmark tests and snapping photos, it was at about 60 percent in the evening.
It also did well -- so far -- in our lab tests. When I get a final unit I'll run the test again of course, but this model clocked in 12 hours and 33 minutes of continuous video playback in airplane mode. That's a marked improvement from the G4, which had a 3,000mAh battery but only lasted 10 hours and 38 minutes. It lasted longer than the Nexus 6P's 3,450mAh battery (11 hours and 15 minutes) too.
Compared to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, however, the LG lags behind. Those phones lasted an impressive 16 hours and a whopping 19 hours and 48 minutes respectively. They can also charge wirelessly.The one caveat with the Galaxy devices, though, is that you can't remove their batteries, unlike with the G5. Some users won't care considering they last so long anyway. But others like having the option to swap in a charged battery when there's no plug nearby. It's also handy when you're a year or two into owning your handset and the battery isn't performing as well as it used to. (Plus it helps to have a fresh battery up your sleeve if you plan to resell the phone later.)
