For years, the LG G-series has been the Korean company’s smartphone effort to outsmart its biggest local rival, Samsung, and do so at a more wallet-friendly price.

But with the less-than-successful launch of the LG G5 last year – largely down to its modular build shortcomings – we assumed that LG would start again from scratch with a brand new series, brushing the remnants of so-called “Friends” modules under the proverbial carpet. We got the latter right, not the former.

Instead LG sticks with the G-series name in the G6, fully redesigning the phone with aplomb. The company is clearly confident in its own new hardware that last year’s disappointment will be quickly forgotten.

Fair-dos, we say, because despite a few minor quirks, the LG G6 is 2017’s first truly great flagship phone.
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