An LG hater pitting specific flagship models against the V.35. Most information that is critical of the V.35 is so subjective and outdated. And the comment about possibly getting a pre-production model could apply. I highly doubt there was any effort used to actually prepare the phone for the alleged usage scenarios as LG phones are highly customizable so out of the box it might benefit from some tweaking for specific test scenarios. Subjective thinking, lack of real world testing and inadequate testing surround the review here. One thing I have learned about all of the LG V series phones. Choosing the correct variant is critical to how well it functions with a specific carrier. Unlocked CDMA/GSM models will accommodate your carrier of choice but software tweaks are almost always required to gain the specific functionality offered on each carrier's variant of the same model. The photo examples were so obviously subjective as I literally did not like most of the pixel 2 photos in comparison. LG camera functionality blows the Pixel opt of the water. Just because the Pixel has a default camera profile out of the box that might suit most people, it fails to even compare to how robust and powerful LG camera functionality is once you enter the settings and see how a v series camera becomes a professional photographer's dream. Point is, just because it isn't this reviewer's cup of tea doesn't make it a less capable phone. It's probably above their pay grade to even test it thoroughly. They obviously only scratched the surface and likely don't even know how to use it properly.
. JFTR, pushing a polygon with some testing app is a far cry from a real world result. The different result in an actual game was a real world test that had a completely opposite result.
Smartphones, when I shop for them, come in 2 distinct flavors. You either buy a phone that controls you and shows you tells YOU what it does best or you buy one that you can control by telling it what to do because it was designed to be the best