I received my G2 yesterday, and all I can say is Amazon hooked me up! The price w/2-year upgrade was just $20, which beats the pants off of the advertised price from Sprint and elsewhere. I honestly can't believe that they're "giving" such a powerful, fast, sexy smartphone for that. If you are due for an upgrade, look no further.
I originally was between the S4 and HTC One, and went into the Sprint store to play around to finalize my decision before ordering online. I had messed around with my friend's S4, and wasn't too keen on it, but I did fall in love with the svelte looks of the HTC One and similar performance. Mind made up, I was on my way out the door, and the G2 caught my eye. I picked it up, and while not as aesthetically pleasing as the HTC One, the performance and specs on it blew me away. I got home, reasearched pricing, and with a $150 difference in price, the decision to go for the G2 was a no-brainer...
Much has been penned about the rear volume/power buttons, and I was pretty worried about breaking my side-bezel muscle memory in that regard. After messing with the phone for 1 hour, it was already 2nd nature. The ONLY drawback I see with the location is the propensity to touch the camera lens while toggling volume/power, but it's really a minor inconvenience as I'm not snapping photos with my phone every few minutes. I love the slim profile, HUGE screen, and oh yeah the RECEPTION. This thing absolutely blows my Motorola Photon out of the water on ability to get calls/data!!! With my old phone, I couldn't get calls/data within .5 miles of my workplace parking lot; today with my G2 I can now surf (3G), text, and call all from inside the building! I don't know what magic LG put into these phones to make them so prone to pulling in good signal, but it worked.
Other than the camera lens touching issue, the only "cons" about this phone are the plastic body (albeit a very GOOD LOOKING plastic body) and slight static on some calls (may be a geography issue?).
Lastly, my wife is now on the G2 also after having an iPhone for years (I've always been Android). She is FLOORED and has asked me repeatedly why I ever let her get an iPhone in the first place. After playing with the iPhone 5s, I can say with absolute certainty that the G2 with it's 4.2.2 Android eats its lunch. Hard.
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