LG G Vista

The LG G Vista clear trades on the success of G3 in this form, but it is closer in function to the LG Lucid 3 Due $ 49.99 (with two-year contract) price, it is perfect fine-it is a very simple entry- level smartphone that happens to be great. The 5.7-inch display phablet appease fanatics, and useful software features LG's trickle down from the G3. Herculean battery life just sweetens the deal. It is the most affordable Android phablet AT & T now, undercutting both aging Samsung Galaxy Mega ($ 99.99 to the contract) and the Galaxy Note 3 ($ 229.99 with contract). The Note 3 Choice phablet thank our Editor to its beefier specs and integrating stylus, but for phablet fans on a budget, the G Vista should fit the bill pretty well anyway.

Quality, Storage, and Bloatware Ring
The G Vista connects to AT & T's GSM (850/900/1800 / 1900MHz), UMTS (850/1900 / 2100MHz), and LTE (bands 1, 2, 4, 5, and 17) network. Call quality is about average in my test. Voice coming through the earpiece volume and had a lot of easy to understand, but by sending mic had a static side of each phrase. Noise cancellation drowned out low, constant background noise, but struggled with louder environments like a construction site down the street. In our tests, the G Vista lasted for 19 hours, 33 minutes of continuous talk time, which is great value and should be all-day battery life.

8GB of internal storage, only 3.71GB is available to users outside of the box. Our 64GB microSD card worked fine, but you can easily move apps to SD card, and games like Asphalt 8 take up over 1GB alone.

On top of that, the G Vista has one of the heftier bloatware loads in recent memory. May 11 AT & T-branded apps and eight third-party apps preloaded onto G Vista. You can remove some of the worst offenders, such as Wild tangent Games, but you just do not have such Lookout and Beats Music.