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LG has a top competitor out right now in the V20. Removable battery, MIL-spec drop proof, second wide angle rear camera, concert-capable stereo mics with manual

by sho_hn 10y ago

LG has a top competitor out right now in the V20. Removable battery, MIL-spec drop proof, second wide angle rear camera, concert-capable stereo mics with manual controls, a second screen that's actually useful (it's located in what would otherwise be dead bezel next to the front camera, and shows e.g. notifications while fullscreen, or can be used as a taskbar), usable software (read: close to vanilla Android Nougat now), fancy DAC and bundled with $150 B&O in-ears. With an aluminum main body and svelte looks. And for some reason they won't launch it in Europe and steal Samsung's sales. Madness, it's by far the most compelling phone available right now. Happy with the one I got in Korea ...

icelancer 10y ago
Wow, the V20 looks amazing. I'll probably sell my iPhone 6+ and my Nexus 6P and get one. Not sure when I can get it in America, unfortunately. Any way to import it from Korea?
- sho_hn 10y ago
  According to /r/lgv20 T-Mobile and Sprint are getting it in Oct. Not sure about the import part sorry, I live in Seoul these days :)
  - gogopuppygogo 10y ago
    Sounds like a good side business for you to start :-)
bogomipz 10y ago
This looks great and a removable battery! Thanks for the tip.
easytiger 10y ago
> Madness, it's by far the most compelling phone available right now. It is completely insane. I'd buy one tomorrow. But I cant
hrrsn 10y ago
It's a sad state of affairs that a removable battery is now a headline feature. In the past I didn't care but these days I sure do.
- wallace_f 10y ago
  Is it paranoid of me to associate the disappearance of removable batteries with our apparent steady steps towards an Orwellian future? Or no?
  - forthefuture 10y ago
    Yes and no. It is paranoid because we're already about 20 years into our Orwellian future; it's no longer ahead of us.
    - wallace_f 10y ago
      Do you mean, 'It is not paranoid because we're already there?'
fsloth 10y ago
Sadly the only hardware feature I consider critical is available only in the Note:the stylus (I like painting). Just an example how the value of a hardware feature does not depend on the quality of the feature but also on the utility for the user.
- sho_hn 10y ago
  Yep, absolutely. For example I personally go to a lot of live music concerts, so the V20's microphones are really the selling feature for me (and they have nice synergy with the wide angle camera for stage recordings) - I've had the phone for two weeks now and had occasion to try them out at a rock concert and a jazz lounge so far, and they work as advertised and record a clean feed where my Nexus 5 just amounts to garbled noise and clipping that isn't intelligible as music. It's a hw feature I can't seem to get anywhere else (to my knowledge). I can easily see the stylus be the same thing for someone else.
Veratyr 10y ago
It all sounds good but it has a 5.7" screen, which kills it for me. It must be super hard to build a good, small phone or something.
- sho_hn 10y ago
  This is partially down to the culture they come from. Koreans spend tons of time commuting on subways or sitting in coffeeshops, often watching video during both. The big screens are just a trade-of geared towards those use cases.
- deleted 10y ago
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tdkl 10y ago
LG has a bad reputation since G3, G4 and V10 with random bootloops. http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-admits-g4-bootloop-problem-hardware-fault-669603/ http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-admits-g4-bootloop-proble... http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-711334/ http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-7113...
- soulnothing 10y ago
  I started with an LG optimus on Virgin mobile, and loved that phone. I had an LG G3 and the girlfriend has one as well. I'm mixed about them. On the one hand, the hard ware is great. I got them cheap refurbished and they have a good community. On the other it gets hot, like burning hot touch. I've been through three batteries since getting it. The boot loop on mine made me switch phones. The thing that is making me pause with them is the software. I'm not fond of the custimaztions, but I can live with them. What got me is getting a marshmallow security update nuked the phone. WiFi stopped working, any earphones in the jack always started "Ok Google" recognigtion. Cell Signal went to 2G, and the Home/Back/OpenApps buttons stopped working. It turned the phone into a brick. I finally got around to rolling back this weekend, which took several hours. This wasn't just me I saw similar complaints on XDA.

by sho_hn 10y ago

icelancer 10y ago

Wow, the V20 looks amazing. I'll probably sell my iPhone 6+ and my Nexus 6P and get one. Not sure when I can get it in America, unfortunately. Any way to import it from Korea?

sho_hn 10y ago
According to /r/lgv20 T-Mobile and Sprint are getting it in Oct. Not sure about the import part sorry, I live in Seoul these days :)
- gogopuppygogo 10y ago
  Sounds like a good side business for you to start :-)

bogomipz 10y ago

This looks great and a removable battery! Thanks for the tip.

easytiger 10y ago

> Madness, it's by far the most compelling phone available right now. It is completely insane. I'd buy one tomorrow. But I cant

hrrsn 10y ago

It's a sad state of affairs that a removable battery is now a headline feature. In the past I didn't care but these days I sure do.

wallace_f 10y ago
Is it paranoid of me to associate the disappearance of removable batteries with our apparent steady steps towards an Orwellian future? Or no?
- forthefuture 10y ago
  Yes and no. It is paranoid because we're already about 20 years into our Orwellian future; it's no longer ahead of us.
  - wallace_f 10y ago
    Do you mean, 'It is not paranoid because we're already there?'

fsloth 10y ago

Sadly the only hardware feature I consider critical is available only in the Note:the stylus (I like painting). Just an example how the value of a hardware feature does not depend on the quality of the feature but also on the utility for the user.

sho_hn 10y ago
Yep, absolutely. For example I personally go to a lot of live music concerts, so the V20's microphones are really the selling feature for me (and they have nice synergy with the wide angle camera for stage recordings) - I've had the phone for two weeks now and had occasion to try them out at a rock concert and a jazz lounge so far, and they work as advertised and record a clean feed where my Nexus 5 just amounts to garbled noise and clipping that isn't intelligible as music. It's a hw feature I can't seem to get anywhere else (to my knowledge). I can easily see the stylus be the same thing for someone else.

Veratyr 10y ago

It all sounds good but it has a 5.7" screen, which kills it for me. It must be super hard to build a good, small phone or something.

sho_hn 10y ago
This is partially down to the culture they come from. Koreans spend tons of time commuting on subways or sitting in coffeeshops, often watching video during both. The big screens are just a trade-of geared towards those use cases.
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tdkl 10y ago

LG has a bad reputation since G3, G4 and V10 with random bootloops. http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-admits-g4-bootloop-problem-hardware-fault-669603/ http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-admits-g4-bootloop-proble... http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-711334/ http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-7113...

soulnothing 10y ago
I started with an LG optimus on Virgin mobile, and loved that phone. I had an LG G3 and the girlfriend has one as well. I'm mixed about them. On the one hand, the hard ware is great. I got them cheap refurbished and they have a good community. On the other it gets hot, like burning hot touch. I've been through three batteries since getting it. The boot loop on mine made me switch phones. The thing that is making me pause with them is the software. I'm not fond of the custimaztions, but I can live with them. What got me is getting a marshmallow security update nuked the phone. WiFi stopped working, any earphones in the jack always started "Ok Google" recognigtion. Cell Signal went to 2G, and the Home/Back/OpenApps buttons stopped working. It turned the phone into a brick. I finally got around to rolling back this weekend, which took several hours. This wasn't just me I saw similar complaints on XDA.