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My first (and apparently last, now) LG phone was a V30. It's currently my main driver and I have no plans to get rid of it. It has expandable storage, a headp

My first (and apparently last, now) LG phone was a V30. It's currently my main driver and I have no plans to get rid of it. It has expandable storage, a headphone jack, a full screen with a very thin chin and forehead, a decent camera, loud speakers, a good fingerprint reader, FM radio, a battery that still gets me through a full day easily, and almost everything I want from a phone at what was a very competitive price. The only thing it's really missing for me is a software update. If there was any hope for that before, there is certainly none now. The only thing that appears to come close to being a suitable replacement is the ROG Phone 5 but it's expensive, lacks expandable storage, and I've heard bad things about ASUS's software support. As excited as I am for the PinePhone and Linux smartphones in general, I don't see that being a viable main driver for at least three or four more years - probably longer. Maybe I can keep my V30 going until then...

stjohnswarts 6y ago
You should make plans to replace it because it's quite likely updates for it will end soon. Corporations are well known to bail early when a profit center is axed. You don't want to end up hacked.
- CivBase 6y ago
  How sad is this industry that it's typical that a perfectly functional, $800 device has to be replaced after just three or four years because it stops getting security updates.
SMAAART 6y ago
https://lineageos.org/ https://lineageos.org/ ?
- CivBase 6y ago
  I've thought about trying LineageOS. I tried and failed to get it running on my old Galaxy S3, though. It wasn't a big deal because I long-since stopped using that phone. But I'm a bit more cautious about trying to do that with my main driver, especially since LG phones probably aren't supported as well as Samsung phones.
will_bl 6y ago
Agreed on how good the V30's design is. Mine unfortunately got stuck in a bootloop last Thursday, so I'm going to have to go looking for new phones again - I'm considering just getting another V30, however. It's worth noting, though, that I felt the same about my OnePlus X when it died ("no other phone will ever be good enough!") - perhaps I like the V30 mostly just because I've used it a lot.

stjohnswarts 6y ago

You should make plans to replace it because it's quite likely updates for it will end soon. Corporations are well known to bail early when a profit center is axed. You don't want to end up hacked.

CivBase 6y ago
How sad is this industry that it's typical that a perfectly functional, $800 device has to be replaced after just three or four years because it stops getting security updates.

SMAAART 6y ago

https://lineageos.org/ https://lineageos.org/ ?

CivBase 6y ago
I've thought about trying LineageOS. I tried and failed to get it running on my old Galaxy S3, though. It wasn't a big deal because I long-since stopped using that phone. But I'm a bit more cautious about trying to do that with my main driver, especially since LG phones probably aren't supported as well as Samsung phones.

will_bl 6y ago

Agreed on how good the V30's design is. Mine unfortunately got stuck in a bootloop last Thursday, so I'm going to have to go looking for new phones again - I'm considering just getting another V30, however. It's worth noting, though, that I felt the same about my OnePlus X when it died ("no other phone will ever be good enough!") - perhaps I like the V30 mostly just because I've used it a lot.