I've seen lots of positive reviews but man oh maaaaan.... Gizmodo haaaates this phone. Such a bizarre review. He just ragged on it the whole time.
I, for one, didn't agree with his opinions.
Quite possibly the most bizarre review I've read for any piece of electronics I'm familiar with. The irony? He talks about the phone being out of touch...sorry, the REVIEWER is out of touch! Sorry Mr. Rose, but that's the God's honest truth. The only thing I can think of is that he must have been bullied as a kid by the CEO of LG.
He didn't quite figure the phone out did he?
* He could have changed the alarm tone, but instead he decided he'd dedicate a video and a paragraph to the default alarm 'song'. Thiis is the only phone that comes with a lousy default tone? Really?
* The buttons on the back are a 'bad design'. Me thinks that's a subjective evaluation that would have been better ended with something like 'you decide if it works for you'.
* The 'overall look' is that of a 'early 2000 features phone? Really? Did he say that of the Samsung that he called looking almost the same? Nah. The guy was bullied by someone at LG when he was a kid
* Knock knock worked 1/3 of the time? Really? I don't think anyone has reported results that bad...not even the worst report I've read from owners here.
* The keyboard made auto corrections that made no sense? I've used it and haven't found that at all. Maybe not the best keyboard, but as bad as he says? Really?
* The phone caused his MacBook to crash? Maybe it was your MacBook that was the issue, Mr. Objective Reviewer.
* Battery life was 'reasonable'? Reaching for the charger by 7pm with 'heavier use'? It was at this point that I left the review because frankly, the review had ZERO credibility IMO.
This is why you have to take some reviews with a grain of salt...in this case about 3 lbs of salt will do. I made a note to myself to skip any reviews anywhere by this guy, Brent Rose. He may think the G2 is a joke, but frankly I find his reviews a joke.
The unfortunate thing is that some unsuspecting readers will read his garbage and take it seriously, removing this great phone from consideration. Wouldn't that be a shame?
One last thing Mr. Rose. Check out the reviews on something like Verizonwireless. That G2 is about the highest rated phone by owners I've seen to date. But I guess we're all crazy and in love with an outdated, poorly designed phone with an OK battery. Geesh.
Venting over, back to our regularly scheduled thread.