This is how LG becomes another HTC or Blackberry:
1. Hype the phone for weeks on social media and then announce it at 9pm EST the night before the iPhone drops. Really? Brilliant idea.
2. Hype the phone for weeks on social media and then have no release date, no pre-order info, nothing other than "3rd quarter".
3. Carrier only in the U.S. with no unlocked version. This is not a successful business model in late 2016 when the carriers hump Galaxies and iPhones.
4. Apparently this will be priced to compete with high end flagships.....good luck with that. This phone would KILL unlocked at $500.00 and easily crush One Plus, ZTE, Alcatel and maybe even Lenovorola. At $800 plus it has NO CHANCE.
I simply don't understand what companies like HTC and LG think they are doing by continuing to attempt to compete with Apple and Samsung. The war is over and everyone else lost.
That being said, the device itself seems solid, if uninspiring, and I'll probably pick one up off of swappa post- release.
1. Hype the phone for weeks on social media and then announce it at 9pm EST the night before the iPhone drops. Really? Brilliant idea.
2. Hype the phone for weeks on social media and then have no release date, no pre-order info, nothing other than "3rd quarter".
3. Carrier only in the U.S. with no unlocked version. This is not a successful business model in late 2016 when the carriers hump Galaxies and iPhones.
4. Apparently this will be priced to compete with high end flagships.....good luck with that. This phone would KILL unlocked at $500.00 and easily crush One Plus, ZTE, Alcatel and maybe even Lenovorola. At $800 plus it has NO CHANCE.
I simply don't understand what companies like HTC and LG think they are doing by continuing to attempt to compete with Apple and Samsung. The war is over and everyone else lost.
That being said, the device itself seems solid, if uninspiring, and I'll probably pick one up off of swappa post- release.