Anybody coming from the LG G4?

[radioone]

Hi all,

I have the LG G4 from T-Mobile. I like the phone a lot, and it was a very close call between the S6 and G4 when I upgraded from my M7 last summer. I love the camera. But I do have issues with it. I've found out that I like AMOLED screens more than LCD. The G4 is starting to lag to the point of rebooting. Also, my phone is the "right" hardware version to have the bootloop issue which plagues some G4s and the low headphone volume.

I am thinking of the S7 or the S7E. I like the AMOLED screen and the waterproofing and some other features of the Galaxy Line.

I'd love some advice from anyone coming from a G4 or a G3 even. Thank you!

 

[drbol]

I had the G4, I never had one issue with it. The only reason I got rid of it was switching carriers and the buy one get on free offer for the S7 since I needed a phone for my wife. Had I not switched I would still be using the G4 without any regret. For what I use my phones for.....I am a wanna be power user. I love the new tech but even an "outdated" S3 would do me just fine. If you don't need the upgrade I'd hang onto the G4. Try a hard reset and dump the apps your not using. There is also a great comparisons review of the new G5 and S7. LG menu's and settings are more user friendly in my opinion. With that said, the S7 is a fantastic device. You can't go wrong either way.

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[cykodelik_75]

i had the g3. i loved that phone. i'd still be using it if the camera hadn't stopped working. i still owed 150 on it and my deductible was another 150 to get the phone fixed. so instead of pouring $300 into an old phone, i decided to upgrade. i couldn't decide between the lg g5 or the samsung s7. neither had front facing speakers which is one thing i missed. the g5's looks just didn't cut it for me. especially for a $700 phone. what really sealed the deal was the buy one get one free. my sister is on my account and she was already planning to upgrade to the s7. so we're splitting the cost of the one phone between both of us.

 

[claykin]

Coming from LG to Samsung the only annoyance I had to balance was the Samsung Contacts app has a limited number of characters it will hold in a contact Notes field.

I'm an Exchange email user and for about 20% of my contacts i have lots of notes. With the Samsung's limitation, I can't see all the Notes. Worse is if I try to add any text (from my phone) to one of the truncated Notes, it then removes my Notes from the server and Outlook. A complete train wreck.

My workaround was to use Nine instead. It manages my exchange email and contacts perfectly.

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