Anybody have experience with the G3 and M8?

[mhettrich]

Dude..I know you stated you had the n5 and m8 and was getting the G3 with the 14 day return policy (if needed) now that you've had it for a bit. I'm curious to what your overall impression of the phone is. I have until Thursday to decide.

Advice?

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Any idea what you are gonna do haha?

 

[billbrobaggins]

Any idea what you are gonna do haha?

I know right. I'm all over the place

After bouncing around and reading yours and everyone's reviews and comments, I'm swapping out the m8 for the G3. I know this for sure. What I am now on the fence about is which color to get (I'm on Verizon) and whether I'm going to sport a case (usually a naked advocate)

I usually steer away from white phone but I like the two tone face..

I can't pass it up. I held one in an AT&T store and fell in love. Form factor is untouchable

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[csmith1289]

Good choice I switched from the m8 to the g3 during my 14 day return period and I am very happy with my decision. I love the g3 and the screen. The m8 was great and smoother but the screen was just a tad to small for me.. Coming from a note 3.

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[mhettrich]

I know right. I'm all over the place

After bouncing around and reading yours and everyone's reviews and comments, I'm swapping out the m8 for the G3. I know this for sure. What I am now on the fence about is which color to get (I'm on Verizon) and whether I'm going to sport a case (usually a naked advocate)

I usually steer away from white phone but I like the two tone face..

I can't pass it up. I held one in an AT&T store and fell in love. Form factor is untouchable

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Awesome, glad I could help.

Personally I like using the phone without a case, but I bought a cheap TPU case for when I'm at the gym. I like the gunmetal, but that's entirely personal preference.

 

[vincey2kr1]

I'm currently trying both before i stick with one. Seriously i thought the HTC speakers were going to wow me, there so much hype around them I wasnt impressed. The screen look CRT'ish on m8 compared to the 4k on the g3, liking the g3 as far as screen goes but the m8 can be brighter. Coming from the note 2 I Like the extra screen real estate in the practically the same size and that m8 feels like a brick. The gps are pretty equal in both but theres times my G3 held on to a 3g signal better then the m8 so it was able to upload the map in high res were the m8 was a bit behind.The m8 infared sensor and app is better compared to the g3, I was having to directly point at sensors to get my tv to react at 24ft were the m8 I just had to point in the vicinity and it would work... cameras? .. not even going to go there lol
They both have wifi calling now, both great phones. Still playing with both for the next week to see which one i'll keep.
Forgot to mention price, $50 bucks for the g3 vs $229 m8 hk .. so ya things are looking good for the g3

 

[donhr]

Had the M8. Got the G3. Back to M8. Just better experience overall. And bad battery life of the g3 did it for me. The camera was good but im happily back with the M8 now

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[kingsway8605]

I have had both. Bottom line is this:

HTC One M8: Much more stable software, Amazing build quality, Better speakers, Better screen (better viewing angles and brightness despite lower resolution), awful camera, awful power button location

LG G3: Good camera, Easier to hold and use, BUGGY software, bloat that can't be disabled (like lookout and Facebook), bad viewing angles, noticeable lag. Car audio does not work (literally, you can't play music with this phone in your car except over Bluetooth)

Comparable battery life on each.

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[vincey2kr1]

I have had both. Bottom line is this:

HTC One M8: Much more stable software, Amazing build quality, Better speakers, Better screen (better viewing angles and brightness despite lower resolution), awful camera, awful power button location

LG G3: Good camera, Easier to hold and use, BUGGY software, bloat that can't be disabled (like lookout and Facebook), bad viewing angles, noticeable lag. Car audio does not work (literally, you can't play music with this phone in your car except over Bluetooth)



Comparable battery life on each.

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Its your aux cable, had to switch mine out . g3 dam picky on them , if anything its probably software realated because i'm guessing any headphones you plug in work?

Getting good battery life on the g3 and the m8 pretty comparable on just what you do. I do notice the g3 charges way faster then the m8

 

[Duncan1982]

I have had both. Bottom line is this:

HTC One M8: Much more stable software, Amazing build quality, Better speakers, Better screen (better viewing angles and brightness despite lower resolution), awful camera, awful power button location

LG G3: Good camera, Easier to hold and use, BUGGY software, bloat that can't be disabled (like lookout and Facebook), bad viewing angles, noticeable lag. Car audio does not work (literally, you can't play music with this phone in your car except over Bluetooth)

Comparable battery life on each.

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OK bottom line is this lol and it could continue on and on lol

But off axis I just don't see it as poor maybe my vision is of top quality, nah I'm not going to claim that or maybe I see things differently yeah I will go with that one.

Seriously its been fine for me, and anyway I tend to look at my phone head on, and tend not to look at it off axis. But its fine for me.

Trade off's the many many people I have seen complaining about HTC and the bezels and bar at the bottom, well such as needed for those boomsound.

Lg went the other way and now it gets it because it doesn't have boomsound or tech to that effect.

I have no troubles other than slight lag when entering app drawer and then it settles, update will fix I'm sure.

Certainly its not buggy all over the ui making it pointless and or useless as seems to be portrayed.

Battery life is not Z2 territory that's for sure, but between 4 and a half to 5 and a half is OK for me personally.

I like it many won't and that is just how the script will go.

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[Brerlapn]

Well obviously the M8 is your best match, that said I personally have not experienced any of your issues.

I agree with you about the display being clear and precise; I've got no complaints about the sharpening or text.

I have, though, had the same problems as y2jdmbfan as far as focus time in low light. Given the hype over the lasers, it's even more noticeable. I'll be doing video and some photos this weekend, and if I have the same problem outside or in a well-lit area inside I'll probably take the phone back since the camera was really the deal-breaker on the M8 for me.

 

[urrl]

Perhaps this review can shed some light.
LG G3 (AT&T) Review & Rating | PCMag.com

 

[billbrobaggins]

I agree with you about the display being clear and precise; I've got no complaints about the sharpening or text.

I have, though, had the same problems as y2jdmbfan as far as focus time in low light. Given the hype over the lasers, it's even more noticeable. I'll be doing video and some photos this weekend, and if I have the same problem outside or in a well-lit area inside I'll probably take the phone back since the camera was really the deal-breaker on the M8 for me.

It's odd to me that the camera is the deal breaker over form factor. I never thought the camera was that bad.

Traded the m8 for a g3 today. Don't miss it at all.

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[mhettrich]

It's odd to me that the camera is the deal breaker over form factor. I never thought the camera was that bad.

Traded the m8 for a g3 today. Don't miss it at all.

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Glad you like it. I'll be hanging on to both devices. I have extreme smartphone ADD and can see myself switching back and forth between the two. #firstworldproblems

 

[Brerlapn]

It's odd to me that the camera is the deal breaker over form factor. I never thought the camera was that bad.

Traded the m8 for a g3 today. Don't miss it at all.

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I came from an M7 to the G3, and the main reason I veered off the HTC path was the lack of improvement in the camera for the M8. The M8 and the G3 are the same height, so form factor wasn't as pivotal between them to me. I take video of sports with the phone, so having better zoom was important to me, but the camera delays coming from the rather fast M7 camera are sticking in my craw. We'll see--I'm finding the headphone sound underwhelming, too, but I don't know that the M8 would outperform there, either. I like the G3, and mostly don't have problems with it, but there are these edge issues that make it less of a slam dunk, don't look back purchase than my M7 was last year.

 

[billbrobaggins]

Glad you like it. I'll be hanging on to both devices. I have extreme smartphone ADD and can see myself switching back and forth between the two. #firstworldproblems

Dude, I love it. I don't think people would beleive me if i posted every phone i've had these past two years. But I am content (right now lol)

thanks for all the insight, not sure I would have jumped without it.

 

[Gunnyman]

I'm facing this decision myself. I've owned both the M7 and the G2. With the exception of really bad GPS issues, my G2 has been a great phone.
I like the sound quality and Sense UI from the M7 too.
Can someone with the G3 comment on the reliability of the GPS? My G2 suffers from GPS signal loss constantly and was made worse by the latest update to Google maps and G2 KitKat update.

 

[mhettrich]

I'm facing this decision myself. I've owned both the M7 and the G2. With the exception of really bad GPS issues, my G2 has been a great phone.
I like the sound quality and Sense UI from the M7 too.
Can someone with the G3 comment on the reliability of the GPS? My G2 suffers from GPS signal loss constantly and was made worse by the latest update to Google maps and G2 KitKat update.

I haven't had any issue with GPS yet. I haven't used google maps too much, but I do use Waze on my commute just to check what the traffic is like. Haven't lost the GPS signal yet.

 

[Gunnyman]

Thanks. Even Waze suffers on my G2. GPS signal lost, outside, under clear skies.

 

[Ventura726]

I've had the M8 since it came out and just got the G3 a few days ago. So far battery life seems to be great with the G3. Not as good as the M8 but still way better than most phones I've had. I'll have to take a couple more days with mixed routines (days off, different activities, etc...) to really gauge it. I do agree that the M8 is slightly smoother than the G3, but only noticeable when they are side by side. One thing that I have noticed is that I think the screen on the M8 looks better overall. I have compared side by side with various settings, looking at the same photos and apps, and I still think M8 has the edge. The overall look on the screen is just cleaner on the M8. I have noticed what some people have complained about as far as over-sharpening and while it's not a deal-breaker, it's there.