You must remember that this is a music player only not a smartphone. There are many people, like iPhone addicts for example, that must carry 2 devices with them in order to enjoy hifi, high res music. As LG fans, we don't have to. By the way, did you know that the dac in the V30 is the highest quality quad dac currently? Before I had the V30, I had a galaxy S7 edge. I also had an onkyo dp x1 music player I had to carry around. With the purchase of my V30, the onky was no longer needed as the V30 music quality was on an equallibriam with the onkyo.
One of the biggest reasons I chose the v30+ was because of exactly this.
My main portable music player before my v30 was a minidisc player + recorder (analog to digital, ATRAC) and I was carting around multiple devices along with multiple discs on a regular basis to satisfy my needs.
I thought to downsize my MD to something more portable that didn't need discs, but I already owned an iPod Touch 5th Gen that was gifted to me (primarily for music) and reputable DACs are pricey and so I could never justify getting one.
And then came the v30 with its DAC and combined with the fact that I needed a new phone, no ifs ands or buts, it was / is the clear winner.
A marvel of a phone combined with a sweet, sweet DAC player? Ohhh yes!
I needed another pair of earphones and figured the double amount of storage would be worth it and so I dropped the extra bit of cash for the + version.
$850 is a lot for a phone even when cashing in on a deal but when I think about spending upwards of $100-$200 minimum for a reputable portable and expandable memory DAC player, I realize that I'm actually getting a deal because the price is for TWO devices and not just one.
I'm glad I never managed to buy a DAC before I bought my v30 and I'm also glad I didn't settle for the no-DAC G6 which I otherwise liked.