Is LG Using A Wrong Strategy to Sell the G5?

[Aquila]

I wouldn't call 2800 mAh small, just smaller than the huge 3000 mAh batteries. 3000 is still really big and 2800 is still over 90% of the size. Battery life will always be more important than battery size. Example, iPhone 6s+. If LG gets better battery life with 2800 than others do with 3000 then 2800 is enough. If they don't, then it's a blunder, regardless of size or whether or not it is removable.

 

[Stwutter]

I wouldn't call 2800 mAh small, just smaller than the huge 3000 mAh batteries. 3000 is still really big and 2800 is still over 90% of the size. Battery life will always be more important than battery size. Example, iPhone 6s+. If LG gets better battery life with 2800 than others do with 3000 then 2800 is enough. If they don't, then it's a blunder, regardless of size or whether or not it is removable.

Fair points - but I think the iPhone example is the exception, as opposed to the rule. Generally, in Android at least, bigger batteries last longer than small ones. Of course screen, processor, software optimisation and so on, all make a difference, but a 3500mah will probably out-perform a 3000mah, which will probably out-perform a 2500mah etc etc etc... and the G4's battery life doesn't exactly inspire confidence that a 200mah drop in the G5 will help any.

 

[SupraLB]

It's already getting mocked online as they push the swapping battery as a feature. It's like admitting they have a too small battery, and you need to carry around another battery in your pocket each day to make up for it. Most consumers do not want to do that. Even the hassle of charging both at night.

 

[griff7774]

The design has indeed received a lot of attention, but not for the positive to be honest. When the leaks surfaced, the majority of people called it ugly.

Attention none the less. Comments positive or negative show some interest in what they are doing.

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[barondebxl]

Attention none the less. Comments positive or negative show some interest in what they are doing.

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Everything new that gets released will get attention, that's just the way it is. Every phone gets reviewed.

 

[griff7774]

Almost everything.

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[barondebxl]

Almost everything.

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Right. But the G5 is not getting any special treatment though.

 

[Laserbutt]

Right. But the G5 is not getting any special treatment though.

I bet if they dropped 14 billion on marketing they would (sammy)

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[barondebxl]

I bet if they dropped 9 billion on marketing they would (sammy)

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Most likely

 

[Laserbutt]

Most likely

LOL that was two years ago, apparently they're up to 14 billion

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[barondebxl]

LOL that was two years ago, apparently they're up to 14 billion

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Hey, if it works for them then more power to them.

 

[anon(5630457)]

How big the battery is is missing the point.

The point is that LG decided to put a small battery in, whilst Samsung realised he error of their ways, and didn't. You wouldn't say a 500mah battery was amazing in a modern day smartphone if it lasted 5 hours and multiplied it by 6 to get 30hrs. It wouldn't last long, as it's tiny, regardless of how efficient it is.

And I think the poster knows the G5 battery IS removable. I don't think it was a suggestion. He was making a statement that they had to make make it removable as it's likely to be rubbish if you use it moderately to heavily.

Yep. Samsung learned the error if its ways from last year and made the battery bigger in this year's flagship phones. LG when the other route. They had a decent-sized battery in the G4 last year and made it smaller this year. What's worse is that even though it has a slide out module, it's going to be a pain to switch out the battery when you got a case like a Lifeproof or Otterbox on the phone.

By the way, I'm a she, not a he.

 

[Stwutter]

By the way, I'm a she, not a he.

Sorry. You'll be voting next

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[mwake4goten]

Android Police didn't really give this phone a glowing review...sad as I wanted to like it http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/31/lg-g5-review-a-bit-of-a-mess-frankly/

Said battery life is poor, that's a deal breaker for me...

 

[anon(5630457)]

Android Police didn't really give this phone a glowing review...sad as I wanted to like it LG G5 Review: A Bit Of A Mess, Frankly

Said battery life is poor, that's a deal breaker for me...

That is what you call an honest review. Wow. The G5 sounds terrible. I'm glad I got the S7 edge.

 

[Stwutter]

Fuel to the fire...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Exi1eHSEFs

Only an opening, but the build quality is pretty dire...

 

[anon(5630457)]

Fuel to the fire...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Exi1eHSEFs

Only an opening, but the build quality is pretty dire...

Wow. In her comments on that video, she says the phone is plastic covered in a veneer. That's terrible.

 

[Aquila]

Wow. In her comments on that video, she says the phone is plastic covered in a veneer. That's terrible.

Yeah I saw that too. That's definitely not a good thing.

 

[Stwutter]

Yeah I saw that too. That's definitely not a good thing.

The whole build seems poor. The module fitting isn't flush, the metal isn't metal, dents in the 'metal', severe light-bleed on the display. I managed to briefly hold one today, and it feels cheaper than most phones over £150, let alone flagships. It's like LG has gone all in on this whole module business (which, IMHO, will flop anyway) and forgone any kind of stringent build tests. I loved my G4, and it's mildly quirky design, the rear volume buttons et al. This just seems a really poor effort. Obviously time and full reviews will give a better indicator, but with almost all the first impressions being negative, I doubt many, if any, will turn around in a month stating the G5 is worth every penny.

 

[Aquila]

The whole build seems poor. The module fitting isn't flush, the metal isn't metal, dents in the 'metal', severe light-bleed on the display. I managed to briefly hold one today, and it feels cheaper than most phones over £150, let alone flagships. It's like LG has gone all in on this whole module business (which, IMHO, will flop anyway) and forgone any kind of stringent build tests. I loved my G4, and it's mildly quirky design, the rear volume buttons et al. This just seems a really poor effort. Obviously time and full reviews will give a better indicator, but with almost all the first impressions being negative, I doubt many, if any, will turn around in a month stating the G5 is worth every penny.

Yeah my comments to a friend were basically : ​ it does have light bleed, a lot. so plastic phone made to look/feel like metal, lightbleed all over the place, obvious build quality issues and jenktified software that has fallen behind touchwiz. couple that with sabotaging the audio, reducing the battery size and the high price... it's going to be a hard sell over the already existing better devices (6P, S7 Edge, 5X, Moto X Pure, LG V10, etc, etc).