Today I moved from a BB passport to the LG G4. Did a lot of looking at the phones out there and the G4 just overall was the best lbs for lbs. So HAI! 
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I'm looking to move from BlackBerry to android as well.. stuck between the G6, LG, or Priv. Leaning towards LG. I'm curious what made you settle on it? Are you liking it? Anything you don't like?
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H812! black leather... hidden in an otterbox right now the plan is to only keep her cooped up in there for work. Its great!
ok so this was my line of thinking when moving phones.
1) I work construction, so the phone has to somehow withstand a beating
2) I work in the rain a lot... vancouver island will get 2" of rain in a day just because its wednesday.
3) I have a 64GB card I want to use it
So my first thought was, "get the highest spec rugged phone". This proved fatal, as the highest was awful, and didnt have an sd card slot.
Then the Sony Z5 came out, and I thought "ALAS MY WOES HAVE BEEN ANSWERETH" but then I read about the 810 chip. Then I watched videos of that 810 chip... then i really didnt like that chip
so the 810 is out. I need an SD card slot (goodbye sammy, moto, Priv [ok for the priv as well, as a bb fan, and I do love BB and hope they succeed if not in handsets but in IOT security. I would get so much dirt in that slider it would be retarded to buy it] sorry grammar peeps for parenthesis in parenthesis )
So really that ONLY left me with the LG. And I didnt like "settling for a phone" so I read about it... beastly camera... kinda nice, leather back, okay... its not ip68 rated... there is a guy who put it in 4" of water for 2hrs and had no issues. Alright. But then I went to the telus store and just grabbed one. It is a monster of a phone, and its loud, and the screen is crisp, and the audio is very nice. I ended up really liking it, and boom they had a defender otterbox for it. "Perfect".
the ONLY downfall, is that the bootloader is locked for the 812, it is going to be released it sounds like "soon" (so maybe a long while) But the guys on xda are working on it.
the 808 chip as well in the lg, overtime demolishes the 810. that 810 sniffs heat and becomes futile. so for sustained performance, great camera (front and back), solid audio, the OB case is basically sealed other than a small opening for leds. You probably could drop it in a puddle -> pull it out, dust it off, and it would be fine. There was really no reason to not get it. Its the perfect droid phone minus the locked Bootloader. Going to take me a bit to start flying on swiftkey again but, itll happen.
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Cool - thanks for your thoughts on this. I'm leaning towards the G4 as well. Only reservation right now is on the videocam - apparently the OIS has issues and I do a lot of videos of my son. But otherwise it has everything that I want in a phone.
Whats your thought on the battery life comparing the G4 to the BB passport? Which has better endurance anf which has better SOT?Today I moved from a BB passport to the LG G4. Did a lot of looking at the phones out there and the G4 just overall was the best lbs for lbs. So HAI!
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.I'm back on the G4 after the horrid initial release with all the touch screen issues that plague those devices... This new device with a August manufacturing date is silky smooth and wonderful to touch without any of the miss-taps and keyboard lag, I was dealing with the initial release devices.
I was also lucky to only pay $325 from T-Mobile which makes this phone a fantastic deal compared to other devices in its class.
I was also lucky to only pay $325 from T-Mobile which makes this phone a fantastic deal compared to other devices in its class.
Passport hands down. I ripped out a bunch of bloat from the G4 and gave it root for security. it seems to be doing much better now.
BB10 really is the fastest OS in terms of "I got 3 emails and 2 texts and I wanna see them", swipe up and to the right, done.
This really eliminates a lot of SOT over the course of a day. Plus, the fact that it is limited in power hungry apps, live wallpapers, widgets. to compare the two in their consumption is kinda hard.
First day impression: The G4 is fantastic and It will eat the battery faster than the PP at least stock. It could be my phone first boot and setup was chugging a lot of info. Today will be a better test.
BB10 really is the fastest OS in terms of "I got 3 emails and 2 texts and I wanna see them", swipe up and to the right, done.
This really eliminates a lot of SOT over the course of a day. Plus, the fact that it is limited in power hungry apps, live wallpapers, widgets. to compare the two in their consumption is kinda hard.
First day impression: The G4 is fantastic and It will eat the battery faster than the PP at least stock. It could be my phone first boot and setup was chugging a lot of info. Today will be a better test.
How are you finding the battery life of the G4 compared to the Blackberry Passport?Today I moved from a BB passport to the LG G4. Did a lot of looking at the phones out there and the G4 just overall was the best lbs for lbs. So HAI!
PP will probably last longer, but you wont be on it as much compared the G4 so its a tough comparison. Android doesnt suck as much juice as I remembered. (smarter software and coding im guessing) and if you throw your phone on auto brightness and dont play games cause your at work... itll take forever to burn it out.
Im more interested in the screen on time comparisons. Does the passport get more screen on time compared to the G4?
I still think its apples to oranges but your Passport will get more SOT. But odds are you wont be doing as hard of tasks with your PP vs your G4.
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I switched over from the BB Q10 as well to the LG G4.
The big things for me were the removable battery and the SD card. Also the size difference has taken some getting used to but been a great device so far especially for the $325 on t-mobile and the LTE band 12.
The big things for me were the removable battery and the SD card. Also the size difference has taken some getting used to but been a great device so far especially for the $325 on t-mobile and the LTE band 12.
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