LG G5 initial impressions

[anon(782252)]

What are you reading that states we are anywhere near 4K on TVs when they can't even get enough UHD content as it is. Even now, on some of the cable channels you are getting 1080i, 720P with poor compression rations such that it doesn't even look very good. The current QHD is way more than enough for a phone and on some phones 5.0" and below I would say 1080P gives you way more than enough pixels to look very nice as long as its a good IPS LCD or SAMOLED.

Anywhere near 4k? What are you talking about?

4k displays are readily available all over the marketplace. Content producers don't have motivation to produce 4k without displays being available. Now they are and content is available and more is coming.

Netflix and Amazon video both have 4k content. Vudu is offering movies in UHD. 4k Blu-ray players are on the market and UHD movies are available to buy.

DirecTV and Dish Network both have 4k receivers and content.

NHK in Japan is already working on 8k content. They filmed a Yankees game in 8k last year and played the footage in the stadium for the media.

 

[gendo667]

Anywhere near 4k? What are you talking about?

4k displays are readily available all over the marketplace. Content producers don't have motivation to produce 4k without displays being available. Now they are and content is available and more is coming.

Netflix and Amazon video both have 4k content. Vudu is offering movies in UHD. 4k Blu-ray players are on the market and UHD movies are available to buy.

DirecTV and Dish Network both have 4k receivers and content.

NHK in Japan is already working on 8k content. They filmed a Yankees game in 8k last year and played the footage in the stadium for the media.

You're both right. There seems to be more content everyday popping up through various services and the providers are starting to get on board. The network's are slow going, but that will change once it's cheaper to make 4k content. However, by no means do we need 4k on phones. Nobody wants a phone that's gonna last half a day. And for the screen size, it's basically pointless. The human eye can barely distinguish anything higher than 2k, and that's arguable, others would say 1080p is where the line should be drawn. Ask anyone that encodes Blu-ray for a living. The real benefit is 4k is focus.

 

[anon(782252)]

You're both right. There seems to be more content everyday popping up through various services and the providers are starting to get on board. The network's are slow going, but that will change once it's cheaper to make 4k content. However, by no means do we need 4k on phones. Nobody wants a phone that's gonna last half a day. And for the screen size, it's basically pointless. The human eye can barely distinguish anything higher than 2k, and that's arguable, others would say 1080p is where the line should be drawn. Ask anyone that encodes Blu-ray for a living. The real benefit is 4k is focus.

With the energy efficient advances in displays, processors, and GPU's, phones with 4k displays in a couple years will last just as long as today's 2k displays. I get 5+ hours SOT on my V10 every charge. If I need more than that then I need to do something else besides looking at my phone.

Producing content in 4k is not the problem. Hollywood has been doing it for over 20 years. The problem is archiving 4k. Now that storage is much less expensive, content can be archived. And we actually have displays to view the content.

 

[gendo667]

With the energy efficient advances in displays, processors, and GPU's, phones with 4k displays in a couple years will last just as long as today's 2k displays. I get 5+ hours SOT on my V10 every charge. If I need more than that then I need to do something else besides looking at my phone.

Producing content in 4k is not the problem. Hollywood has been doing it for over 20 years. The problem is archiving 4k. Now that storage is much less expensive, content can be archived. And we actually have displays to view the content.

Produce/archive, I'm not gonna hold my breath for the studio's to spend the money. And I've noticed the difference battery life since jumping from a 1080p device to a 2k device. Standby time is fine, but in use, you've gotta have a pretty dim screen to conserve.

 

[anon(782252)]

Produce/archive, I'm not gonna hold my breath for the studio's to spend the money. And I've noticed the difference battery life since jumping from a 1080p device to a 2k device. Standby time is fine, but in use, you've gotta have a pretty dim screen to conserve.

The studios are spending which is why content is starting to show up.

I'm at 5+ hours SOT every charge on my V10. I run Lux for auto brightness. I don't see 5+ hours as a problem.

 

[gendo667]

The studios are spending which is why content is starting to show up.

I'm at 5+ hours SOT every charge on my V10. I run Lux for auto brightness. I don't see 5+ hours as a problem.

Sorry, I was mainly talking about TV. You're also running Lollipop. I've noticed a dip since the MM update. Not much though, it still gets me through the day. Sadly. My work place is a black hole so my phone struggles finding a signal. Otherwise it's quite good.

 

[anon(782252)]

Sorry, I was mainly talking about TV. You're also running Lollipop. I've noticed a dip since the MM update. Not much though, it still gets me through the day. Sadly. My work place is a black hole so my phone struggles finding a signal. Otherwise it's quite good.

Yeah I've read all the threads about MM but I'm not worried about it. I'll update my V10 as soon as T-Mobile pushes it. There are 3 G4's running MM on my account and no issues. I still use Access Lock and have it set up on all the phones. I have no doubt it plays a decent role.

 

[nokia4life]

Smaller battery, smaller screen, and buttons back to the side are deal breakers for me. Seems like to many steps back from my V10.

people have to remember the v10 is not in the same class of the G5 its a different device with different focus. Thats like saying S7 and a Note 5 oh they took steps back and what not. The V10 is a multimedia phone focus on movies, and camera the G5 is the all around version that can do a little of this and that it is not a direct competitor most likely the successor of to the V10 will be launched the around the time it did last year to compete with the Note 6, iPhone 7 just like last fall.

 

[Cakefish]

I was able to check it out today as the store where I work got a live demo unit in. It's pretty cool, the camera app is awesome and takes good quality photos with tons of fun and useful features. It's quite nippy and fast as you would expect from a Snapdragon 820. The phone itself feels like plastic; with a matte finish that feels warm to the touch instead of the cold feeling that metal would usually have. The front side looks similar to an S7 edge with curves all over - it's got that same rounded pebble aesthetic. Overall it feels larger in the hand than the regular S7 (because it is larger) - and feels more comfortable than the larger S7 edge, despite feeling less 'premium'. The display doesn't have the inky blacks and super wide viewing angles that AMOLED provides, but the colours look plenty saturated and it can get decently bright.

 

[anon(782252)]

people have to remember the v10 is not in the same class of the G5 its a different device with different focus. Thats like saying S7 and a Note 5 oh they took steps back and what not. The V10 is a multimedia phone focus on movies, and camera the G5 is the all around version that can do a little of this and that it is not a direct competitor most likely the successor of to the V10 will be launched the around the time it did last year to compete with the Note 6, iPhone 7 just like last fall.

I didn't say LG took steps backwards, I said it's too many to get me to switch from my current phone. Even if I had my G4 still, it's likely I wouldn't be looking at the G5 for the same reasons... Smaller screen, smaller battery, side buttons.

 

[fresca2u]

I was able to check it out today as the store where I work got a live demo unit in. It's pretty cool, the camera app is awesome and takes good quality photos with tons of fun and useful features. It's quite nippy and fast as you would expect from a Snapdragon 820. The phone itself feels like plastic; with a matte finish that feels warm to the touch instead of the cold feeling that metal would usually have. The front side looks similar to an S7 edge with curves all over - it's got that same rounded pebble aesthetic. Overall it feels larger in the hand than the regular S7 (because it is larger) - and feels more comfortable than the larger S7 edge, despite feeling less 'premium'. The display doesn't have the inky blacks and super wide viewing angles that AMOLED provides, but the colours look plenty saturated and it can get decently bright.

How is the fit of the chin piece to the main body? I worry that the seam will get gunked up. Regardless, I ordered mine today. I struggled between this and the S7, but the removable battery and LCD screen fit better with how I use a phone.

 

[nokia4life]

I didn't say LG took steps backwards, I said it's too many to get me to switch from my current phone. Even if I had my G4 still, it's likely I wouldn't be looking at the G5 for the same reasons... Smaller screen, smaller battery, side buttons.

tourbound129 I did not say you said LG took a step back I am using your quote "Seems like to many steps back from my V10" to try and get people to understand that this phone should not be compared to that of the V10 LG is not going for that crowd they are going for the crowd that were on the LG G4 this is the next step in that phones evolution the G5. So to compare it with the V10 and say battery smaller, smaller screen etc.... seems like to many steps back is wrong since its not in the same class as the V10 yes made by the same manufacture but not the same class. The V10 is a beast focused hardcore on media content creation something the G4 is not and the G5 is not. The replacement for the V10 will most likely come out in the fall as this is what LG does every year they throw a beast phone out around the time of the Note release, Nexus release, and iPhone release to compete with those devices. Thats all my point is and its not just you there are articles and professional bloggers that keep comparing what they did with the V10 to this and its two different classes of phones.

 

[anon(782252)]

tourbound129 I did not say you said LG took a step back I am using your quote "Seems like to many steps back from my V10" to try and get people to understand that this phone should not be compared to that of the V10 LG is not going for that crowd they are going for the crowd that were on the LG G4 this is the next step in that phones evolution the G5. So to compare it with the V10 and say battery smaller, smaller screen etc.... seems like to many steps back is wrong since its not in the same class as the V10 yes made by the same manufacture but not the same class. The V10 is a beast focused hardcore on media content creation something the G4 is not and the G5 is not. The replacement for the V10 will most likely come out in the fall as this is what LG does every year they throw a beast phone out around the time of the Note release, Nexus release, and iPhone release to compete with those devices. Thats all my point is and its not just you there are articles and professional bloggers that keep comparing what they did with the V10 to this and its two different classes of phones.

LG is going after any customer they can get, just like every other phone manufacturer.

It doesn't matter what phone you have, you are always going to compare it to what you are thinking about upgrading to.

As much as I like my V10, if T-Mobile carried the 6P, I would Jump to it in a heartbeat.

 

[nokia4life]

LG is going after any customer they can get, just like every other phone manufacturer.

It doesn't matter what phone you have, you are always going to compare it to what you are thinking about upgrading to.

As much as I like my V10, if T-Mobile carried the 6P, I would Jump to it in a heartbeat.

Not a problem you may be correct however there is always a strategy and a company like LG did not produce the G5 to pull content creator folks away from the V10 they produced the G5 because its part of an update schedule and competes with the GS7 and is the successor to the GS4. This will be very evident come fall when they release the successor to the V10. whether you believe it or not guy, these companies go after specific types of consumers just like Samsung and Apple does. Some products are meant for folks that want a well rounded device and others are geared towards a specific consumer or business market.

We can agree to disagree thats what is good about forums both have valid arguments I am one to say lets not compare this phone to a beast known as the V10 multimedia content creator phone. Its like comparing the Note 5 to GS6 two different smartphones with different markets that excel at a specific thing which separates it from the regular smartphone.

 

[flintlock]

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As much as I like my V10, if T-Mobile carried the 6P, I would Jump to it in a heartbeat.

T MO doesn't need to carry it. You just get it on Google. If I wasn't on Verizon that's what I'd consider.

 

[mylgt1]

T MO doesn't need to carry it. You just get it on Google. If I wasn't on Verizon that's what I'd consider.

The 6P works with Verizon, just so you know

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[anon(782252)]

T MO doesn't need to carry it. You just get it on Google. If I wasn't on Verizon that's what I'd consider.

Yeah, I know I can get it anytime I want from Google, Best Buy, newegg, etc. But I've only been with T-Mobile for about 4 months and I'm on Jump on Demand (hence why I capitalized Jump in my post) so I don't feel like paying out of pocket for the phone.

 

[flintlock]

The 6P works with Verizon, just so you know

Didn't know that. Thanks! I'm so used to the incompatibility thing I didn't check. When the first nexus came out I bought one and put it on Tmo but never left Verizon because Tmo left to many dead areas.

 

[nokia4life]

Yeah, I know I can get it anytime I want from Google, Best Buy, newegg, etc. But I've only been with T-Mobile for about 4 months and I'm on Jump on Demand (hence why I capitalized Jump in my post) so I don't feel like paying out of pocket for the phone.

But you can just buy if from google its unlocked you don't need Tmobile jump you just end up with two phones and if the nexus 6p floats your boat sell the Tmobile phone and use that money to must pay it off and when the next great one comes along get that one on Tmobile.

 

[anon(8938849)]

I was able to check it out today as the store where I work got a live demo unit in. It's pretty cool, the camera app is awesome and takes good quality photos with tons of fun and useful features. It's quite nippy and fast as you would expect from a Snapdragon 820. The phone itself feels like plastic; with a matte finish that feels warm to the touch instead of the cold feeling that metal would usually have. The front side looks similar to an S7 edge with curves all over - it's got that same rounded pebble aesthetic. Overall it feels larger in the hand than the regular S7 (because it is larger) - and feels more comfortable than the larger S7 edge, despite feeling less 'premium'. The display doesn't have the inky blacks and super wide viewing angles that AMOLED provides, but the colours look plenty saturated and it can get decently bright.

I also need to know about how the chin fits. If there is even the slightest gap it will drive me nuts. I suppose there's no way for anyone to know how well it will hold up over time... I worry that it will get loose, wobbly, maybe pop off if you drop the phone... I've got to say I'm terrified of that removable chin. Seems like an issue waiting to happen.

I guess it's possible to do such a thing well so that it's completely flush and very secure but we all know the corners these companies like to cut.