LG G6 a flop? Low sales?

[Stevenmc8602]

More advertising. Here in southern California, I have never seen an LG G6 TV commercial; I regularly see Samsung S8 ads. If they did something showing the gorgeous 5.7" flat screen, IP68 rating, wide angle lens photos, etc....

Lol this is literally all the things they cover in their commercial...

I do think the need to advertise it more bc I haven't seen a commercial since like a month after the release

 

[stmax]

I had nexus 4 then G3 then G4. Now i have the S7 (admittedly after the Note 7).

What brought me to Sammy was the screen. I know the LG's LCD was more "true to life" colours but I was tired of real and wanted pop. The camera went hand in hand with this.

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd.

Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

 

[Stevenmc8602]

I had nexus 4 then G3 then G4. Now i have the S7 (admittedly after the Note 7).

What brought me to Sammy was the screen. I know the LG's LCD was more "true to life" colours but I was tired of real and wanted pop. The camera went hand in hand with this.

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd.

Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

It's not a sad reason... You'd be surprised how many ppl switch to iPhones or Samsungs for that same reason

 

[JoshDunc]

I do not mind not having accessories readily available but I do like having something where I am not left lusting. With my Pixel, I lusted for more. Now that I have the S8+ the only decision I am having trouble making is what case I want to use/get. Lol

 

[j_grouchy]

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd.

Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

I get that...and agreed with that point until I went into a store and saw the prices on accessories compared to Amazon. Especially Best Buy.

 

[stmax]

I get that...and agreed with that point until I went into a store and saw the prices on accessories compared to Amazon. Especially Best Buy.

Agreed. My goto spigen cases are usually half price on Amazon. But still it's nice to have options.

 

[TylerLV76]

It's not a sad reason... You'd be surprised how many ppl switch to iPhones or Samsungs for that same reason

That was one of the reasons I went to iPhone a long time ago. Got tired of seeing all the cases and accessories in stores and not having many android options. I must have bought 50 cases with my iPhone 4, simply because I could.

 

[Doug Moffat]

Marketing and retail placement are both important. But you have to build a reputation for outstanding devices. In the case of Samsung I believe it was the Galaxy S2 which was the breakthrough. I thought it was far and away the best phone at time of release. Then the Note series. You have to build a deserved image. Advertising alone ain't going to cut it. And one great phone is not sufficient.

 

[muckrakerX]

With the new mainstream design and features, we would think sales would be great. Though according to sources, they're not doing so well. What could LG do to improve, especially if they already tried to be mainstream?

Who are these sources?

 

[zr2s10]

That was one of the reasons I went to iPhone a long time ago. Got tired of seeing all the cases and accessories in stores and not having many android options. I must have bought 50 cases with my iPhone 4, simply because I could.

My wife keeps talking about going iPhone. I'm pretty sure it's because they don't make a "Coach" case for her current phone, and she saw one for an iPhone once, lol.

 

[bobdob]

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd.

Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

My "accessories" story - my first smartphone was the LG Optimus G. At the time I was shopping, the Samsung GS3 was the big thing, advertised heavily, and I loved the red color option... but the advertising and fluff did not sway me; I didn't like the plastic-y feel and it cost a bit more (this was still the time of carrier subsidies). I made a pretty objective decision, and I was quite happy with the LGOG.

But then came the offer I couldn't refuse... a free GS5. I have to admit, the flood of available accessories (including evaluation units) was a nice change. I would never have bought that phone, and I never loved the ugly beast, but it was nice to have the latest & greatest, for a while at least.

2+ years later and it's becoming unreliable and I'm starting to look into replacements. The G6 looked really good to me, but the GS8 was sexier (really liked the orchid gray). Of course, I was not planning on spending flagship money, so I was watching and waiting for either a great deal or a great mid-range alternative. As it turns out, my wife decreed that I was getting a new phone for fathers' day, and that was that. I had almost bitten on the $300 trade-in Samsung had on the unlocked GS8 but held off because only the black color was available.

As it turned out, AT&T had just started their rather quiet 50% off promotion on the G6 and that was enough to overcome the sexiness of the GS8 and any of the reservations I had over the G6 (worse color choices, LCD screen, smaller capacity).

This was an AT&T authorized retailer, and while the big giant posters were all GS8 and iPhone, the G6 itself was at least prominently positioned right next to the GS8, and the employees really did not push one over the other. So it seems that while LG may not be marketing much, AT&T is at least trying to boost sales.

It really seems that since the GS3 at least, Samsung has been into gimmicks more than anything. But gimmicks do sell. To me, the idea of Bixby is an atrocity, so I don't know if it is much of a selling point - but the orchid gray color certainly is, and facial recognition is, and the sexy curves are - none of which are really functionally important. The high screen-to-body ratio, wireless charging, IP68, quick charging, those are useful features that both phones have.

 

[Almeuit]

Are sale numbers out or is this just a guess / assumption?

 

[sangs]

Seems to be a recurring theme with LG phones, no?

 

[frifred]

Lack of advertising, lack of product placement (my local Best Buy, for instance, does not, and never has had, a LG G6 even on display). Even in the carrier stores, they try to push you toward Samsung or Apple. People won't buy it if they don't know that it exists. Simple as that.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Marketing.

 

[Stevenmc8602]

Lack of advertising, lack of product placement (my local Best Buy, for instance, does not, and never has had, a LG G6 even on display). Even in the carrier stores, they try to push you toward Samsung or Apple. People won't buy it if they don't know that it exists. Simple as that.

Exactly! And once they knew it exist they need reassurance that it is a good product

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

I had nexus 4 then G3 then G4. Now i have the S7 (admittedly after the Note 7).

What brought me to Sammy was the screen. I know the LG's LCD was more "true to life" colours but I was tired of real and wanted pop. The camera went hand in hand with this.

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd.

Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

I get that.. I order all my accessories on Amazon because it's SO much cheaper.

 

[lightrules]

BUT the main reason I switched was to join the rest of the sheep. Why? Because I was tired of walking into a store never finding any accessories if I didn't feel like waiting for something online. It is nice to see a wide selection of toys now that I am with the rest of herd. Sad that this is the reason. But it was what swayed me in the end.

People actually buy accessories in a store? The mark-up must be at least 500%. Wow. I go straight to Amazon.

 

[zr2s10]

People actually buy accessories in a store? The mark-up must be at least 500%. Wow. I go straight to Amazon.

Instant gratification. It's the main reason physical stores will never completely die off. That, and being able to take a close look at something before you buy it. As a side note, I expect Amazon to buy a large retailer at some point, and keep minimal stock in the stores, but a wider selection. Basically, go, check it out, and if they're out of stock, you'll have one at your door the next day. So, you know, a Wal-mart competitor, lol.

 

[flyingkytez]

The design was bad to begin with, plus I think they had manufacturing problems. Overworked processor that caused heat, processor was located in a very bad spot where the heat caused problems, manufacturing issues revealed themselves.

It's not that they screwed up that matters; it's how they took care of things that counts. They took care of things well.

A few years ago Samsung screwed me over with an Android update that effectively bricked the S3. Samsung knew it, the entire world knew it, but Samsung refused to acknowledge it. That's the main reason I went to LG.

I used to work at the Samsung Store at Best Buy and used to update people's phone all the time. Almost always, usually the people with older devices like 2-3 years old, the update makes the phone almost obsolete. Phone isn't supposed to be that slow, still has pretty good mid-range specs at least. Both Apple and Samsung knows what they're doing and they want their customers to give up their old phones.