LG G6 Looks Like it has Already Failed

[talon1189]

The only sale point of this phone is screen ratio. Doesn't matter what they upgraded, it's just minor.

No removable battery would KILL my own BUX

 

[X1tymez]

No removable battery would KILL my own BUX

I'm more interested in Huawei P10 plus than this. Lol.

 

[Mike-Mike]

Well the wireless charging and screen size have me interested, but I am sticking with the LG V20

LG needs to drastically undercut Sammy on price to compete with the S8

 

[Mike Dee]

I was ready to pay up to $800 for it. Until I saw no DAC on the USA models. It was really checking off my boxes and then that. The sound on the G5 was so horrible and weak I just don't think I could go back to that.

Don't you have a V20?

 

[kramer5150]

Pricing will be key. I think it could sell pretty well if they don't price it as a flagship. The slick glass back and that display will attract a lot of users who dont care for flagship specs, but want something that looks and feels top-tier.

 

[Infiniti14]

Pricing will be key. I think it could sell pretty well if they don't price it as a flagship. The slick glass back and that display will attract a lot of users who dont care for flagship specs, but want something that looks and feels top-tier.

I think it's pretty harsh to say this phone doesn't have top tier specs.

It has the best Qualcomm processor currently available, 4gb ram, expandable memory, an apparently fantastic camera and is waterproof. It can be had with wireless charging or a quad DAC depending on your region.

The only thing missing is that LG couldn't get the 835 before Samsung, but no phone has that yet.

 

[kramer5150]

Thats true, probably wrong choice of wording on my part. Although by the time the G6 is available in store here in the US in the spring, the SD835 and S8 will be much closer to reality than it is right now. The regional availability of features makes it hard to "outright" classify it as a top-tier though across the board. It all depends on how you look at it I guess.

 

[silverfang77]

It should be though right? The V line is supposed to be higher than the G line.

(I'm just waiting for a "V30" without a removable battery lol)

They'd better not go that direction! LG's success hinges on keeping the removable battery.

 

[MikeyBugs95]

I've always wondered why the phone community insists on calling storage, which is chip based instead of spinning platter based, ROM.

Read Only Memory? Hardly. I can write to and erase from that baby all day long. It's not ROM. It's storage.

We don't call SSDs "ROM". Why does the phone world think that a chip-based storage mechanism that you can randomly write to and erase from is "read only"?

ROMs are traditionally written at the factory, then they don't change AT ALL during the consumer cycle. They can't. The consumer can't change ROM.

RAM, ROM, storage, memory... Whatever. As long as the point gets across correctly. In our situation here, is it really necessary to be that anal about the terms? When we will pretty much understand what is being said regardless to the terminology? If in a teaching position the use of specific wording is crucial. But in this situation?

 

[Aquila]

By what measure has it failed?

 

[Aquila]

They'd better not go that direction! LG's success hinges on keeping the removable battery.

lol LG's success absolutely does not hinge upon keeping a removable battery.

 

[Mike Dee]

lol LG's success absolutely does not hinge upon keeping a removable battery.

As much as I admit to liking the removable battery I have to agree that LG's success does not hinge on its battery type. They may lose certain sales if they toss the removable feature but where will they turn if no one else has that feature? They may also pick up sales from those who want water resistance.

 

[SupraLB]

Don't you have a V20?

Yeah. But my fav feature is the wide angle cam, and the G6 get a much better lens for it. And i dont care for the 2nd screen. But I can't go back to the terrible audio like the G5.

 

[anon(5630457)]

I don't see how it has failed. LG listened to customers with the G5 debacle and totally changed the G6 so people would actually purchase it. It now has IP68 rating, amazing cameras, wireless charging, a 2:1 screen (I refuse to put 18:9!), and Android Nougat with Google Assistant. The only drawback of the G6 is the SD 821. Other than that, it sounds like a solid device.

 

[Mike Dee]

I don't see how it has failed. LG listened to customers with the G5 debacle and totally changed the G6 so people would actually purchase it. It now has IP68 rating, amazing cameras, wireless charging, a 2:1 screen (I refuse to put 18:9!), and Android Nougat with Google Assistant. The only drawback of the G6 is the SD 821. Other than that, it sounds like a solid device.

I didn't know that wireless charging was confirmed but I don't need it anyway. Nothing in the G6 screams out to jump from the V20 but to each his own.

 

[Aquila]

821 is hardly a disappointment, one of the best chips on the market and it is the best one LG can get with a spring release.

 

[Aquila]

I didn't know that wireless charging was confirmed but I don't need it anyway. Nothing in the G6 screams out to jump from the V20 but to each his own.

That's because it's not meant to be a jump up from the V20. It's meant to be a jump up from the G5 and G4 for those on a two year cycle.

 

[Mike Dee]

That's because it's not meant to be a jump up from the V20. It's meant to be a jump up from the G5 and G4 for those on a two year cycle.

I wasn't suggesting otherwise....just stating the obvious for those who tossed up the idea.

 

[Aquila]

I wasn't suggesting otherwise....just stating the obvious for those who tossed up the idea.

Roger that

 

[TheMarcus]

Glad I didn't hold my breath for the G6 and got the V20 at launch. I would not have been happy with that sealed battery. I like that it's smaller, but my phone can't last a full day and swapping batteries is a better solution for me than quick charging. Also, removable battery means I get to use an extended battery.