Re: Poll: LG V30 removable battery or not?
Ideally, LG would do something very very smart and ship two versions of the V30 - with both inheriting the bigger front display concept of the G6. Do one with a removable battery and that inherits and improves on all the best attributes from the V20. So a durable MIL-STD-810G rated phone with the same quad DAC, improved cameras, more internal storage and more RAM, SD 835, better cameras, keep/improve upon the secondary display, while adding IP67 water resistance (similar to Samsung Galaxy S5, but they can easily do it better than that.) Frankly, make it a tad sexier with some vibrant eye catching color options. Call that the V30 Classic and keep your established customer base happy.
Second and primary model: Do the same as the G6 with the all glass, sealed case, highly water-phobic design. Go with the SD 835 and improved specs across the board. This is where LG can outshine Samsung and really make a name for themselves. If both models ship with a 4000+ mAh batter, 6-8GB of RAM (just +2 whatever Samsung ships in the Note 8) and 256GB internal storage while keeping the SD card slot and try to one-up them in every other spec category. Keep the Quad DAC of course and make the cameras even better. If possible, make it MIL-STD-810G and IP68 at the same time, but that may not be possible with a glass back for wireless charging. Still, make it as durable as humanly possible. Sammy's phones are gonna break easily and that gives you a significant competitive edge to brag about in ads. Samsung habitually half-asses their specs every single year which leaves the door wide open. Beat Samsung in every spec category while lacking none of their bells and whistles (minus the curved edges) and offering a few things they don't and LG could ship a superior flagship for the same or lower price this year.
Lastly, avoid doing the same blunder LG and Samsung always do: Ship your best phones everywhere. Don't restrict the best phone to South Korea and China. Every single time an OEM does that, it seriously pisses off international markets.
And that is how you massively increase your market share LG!