pre orders?? pricing?

[bhatech]

I think Evan Blass the famous leaker confirmed sometime back that the US release is April 7th. My guess is it'll retail at $750 so after tax we will be looking close to $800. Also, S8 will be announced on March 29 and I'm guessing they will be taking preorders by the time G6 hits stores. It'll be tough sell for G6 again, they continue to make mistakes and missed the window of atleast releasing the phone a month or so earlier than S6. Part of it may be useless carriers delaying as always but it's LGs product they got to take control.

https://www.google.com/amp/ventureb...u-s-on-april-7-a-month-after-south-korea/amp/

 

[Gdwheel]

This is the frustrating thing about LG. They (and HTC, Sony, Moto and others) find a way to screw up their products so they do not compete with Apple and Samsung. I would love for there to be more competition for those two. If LG is deciding that it cannot compete with Samsung's chipset, camera, screen type and other hardware, it needs to price its phone appropriately. It cannot have an inferior product and expect to sell it at the same or nearly the same price. People are just not going to buy it other than those who just refuse to buy Apple or Samsung. Huawei, One Plus and others have created products that are close to what the flagships provide, compromising on cameras and there aspects, but price their products appropriately. LG wants to ask premium prices for products that are not industry leading. The $830 AT&T/LG charges for the V20 is insane. Maybe LG will surprise everyone this year and actually nail the product release -- we can only hope.

 

[anon(782252)]

This is the frustrating thing about LG. They (and HTC, Sony, Moto and others) find a way to screw up their products so they do not compete with Apple and Samsung. I would love for there to be more competition for those two. If LG is deciding that it cannot compete with Samsung's chipset, camera, screen type and other hardware, it needs to price its phone appropriately. It cannot have an inferior product and expect to sell it at the same or nearly the same price. People are just not going to buy it other than those who just refuse to buy Apple or Samsung. Huawei, One Plus and others have created products that are close to what the flagships provide, compromising on cameras and there aspects, but price their products appropriately. LG wants to ask premium prices for products that are not industry leading. The $830 AT&T/LG charges for the V20 is insane. Maybe LG will surprise everyone this year and actually nail the product release -- we can only hope.

The V20 price is all on ATT. That high of price has nothing to do with LG. Verizon was able to price the phone at $672. ATT (and to a lesser extent T-Mobile) just chose to price gouge their customers.

 

[Gdwheel]

The V20 price is all on ATT. That high of price has nothing to do with LG. Verizon was able to price the phone at $672. ATT (and to a lesser extent T-Mobile) just chose to price gouge their customers.

Not sure about that. I think Verizon subsidized the price. The unlocked version through B&H, Newegg and others was $799 when it was released.

 

[anon(782252)]

Not sure about that. I think Verizon subsidized the price. The unlocked version through B&H, Newegg and others was $799 when it was released.

Unlocked phones are usually priced higher anyway. Verizon may have subsidized a little but not enough to justify ATT being $158 higher. T-Mobile launched at $769, so still quite a bit less than ATT. Face it, ATT price gouged their customers.

 

[Almeuit]

Not sure about that. I think Verizon subsidized the price. The unlocked version through B&H, Newegg and others was $799 when it was released.

They didn't -- They did a device payment plan like everyone else... Their full retail for the phone was just lower than the others.