[Rant] What's with LG announcing and no availability?

[jamielov]

They always do this

Yes they do. And it continues to make no sense.

 

[Mike Dee]

No. People have short attention spans. That isn't going to change. LG needs to adapt to that fact.

Once the iPhone announced, and the Note is in folks hands, the noise will be deafening. And then you'll get all the techies foaming over the Pixel, and... We'll I'm sure you know the story.

What does that have to do with people being impatient over Android O?

 

[Dark Pixels ll]

What does that have to do with people being impatient over Android O?

Android who?

 

[Mike Dee]

Android who?

Android O or 8.0

 

[Dark Pixels ll]

Android O or 8.0

LOL... I know. I was making a joke since we won't see it for awhile.

 

[chriskwarren]

Hopefully the issue is limited to the preproduction Ars unit.

Android Police seeing something similar, I believe:

Here's the thing: I'm already noticing banding patterns reminiscent of older Samsung OLED panels. They're pretty noticeable at lower brightness, especially on shades of gray. This is far from a deal-breaker - most people will simply never notice - but if you were expecting LG had upped its screen game to Samsung's level overnight, it's probably time to temper your expectations a bit.

LG V30 first impressions: A bigger and very noticeably better G6

Will have to look at the reviews now for sure. I often read my phone at night with a black theme, and I'm picky. Will see how many reviewers and early-early adopters feel about the screen as the pitch-black OLED is known for is what I like.

 

[chig]

Lol... It's ridiculous how LG has no idea how to handle a major phone release! Samsung and Apple, besides having their phones and specs leaked almost daily upto their announcement, they have their pre-order date leaked, and have their release dates leaked as well... LG themselves don't seem to know when they'll be releasing the f*in phone! Ridiculous!

 

[Mike Dee]

LOL... I know. I was making a joke since we won't see it for awhile.

Probably withing 6 months..... I know by then that some of the folks will already be on another phone.

 

[mrvco]

Lol... It's ridiculous how LG has no idea how to handle a major phone release! Samsung and Apple, besides having their phones and specs leaked almost daily upto their announcement, they have their pre-order date leaked, and have their release dates leaked as well... LG themselves don't seem to know when they'll be releasing the f*in phone! Ridiculous!

Apparently LG has a solution to leaks

 

[bhatech]

Lol... It's ridiculous how LG has no idea how to handle a major phone release! Samsung and Apple, besides having their phones and specs leaked almost daily upto their announcement, they have their pre-order date leaked, and have their release dates leaked as well... LG themselves don't seem to know when they'll be releasing the f*in phone! Ridiculous!

Who cares if it's leaked and we know everything before release. Pretty much every phone (that includes V30) we knew the specs, how it looks, everything before it's announced. At least Apple, Samsung, Google and most OEMs give proper dates for pre-order and release when they announce the phone.

 

[Mike Dee]

Apparently LG has a solution to leaks

Good point

 

[RaRa85]

I felt the same way last year. I'm giving LG this week to provide the missing pieces of the puzzle or I'm declaring this another missed opportunity on their part at least slightly. I don't see why they would want to wait until after next week's iPhone announcement. As long as they do better than what they did with the mishandled V20 launch and availability I'm cool with it.

 

[ffejjj]

I must be the only one who doesn't care. It'll launch in the next month or two and I'll get it.

 

[Mike Dee]

I must be the only one who doesn't care. It'll launch in the next month or two and I'll get it.

I'm right there with you. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't matter to some people. What I'm saying is whether or buy or not I buy it.... Has nothing to do with how it's released.

 

[RaRa85]

I'm right there with you. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't matter to some people. What I'm saying is whether or buy or not buy it.... Has nothing to do with how it's released.

It's important not to get it out there too to ensure it doesn't get lost in the hype of the Note 8 and iPhone 8 launch at the same time. At least for new smartphone buyers or those people who don't just blindly upgrade to the popular phones without considering other contenders. Or those who simply get what's available because they "can't wait."

 

[Mike Dee]

It's important not to get it out there too to ensure it doesn't get lost in the hype of the Note 8 and iPhone 8 launch at the same time. At least for new smartphone buyers or those people who don't just blindly upgrade to the popular phones without considering other contenders. Or those who simply get what's available because they "can't wait."

I left the word "I" in the second to last sentence. I fixed it in the original post... See below:

I'm right there with you. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't matter to some people. What I'm saying is whether or buy or not I buy it.... Has nothing to do with how it's released.