What if LG isn't announcing a release date for the V30 until the Pixel 2 XL is released?

[Aquila]

I agree but you have to pay considerably more than just buying extra storage from eBay or somewhere else. Plus if you have an accident like I did when I fried my V20 in the Carribean Islands you can still recover those files that haven't been backed up to the cloud. Extra little security. Plus with SD cards you can buy one for a trip and label it for that trip and only those files will be on that card. That's what I like to do on vacations. Much easier to organize for me.

As an example Google photos is free and will automatically sort your photos such as by location or by who's in them or where they took place or whatever. Technically data-at-rest should exist in three locations on the device it originates or is being used from on a remote backup and on a physical backup, but if you have to choose only to the remote backup is a much better option than the on-site physical backup, which would be the SD card.

 

[Mike Dee]

In my case I wasn't able to connect to the internet being in a roaming area so I would've lost everything actually. You can't send anything to the cloud when you're traveling with no service or connection. But water resistance would've definitely saved me.

Good point... Your only option would be to external thumb drive or other USB device

 

[MA2GA28]

According to Phone Arena (IIRC) a contact at LG confirmed that the V30 will be released in the US next month. So we've narrowed down "soon" as sometime between 2 and 6 weeks.

 

[Mike Dee]

According to Phone Arena (IIRC) a contact at LG confirmed that the V30 will be released in the US next month. So we've narrowed down "soon" as sometime between 2 and 6 weeks.

The bad news is they are using a Mayan calendar

 

[Aquila]

The bad news is they are using a Mayan calendar

In Neptune's orbit?

 

[donebrasko]

In Neptune's orbit?

In that case the release will be between 2018 & 19

 

[Aquila]

In that case the release will be between 2018 & 19

That's in Neptune Mayan months?

 

[donebrasko]

Oh... Then it will be released the same time as the V40

 

[donebrasko]

Think it's a coincidence that all release and preorder dates begin the day after the pixel announcements?

 

[muckrakerX]

Think it's a coincidence that all release and preorder dates begin the day after the pixel announcements?

Nope.

 

[donebrasko]

Nope.

I thought that. That's the only reason they could be so quiet about it

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

So LG would be willing to sacrifice their big phone launch just to please Google? Doubtful.

 

[muckrakerX]

Probably part of the Pixel 2 XL deal. That contract will probably be more profitable for LG than the V30.

 

[donebrasko]

We need them to stay in the phone business

 

[Aquila]

So LG would be willing to sacrifice their big phone launch just to please Google? Doubtful.

Exactly

 

[M120]

Maybe its me but the V30 has to be on the top5 of phones, but they have to price it right. In Canada this phone would cost $1000 which is too much tbh. If they were to cost it maybe $800 Canadian then maybe it could work.

 

[Mike Dee]

So LG would be willing to sacrifice their big phone launch just to please Google? Doubtful.

Double doubtful and some V30s are already available for order, just not everywhere.