What is LG doing?

[Mike Dee]

More information leaks out and I'm definitely waiting for the V30 and I believe there's a legitimate reason for why LG is doing this. I don't know that reason but I'm cool with it now. https://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-...adset-release-could-be-in-mid-October_id98345

I had a feeling Daydream would be included... Wonder if they will do the same for Pixel

 

[Mike Dee]

LG is poor compared to Apple and Samsung. Can't afford it. The only thing they can afford is sending demo units to high profile YouTube reviewers.

LG is from from poor as a company. I will agree that their mobile division doesn't spend as much as Samsung and Apple on mobile products , however to say they can't afford to spend money would just be speculation on anyone's part. I think the opposite is true... They can't afford not too going forward.

 

[Mike Dee]

I live next to Google. New LG phones are shown in carrier stores immediately when available at launch (maybe not big box stores). Carrier stores have the best looking displays, but they can also rip you off with all the contacts and added services. Google is a money hungry company that can't be stopped... so far from innovative they have to buy out other companies.

All companies exist for profit, not benevolence. Buying other companies is what businesses do to survive and innovate. That's how the game is played and when you play it's to win and not to lose.

 

[MA2GA28]

I don't care about the long period between announcement and release (as it's technically released in Korea). I think the biggest mistake is sending the units to the US YouTubers for review so early, as well as the marketing blitz that's been hitting online over the last couple weeks. Save all of that until just before preorders and release. No sense building up hype to a pinnacle, and try to see the product on the way down, when people are more apt to ask "Why?"

 

[flyingkytez]

More information leaks out and I'm definitely waiting for the V30 and I believe there's a legitimate reason for why LG is doing this. I don't know that reason but I'm cool with it now. https://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-...adset-release-could-be-in-mid-October_id98345

Mid October, about the same time last year. Unlocked versions come out 1 month later in November, so I'd have to wait a little longer.

 

[flyingkytez]

I couldn't imagine that there would be a 'non compete' issue between the V30 and the new Pixel, but I could see there being a supply issue of p-oled panels for both devices.

Another thing could be as simple as an issue that came to light during manufacturing (ie. some reviewers saying that the panel has 'bands' that appear in low light, etc).

Or another option was that the V30 was not ready to scale up, and LG wanted to get the V30 known before buyers spent their cash on the Note 8, and maybe the Pixel even.

The simplest explanations are usually the best ones, and I have a feeling that LG is just overloaded with getting display panels ready, and just announced the device to hopefully keep people from upgrading to another newly released device.

I don't get it, it was released mid October last year and will be this year, why is everyone freaking out. My unlocked version V20 came out mid November, I'll have to wait a while. Rushing to sell it faster won't help. Remember the Note 7 did that and look what happened, a disaster.

 

[flyingkytez]

I don't care about the long period between announcement and release (as it's technically released in Korea). I think the biggest mistake is sending the units to the US YouTubers for review so early, as well as the marketing blitz that's been hitting online over the last couple weeks. Save all of that until just before preorders and release. No sense building up hype to a pinnacle, and try to see the product on the way down, when people are more apt to ask "Why?"

They didn't sell those units, those are preview units they probably have to ship back eventually. The reviewers will have to buy their own retail version of it, they can't actually do a review with a preview unit. JerryRigEverything was flown to NY to do a quick teardown video, he'll have to buy his own to do a full review. This is good marketing because it'll get people interested, the YouTube reviewers actually convinced me to get a V20.

 

[flyingkytez]

I can't shake the impression that LG is just a desperate version of Samsung.

They are both South Korean tech giants that make quality products, Samsung is a little bigger than LG. I don't see them as being desperate, just trying hard to win the hearts of everyone without selling themselves out. RIP HTC, got sold to Google. See, selling yourself out is the desperate move.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Honestly, it’s this long wait that’s killing my interest in the V30.

I don’t understand LG’s strategy. The one rule in a competitive industry is to not announce a new product but keep tight-lipped on important info on when it can be purchased, where and how.

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I don't get it, it was released mid October last year and will be this year, why is everyone freaking out. My unlocked version V20 came out mid November, I'll have to wait a while. Rushing to sell it faster won't help. Remember the Note 7 did that and look what happened, a disaster.

It's not the October release date that's the problem. It's announcing it 2 months earlier that is completely boneheaded.

 

[Eggmundo]

They are both South Korean tech giants that make quality products, Samsung is a little bigger than LG. I don't see them as being desperate, just trying hard to win the hearts of everyone without selling themselves out. RIP HTC, got sold to Google. See, selling yourself out is the desperate move.

I'm in no way a Samsung fan and I'd love nothing more than to see someone take them down.

 

[Mobius360]

Having both a V10 and V20 I am excited for the new V30. I wish LG could be faster at releasing products after they're announced but it isn't a big deal to me as the V20 is still working well.

I have been considering going back to a Google phone though so getting to see their announcement before the V30 is available works well for me.

 

[Mike Dee]

Having both a V10 and V20 I am excited for the new V30. I wish LG could be faster at releasing products after they're announced but it isn't a big deal to me as the V20 is still working well.

I have been considering going back to a Google phone though so getting to see their announcement before the V30 is available works well for me.

V30 vs 2XL....its a question of what you value more. I'm willing to give Google a shot since Pixel is fully compatible on Verizon. Tried a Nexus 6p awhile back but it just didn't work for me.

 

[Bl00dRunzC0ld]

I ordered an S8 Active since LG is taking forever. I'll wait until prices drop on the V30 and scoop one up then.

 

[Jaderl1982]

You sound crazy. It's not that serious, your not gonna solve world problems with the phone. Go sit somewhere.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

I mean let’s be real for a few.

If you are really set on the V30, you’d be waiting really patiently for it, regardless of how long it will take to launch into the hands of consumers.

But this whole strategy of announcing without a firm release schedule aside from a vague “coming soon” at one of the busiest times for smartphone launches when new Notes, iPhones and Pixels are announced is just not a good way to launch a product. Like I said above, this strategy just does not work well in a competitive industry.

This is not the first time LG did this either. The V20 was launched with barely any launch info and it took a long while for the phone to reach US shores, at which point the “first phone with Android Nougat out of the box” ended up arriving later than the Google Pixel. LG had a lucky break when Samsung discontinued the Galaxy Note7 due to all the battery fires, but the awful launch undermined that stroke of good luck and this year, there is a Note8, and it’s selling in stores in many countries as of right now.

I’m also going to drag the iPhone X in here, because I feel that Apple did it right. Although it won’t arrive until November, Apple did say exactly WHEN you could pre-order, the 27th of October.

I’m really disappointed by this because I know that the V30 will be an excellent phone and likely the best LG phone in years. But LG’s launch strategy would have certainly made it another case of a great product ruined by shoddy marketing.

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I think I might go with an iPhone instead.

 

[Mike Dee]

I think I might go with an iPhone instead.

Nothing wrong with IPhone... Just not for me. I have one for work and it's OK.

 

[Mike Dee]

I ordered an S8 Active since LG is taking forever. I'll wait until prices drop on the V30 and scoop one up then.

Just curious why you went with active since it's quite a bit more than the S8. If you were keeping it for what it can do I would get it, but you're thinking of the V30 which is closer to an S8.

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

Nothing wrong with IPhone... Just not for me. I have one for work and it's OK.

I thought so too. But I played with the iPhone 8 plus today and was stunned by how much I actually liked it. And the camera on that thing... WOW.