i did get a couple of things wrong in my review of the lg g5 that was my bad
but knowing all that stuff at the time still
wouldn't have changed anything about my conclusion to this day
i don't believe that the bulky design and the trade-offs in camera quality and
water resistance were offset by the promise of modular upgrades
and other than a surprisingly vocal minority apparently neither did most
people but while the g6 fixed a handful of my
gripes including adding water resistance it wasn't until the recent launch of the
v30 that i saw this kind of demand for
an lg phone review again so immediately after finishing my pixel
2 video i dropped it for the v30
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right out of the box the v30 is something that the g series never was
it's a head turner i've gotten more comments on this than i did during the
couple of weeks that i spent using the me mix 2 and the mix 2 is a stunning
looking device lg has taken the same kind of leap
forward here that samsung did when they went from the plastic s5 to the curvy
glass and aluminum s6 edge imo
and under the hood you'll find all the things that the discerning consumer
would expect from a flagship phone these days
yes actually all of them with the highlights
compared to the eerily similar pixel 2 xl being micro sd expansion
wireless charging and yes a headphone jack and not just any
headphone jack google placed its bets on users preferring to listen aloud
equipping the pixel 2 xl with one of the best sets of front-facing stereo
speakers that i've ever heard on a smartphone while lg
skimped on a single palm-firing speaker
and then went all in on the headphone experience and as someone who uses both
about equally i am really torn on this one like damn
because the v30s headphone jack is more than just present it stands out
presumably the reason it's disabled by default is to save some battery life but
if you listen to music throughout the day as much as i do lg's quad amp hi-fi
quad dax setting is a must i'm not going
to say that it is competitive with an external amp and dac that cost as much
as the whole phone and it should really have a simple touch
and drag custom eq configuration option but even with those complaints in mind
this is the first time since probably ever that i felt even
remotely tempted to use digital filters on a phone the short preset ended up
being a great match for the trashy pop music that i listen to and it makes this
device a fantastic middle ground between
the ho-hum audio solutions that dominate the smartphone market and then investing
a bunch of extra money not to mention pocket space into something external
sold then right uh hold on
let's talk about the screen i didn't mention the blue shift on the
pixel 2 xl while i was working on my review and the reason is that frankly in
my opinion that whole thing got blown way out of proportion
it is more pronounced on the lg made
po-led panel which appears to be a close relative of the one in the v30 than it
is on the samsung amoled panel in the smaller pixel 2
but it doesn't affect any of the angles that i hold my phone at and OLED
displays of all flavors have exhibited this kind of behavior to varying degrees
for so long now but i don't even consider it noteworthy anymore so i
liked the display on the pixel 2 xl and i like it on the v32
a far bigger concern is the potential for burn-in
now my pixel 2 xl and b30 are both still
perfect which is again why i didn't mention it
but i do have some bad news for you guys now theoretically any OLED can get
burned eventually some just faster than others
and if any of the units out there are suffering from baked on on-screen
buttons after just a couple of weeks this does set off some alarms for me
the good news though is that by regularly mixing up your on-screen
elements i should have changed this watch face more often on that subject by
running lower brightness overall and by
avoiding notorious apps like waze you can prolong your display's life and to
give consumers additional confidence lg is offering an extra year of warranty
just for registering the device as long as you're american
the rest of the world gets a good old-fashioned sorry about that
and while as a canadian i can certainly appreciate that gesture i'd rather have
another year of warranty and on the subject of things i'd rather
have there are a few other v30 drawbacks that do need to be addressed here the
battery is a little small for such a large phone it didn't really affect me
day-to-day and my wanderings about town but
the xl2's is bigger the camera is also
immediately and obviously inferior to other similarly priced flagship
smartphones like the iphone 8 plus galaxy s8 and pixel 2 xl and lg's
Android skin while functional didn't light my world on fire even though i
have an unlocked phone it shipped chalk full of bloatware and while their
animation style actually contributes to the phone feeling really snappy it lacks
something not just something anything to
set it apart where's the swipe down for notifications
on the rear touch sensor where's the squeeze for a google assistant where's
the system wide camera quick launch
it only does volume down if the phone isn't locked and
dare i say it where's the bixby button
as skinned Android experiences go lg's
is fine and never offended me in any way
it even allows the software nav buttons to be remapped google
and the v30s hardware is both stylish and powerful
but i feel like all but the hardcore
wired headphone nerds are going to gravitate towards other options like the
galaxy s8 or pixel 2 xl
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