I have an Edge and my Mrs has a regular S7. The home buttons feel quite different. On my Edge it is higher and more raised against the case. On my Mrs regular S7 the home button is closer to flush. This gives them a different feel.
I'm wondering if this is a difference between the models or just a variance in the buttons. Has anyone noticed the same?
Coming from an S6 I know how inconsistent the Home buttons can be between individual phones.
I've just got a G4 (standard not Plus) and booted for the first time, and I'm surprised to see the screen has a noticeably more yellow cast and lower brightness than that of the even more budget Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 I'm upgrading from. All display settings checked and unchecked Etc. so that's not the issue.
Anyone else able to do the same comparison or comment on their screens? Just wondering if this is normal or if I've got a lemon. I know screens can vary, but whites have a distinct yellow cast on this display so trying to work out if it's worth returning or not?
Thanks
stkpxl said:
I haven't noticed on the one I just got. I came from a Note 4. Compared to that screen, it's pretty damn good and quite a surprise.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep weirdly maybe I jumped the gun a bit. Compared to the Voda Smart Ultra 6 it looked really yellow, but after looking at it on its own a while later I thought 'well it is warm, but the whites do actually look white I suppose'. So then compared it to my S6 Edge thinking I'd really see a difference... well the G4 is 'whiter' than the S6 Edge lol.
Shows you how screwed up things get when you compare, in isolation I wouldn't have noticed. The Smart Ultra 6 just has a really 'white is white and very bright' screen, if one that's not quite as crisp as the G4.
I have the LG G4 and was considering the upgrade to G6. Verizon customer.
1. How do the cameras compare? The rear is supposed to be better by all accounts. Front camera is 5 MP on G6 and 8 MP on G4, is this a downgrade in photo quality? Perhaps not since MP is not everything.
2. How does the battery life compare?
3. Is a case important on G6? Seems necessary with all that glass. G4 was excellent for handling falls due to leather or plastic back and slight curve in screen.
Downsides are loss of IR blaster and no more removable battery. Any other losses upgrading G4 to G6?
One more thing, the Galaxy S8 can stretch youtube videos to fullscreen but I get the impression the G6 does not have this ability, is that correct?
htcnext said:
I have the LG G4 and was considering the upgrade to G6. Verizon customer.
1. How do the cameras compare? The rear is supposed to be better by all accounts. Front camera is 5 MP on G6 and 8 MP on G4, is this a downgrade in photo quality? Perhaps not since MP is not everything.
2. How does the battery life compare?
3. Is a case important on G6? Seems necessary with all that glass. G4 was excellent for handling falls due to leather or plastic back and slight curve in screen.
Downsides are loss of IR blaster and no more removable battery. Any other losses upgrading G4 to G6?
One more thing, the Galaxy S8 can stretch youtube videos to fullscreen but I get the impression the G6 does not have this ability, is that correct?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I upgraded from a G3 to a G6 on Sprint. I haven't had it long enough to answer all your questions, but I can offer a little input.
The battery life is significantly better. Obviously, there is a lot of degradation given the G3 is several years old, but I went out and bought a new G3 battery a year ago. The G6 gets me through a whole day easy. I do use an Android Wear watch to triage notifications, so I have a less than average screen time on the phone, but I'll go running using the phone's GPS in the morning or do an hour of lifting with the screen on the whole time inputting into an exercise app, etc. The fast charge on the G6 is amazing. It is multiples faster charging than the G3. I also bought a wireless charger, which is great to set on my desk at work.
I think a case is important. The glass back is gorgeous, but I've only seen it for about 10 seconds once while I held it 6 inches over a plush carpet to install the case. I dunno. I put on a Spigen carbon case, and it does not add much bulk to the phone. I had a Spigen on my G3 for three years and it looked like it went through a war. The G3 looks pristine.
Lack of IR blaster wasn't a problem for me because I just took my old G3 and put it in the TV room to use as a remote. The only issue I see with the non-removable battery is getting a few years down the road when its capacity is less.
I don't use YouTube much at all. I did just now pop it open and fired up a video, and can confirm it did not stretch to full screen. I thought I read somewhere that Google was going to work on this on the software end as they're expecting more 16:9 phones to come along. I have no idea what the S8 does.
I haven't tested out the camera much. Honestly, I was amazed at the high quality of the G3 camera and would be happy if the G6 was as good. I take videos of our kid's wrestling matches and share some of the videos with other parents when they can't be there to watch their kids. I have gotten a lot of remarks about how fantastic my phone's videos are (the G3, that is) from people that have iPhone 6's and 7's. Still photos were awesome from the G3, and I should drag my butt out and try out the G6's new wide view.
I can't think of any other downsides. I do like the form factor of the G6 a lot more than the G3. I didn't mind the G3 that much, but the G6 is a lot narrower. It feels much more comfortable in the hand than the G3. It's taller, but that doesn't seem to be much of an issue for me. Fingerprint scanner on the G6 is great. Unlocks the phone instantly. It was a big adjustment to get used to volume buttons on the back of the G3, and now it's a big adjustment to get used to the "normal" side buttons of the G6. The G6 doesn't seem crazy faster than the G3 and the screen resolution is the same. The G6 does look a little sharper and clearer. My Sprint G6 is supposed to have this awesome new HPUE that increases speeds inside buildings, but I haven't noticed much of a difference in LTE speeds. Maybe that will come.
My G3 was stuck on Marshmallow, and the G6 comes with Nougat and Google Assistant out of the box. I haven't gotten into any good conversations with Assistant yet.
Hi, can't remember the last time I needed any help with a phone till now.
I used to love the old Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, then went to Motorola's, and my current phone is a Moto X Play that my contract is almost up on. It's getting old, beat up, and slow.
As I've been looking for a new phone the LG G6 and V30 have really jumped out at me. As I know nothing of the LG brand I've tried to look up as much information as possible about these two models. The same concern has me worried on both models, and that being the screen quality.
On one hand you have the LG G6 which has an LCD screen which appears to still have a lot of image retention issues. So while these may go away I don't think I could live with the issue.
On the other hand, the V30 has an OLED screen which are prone to burn in, degradation over a shorter period of time.
After all my ramblings, my question is this...
How wide spread are the issues with LG LCD screens image retentions, and are the LG P-OLED screens that fragile that I have to be careful not to use it very often?
I've seen both in person, and the demo models both look great. Originally I was going for the V30, but the Pixel 2 issues, and inherent OLED issues got me thinking of the G6 only to find out issues about it as well.
I would need to take out a contact for either phone so I would be committed to a 2 year policy with either one, strangely for the same cost.
Any opinions and help would be greatly appreciated.
LG G6 screen is perfect, I haven't had any problems with image retention in the 8 months I have used this phone. The only bad review of the screen is sometimes the bright is not enough outside when the sun hits the display. But the quality of the colours, resolution, etc its perfect in my opinion.
No issues whatsoever with G6 screen. I am comming from OLED in my last 5 smartphones so I can do an informed comparison. No retention, black level is acceptable (of course not AMOLED level), perfect colors and clarity. Perhaps a bit more brightness could help in a very sunny environment. Cannot comment on V30 though.
For me G6's display is finally something I was looking for for a very, very long time... colors are vivid but not overly, contrast could be better but it's not bad, however as mprovi_15 stated - the display could have better brightness as there were some moments when even 100% in direct sun was not enough.
Also I wish it was a little more battery friendly. It's not bad, I usually get 4,5-5hrs SoT but still OLED screens drain less energy.
No word on V30's display, I've seen it only once in the market on demo unit but it seemed really nice. However there are numerous reports of users having various problems with it, just google "LG V30 display issue".
Thanks for the insight. Good to hear that there are at least a few happy G6 owners. I've seen the screens in person, though I wasn't able to go through and test them in low light, or at low brightness settings, both looked great. Yeah the V30 looked better, but it was an OLED so I did expect.
I've just finished reading a 67 page thread about the V30 issues, but similarly there are also a few about the screen retention on the G6. It would even seem the more I look into it almost every manufacturer seems to have the issue to some extent.
I have an LG G5, which I think has the same display as the G6. I have to admit, I was worried when I first came across the image retention problem! I thought my phone was faulty or something. But you can get used to it. There is also a solution for it. I am rooted and using EX kernel manager, and it has a display control section. I found out if I set red, green and blue from the default 256 value to ~246, it pretty much solves the issue. So if you are planning on rooting your device (which I assume you will, that is probably the reason you are on this website in the first place), then I think image retention is not an issue. By the way, my father has the G6, and have never heard a bad word about it's screen, or image retention at all.
About brightness... Do you really use your phone that much in direct sunlight? You can always cover for the screen, by turning away from the sun, thus casting shadow on it. I think this is a problem that people overdramatize.
I am not a fan of LED displays either, for the same reason as you: burn in. I'm not going to buy any LED displayed phones in the future, that's why I am very happy to hear that LG's new flagship will come with a so called MLCD+ display.
At least to begin with I do like to keep my phones stock. I normally only root or modify them if there is a reason to.
For this very issue I decided to grab my old Galaxy S2 and see what the screen looked like as it's an AMOLED. Back then I was a bit naive about what the screens were. Let me tell you it didn't age well, and the screen looks horrible. Obviously the newer LED screens with better resolution will look a lot better, but if they age similar to my S2, I wouldn't want anything to do with them. Even worse yet if they are poor quality to begin with. I still remember the old CRT burn in and how horrible the screens got on those. It's a definite positive for the G6 as it's still LCD, which in part gives me a bit of a shock that the image retention would even be an issue.
Considering that both the V30 and G6 are the same cost on contract, I may wait to at least see what the G7 has to offer. As the tech seems to get more complex, so do the issues encountered.
I can personally tell you this, I've had both the g6 and the v30 sold the v30. Here's why the v30 is EPIC beautiful phone WAY better bluetooth quality that's for DAMN sure. The speaker quality and mic quality were mich better also. The screen 100% looks worth the $$ for sure. It's faster for sure also. The screen just feels better to touch and to view. I used them both side by side for about 30 days. I kept the g6 cause it feels better in hand. I have "average" sized hands for a 5'8" male so that said the v30 with its slight curve did not feel l "safe" in my hand. I did have them both in the spigen slim armor case. Love that case on all phones. Sadly limted colors but for sure nice case. The v30 is better for netflix or extensive YouTube watching. Of course screen size wins. Let alone the daytime visibility goes to the v30. But I feel that yhe LCD of the g6 is great as well and helps keeps photos, even those taken in HDR more realistic liking the PLED of the v30 seemed to over saturate colors even after adjusting it's color settings. The v30 is the better phone. Period. I however choose to keep the g6 cause I liked the way it felt in hand and truly over all the retail value of a barely used v30 with pre installed class screen protector was well worth selling it. Another thing the v30 is VERY hard to get a nice true glass screen protector for.
AMOLED screens become greenish over time (I had Galaxy S5, S5, S6 and S7, all with amoled) and they all have some type of permanent burn in. That types of displays must degrade over some period of time and you can't avoid that. Here on my G6 no problems with the screen from day one. It is like brand new. No image retention or something similar.
I went back and checked the two units on display and did some brightness and display tests. The LG V30 failed miserably. Extreme burn in even though they had a demo mode constantly cycling images and movies, and when put at 0% the screen was very uneven, and there was enough screen flickering that I could notice it.
The G6 seems dimmer than my Moto X Play, but no screen issues noticed. The screen is roughly the same size as my old phone, though at an 18:9 ratio.
Thanks for the help, now on to find a slim case and screen protector for it.
Recently I bought a 2 year old use Samsung Galaxy S7 edge(32gb)(black) off of my friend.
While I had it in hand everything seemed alright except the scratched fingerprint sensor and the broken display but I used it for a couple of days and I encountered some problems
I downloaded a few games such as PUBGM and Fortnite and found out that while aiming using the screen, the aim is not as precise as it is on other phones. When I try to aim at really far object slowly, the whole screen slightly wobbles, making it harder to aim. Also the distance the screen moves in-game when I swipe slow or fast is very inconsistent.
Other than this some other problems I found are,
S7 take slightly more time to download things than my S6
The display seems worse colour-wise relative to my S6
The "blacks" aren't as dark as they are on my S6
What might be the solution to these problems?
Will changing the display fix the colour and precision problems?