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What to choose, The G6? Need help deciding.

In all seriousness, I'm itching to use my t-mo jump on demand. thinking between the lg g6 or the s8+..
I cant decide. The comments in the threads equally say, there's no hope in regards to modding.
I just may as well go back to the LG v20 just to have something different to play with. any thoughts or opinions? Any help is appreciated. (I wish t-mo carried a larger selection of phones).

keep your V20.

Enter The Nexus said:
keep your V20.
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reason?

habobababo said:
reason?
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V20 > G6. Here's a couple of compelling reasons:
Superior color-accurate 20MP camera vs 12MP oversaturated camera, Quad DAC vs crap Snapdragon DAC, 64GB on-board storage vs 32GB on-board storage, Notification LED vs no Notification LED, IR blaster vs no IR blaster, removable battery vs no removable battery...
The G6 (U.S. version especially) seems half-baked aside from its obvious aesthetic appeal. I'd recommend waiting for the V30. It's bound to be far more worthwhile.

Worth upgrading to G6?

Hey
I'm very into G6 design. Now have G4, and I'm very satisfied with pictures quality, my work depends on pictures (I'm tattooist). Just wanted to ask you guys - is it worth to upgrade to G6? Is this phone have better pictures than G4? Maybe someone have both of this phones, and can take some samples to compare?
Pls share your thoughts, thx

I don't think that anything out right now is worth the upgrade. The phone isn't significantly different in my opinion. No picture from the cell phones will beat a DSLR though, so if quality is what you want, that might be best anyway.

The G6 is hands down better than the G4. I hate to put the G4 down like that. Even the G5 was a upgrade from the G4
The dual camera on the G5 is amazing and I wouldn't expect less with the G6
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@ianwardell I know DSLR is the best, but in my way carrying two is problem.
@hyelton - you say G6 have way better pictures than G4?

hexen88 said:
@ianwardell I know DSLR is the best, but in my way carrying two is problem.
@hyelton - you say G6 have way better pictures than G4?
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My G5 has way better pictures than the G4. So yes. Along with the G5 and G6 performance wise blows away the G4.
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hyelton said:
My G5 has way better pictures than the G4. So yes. Along with the G5 and G6 performance wise blows away the G4.
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if you have both of them - can you post please some comparsion samples taken in same condtions?

hexen88 said:
if you have both of them - can you post please some comparsion samples taken in same condtions?
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Go check out Flickr. I don't own the G6. They are loads of samples at flickr and just search LG G6.

G6 uses a really old sensor. It's from September 2015. Also nearly no Nougat for G4. Also V20 has bootloop issues, who tells me, that G6 will not have. Therefore I will change the phone. I compared Huawei P10 with my G4, it makes much better pictures. Therefore I will switch to Mate 9 or S8.

I would rather go for the G5. G5, G6 (better wide camera) is about the same. Main difference is about the design. G5 offers the best value.

if you are going for camera quality, get galaxy s7 or the new s8. Tested 2 days ago and it really is amazing.

Never go for LG anymore, i rather buy an iPhone 7 than another LG smartphone.. The new Samsung S8 or Huawei P10 also is a good alternative..

kyogiro said:
I would rather go for the G5. G5, G6 (better wide camera) is about the same. Main difference is about the design. G5 offers the best value.
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G6 has IP68, G5 has not.

I will tell you one thing. Whatever it's G5 or G6 or even G8(exclusive leak!) it will *spoiler* bootloop on you I wouldn't consider it as it's basically worse version of Galaxy S8 with better camera, nothing else. LG ****ed everything again as aspect ratio is only used in stock apps while S8 can at least fit 16:9 on 18.5:9 which I find quite useful with such useless screens(who really needs that stupid aspect ratio? I won't buy phone with something else than 16:9)

I compared a G6 in the store to my G4 and the picture quality of the G6 was better especially if you like more of a color boost but the speaker of the G6 wasn't as good and that's my most used feature of my G4 it gets used way very more than the water proofing of my old Xperia Z3 and both LG G6 & Xperia Z3 phones loose sound in the speakers for 24 hours after being submerged in water.
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G6 has no notification light, realized it a few days ago. For me it's important, maybe for you too.

it doesn't have IR port also, no remote control support anymore
it's a beautiful phone but functionality wise, you loose things and pay for it

Minto107 said:
I will tell you one thing. Whatever it's G5 or G6 or even G8(exclusive leak!) it will *spoiler* bootloop on you I wouldn't consider it as it's basically worse version of Galaxy S8 with better camera, nothing else. LG ****ed everything again as aspect ratio is only used in stock apps while S8 can at least fit 16:9 on 18.5:9 which I find quite useful with such useless screens(who really needs that stupid aspect ratio? I won't buy phone with something else than 16:9)
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Bootloop issue was fixed with the G5 and V20.
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If you really want to compare cameras, do it here http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=4&idPhone1=6901&idPhone2=7815&idPhone3=8466. Click on different parts of the photo in the left and you will see that colors are actually better represented on G4, G6 has more detail on some parts of it, G5 is pretty similar to G4. The hardware is not that different on the cameras that are comparable (the ones with AutoFocus, no wide lens). A big difference is done in the postprocessing. G6 has Nougat, G4 has Marshmallow. Compare G5 with G6, both running Nougat. When all 3 will have Nougat, then somebody should do a test with all 3 of them in the same lab environment.
Regarding functionality, you get what you get. Some people complain about a missing IR blaster, but I rarely use it. I personally do not like the all glass design of the G6 and the fact that even in 2017 LG does not have a strong update plan. There were people saying that G5 is free from bootloop, but it is not, there are still some issues, although not as many as G4 had. Nobody can tell you that the G6 will be better supported than the G4 or if it is better. We are all pretty subjective when it comes to our opinions, no matter how hard we try, our opinion is formed from all our experience. I, for one, will not choose a LG tablet/smartphone because of the sporadic software update.

LG software update track record doesn't seemed good enough for me to continue.
Those low range phones and tablet from Samsung seemed to have even more update than what I received.
Android O is almost coming out. But g4 is still waiting for nougat. And has any LG phone been updated to 7.1?
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LG G6 vs LG V20 which is better?

Guys! I am planning to buy G6. Do you think its a good idea. Please suggest. My main preference is Display, Audio and Camera. I like everything about LG V20 except for battery life. I am unable to find Battery cradle kit in my country.

I just switched from v20 to G6. I think the display is more or less the same, but the G6 just looks way better with the thin bezels and the aspect ratio.
I actually felt like camera was better on v20. G6 is too heavy with the image processing.
I ended up going with the G6 anyway just cuz it's just much easier to use the G6 one handed.

I think this has been asked several times. Try search.

aaaaleon said:
I just switched from v20 to G6. I think the display is more or less the same, but the G6 just looks way better with the thin bezels and the aspect ratio.
I actually felt like camera was better on v20. G6 is too heavy with the image processing.
I ended up going with the G6 anyway just cuz it's just much easier to use the G6 one handed.
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Thanks! What about audio?
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Built and big fone lover - LG V20
Small screen with more screen estate to use - LG G6

Yay! I am getting LG G6 in few days.
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Honest9 said:
Yay! I am getting LG G6 in few days.
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Check for the camera quality discussions .If you don't care about cameras on front and back it's ok.

I see over a dozen videos on Youtube comparing the two.

I went from the V20 to the G6.. I think that the screen is actually better on the G6 and easier to see in the sunlight.
The pictures, at least for me, come out similar with the G6 getting a slight edge.
Audio is better on the V20 due to the DAC when headphones are plugged in only.

Jeremiah Bonds said:
I went from the V20 to the G6.. I think that the screen is actually better on the G6 and easier to see in the sunlight.
The pictures, at least for me, come out similar with the G6 getting a slight edge.
Audio is better on the V20 due to the DAC when headphones are plugged in only.
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Are you comparing the audio quality of V20 with HIFI DAC version G6?
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G6 vs S8 for VR, Camera, Sound...

heya
So galaxyS2 finally on it's last legs.. yes, can't believe it lasted that long myself. Now in the market for either S8 (G950FD) or G6 (870DS with quad dac). I'm in the UK so planning to get it from wondaMobile.
Decided to go for the G6 (preferred the flat screen design, dual cameras, screen aspect ratio, don't care about wireless charging) and was just about to fire off the order when I read Google Daydream doesn't support it and that overall LCD is no match for AMOLED for VR!
Can anyone comment on their VR experiences with the G6? Trying to decide whether this will be a deal breaker or not.
And I guess whilst, I'm here:
1) Front camera: From what I've seen, the back camera functionality is kind of a tie vs S8. Yes, G6 has wide angle but S8 has dual pixel for better focus (apparently). Photo quality in general is about even. But not that much has been said about the front cameras. S8 is supposedly superior with 8MP and autofocus. What do you peeps think?
2) Sound: Is the quad dac on G6 hands down outright better than S8?
cheers!

Wait for the LG V30, I think it will have amoled screen with better camera than LG G6 and I supose it will support daydream with the snapdragon 835. The only disavantatge is it will cost more than the lg g6

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Wait for the LG V30, I think it will have amoled screen with better camera than LG G6 and I supose it will support daydream with the snapdragon 835. The only disavantatge is it will cost more than the lg g6
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yeh that is another option as well along with perhaps the pixel 2. apparently the v30 will have f1.6 camera?
But the wait would be a major bummer plus having to wait further for the prices to drop - the G6/S8 are at good price points now
if LCD screens are really that much inferior to AMOLED for VR then i might go with the S8 instead of waiting...

airXda said:
yeh that is another option as well along with perhaps the pixel 2. apparently the v30 will have f1.6 camera?
But the wait would be a major bummer plus having to wait further for the prices to drop - the G6/S8 are at good price points now
if LCD screens are really that much inferior to AMOLED for VR then i might go with the S8 instead of waiting...
Yes it's confirmed it'll have f/1.6 aperture which is crazy for a 2017 flagship, 16mp main angle camera, 13 mp wide angle , I guess this will make LG V30 camera unbeatable until the 2018 flagships are out. The hype is much higher than any 2017 flagships where as the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 looks boring.
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The today price of G6 make it worth buying, and next year to pass to v30.
LCD is not inferior to amoled, actually is quite good. To much hype these days.
If you want Unlockable bootloader with all advantage, do not buy DS, only if DS is a must. No need to think of dac, it is nothing spectacular for a normal user.

so after much indecision ... i think my thought pendulum has now swung back over to the S8 side...
but i guess will at least wait for the V30 and Note 8 to come out in a couple wks time to see

G6 vs V20, Which one to pick?

So the lg v20 and the G6 is going at 155$ here, which one should I get? I really listen to music a lot, like a lot and I take pictures of scenery here and there, but I heard lg v20s rear camera lens cover cracks! I wanted to get the v20 but that problem really concerns me so should I get the v20 over the G6? Does G6 got any problems like this? Will it be better than the V20?
It would be a great help, I am really struggling to decide.
TIA.

Go for the LG G6.

If you are the picky audiophile type, like the one to read through each and every of the 100+ headphones tested by a head-fi.org member https://www.head-fi.org/threads/shootout-114-portable-headphones-reviewed-xiaomi-mi-headphones-added-04-21-2015.433318/,
Then you will want either the
V20 that has the quad-dac
OR
The handful of G6 varients that have the quad-dac.
(Which may limit your reception bands since the us/Canadian models don't have the quad-dac, and the foreign models don't have all the usa bands).
Functionally, the two phones will be essentially the same - cpu, gpu, cameras - but the v20 has the bigger G3/G4 like size screen, whereas the G6 is the G2 but a finger width taller.
If you can't find any G6 models with quad-dac, the v20 is the easy audiophile choice.

a safe haven said:
So the lg v20 and the G6 is going at 155$ here, which one should I get? I really listen to music a lot, like a lot and I take pictures of scenery here and there, but I heard lg v20s rear camera lens cover cracks! I wanted to get the v20 but that problem really concerns me so should I get the v20 over the G6? Does G6 got any problems like this? Will it be better than the V20?
It would be a great help, I am really struggling to decide.
TIA.
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G6 no doubt

G6, without a blink of an eye, but try buying the G6 with Quad-DAC variant...
V20 is old, did not receive any more updates, and is ugly...for 155 the G6 is way to go here, the only advantage of V20 is the IR blaster but is a thing some can live without, but overall build, look and feel is G6.