As for the G4, seems...ok. I like the emphasis on the camera and them not caring about thinness at the expense of features, but this just doesn't get me otherwise. It's not that it's bad, it just needs more to be a flagship phone. I think I would have preferred them going with a 1080p OLED at 5" and competing with the Moto X at $500.
I agree. It's like the Note 4, minus the stylus, likely with a worse screen IQ (LG G3's screen was terrible in terms of colours and contrast ratio - need to check reviews to see if 50% higher contrast for G4 is actually real), and thicker, but with real leather, but LG actually packed a somewhat upper mid-range SoC. I guess it has the better selfie camera and you don't have to deal with TouchWiz. I am having a hard time understanding why pay $580+ for the LG G4 if you can pick up a Note 4 for $100 less? We'll wait to pass final judgement until I read the reviews that evaluate the battery life and camera performance/IQ and for LG to announce final pricing.
Looking forward to the review against the S6. I am not a fan of the faux carbon fiber front look of the G4. Looks somewhat cheap dead on center.
From an angle, it does look nice though.
The leather on the back looks awesome though. They really nailed that premium back look.
I wonder though if with the leather back the price will go closer to $700. The S6 is already dropping to
$630 and is loaded to the grills with latest tech.
I can't quite put a finger on what makes the LG G4 actually standout - I guess the leather covers, 8MP selfie, removable battery and SD card? I can't quite figure out what's one thing "special" about the G4. The Z3/4 have beautiful metal construction and they are thin and water-proof. The S6/Egde have solid build, AMOLED screens, fastest SOC, fast UFS 2.0 memory. iPhone has ease of use, snappy OS.
Heck, I can't even answer why in the world I would pay $650+ for an LG G4 over a
$350 Samsung S5. I really can't. I feel like S6, Note 5 and iPhone 6S will dominate the flagship space from now until early 2016 period. I don't think LG did enough here to differentiate its phone.
EDIT:
1. OK looks like the display is miles better than the terribad one in the G3. Good job LG on that front!
Still 3000 mAh battery in a 9.8mm thick body vs. iPhone 6's 6.9mm, Samsung S6's 6.8mm. Compared to the Z4, it's an engineering disappointment. The Z4 packs
2930 mAh battery in a 6.9mm thick all metal body, is water proof and packs the full S810 SoC with Adreno 430 graphics. I don't know what LG's engineers did here but they practically wasted almost 3mm of thickness on what exactly?! Sony might still surprise as they announced that Z4 is not their flagship for 2015.
The latest round of Android flagships = yawn, imo. Wake me up when there is something worth having - not just spec bumps, or some company finally adopting premium build quality six generations late.
Well as a phone for reading articles/news, pocket camera and a multi-media consumption, I feel like the S6 would be a
massive upgrade from my iPhone 5S. The camera on the 5S is very disappointing for in-doors/low light scenes/at night. Also, that screen is starting to feel really cramped for me. However, if you want the phone to act as a computer where you can wirelessly connect 3x4K screens, stream 4K BluRay quality movies/sound to your smart TV, use it as a console for gaming, and have Siri that can actually carry a conversation with you, we are probably 10 years away from that