OFFICIAL LG G3 Thread: Lets talk about the G3....

[dawheat]

And Samsung still has incorrect and overblown colors on its amoled screens despite burning your eyeballs brightness.

No phone is perfect and I would still pick the g3 over the gs5 because Samsung has lately been locking down the bootloader (no root), and the new LG skin on the os is much more minimal.

I am not interested in the HTC. I don't care about the phone being what is IMO too large, to accommodate the speakers.

You can't go wrong with either phone, but the above aren't particularly good reasons IMO to pick one over the other.

Movie mode on current Samsung phones is pretty competitive overall in color calibration save Apple. I don't think any current flagships are particularly good in this area except for Apple and the Nexus 5.

And root is available for all US variants of the S5 as of several days ago.

 

[jimv1983]

Could have been a good phone but just too many deal breakers.

1. One handed use for the vast majority of people is already hard enough. At 5.76" x 2.94" it just just impossible. Same goes for comfortable pocketability.

2. With a QHD screen(which is pointless to begin with) and only a 3,000mAh battery battery life is going to suck. The G2 had a 3,000mAh battery for a 1080p screen and while the battery life wasn't bad it sure wasn't great either.

With the phones that have been released lately or coming soon(G3, HTC One M8, Galaxy S5, etc) I'm not looking forward to the near future of smartphones. My Nexus 5 is already too big with weak battery life. Judging by the LG G3 and other phones it looks like I'm screwed.

 

[jimv1983]

Wasted no, but poorly designed, yes.

Have you seen that big black bar with the HTC logo? That is wasted space. Also, I personally consider the front speakers wasted space as I would hardly use them anyways.

 

[jimv1983]

As a Note guys (N2 and N3), I have to say I'm really tempted with what LG has been doing recently.

While I don't want to step down in screen size to the G3, if the Note 4 ends up growing noticeably larger to achieve waterproofing (a la S4 -> S5), then I may very well jump ship to the G Pro 3 assuming LG follow's their recent pattern.

A 5.9" G Pro 3 with a 1440p screen, even smaller bezels so that it's about the size of the N3, and whatever the current top line hardware is would be killer.

Coming from a Note 3 and you are concerned with size? I find that funny. At this point one handed use and comfortable pocketability are impossible anyways(unless you have enormous hands and baggy pants). Might as well get as big a screen as possible regardless of size.

Z2 is my favorite at this stage.
- decently sized screen with the broadest color gamut on the market, broader than amoled's; pretty good contrast +/- 1200:1
- front facing stereo speakers
- much better design than samsung (according to me and popular opinion)
- sharpest camera on the market with a great F/2.0 lens
- incredible battery life
- quite a bit thinner than LG G3, so not that much less compact relative to screen size

what's not to like, really.

Just curious, what do you consider "incredible" battery life?

 

[dawheat]

Coming from a Note 3 and you are concerned with size? I find that funny. At this point one handed use and comfortable pocketability are impossible anyways(unless you have enormous hands and baggy pants). Might as well get as big a screen as possible regardless of size.

Do you actually own one or a similar phablet? The Note 3 has a large screen but IMO is still acceptable for daily use. I can carry it in my jean pockets, and though you feel it, it's never a problem or distraction unless I need to jog/run. However, it's close to that fine line where just a few mm in the wrong direction can make it uncomfortable on a daily basis.

I checked out the Z Ultra back when the Sony stores first carried them and let me tell you, that went off the deep end regarding daily portability. Same with the Mega 6.3.

So if the Note 4 has similar gains in size as S4 -> S5, I do think it has a decent chance of being on the wrong side of the daily driver balance. Just to be clear, I'm not talking about the G3.

 

[richierich1212]

Supposedly Verizon will start taking pre-orders on the G3 on 7/10. Speculated release date of 7/17. I wonder when AT&T will get the phone.

 

[Insomniator]

Its sad the only reason the screen is on there is for marketing. Any informed person would never choose the higher resolution knowing it comes with lower battery life, lower brightness, and less compatibility.

Looks like a nice phone to compete with notes... but it is no true G2 successor.

 

[VashHT]

I flashed the G3 rom on my G2, it's a lot nicer than the G2 rom and looks way better. I hope LG officially updates the G2 with it but I doubt that is going to happen.

 

[Rdmkr]

Just curious, what do you consider "incredible" battery life?

 

[mnewsham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QH1qFd24bY

 

[Rdmkr]

Erica Griffin's display review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-T5rLjhNVA

- 718:1 contrast ratio
- 4 hours of screen on time in 9 hours of use at 65% brightness
- maximum brightness is less than 400 nits; worse than said in the gsmarena review
- display is oversaturated; 87% of any color is pushed to 100%; LG G2 did the same
- gamut close to 100% of sRGB
- screen has an artificial sharpening effect that she thinks doesn't look good, even makes the screen look lower res
- qhd's advantage over fhd is hard to notice

I'll ask her what the brightness output in nits is at 65%; it's hard to say since she seems to have a lower brightness display than gsmarena's.

 

[mnewsham]

Erica Griffin's display review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-T5rLjhNVA

- 718:1 contrast ratio
- 4 hours of screen on time in 9 hours of use at 65% brightness
- maximum brightness is less than 400 nits; worse than said in the gsmarena review
- display is oversaturated; 87% of any color is pushed to 100%; LG G2 did the same
- gamut close to 100% of sRGB
- screen has an artificial sharpening effect that she thinks doesn't look good, even makes the screen look lower res
- qhd's advantage over fhd is hard to notice

I'll ask her what the brightness output in nits is at 65%; it's hard to say since she seems to have a lower brightness display than gsmarena's.

For someone who doesn't like the phone you probably have the most replies in this entire thread. It's getting old.

 

[Rdmkr]

you know, I'm perplexed by your post. It used to be people were grateful when you took the time to share and summarize information you find about a thread's topic, but now apparently I have to justify myself. Also, I like this phone a lot; if I didn't I wouldn't be obsessing over it like this. I just want the pros and cons lined up neatly so I and other people can make an informed decision as to whether to buy it or not.

And if it looks like I'm cherrypicking the negative aspects of reviews it's because the pro's of this phone are so obvious they don't need any additional emphasis.

 

[dawheat]

you know, I'm perplexed by your post. It used to be people were grateful when you took the time to share and summarize information you find about a thread's topic, but now apparently I have to justify myself. Also, I like this phone a lot; if I didn't I wouldn't be obsessing over it like this. I just want the pros and cons lined up neatly so I and other people can make an informed decision as to whether to buy it or not.

And if it looks like I'm cherrypicking the negative aspects of reviews it's because the pro's of this phone are so obvious they don't need any additional emphasis.

I appreciate your posts - ignore the insecure.

 

[kaerflog]

2. With a QHD screen(which is pointless to begin with) and only a 3,000mAh battery battery life is going to suck. The G2 had a 3,000mAh battery for a 1080p screen and while the battery life wasn't bad it sure wasn't great either..

What in the hell would you considered great ???
The G2 has one of the best if not the best battery life among the current smartphone.

 

[ImDonly1]

What in the hell would you considered great ???
The G2 has one of the best if not the best battery life among the current smartphone.

Surely he must be trollin?
The G2 has battery life similar to the S5 and M8 which are considered pretty good and it was released 6 months before them.

 

[N2gaming]

Well, I'm tired of waiting for the LG G3 so I'll get either the Samsung S5 or maybe even the LG G2, I would have got the HTC M8 in a heartbeat but the 4m rear camera is a huge h3ll-NO for me.

 

[Anubis]

itll be out in under a month (middle of july)

 

[cmdrdredd]

I thought end of June but now they say middle of July so I jumped on an s5. My s3 was suffering from poor battery life these days so I really could not wait longer.

Rooted my s5 too. It may take time to get the G3 rooted which is kind of important to me for Titanium Backup Pro.

 

[N2gaming]

I thought end of June but now they say middle of July so I jumped on an s5. My s3 was suffering from poor battery life these days so I really could not wait longer.

Rooted my s5 too. It may take time to get the G3 rooted which is kind of important to me for Titanium Backup Pro.

I think it was June and then middle of June and now I guess July, who knows?? I would like the LG G3 but I am not gonna play their waiting game so I'll just get a different cell

and btw, I'm still using the 1st gen Samsung NOTE!!

 

[cmdrdredd]

My problem was I didn't want to get billed for another month on Verizon before the phone released so I had to act.

Oh well...it still looks like a nice device and I am happy with the S5 so far. Maybe I'll upgrade to the next LG flagship after I've had the S5 for a bit. LG is making all the right moves so far in my eyes. Just need to perfect their firmware a bit for the G3 it seems. It is also really too bad Sony seems disinterested in the US market. There needs to be more android flagship competition IMO.

 

[Bman123]

Ive been loving my g2, its a really good phone. I won't upgrade til the g4

 

[kaerflog]

I hope that the delay for the US is because they are sticking a snapdragon 805 in there instead.(I know its not but I can wish.)
I know the 801 is plenty for the G3 but if I'm getting the latest phone, I want the latest soc.
Its like last year the G2 and Note 3 has the identical soc and I wish for it to be the same this year.
On the other hand, with the inferior s801, the G3 might not be so popular and I can get my hands on one cheaper and faster just like the G2.
Its still puzzling to me that the G2 is not as popular as it should be. Its a great phone.

 

[Rdmkr]

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g3_vs_htc_one_m8-review-1094p4.php

We know what you're thinking - since we do the tests with the brightness slider set at 50%, the screens of the two phones were at different brightness. The HTC One (M8) put out close to 250 nits, while the super sharp LG G3 barely managed 110 nits.

So that's:
HTC One M8 at 250 nits: 11:14 hours of video
LG G3 at 110 nits: 9:57 hours of video

At matched brightness you'd probably see a result as bad the one from the Koreans.

It's beginning to look like it's exactly as I suspected: the G3 has pretty terrible battery life when you match its brightness output to that of other devices and the reason it looks like they get decent screen-on time out of it is because LG plays deceptive games with the slider.

I hope more reviewing sites get aware of this problem with comparing phones at fixed brightness settings and adjust their methods accordingly.

ps. that six hour browsing time result was also at 110 nits brightness... at 250 nits it'd be lucky get 4 hours

 

[Rdmkr]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8169/the-lg-g3-review

Anandtech review is in.

They seem to have a specimen with a relatively low maximum brightness (379 nits), just like Erica Griffin had. Their LG G2 also got less bright than GSMArena's (400 vs 660 nits). Could this be a US vs. Europe difference? I think GSMArena is based in Europe, cause they're always mentioning Euro prices...

Battery life at standardized brightness (+/- 200 nits) comes in below the LG G2 and below rival 2014 flagship, but not at all that bad a level.

The impression I'm left with is that there is probably quite a bit of variety between specimens and/or models of this phone. Max brightness bumps around between 570 and 380, battery life between 5 and 9 hours of browsing (at 200 nits brightness), etc. Real certainty on what you'll get when you buy this is hard to come by.

Personally I'll pass on it. I'm not even convinced this is an improvement over the LG G2.