LG G5

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We get none of this for the G5. They cant commit to a specific date, which is why their FB just keeps saying 'Early April', their 'launch event' was a closed door session at universal studios (though to be fair, the G4 event was also closed door at Artscience Museum), the big ad at Bugis Village is still showing the V10, Lee Min Ho isnt standing at bus stop billboards promoting the G5.

Today the bugis street billboard changed from V10 to G5 liao.
 

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Today the bugis street billboard changed from V10 to G5 liao.

oh thats nice (i was only there on Monday)

i wonder what is LG's fascination with that particular billboard. Maybe its the largest thing out there that neither samsung nor apple cares about.


About the whole #PlasticGate issue it doesnt concern me too much because it looks to be a matte feel which is vastly better than the older plastics used in the G4. If you ever held a G4 you'll know the edges are glossy plastic, hideous smudge magnet. To me, plastic is not inherently bad. There's a good way to do plastic (eg. nexus 5, 5X) and a bad way to do plastic (every samsung galaxy before the S6).

Still, the marketing did sound very misleading. At MWC, juno cho literally said "full metal unibody". The unibody is obviously already false since the bottom pops off, and the full metal, as we are learning now is not exactly full.

Jerry also had another vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ43cF5TuU

the bend test effect on the bottom part of the phone is freaky
 
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I am glad there are honest guy around like Jerry. Companies can't be trusted any more no matter how huge they are. This phone gonna be a flop! Karma's a bitch! LG better watch out! Keep stabbing themselves in the foot and maybe its time for their to pull their head out of their ass!

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Only update from lg mobile singapore is release in early April.

Not a priority market is fine, Cant believe they dont even have exact launch date.
 

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It is human for the need to feel proud of his or her skills in
areas like innovation, music, powerful voice with the
deadly tongue, including creativity and the likes.

This is due to FEAR, so the need to get approval and to
have better self-image is far greater even if needed be to put
on a social mask. So the focus is on giving a good act
for publicity to get what is wanted as presumed that is the
entire target to be up front in full force.

However, when things don't happen accordingly, the control
is lost and sustaining the public image of quality, good will can
be lost forever. Next we know what all the big organisations
will do even if they have to lie, steal, and destroy.

Any comments on the above observation and reflection? :D:

Greed.. they are eager to beat Samsung. Sorry to burst their bubble, they still have a long way to go to beat their big brother..

Only LG fans will be willing to pay a premium price for a non premium quality phone. It is totally not a "FULL METAL" body. Nice try LG! :s22:
 

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I wonder if its worth the wait for g5 or just get V10.

i would say if you dont strictly need any of these things:
- cam+ or hifi module
- inbuilt wide angle lens
- smaller phone body to hold


then you might as well get the V10


Only LG fans will be willing to pay a premium price for a non premium quality phone. It is totally not a "FULL METAL" body. Nice try LG! :s22:

at the same time i lament the market sentiment that a phone needs to be full metal in order to be premium, and i wonder...

if LG followed apple/HTC style, would people complain the antenna lines

if LG followed the samsung style, would people complain the glass is fingerprint magnet, shatter vulnerability, etc

metal is so overrated honestly. it robs your phone of wireless charging, it adds weight, it forces designers to forego conveniences of design like removable back to make things more accessible (im one of those who hates sim trays to house the card). and the worst part is, it doesnt even make your phone that more durable as drop and bend tests have proven.
 
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I wonder if its worth the wait for g5 or just get V10.

Was previously in the same dilemma as you, end up chose v10 as I feel that I prefer phones with bigger screen. :D Or you should just wait for the g5 to be release and then you can have a better comparison to which phone you will be more comfortable with holding ;)
 

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Life's not so good for LG! They better fire that moron who is in-charge of their QC.. How the hell they let it pass is unbelievable! :eek:

The ironic and funny thing is that news reports the day 1 sales are triple that of the G4 day 1

I guess such youtube videos dont really get viewed by the general market. The tech geeks who watch such videos are still a minority.
 
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