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LG G3 Pre-release/Rumor/Speculation Thread

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My thoughts:

Worst start to a presentation in a while. What were they thinking? Rest of it was fine, except....

Don't announce a phone and then make us wait possibly months! Two month wait for sprint? Probably even longer for VZW, based on their track record. And no pricing details? Did they even give a spec sheet in the presentation? Basic stuff, none of it present.

Kudos on the battery life segment, they recognized it was a soft spot for them. Selfie cam? Gag me.

Nothing that will prevent me from dropping this phone as my #1 choice, but if they make us wait until mid to late summer, another phone almost certainly will.
 
rushmore said:
Not to bust a bubble, but that is the Korean model. Hence the "2/3 16/32" in the spec sheet.
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This does not bother me. I don't believe only Korea will receive 32/3. The fact is, those specs are now proven to exist and I believe that option will be available for US carriers.
 
AntimonyER said:
My thoughts:

Worst start to a presentation in a while. What were they thinking? Rest of it was fine, except....

Don't announce a phone and then make us wait possibly months! Two month wait for sprint? Probably even longer for VZW, based on their track record. And no pricing details? Did they even give a spec sheet in the presentation? Basic stuff, none of it present.

Kudos on the battery life segment, they recognized it was a soft spot for them. Selfie cam? Gag me.

Nothing that will prevent me from dropping this phone as my #1 choice, but if they make us wait until mid to late summer, another phone almost certainly will.
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How soon we forget that long leads after announcement used to be the only way.

Remember when we'd see CES or MWC announcements in January and February for summer phones?

Anyway, the real question now is, has anyone rooted it yet?
 
EarlyMon said:
Anyway, the real question now is, has anyone rooted it yet?
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I'll put my money on the idea that Kingo or Vroot will have that accomplished before we even see the device on the shelves. I've said all along that I expect root. Just not at all sure on bootloader unlock. Looks like we have some time to kick back and watch this unfold. :)
 
iowabowtech said:
I'll put my money on the idea that Kingo or Vroot will have that accomplished before we even see the device on the shelves. I've said all along that I expect root. Just not at all sure on bootloader unlock. Looks like we have some time to kick back and watch this unfold. :)
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Kingo. Yeah. No.

No bootloader unlocking...

I'm looking forward to playing with one before deciding, but no unlock and no Loki-like trick means this will really have to blow me away. :(
 
I never thought I'd be typing this on the afternoon of the 27th but something tells me the rumor and speculations have just begun. This is an old skool release.


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EarlyMon said:
Will. Not. Use.
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Ok. I think Vroot was actually the one to first get root on the G2. Many felt the same about that method at the time because certain info was being reported back to servers unknown. So an xda dev pulled it apart and rebuilt the root method to exclude the info reporting. And viola, IOroot was born.

Anyway, I think we'll get a good safe method regardless of who comes up with it. I just meant to say we should have ringside seats. Just knowing it will be possible is step one. After that, it may or may not be tweaked again based on trust level.
 
Not everyone knows when lg will be released maybe later on they will introduce 3gb 32gb 805,after all lg didn't specify what spec it had
 
grdh20 said:
I can't imagine Verizon going from a 32 gb G2 to a 16gb G3. I think most US carriers will get 3/32, but we don't really know until they say.
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The difference then I think was the 32 was the only option. I can already see carrier marketing heads spinning:

Let's offer the 16gb model and call the micro sd expandable storage! We will sell it for what the 32gb model would have been. Meeting attendees in unison: Genius ! ;)
 
iowabowtech said:
Ok. I think Vroot was actually the one to first get root on the G2. Many felt the same about that method at the time because certain info was being reported back to servers unknown. So an xda dev pulled it apart and rebuilt the root method to exclude the info reporting. And viola, IOroot was born.

Anyway, I think we'll get a good safe method regardless of who comes up with it. I just meant to say we should have ringside seats. Just knowing it will be possible is step one. After that, it may or may not be tweaked again based on trust level.
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Who is not the issue, how is. Kingo is unacceptable for me.

Without an unlocked bootloader, constant trips will have to be made back and forth to unroot, update and root.

Any exploit will be fragile enough, relying on a web service to be there "someday" when needed is not a root strategy I can live with.
 
grdh20 said:
I can't imagine Verizon going from a 32 gb G2 to a 16gb G3. I think most US carriers will get 3/32, but we don't really know until they say.
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So there are two memory/RAM versions as I expected. If any US carrier gets both, I guess it will be priced like 199 for 2/16Gb and 299 for 3/32Gb version.
 
As long as root is simple so the card write privileges can be open and kill apps with TB, I would be happy. I am not a rommer anyway.

Nova, card writes and a few app kills are good for me :)
 
While watching the presentation, I couldn't help but notice that I'm probably not their target demographic... all of the "simple this" "simple that", definitely not targeting the technical users. Intuitive, streamlined design is good for everyone but such an emphasis on simple in the marketing was definitely coming off over the top, almost to the point of seeming dumbed down. Obviously market success tends to depend on appealing to the widest number of people. Anyways, it's not marketing that decides whether I get the phone or not. So far it looks real good, definitely the best currently out on the market. I'll be intently waiting on battery life tests & objective analysis on the screen quality.
 
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