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LG G3 Pre-release/Rumor/Speculation Thread
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meganoobie
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375 nits? 375???
This has gs3 written all over it. Least favorite phone I've ever owned. Just when I get excited about the battery, they kick me in the sunlight display.
This has gs3 written all over it. Least favorite phone I've ever owned. Just when I get excited about the battery, they kick me in the sunlight display.
Jeyd02
Android Expert
you mean other than your post?
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
I'm liking these reviews but I'm not sure how much faith can be placed in the battery results from the Korean variant. Even still, he said 12-13 hours with more "normal" usage whatever that is, and he still had battery left. I could potentially deal with that.
Struggling to see many downsides right now.
Struggling to see many downsides right now.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
I like the extra battery charger!
rushmore
Extreme Android User
The downside would be if your usage results in much higher battery use than the vague and non disclosed battery test
Seems nothing is for free, so seems there is a compromise somewhere that would come to light with non media temp users.
AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
My office cube is a special place, where LTE barely makes it in the window, and the 3G boosters in the office are too far from my desk. If you get strong to moderately strong signal with the GNex you should be happy with M8. If it's marginal to medium, you may have issues.
Maine Coon
Android Expert
Just thinking..how lucky I am that my office is with me all the time, anywhere..
meganoobie
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Droidlife mini update. DL Answers Your Questions About the LG G3 | Droid Life
Great camera. Check
Great battery. Check
Great display. Well, QHD notwithstanding, very good display.
Great speaker. Not so much, but sounds like it's as good as anything other than the M8 or perhaps Sony.
Display in sunlight? Not too bad from what I can tell. Interestingly, not as good at the M8, which I've seen in other reviews as dinged for poor visibility outside. Who knows?
I think I'm back in the 75% range for all the book makers out there.
Great camera. Check
Great battery. Check
Great display. Well, QHD notwithstanding, very good display.
Great speaker. Not so much, but sounds like it's as good as anything other than the M8 or perhaps Sony.
Display in sunlight? Not too bad from what I can tell. Interestingly, not as good at the M8, which I've seen in other reviews as dinged for poor visibility outside. Who knows?
I think I'm back in the 75% range for all the book makers out there.
Hope this isn't a repeat, apologies if so, tried to follow today as best I could.
Charging.
With all the brouhaha today over the BGR results, I went and checked the Phone Arena results.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/All-...ttery-life-chart-obliterates-the-rest_id56979
I think that this came up before - but this is a really outstanding result imo -
Charging time, only 120 minutes. I think that's outstanding.
And kudos to meganoobie for bringing up nits - I wanted to say something the other day but now the time is better.
Consider the nit comparison also from Phone Arena -
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/LG-G3-Review_id3718
A "nit" is slang for 1 candela/m^2.
This is dry and especially boring if you're not into light physics but skim it anyway so a few numbers hit you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela_per_square_metre
Now to my 3 points - brightness, battery tests and battery life.
A nit is a bizarre measure to use here, it's light/area. If two phones are running at the same light output per unit area but one has more area - it's going to be brighter.
Two - the tests I've seen posted here that I recall either don't mention brightness, or say they were all either at 50% or 100% of brightness to be "fair."
That's not fair. Fair is using a light meter with a display set fair enough for normal viewing and metering the others to the same brightness. That's fair. I think that I've only seen Anandtech do that, wouldn't swear to it. I know that they were the first.
Third - with all of the hype and folderal, one thing that I haven't checked (and no one has brought up) is if they're possibly using a more efficient backlight array. That could be possible. If true, significant. I'll see what I can dig up, no promises - I haven't hung out with the LED manufacturers for a few years.
Charging.
With all the brouhaha today over the BGR results, I went and checked the Phone Arena results.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/All-...ttery-life-chart-obliterates-the-rest_id56979
I think that this came up before - but this is a really outstanding result imo -
Charging time, only 120 minutes. I think that's outstanding.
And kudos to meganoobie for bringing up nits - I wanted to say something the other day but now the time is better.
Consider the nit comparison also from Phone Arena -
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/LG-G3-Review_id3718
A "nit" is slang for 1 candela/m^2.
This is dry and especially boring if you're not into light physics but skim it anyway so a few numbers hit you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela_per_square_metre
Now to my 3 points - brightness, battery tests and battery life.
A nit is a bizarre measure to use here, it's light/area. If two phones are running at the same light output per unit area but one has more area - it's going to be brighter.
Two - the tests I've seen posted here that I recall either don't mention brightness, or say they were all either at 50% or 100% of brightness to be "fair."
That's not fair. Fair is using a light meter with a display set fair enough for normal viewing and metering the others to the same brightness. That's fair. I think that I've only seen Anandtech do that, wouldn't swear to it. I know that they were the first.
Third - with all of the hype and folderal, one thing that I haven't checked (and no one has brought up) is if they're possibly using a more efficient backlight array. That could be possible. If true, significant. I'll see what I can dig up, no promises - I haven't hung out with the LED manufacturers for a few years.
meganoobie
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I got kudos from EM!!! I feel like I got a gold star from the professor!!
meganoobie
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Well, when VZW launches their blinged 2/16 with a patch to kill root, maybe somebody can test and validate the G3 reviews
I hope that remains a joke only.
We all did.
Ninja'd by your edit.
meganoobie
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Just kidding RUSH!! I made that up to get a rise out of you. I can tell you are as cynical as I am.
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
Well, when VZW launches their blinged 2/16 with a patch to kill root, maybe somebody can test and validate the G3 reviews
I hope that remains a joke only.
Not necessarily a joke on the root part but we have no idea. Root will come even if that hole is closed. Not worried there. And it'll be 32/3 so if those are your two main concerns, breathe easy my friend. You'll be a happy G3 owner.
meganoobie
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I totally made up that URL to mess with him. If he's like me on this thread, I'd have done a spittake and thrown something expensive at the wall.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
Maine Coon
Android Expert
some ppl just wanna make an excuse..:smokingsomb:
Steven? Steven? Where are you?
Steven? Steven? Where are you?
"In addition, the panel has achieved the same level of brightness as a Full HD panel. It is difficult to raise penetration ratio in higher resolution panels since they have more pixels. However, LG Display successfully achieved higher brightness by improving the penetration ratio through enhancing the pixel structure design and aperture ratio in the LTPS backplane."
That's from the LG announcement of the g3's display...not sure if it means anything to you or not, because is Greek to me lol
Complex words, simple statement.
Got a window in your home that's partly screened, partly not? The screen lets in less light, and it's pretty obvious.
Take the wires or fabric making up the screen - double it each way to get twice as many holes per inch. Do it again. In no time, you can barely see through the screen. The outdoors will look gray when it's bright out.
To be effective the screen fabric also has to get proportionally smaller whenever you increase the number of holes per inch. If it's made of wires, they have to get skinnier.
An LCD panel is like a window screen, except that the holes can open and close. In front of each is a red, green or blue filter and behind it all is the backlight.
If they increased the dots to QHD without making the mesh around the holes (apertures) smaller as well, the whole thing would look sort of gray.
Which would be a really stupid thing to do because no one would be able to stand a dull, gray display.
The entire quote from LG is marketing speak.
Translated, it says, "we obviously worked hard to not completely bork the display and get laughed at, so here's the verbal equivalent of a bunny with a pancake on its head to impress you."
PS - long time no see, how's it going?
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