LG Introduces The V20, The First Android Nougat Smartphone (venturebeat.com) 75
An anonymous reader writes from a report via VentureBeat: LG has unveiled its V20 flagship smartphone, the successor to the V10 that LG introduced last year, and the first smartphone to run Google's Android Nougat OS out of the box. It's also the first phone to get In Apps, a new homescreen shortcut in Android that makes it easy to search through content on all installed apps. There's a customizable "second screen" at the top, the fingerprint scanner/power button on the rear, and a removable smooth aluminum alloy back cover that can allow you to remove the battery. There's no longer two front facing camera sensors, just one 5-megapixel wide-angle camera. There are however two rear-facing camera sensors similar to the G5. There's an 8-megapixel 135-degree wide-angle camera sensor and 16-megapixel 75-degree camera sensor. The new phone features a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage with support for up to 2TB of storage via microSD, a 3200 mAh battery, and a 5.7-inch QHD display. It measures 159.7 x 78.1 x 7.6mm and weighs 174g. The USB-C adapter supports fast charging. The phone will be available in titan, silver, and pink, although pink won't be coming to the U.S. market. LG has yet to disclose the price, the release date, or carrier availability for the phone. It's also the first smartphone to feature a 32-bit hi-fi quad DAC.
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From TFA;
I want to know if I can replace the battery,
The V20 comes with several unconventional features that were part of the V10, including the customizable “second screen” at the top, the combination fingerprint scanner and power button on the back, and a case you can snap off to replace the battery.
insert an SD card, ...
The phone features a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage with support for up to 2TB of storage via microSD
or wirelessly charge it.
If it supported wireless charging, they'd mention it. So no.
Any other questions? Or did you mean that you don't
Caution... (Score:1)
LG Introduces The V20, The First Android Nougat Smartphone
... It'll melt in your pocket!
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huh? Nougat* melts in your pocket? How hot does your pocket get?!?
*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Summary is wrong (Score:2)
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Seems like just yesterday that the V10 came out (Score:2)
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only 73% of the market cares.. (Score:1)
The 23% of the market (and dropping) still on iPhone probably already dont care.
However the 74% and growing of the market who are not busy drinking the ex-Jobs coolaid of propping up excessive profits for Apple probably do care.
I wonder what android features Apple will clone in this round? Or is it only the masterful stroke of removing the headphone socket
so as to improve profits through a new Apple-only (apparently) hifi wireless standard? I guess they have to try and turn around the
disaster that beats(tm)
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so as to improve profits through a new Apple-only (apparently) hifi wireless standard?
Since when is Bluetooth an Apple-only standard?
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I've heard that it isn't Bluetooth..
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I'm sure you'll still be able to use Bluetooth headphones with your new iPhone, but I've also heard [appleinsider.com] that Apple's upcoming "AirPods" use a new proprietary standard (big surprise there).
Of course, Apple doesn't have to create a new & incompatible standard just to get better wireless audio than A2DP. They could happily support aptX over Bluetooth (or even AAC or MP3 [about.com]). But I expect the prospect of a whole new field of Made for iPhone peripheral licencing just proved too tempting, so I expect we'll hear ple
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Extra note: iOS devices already [apple.com] support AAC over Bluetooth as of iOS 7, and some higher-end BT headphones do too. So improved wireless quality is already available for iOS users that want it.
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coolaid of propping up excessive profits
It's so cute the way you unemployed twats have to pretend you don't want an iPhone.
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You're an idiot.
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Better to just wait until you get home tonight to charge it again.
Re:What good is a spare battery... (Score:5, Insightful)
Or just plug it into one of the dozens of cheaply available power banks (rather than paying $100 on a spare battery) and continue using the phone. No rebooting, just a cable running between your pocket and your phone. Many power banks now support fast charging too. And it'll be compatible with your next phone.
Then when you're at home, plug your power bank in, and plug your phone in, and they'll both be ready when you need them tomorrow.
Or plug your phone in, wait for it to charge, then remember to swap the batteries (reboot again) and charge again. Oh, you forgot to swap? Guess you'll have to make do with just one battery. Because very few phones have docks that let you charge a spare AND the main battery. So if you forget, you're screwed. You'd be better off carrying a power bank and letting the replaceable battery happen a few years down the road when it is degraded enough to be a problem.
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$100? Maybe for original OEMs but I ordered a replacement battery off ebay for my Mum's HTC for under $25 inc shipping, local stock delivered within a week. (Although perhaps one wouldn't take the risk on a new > $500 purchase.)
Powerbanks certainly have their uses but I wouldn't want to have a 2m cable sticking out of my bag while I'm using the thing. I use my phone as a camera and remember hiking around Lake Louise in Alberta where there are 2 tea houses high in the peaks but no electricity! Taking phot
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For one thing your phone's battery might be old and is losing charge and so you want to replace it permanently with a new one. A bank will not help with that.
Secondly, you could maintain a second battery at full charge, swap it in and now you have full power. A power bank trickle charges your phone so if it's at 2%, then it's still 2% with the charger plugged in,
$100 for a battery! (Score:2)
rather than paying $100 on a spare battery
I have never paid $100 for a phone battery in my life. And you should not either.
Or plug your phone in, wait for it to charge, then remember to swap the batteries (reboot again) and charge again. Oh, you forgot to swap?
You do not have to put your battery in a phone to charge it, just drop it in the charger (that cost $10 on ebay).
You realize that "power bank" is really just a battery, right? A battery that requires an inconvenient cable.
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Considering that cheap low-quality knockoffs are so utterly prolific, even if the batteries *were* $100, I'd probably still buy OEM to reduce the chances of a bad battery destroying my device, and possibly me as well.
Care? (Score:2)
All anyone cares about: Which Android game does it come with?! :(
Please not another Flappy Bird with different textures.
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The eater egg is kind of dumb.
You can add a bowl to your quick notification settings where you can put out food for cats.
After a while you will get a notification that a cat has appeared and you can put out more food for cats.
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In theory USB-C is better, but the cables and charges are still expensive compared to Micro-B, even when the only difference is the connector, and there are also problematic cables and chargers. Benson Leung has gone on a 1-man crusade to
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Headphone jack port. (Score:5, Interesting)
I see a port for a headphone jack. Just say'in ...
Is the battery user-replaceable? (Score:2)
Nobody in my family has a phone with a non-replaceable battery, and that's not going to change in the near future. And I will do my best that it doesn't change in the long run, either.
It's a deal-breaker.
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Turns out, this phone does have a replaceable battery!
Well done, LG! Now take my money. Shut up and take my money.
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I ninja'd your reply with my own reply by a full 4 minutes!
My iPhone as a replaceable battery... (Score:1)
I go into an Apple store, pay about as much as I would for a standalone battery, and it's replaced...
Or at least that's theoretically how it would work since I've never had to replace an iPhone battery, even after using one for over two years. In the meantime I have essentially a waterproof phone... which has a lot more utility to me than a battery I'll never replace anyway. [engadget.com]
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My point is I pay $0, while you pay $15... I remember the days of replaceable batteries, the problem is you actually had to replace them.
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Actually, no. You'd give them your phone and wait a number of days. In the meantime, you either have no phone or you have a spare one to use.
That's NOT what they mean by replaceable battery.
1995 called... (Score:2)
Shit experience with their last "Flagship" phone - (Score:3, Informative)
I will never buy an LG device anymore - I bought an LG G4 for my wife almost exactly one year ago. The phone is stuck in a boot loop - absolutely not working. Please see here for more info : https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg4/comments/4dibyz/bootlooped_post_your_info_here_megathread/ There are more than 1600 posts discussing this problem.
LG have even admitted the problem is one they caused: http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-admits-g4-bootloop-problem-hardware-fault-669603/
When I sent the phone to support, they refused to repair it, said we had caused the problem and offered to repair it for more than it would have cost to buy the phone new! I objected - no response from their support.
So do not use LG phones, terrible quality, made worse by shitty support.
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thanks for the heads up. I have an LG Washer/Dryer set. I had to reboot my washing machine. So, the thread you pointed to makes me think twice about LG.
Nike Free Running 2016 Pas Cher (Score:1)
I moved from Samsung to the LG v10 (Score:5, Insightful)
LG still comes with features many phone makers are no longer supporting or have plans on removing:
1. Replaceable battery
2. Replaceable and upgradable memory
3. IR (blaster) port
4. Headset port
No Band 12 yet (Score:2)
Nothing here for me to see.
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LG FTW (Score:2)
I've been a fan of LG phones for quite a while... Started in the EnV days (and its predecessor w/ the same form factor), all through their higher-end feature phones, switched to an HTC ThunderBolt, hated it, and went back to LG for the G2, G3, and now G5.
It always surprises me when people talk about Samsung as if it's the only Android device manufacturer out there, the Intel to MS/Google's attack on Apple once again. LG phones are pretty great. They've always had good battery life (replaceable!), a quirky f