LG - G8 ThinQ (AT&T)
Model: 6830B
SKU: 6337614
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Customers are delighted by the G8 ThinQ's camera quality and performance, with many praising the vibrant screen and excellent photo capabilities even in challenging conditions. The phone's performance is considered on par with other top-tier devices. However, some users have expressed concerns regarding battery life and overheating.
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4 phones ago, I owned an LG G3, then I switched over to the Samsung Galaxy S6, then to a Galaxy S7 active, later to a Samsung Galaxy S8 active. So I have been an active Samsung user, pun intended, for many years now, although my first smartphone was an LG. To be honest I missed certain little features the LG had--I always like the screen interface, I guess what you call the skin, on the LG better, the placement of the physical controls on the back. I like the fact that you could activate the LG by tapping the screen. When I had bought my LG G3, I had also bought my wife in LG G3, which she held onto all these years. Other than its becoming obsolete, her phone never gave her one bit of trouble. It was a solid reliable phone and still works. LG G3 and he has continued to work, until he wanted an upgrade is he got himself an lgv30. I'm sharing this with you because I am not an LG biased reviewer nor do I hate Samsung. But I have noticed a lot of blogs that have attacked the LG continually for what I can consider to be very questionable reasons. When one does a point-by-point comparison of the LG G8 to the Samsung S10 series, there really is no major difference except that the S10 and S10 Plus have a lousy fingerprint reader, unreliable 2D face recognition, and only a one-year warranty (LG has a two-year warranty). The fact is that there are other little things that are not as well executed on the Samsungs as they are in the LG G8, particularly the security access. Samsung has never known how to properly design or place a fingerprint reader. And their 2D fsce ID is a joke. My wife's phone was in need of a serious upgrade, not because it wasn't working, but because the technology has gotten so advanced and it was getting slow. It also didn't have all the security devices on it that are really needed on a cell phone today. So I finally convinced my wife to get a new phone. But which one? The Samsungs are attractive. But my wife was already used to the LG operating system and despite all the unfair negative press against the LG G8, there were some articles that were objective and well done that showcased the phone more objectively and showed its strengths. I also knew my wife's phones my wife's and son's LGs had been very reliable. On top of it you get a two-year warranty. So I got her the LG G8. She loved it right off. It was easy for her to transition to and the phone has been working reliably and well. I like her phone so much, I decided to trade my Samsung S8 active for the LG G8. I have no regrets. One annoyance I had on my Samsung he was constantly dropping calls in certain parts of the city and it had Bluetooth connectivity problems. I've had no such problem with the LG G8. I also like to 3 ways to access the phone: through a reliable fingerprint scanner, 3D face ID, and the hand ID. I find the hand ID quite convenient when I am working at my desk and want to look up something, because I do not need to pick up the phone. One trick for programming hand ID is when you are in putting the data with your palm of your hand, don't stretch the palm of your hand, hold your hand naturally, don't stretch it. I find that works much better doing it that way. I also like the speaker system. One annoyance I had with all my Samsung, and other phones was that if you hold it a certain way sometimes you block the speaker and you can't hear things. That is not a problem with the LG because the sound comes to the screen. Also has one last note I had problems with every single Samsung I ever had bought: I had to replace all of them through warranty do the different issues. One time it was a screen defect, two other times it was battery problems. Again during this time, my wife and my son had no problems with their LG phones. So cut through the Appke/Samsung hypeband those negative, bissed blogs agsinst the LG G8, I suggest you consider this phone. I've had it for over a month and a half, and I do not regret getting it. I love this phone. All statements expressed herein are my point of view, based on my experience.
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Posted by DRinAZ
I am conflicted by this phone. It has the same performance as other top end flagship phones. It has almost as good cameras. It event has really good battery life (which is not something I can say about most LG phones). The fingerprint reader is not great though. It has a lot of partial reads that I just didn't get when I had a Pixel, or a Galaxy. To make up for that, the Face ID is great. It will often catch just enough of my face to unlock the device even when I'm not trying to unlock it. One frustrating thing is that I can't see any info from a notification without unlocking the device (I liked having the option to enable this on other phones).
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Posted by s55623i
I've had the phone for abut 2 weeks now. So far, everything has been great with it. Reception is as good as my last Samsung phone, screen is bright and vibrant, camera's are very good. I love LG's skin over android. It is much less intrusive than some other brands like Samsung. It's much closer to a pure android experience, but adds some nice touches. The size of this phone is perfect. I've had a few plus phones in the past, and they are just to big for me. I don't understand why LG doesn't have a bigger presence at BB, but you should really check this phone out. You really can't go wrong with it.
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Posted by rapidturtle