For the guys thinking about getting this phone. Lg did cut corners on somethings. I've had this phone since its release and this is what I learned.
Bluetooth
When using it in the car and a phone call comes in while your listening to music, the music will sometimes play in the background while the call is in session. you would need to manually stop the music player for the music to stop. This doesn't happen all the time but it does happen. Also, when you turn off your car and disconnect. The music will keep on playing on your phone. Again, not all the time but it happens.
Build Quality
This is all cosmetic. This is all based on my friends phone since we got it at the same time. The plastic that LG used is soft. He has gouges and indents and he has never dropped it. The paint that they used for the circle around the lens is chipping off. Mind you he has an office job and uses a case and screen protector. He said all these marks just came from being in his pocket with keys.
I only use a glass screem protector and no case, but I keep my phone in my back pocket with nothing in there but my phone, and I lay my phone down face-down when I put it down. So I haven't had these problems that hes encountered.
So this is a case of "you get what you paid for". I have other lg products and its all the same. You get a great solid working product for the price but they do cut corners on things that they feel aren't important and won't hinder the main use of the device.
Its still a great phone and I wouldn't trade it for any other right now. I just feel LG rushed this phone to get it out for the holiday season.
I disagree. The V10 feess neither rushed nor fragile.
Bluetooth behavior depends on all devices involved. So, unless this happens with every device you guys tried (assuming you tried more than one), there may be nothing wrong with the V10.
Never had a problem using bluetooth with my V10, car, and a separate headset at the same time; just did an hour ago. Whenever I play music in the car it pauses the moment I get a call. I take the call on my earpiece then music automatically resumes after I hang up. I've done this several times with same result and usually have to stop the music manually because I'm usually home by time the call ends.
The plastic is softer to help absorb impacts. Hard plastics could shift shocks to other, more delicate parts of the phone. Would you rather have some marred plastic or a functional phone after a drop? And why would you want hard, fisher-price plastic on your cell phone? I'm sure the materials chosen help the V10's
MIL-STD-810 certification.
V10's paint is no more (or less) durable than other phones. My Note 3 had faux, painted chrome on the sides that could wear away or chip off. People also complained about the Note's faux leather back but the phone was still $700-800 new. And LG's UI (imo) is much more preferable to Samsung's Touchwiz.
The only way to keep a naked phone and camera lens spotless in a pocket with keys is to buy a Vertu phone. If you want a spotless V10 you'll need an otterbox (which will get wear n tear of its own from the sound of things).
What we paid for are 2 layers of gorilla glass, 3 cameras, 2 screens, and 2 decently implemented ESS chips. Not sure we can expect a phone with full metal casing and front and back glass plus all those features for $100-200 less than the competition. LG even put 64GB and 4GB ram into the V10 then offered a free battery, charger, and 200GB card.
The V10 isn't perfect but it doesn't deserve this level of criticism.