[SeeSax]

I don't mean to rain on any parade, but an honest question: do you guys really think the version that is branded "B&O" has any difference whatsoever to the one that doesn't? Honest question. I think it has something to do with copyrights in the US as to why they couldn't brand it that way. I would love to know the actual physical or software differences between the two. My uneducated and unfounded-by-any-facts guess is that they are identical. 
 
-Collin-

 

[jsk0307]

I don't mean to rain on any parade, but an honest question: do you guys really think the version that is branded "B&O" has any difference whatsoever to the one that doesn't? Honest question. I think it has something to do with copyrights in the US as to why they couldn't brand it that way. I would love to know the actual physical or software differences between the two. My uneducated and unfounded-by-any-facts guess is that they are identical. 

-Collin-

I'm sure that there are some differences but probably not in hardware. I suspect that there are some extra wallpapers and the usual branding for B&O. Maybe some free music installed as well.

 

[jagwap]

I'm sure that there are some differences but probably not in hardware. I suspect that there are some extra wallpapers and the usual branding for B&O. Maybe some free music installed as well.

Hopefully. I have the b&o version, and there are wallpapers. I hope there is no EQ. Maybe b&o helped with the DAC implementation and lyout, which is fine if it was the Danish team. There have been a lot of layoffs there, but they have smart people people with experience.

 

[Emerald Core]

If LG itself fails to explain the differences. As I tried to communicate with them. An audiophile would. 

 

[drenco]

Ok guys so without reading through 50 odd pages of this thread what is this threads opinion on the sound quality compared to the LG G5 with B&O DAC as id really love to know ?

 

[Onitsuka]

Ok guys so without reading through 50 odd pages of this thread what is this threads opinion on the sound quality compared to the LG G5 with B&O DAC as id really love to know ?

I had a chance to listen to V20 with B&O tuning in Taipei last week, and gotta say it's almost the same as V10 or G5, a little bit brighter but not much. SQ-wise, it's not worth to upgrade. However, the new camera and the battery is amazing. Moreover, it might not have the bootloop of Death like V10.

 

[malifact]

I’ve found the battery life to be a lot better, which I was surprised by as most of the reviews said it was only slightly better than the V10.  I have to say I can’t really fault the phone on anything besides the lack of water-proofing and the large size.  I was actually considering getting the smaller Japanese variant (V34) as it has water protection, but it’s an au Japan exclusive.

 

[Sound Eq]

so guys don't you feel that their 32 bit advertising is a misleading one knowing that everything gets down sampled to 48000, i see people here out of every forum expected are fine with it, i thought here in head-fi this would not sit well with you guys
 
why not plan a proper letter to send to LG

 

[SomeGuyDude]

  so guys don't you feel that there 32 bit advertising is a misleading one knowing that everything gets down sampled to 48000

No because bit depth and freq range aren't the same thing. Might as well complain that a laptop touts its CPU speed when the RAM is limited. 

 

[Ting Tiew Yik]

  I’ve found the battery life to be a lot better, which I was surprised by as most of the reviews said it was only slightly better than the V10.  I have to say I can’t really fault the phone on anything besides the lack of water-proofing and the large size.  I was actually considering getting the smaller Japanese variant (V34) as it has water protection, but it’s an au Japan exclusive.

rumors said it is coming to europe soon

 

[WayTooCrazy]

Anyone get their B&O headphones yet? Just wondering what they sound like.

 

[Taggerung]

They can advertise what they want, imo. I'm glad they're one of the few even pushing the notion of high-res audio on smartphones. Hopefully that'll lead to every brand doing the same. Not that it changes the fact I'll never care for anything more than 44.1/320kbps mp3s. So this downsampling is negligible in my case, and daresay I, many others on here too.

 

[club968]

rumors said it is coming to europe soon

I would be all over this phone if it was compatble with T-Mobile in the US!

 

[SomeGuyDude]

I would be all over this phone if it was compatble with T-Mobile in the US!

Do you mean the smaller Japanese variant? I'm on Tmo with the regular v20 and it's stellar. I love the screen size, it even has a shortcut for easy one-handed operation.

 

[club968]

Do you mean the smaller Japanese variant? I'm on Tmo with the regular v20 and it's stellar. I love the screen size, it even has a shortcut for easy one-handed operation.

Yes, would love that smaller version. Not holding my breath, but it would be cool.