Rock, you got the V30
. Congrats, it's not released in Europe or most of the world, yet. Even though I recently got the G6(excellent phone) I think I will buy the V30 within the next few months. It gets brilliant reviews everywhere.
You need to give some impressions. How is it compared to HTC 10 and V20, a big step up or just a small step for mankind...
Hey stenog,
Yeah! Just came in late last week. Finished configuring it over the weekend. I was gonna wait until the unlocked version came out on 10/27, but T-Mobile's promo deal for its locked V30 was TOO good to pass up (as you saw from my earlier post).
Yeah I got my mom the G6 and she loves it. You being in Europe means you prob got the Quad DAC on it too I assume? The U.S. locked versions don't have it (of course lol).
Yeah you should man.........esp if you don't have the Quad DAC. The camera is also the best yet by LG. Check out the two
here (Berlin skyline), under the giraffes. Read the sections before and after it. I love that the LG phones have the same Auto Answer feature too as the Sony and HTC phones where you don't have to swipe to take a call. Just pick up the phone and put it up to your ear as normal, and it takes the call automatically!
Ok sure..............a few notes: 1) Vs. The V20: I only had the int'l V20 for a week, so I can't say much. My cousin had the T-Mobile V20 and he said the camera was inconsistent. Sometimes it was great, but sometimes it sucked. 2) Vs. the HTC 10: The V30 FOR SURE has better battery life than the 10. That was kind of a weak point with the 10. It had good battery life, but JUST good. Not great. And lately I feel like it was starting to get worse too, so I got the V30 at the right time. lol
The DAC might be better too, but not sure. However, I AM sure about the amp lol.............on my 10 (and really ALL phones I've ever had), when I plugged them into my car stereo, I had to put my volume up to 20-25 to really hear it well. With the V30 though...............man on louder rock songs, it was pretty d*mn loud at like 5-7, and even 10-12 on softer songs. That amp is INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH for sure!! lol And of course vs both of those phones, it's faster too because of the 835 (which also contributes to the better battery life). My cousin also told me that the 835 starts a new era with batteries in that it is specially designed to make batteries last much longer than they used to, even ones on the 820 or 821.
I got the silver/titanium color, which I love. I think T-Mo only has that one and maybe black, but the black one looked too plain to me. The other colors are nice too but silver/titanium is def my fav one. Umm.................other suggestions: 1) For the Quad DAC settings, I recommend "Enhanced" & "Short". 2) The wallpapers included on the phone are just ok (the G6 actually had better ones lol). So I found
this app which features several "Hi-Res 2K" pics to choose from. Def download it to your V30 (or G6 if you want) and check it out. 3) The "Always-On Display" is really cool too. Uses like no power too. At first I didn't like that the V30 doesn't have a notification light. However, I realize now that AOD is actually BETTER than having that notif light b/c you get more info right away including the time so you don't have to constantly tap on your phone to see what time it is. If you slide the "notif line" over left or right when the AOD is on (screen is off), you can access other options like flashlight, camera, BT, etc. And one more swipe over gets you access to your music player, which of course for me is Poweramp. lol But note: it only works on Poweramp if you have a song playing through that app before you lock your screen.
