Any hints on the price yet?
I read unconfirmed reports of ballpark 500USD
Probably 600-650euro in Europe
LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
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Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#42Rant. It really bugs me when consumers ask for more features regardless of their feasibility, here we have a great phone with changebale batteries and yet we ask for it to be still on while we swap the batteries! Hasn't it occurred to us that maybe it's technically difficult to add in a supercap. Just be thankful. This is like constentaly asking for phones with more RAM and processing power, I am really glad Moore's…
Is it really technically difficult to add a supercap? I remember laptops in the 90s with hot-swappable batteries. The feature will add expense and bulk, and if people refuse to make the tradeoffs then that's worthy of complaining, but this particular feature seems totally reasonable to ask for.
Same deal with constantly wanting more RAM and CPU. Computers have been getting steadily more powerful at a nearly constant rate for maybe half a century now. Asking to keep that going is totally reasonable!
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#43Not sure why they would cripple it with just 32GB of internal storage. Too much Android stuff refuses to run from, or store data on, the SDCard.
Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.
Not 5.0, and it's the applications, not Android. Things like the Kindle app and most Google apps refuse to run from, or store data on, the SDcard. My Galaxy S5 is constantly full, so full that the OS can't upgrade, even after I clear 5GB of space. I have a an SDcard where 100GB of 1TB is used, but am always running out of space, even after all of the apps that allow being moved the SDcard are moved there. It's a real problem.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#44Random note, I recently used an old Nexus S as a mp3 player. I was surprised by the sound texture of crappy mp3 over my 10$ panasonic earclips... I started to wonder if the hardware wasn't responsible. According to some people it embeds a Wolfson DAC (of Wolfson DAC fame ~_~). It does makes a significant difference.
I don't follow. You're suggesting a good DAC can make crappy MP3 sound good over crappy earphones?
Yes, even to someone that barely care, while on a bus ride, it makes that much of a difference that I suddenly enjoyed some mid-fi mp3 in an entire new way.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#45Really really wish LG was making the Nexus this time around. But it seems that HTC is doing it using a fairly meh design of the M10.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#46Really really wish LG was making the Nexus this time around. But it seems that HTC is doing it using a fairly meh design of the M10.
Huh? Nexus 5X is LG.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#47- Replaceable battery is always good
- Proper camera handle and better DAC too, but not as mutually exclusive modules
What I want is:
- A robust and replaceable bumper that integrates with the design (i.e. isn't ugly). The phone should not be designed as if the user isn't going to slap an ugly case on it.
- A hole for a wrist strap so I don't worry I'm gonna drop my phone. All cameras have one, but now that phones are taking over, none have it.
- An unlocked bootloader that doesn't void your warranty. Or even better lets you set the signing key on first use (a sort of Trust On First Use that the user is the owner).
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Newer android releases use the SD card in a much cleaner way that allow pretty much anything to run off of them.
Not 5.0, and it's the applications, not Android. Things like the Kindle app and most Google apps refuse to run from, or store data on, the SDcard. My Galaxy S5 is constantly full, so full that the OS can't upgrade, even after I clear 5GB of space. I have a an SDcard where 100GB of 1TB is used, but am always running out of space, even after all of the apps that allow being moved the SDcard are moved there. It's a real…
In Android 6 (the version of Android that is installed on the device this thread is about) SD cards with high enough speeds can be adopted onto the system storage and the combined size appears as a single block of internal storage to apps, they don't know they're running off an SD Card.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#49Rant. It really bugs me when consumers ask for more features regardless of their feasibility, here we have a great phone with changebale batteries and yet we ask for it to be still on while we swap the batteries! Hasn't it occurred to us that maybe it's technically difficult to add in a supercap. Just be thankful. This is like constentaly asking for phones with more RAM and processing power, I am really glad Moore's…
Is it really technically difficult to add a supercap? I remember laptops in the 90s with hot-swappable batteries. The feature will add expense and bulk, and if people refuse to make the tradeoffs then that's worthy of complaining, but this particular feature seems totally reasonable to ask for. Same deal with constantly wanting more RAM and CPU. Computers have been getting steadily more powerful at a nearly constant…
I dunno. But i recall reading about a Chinese phone that had two batteries. One was built in, another was sitting on top and was removable.
they both charged via a single USB port.
Yes, this made it bulky compared to most things on the market right now.
And frankly i would love to see less anorexic phones. Heck, my next one may well be the recently unveiled Cat model that has integrated FLIR. This time round it seems they didn't skimp on the internals while still retaining the rugged construction.
Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface
#50- Replaceable battery is always good - Proper camera handle and better DAC too, but not as mutually exclusive modules What I want is: - A robust and replaceable bumper that integrates with the design (i.e. isn't ugly). The phone should not be designed as if the user isn't going to slap an ugly case on it. - A hole for a wrist strap so I don't worry I'm gonna drop my phone. All cameras have one, but now that phones ar…
Those are excellent points. Old small flip phones sometimes had a small place for a strap loop so you can fish it out of a bag by the strap, and of course also to hold on to it. Phone straps are popular in Japan, and I've seen some that connect to the headphone jack, but it doesn't really work well, so the sturdier ones connect to a bumper.
A bumper-design (maybe a groove to hold a bumper) is a good idea too. One can argue that making phones easier to damage encourages people to replace it with new ones so manufacturers have hidden incentive to avoid such safety features, but ultimately if someone comes up with a better design like you state, people will flock to it.