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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

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Post by throwaway41597 »

hammock wrote: post #81
throwaway41597 wrote: post #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 ar…

There should be a case out there with a wrist strap on it...

It's going to be bulky though. The best way to anchor one requires integration with the chassis I'm afraid.

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Post by Dylan16807 »

mikeash wrote: post #42
noobie wrote: post #23

Rant. 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…

Can't be that hard. With a cursory search I can find 3mm x 9mm x 10mm batteries with an order of magnitude more capacity and discharge rate than a sleeping phone would need.

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by SwellJoe »

I want a better ADC, even more than I want a better DAC (though both would be best). I'd like a high quality recording device for the field...a phone or tablet would be perfect, but there's no good way, that I know of, to get the signal into the device at high quality.

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by mih »

voltagex_ wrote: post #92

I wonder if the bootloader will be unlockable. I've been spoiled by Nexus devices for years and I remember how much work the Galaxy S3 I briefly owned was. What's LG's track record like with releasing sources? Nexus devices don't count.

Looking around on forums like XDA, one sees that LG typically has different models depending on the market. The tech specs are identical, but it has more to do with carrier branding and lockdown. For instance, in markets such as the EU, LG G4 shipped with an unlockable bootloader while in the US and Asia it was not. Workarounds and custom ROMs exist, but you also see plenty of stories about bricked phones. Put simply LG simply does not have the friendliest attitude towards developers, as opposed to say HTC. They are compelled to release GPL source code for the device, but getting it to run on your device takes a bit of work.

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by Nullabillity »

dandrews wrote: post #76
tdicola wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And this is a problem because?

Because (at least on my Moto X 2012, Android v5.1 Lollipop) rebooting can take upwards of ten minutes. Some OTA updates apparently trigger an 80-some-odd module "optimizing" run, which I presume is ART doing its AOT thing. If you're in a hurry to use your phone this can be maddening.

Never had that happen on any of my Nexuses (S, 4, 5X), outside of OS updates (which don't happen without you approving them).

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by ZenoArrow »

Cyph0n wrote: post #19
mmastrac wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Supercap or battery: anything with a decent enough density to give you enough time to swap the battery without losing state or being stressed out.

A cap like that might not fit.

Capacitors can be made in a variety of shapes, internally they're a simple sandwich-like structure of a couple different types of material:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Pa...

Capacitors are usually cylindrical to increase the available surface area whilst keeping the horizontal size down ( http://www.camion.com.tw/images/en_basic_structure.gif ), but they don't have to be designed this way. Here's an example of a flat supercapacitor:

http://gpsworld.com/cap-xx-launches-0-6mm-thinline-supercapa...

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by ZenoArrow »

kyriakos wrote: post #5

It appears that LG is the only company to dare offer real innovation on its flagship models. I don't know how well this model will do but it seems it's not just a faster rehash of last year's model.

To be fair, Samsung have offered some innovative features on their high end phones. Best example I can think of is the Galaxy Beam. The Galaxy Note was different when it was first released. The Galaxy Edge is slightly unconventional too.

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by roywiggins »

mikeash wrote: post #74
dandrews wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My daughter would disagree with you in re: thinness. The newer thin iPhones are easier to pocket - women's fashion being more form fitting than men's. It's a trade-off that she and presumably lots of other people are willing to make.

Which is why phone makers should make some variety here. Make thin phones for people who prioritize size, make thick phones for people who prioritize battery life. I'm not saying every single phone on the planet should be the kind I want....

On the plus side, you can always stick a bulky battery case onto a thin phone.

Now if only there were more variety in phones with small screens; now that iPhones are big, what are people with small hands supposed to buy?

Re: LG G5 modular phone: Hi-Fi DAC, battery slide out, connection interface

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Post by givinguflac »

danjayh wrote: post #64

Interesting phone, horrible article. Typical of the modern Engadget, the article is light on facts and heavy on superlatives. For instance, I had to head over to some random Android website (androidHeadlines) to find out that yes, it does have Micro SD card support, and that it has 32GB of built-in storage (pathetic, Engadget). I do really like the idea of extensive expandability, but I wish it could be standardized…

Couldn't agree more about the standard. The iPhone accessories market has been huge for many years now, solely because of standardized connections. I think what LG is doing is exciting, but I fear that if its not standardized it will be yet another Android phone with a cool feature that doesn't gain wide adoption.
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