swiss techblog: November 2015

After almost two weeks with the new LG V10 I found some pros ....

but even more cons:

Still not same brightness level of screen as other premium cellphones
no water resistance at all (makes the MIL-STD-810 resistance rating somehow obsolete). E.g. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is way better protected against water
battery with 3000 mAh too weak for the size and weight
device is very heavy and bulkier than competitors
no wireless charging
lots of overexposed photos. Especially all green (wood, grass) looks way to bright and leaves some cheap photo impression. Problem existed already on LG G4, but no solution in sight
auto brightness not adjustable and too dark
kept old CPU from LG G4
phone sometimes does not wake up again at all - even with double-tipping volume
auto-brightness sometimes go to 0 brightness even in the sun. Not possible to enter a code or pattern and not possible to adjust the brightness manually.

... but biggest cons come here:

soft-menu / back buttons instead of hard-buttons: sometimes they completely disappear and they wast lots about 10% of the screen!
screen colors are really bad when at full brightness
zooming into photos does work, but zoom out does not properly work.
there's no adjustment for photo resolution and JPG quality / compression, which is unbelievable poor for a company which stress the quality of their device
fingerprint sensor is very poor. Recognition takes forever if working at all
on / off (fingerprint-sensor) in the back does NOT work for me at all. I have my phone most of the time beside my laptop and have to turn all the time
Volume up/down on the back is a pain. If you have a flip-cover you can't adjust sound volume while talking on the phone. Very bad.

Conclusion: definitely NO buy at all - sorry. LG - you messed it up again ...

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