New Phone - why shouldn't I?

[d-dave]

So here's where I am, I just destroyed my phone today.  Tried to put in my pocket, missed, and it landed face down on the side walk...  I've attached my poor, poor screen!  Laugh at my pain!

So I'm looking primarily at the LG G6.  Lots of good reviews, good camera, good enough batter, great screen.  Over all, a lot of generally positive things.

Why not?

Same for the Samsung S8?  Why not?

Or even one of the new Moto Z phones.

Got to pick it up tomorrow.  Lightning round?

[stirs]

I hear good things

[d-dave]

13 hours ago, stirs said:

I hear good things

But does it Huddle?  

=P

[Darth Biscuit]

I need a new one simply because my Note 5 is showing it's age...   seriously considering the S8+ but want to look at it first.

I use my phone a lot for business stuff so I'm not going to buy one online without having held it in my hands.

 

If you get one lmk, I'd like an opinion of it.

[cookinbrak]

Whatever you get, get a shell for it.

[Squirrel]

Had a HTC hated it. Went back to Samsung. 

[Darth Biscuit]

My wife decided we were going shopping this afternoon and there happens to be a Verizon store beside where she was clothes shopping so my son and I walked in to check out the S8 and Pixel.

 

Like the S8 a lot.  Screen is brilliant. 

 

[Floppin]

I've loved my last few LGs. My V10 was awesome and upgraded to the V20 recently. Probably going to upgrade my girlfriend to the G6 soon.

[ladypanther]

Love Samsung.

 

And get an Otterbox for your next phone.

[lightsout]

I have the Droid Z and love it.

[RealBitsOfPanther]

I have an iPhone 6 atm but am due for an upgrade and am strongly considering going back to some type of a Android. Being able to only have like 5 apps and 20 pictures on my phone is not cool. The S8 looks dope as fug. 

[d-dave]

Thanks for the input folks.  I ended up picking up the LG G6.  It felt great in hand (still does) and the price was easier to swallow than the S8.

I'm going to give it a few more days to finish doing all it's updates and whatnot to all of my apps.  The Google Services is killing my battery the past 18 or so hours!  Make me think I have an app or setting going rogue on me.

I liked the S8 in hand, but the curved screen got me.  It's going to make the cases that much bigger and more problematic.  I'm a phone pocket guy (for better or for shatter screen).  I hate wearing them on my belt.  I move far too much and run into things and kids all the time (not to mention my spare tire...) for belt phone.

Thus far, I'm digging the G6.  Camera takes great photos, though I haven't tried any with my son in full action.  It's fast and all the things you expect from a flagship phone.

My case will be here today, getting the Spigen Tough Armor.  The phone is MIL spec rate and the case as well (26 times from a 4' drop).  So that should help with my screen destruction issues.

[OneBadCat]

You had the Moto x pure? I've had one now for almost a year and love it. Great specs and good camera. Bought one after my HTC m8 was turning in a POS. The Moto x pure is a much better phone. Expandable storage, cheaper, faster and more reliable.

I've been thinking about upgrading soon. I was looking at the LG G6 as well. But I'd prefer the Huawei mate 9 pro or p10. So expensive though. 

Smartphones are tough though because they become obselete so fast. At the end of the day I just want one with a good camera, Internet, waterproof and doesn't break. 

[d-dave]

24 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

You had the Moto x pure? I've had one now for almost a year and love it. Great specs and good camera. Bought one after my HTC m8 was turning in a POS. The Moto x pure is a much better phone. Expandable storage, cheaper, faster and more reliable.

I've been thinking about upgrading soon. I was looking at the LG G6 as well. But I'd prefer the Huawei mate 9 pro or p10. So expensive though. 

Smartphones are tough though because they become obselete so fast. At the end of the day I just want one with a good camera, Internet, waterproof and doesn't break. 

I really did enjoy my Moto X Pure.  Very solid phone.  Most of my problems were self inflicted.  

I get the price issues, that's why I bought the Moto X, was a great value at the time.  And it just kicked but until I destroyed the screen.  I'll get that fixed when I can afford it!

I hear ya about how they get old fast, but the flip side is that because the changes become smaller and smaller (like the 808 => 820 was a pretty big change, and the 820 => 835 is still a big change, but no where near as drastic and life changing).  So hardware will tend to last longer.

I'm still loving the G6.  Yesterday, I got 17+ hours of up time, 4.5 Hours of Screen On Time, and about 20% off my batter was in system idle (working in a school is a pain for connectivity, jumping between 3g and 4g and wifi constantly).  I did hit the charger at 7%, but again, I'm pretty impressed!  So long as it stays in shape, I should be able to keep it for at least 2 years!