Agreed. Many companies are quick to remove features, that's something that should be emphasized.

This is why companies like apple and samsung and google, hate LG. LG shows you a traditional fingerprint scanner is better, fastemore reliable, and more secure than an onscreen one, its secure face unlock is faster than iPhone because you do not have to swipe up, and you can have both secure features to securely unlock-your phone.....and they add hand id, just for fun without raising the price. LG shows you can have flush mounted back cameras, something Apple, Google, and Samsung really needs to do. LG shows you the Google assistant button, is better than google squeeze, siri, or bixby buttons. LG shows that you can have the best bluetooth hi-res codecs, MQA audio, be one of the first phone companies with wireless headphones, and still include a headphone jack, plus make it better by adding a higher quality amp and quad dac for 50 ohm and higher pro headphones. LG shows you the having the best in class audio and pro audio/video modes standard can really help with Vlogging, no dongles needed. LG shows the the sd card is still in style, useful, and does not try to up-sale you higher storage versions which are pure profit makers for samsung, google, and apple. What I do not understand is why tech reviewers are always negative in their LG phone reviews, even in the titles. The LG G8 is actually every bit as great as the iPhone XS, XS Max., Samsung S10, S10 Plus, Google Pixel XL3. Sure they will have cutting edge features thatsound good on paper optical fingerprint reader, that is actually worse in practice, and no other phone has more secure ways to open your phone. The cameras are good on all of them, LG has the best pro modes software, Google the best Night shot software for making it look like day which is not realistic and software not hardware, samsung and Apple have great auto modes for video, LG is almost there but shines better when you take control, which the others do not trut you to do. Side by side you would be hard pressed to see a difference in screen quality aside from the samsung bright mode and different saturation levels, which you can adjust on all but iPhone. When it come to audio it's a done deal. Software and update are where LG and samsung lag, and apple and google shine. Cpu's and gpu's are within a few percentage points, although samsung give you more ram form multitasking and keeping more things open. Samsung gives you two-way wireless charging which may be bad in the long run for your phone battery, So I still don't understand why so many of LG reviews are lacking the same respect given to something like an iPhone XR, XS, samsung S10 S10 Max, Google Pixel gets. They always say it is overpriced? At $819 it is way cheaper than the iPhone XS and Samsung S10 which it is superior to in many ways, and with it's current street price of $619, it is the best value of the newer 2019 phones so far, and the price will go down and it has a 2 year warranty standard. I can only conclude that the marketing of Google, Samsung, Apple, One-plus and others have made fanboys out of the majority of the tech reviewers and they feel the need to disrespect LG, when it's products are every bit as great as the others and better and many ways, by not taking well love, reliable and liked features away, and still innovating with new features, although some are in beta form, and will be refined and perfected and reintroduced by Apple and Samsung and Google later as their own, although they all copy each other, LG gets the least respect, and are a huge part phones have advanced as fast and far as they have, starting with their first all touch all screen smart phone with downloadable apps shown and receiving awards 6 months before the iPhone. The LG Prada., or the first curved OLED Phone the LG FLex, I could go on and on about 18/9 HDR 1440p dual front dual real back fingerprint scanner, triple rear, but I digress. take care.

@@Tigerex966 well said!!!!

@@Tigerex966 that's some rant. Objectively speaking the only area the LG G8 beats all the phones you me is with the Quad DAC and Amp, but you need expensive headphones with high impedance to drive and activate the Quad DAC s full capabilites. The cameras aren't in the top 3 cameras on smartphones and neither is the screen or battery life.

@@franklingoodwin no thats not true. It all depends on your wants, do you want secure face unlock, is that not objective? Do you want stereo recording with manual controls the best in class ? Is that not objective? 1440P compared to 828P and 1080P is that not objective. I mean even samsung and apple said they cut cost by by lowering the resolution on their budget offereing. nothing wrong with that. 6.1" compared to 6.1" compared to 5.8" Is that not objective? Samsung shrunk the size to save money, nothing wrong with that. flat screen vs curved screen is that not objective? both have their pluses and minuses. 2 year warranty vs 1 year warranty is that not objective? $899 vs $819 vs $749 retail peices is that not objective? $799 vs $699 vs $619 current street prices Is that not objective. TOF sensor vs no tof sensor Is that not objective? some people could care less, others will like what it enables, only samsungs top of the line have it, it was dropped from others to save cost. 3500 mah vs 3400 mah vs much less Is that not objective? 8gb vs 6 gb vs 6 gb Is that not objective? No tele vs tele. Is that not objective. Apple samsung and LG dropped it to save cost. to many they could care less, some will want it. Cameras on almost all flagship smartphones are pretty much on pawith each other for the most part and good light and for basic shots, it is the software that makes the difference, aside from say the pureview 9 and such. LG excels at manual control of that camera for video and photo and is very good especially focus peak and shutter time etc with built in software. others have better auto do nothing software, which make more pleasing photosm in auto mode most of the time. In any event you can purchase 3rd party apps to enable features you may want or a better auto or manual mode. and in many cases you can sideload the others hacked apps, like google night site, googles camera is not better, just their software. Other phones have had success with Googles nightsight software, as google is very good with using stacking and algorhythms to then stich together multipl pictures with machine learning to produce great pictures, even though the lens and cpu are basically the same, even inferior to others. Again the small 1080P s10e, and 828P lcd iphone XR are not as premium as the 1440P 6.1" OLED TOF sensor enabled LG G8, it compares almost feature for feature size for size to the same size same resolution Samsung S10, giving up tele lens and reverse wireless charging and 2GB of ram (in America) but by giving youbetter audio, tof sensor for secure face unlock, better bokeh and hand id and gestures. flat oled for curved, notch for hole, tradition finger print scanner or inscreen on both secure. I think that makes them the best comparison today, both great and great values if you need that size phone, and with current prices and street prices for most the LG is the better buy between the too, If you do not mind a much smaller screen, 1080P or less, can give or take tof sensors. Than the Samsung smaller lower resolution 5.8" S10e, or even the iphone xr might be a better buy at retail (not street prices), or even the 845 chip google pixel at sale prices or one plus, but those do not have sd cards or headphone jacks.

They all seem to do this, only Juan Bagnall and Steve Litchfield are the only ones who use the correct term 'dual speakers'.

They are just a bunch of wannabes and cocksuckers that side with the highest bidder, which are usually Samsung/Apple.

I ran a left/ right channel test on my G8 and found that it IS stereo. The problem is that the volume is so heavily biased towards the boom box speaker that it seems like a mono phone.

@@ironmanmachine so actually dual speakers and not stereo then. There isn't enough stereo separation for it to be true stereo.

Its stereo i just checked.

true, and this reviewers don't even mentioned that and the Quad dac on the headphone jack. this phone have a better battery life, better nigh mode than the S10

@@mech-tech4779 yeah, just use Google Cam because its more better camera

P30 pro doesnt have Crystal sound Oled tech. P30 pro uses Bone Conduction, it only works if ur face is in contact with the phones surface. Different tech.

@@sc9433 you use the term bone conduction. Do you even understand what this means. Dont fall for the names these companies give its the same technology. A vibrating screen.

I just bough LG G8s for 24 yr old myself and I love it

@ici then I have a trash phone and I am happy with it.

Exactly,and the s10 lacks in audio ,charging speed and the edge display compromises usability

Same

That hand id is surprisingly useful

It even lacks in the camera department.

I have the G4 since 2016 i like the design and features im just having a hard time what should I upgrade to ? im interested in this phone but im also hating this iPhone look and this notch 😤

@@fayezm3148 if you dont like it look for something you like

A brand new v35??

@@dr.keating6864 an open box one in mint condition

13.33 on sprint so already down to 320

Already free with a free case on AT&T

Agreed! Cant beat g8 for the price!!!!

Yet people still say I won't buy it even if it's $150 dollars.

@@MBHoward85 Where?

Not really there are still dumb people in this world

@@N-e.o True

no people have already removed it (ifixit I believe, it is easier than most.other companies do not want you to remove it eaither when they send you a free phone to review, icluding apple, samsung, and google.

Where?

Obviously it's not meant for Non master race.

LG is basically the Alonso Fernando of smart phones. A good driver (phone company) that gets crap deals (reviews) .

@Partha Sarathi Sarma that's what haters been babbling for the last 5 years. Did you forget LG is a multinational giant and selling smartphones is just a hobby for them?

It's weird to me how people feel such a strong need to defend something they like when someone else didn't. Hell he didn't shit on the phone he just didn't think it was that great. If you bought one and love it that's great keep enjoying it.

@@sean8102 You mean like you are defending him? Ironic isn't it? 👎SMH.

Look at this dude try to make the Nickleback of smartphones look good. LMAO

Notch isn't deal breaker for me

Lol indeed

Love both but I can never get enough of Sound Awake. 🙌

just got one in November 2021 for 145 dollars used like new condition. coming from an iPhone 8 plus, i love this G8 Thinq.

Did u like the G8? Still got it?

@@jefemuga416 still like it? How's battery life when u get a used one on ebay? I'm always worried the battery will be shot.

@@bobbyheenan4061 hi Bobby, yes I still have it. Got it in grey color and it is an excellent phone. I like the size of it, not too big. not heavy. The camera was a nice surprise as I feel that it takes excellent pictures. and to answer your question about the battery, i feel that the battery does a pretty good job. truthfully, i had a phone before these from China, brand is Realme, model 6i, that baby has a huge battery, 5000 mAh!! that phone lasted 2 days no problem. This LG phone doesn't compete with that, but I can tell you that the LG phone lasts longer than my iPhone 8 Plus did and that the LG get me through a whole day. I do have to charge it every night and as long as I don't binge watch videos all day, it gets me through a day at work and all the way home no problem. sorry for the long text, hope this helps.

@@jefemuga416 yes, that absolutely helps. I appreciate the info. I've been torn between getting the V50 or G8 but I think I'll prolly go with the G8. I've been an LG giy for a while, had the V10, G4 and now I have a G6 which still works but the battery is shot. Thanks again for the info!!!

Got it for 280 on amazon tmobile unlocked

I guess everybody just plotted to hate on lg for some random reason then? Almost every review I've seen of this phone is basically the gimmicks barely work the software is outdated but overall it's a very decent phone but it's not better than the competition.

​@@gcforreal Most of the reviewers are saying the same thing. I have watched and read basically every review out there. Most reviewers seem to be spewing shit about LG and discrediting their innovation. I get that hand ID seems like a gimmick but the 3d face unlock and proper fingerprint reader are better than the competition. Also it seems that the battery life is stellar and the piezoelectric screen speaker is pretty decent with tuning as some other reviewers are shown. Considering the price of the LG right now; it easily beats the iPhone XR and Galaxy S10E because those are the phones that are even CLOSE to the price. Considering that you can get the LG for $699 (or $320 @ Sprint) I would say that no phone in that price range touches this phone. I am an HTC 10 owner who has been looking to upgrade due to lack of software updates by HTC anymore.. my phone is stuck with bugs and security holes since Dec 2017... HTC hasn't built anything I can buy (or that is worth buying) so I am looking around. I mostly see reviewers fanboying apple or samsung when both of their offerings are overpriced and underperforming. This ultrasonic fingerprint reader in the S10 is so bad that it just doesn't work for most people.... the headphone jack sucks (atleast from what I have read/seen) and the faceID is useless. Additionally the battery life is worse and the cameras are about on par. LG is offering more resolution, battery life, audio quality and features for a lower price than its competitors and reviewers are saying it doesn't compete?

A side of fries would be nice

Samsung has better hardware, software, and marketing. Apple has marketing and the famed w@LLeD gArDeN

@@RanenPo Samsung or even huawei does everything better than LG except quad dac and LG marketing is shit

They don't use LG phones so they just assume it's not good 😂 let them keep thinking ! All they says is my G4 bootlooped and they suck 😂 they really don't have a good argument lmao

@lalruatfela hrahsel ok whatever dude

Get the V30 then

Same here

Exactly!!!

Samsung S10 have inscreen fingerprint scanner which is way better than dr strange scanner Also that Bixby button is remapable Only thing LG have over S10 is quad dac

@@RugerEnthusiast and no camera bump with better microphone recording.

@@3dkiller Not having camera bump is not a feature... i could counter your statement with LG not having camera bump will make it slip outta hand more and it will eassily fall out of pockets... and microphone recording is shit on LG from what i have heard so far lmao wtf you talking about lmao

@@RugerEnthusiast lol lg has the rear fingerprint scanner which is more accurate than the in screen fingerprint scanner plus a more secure face unlock, the vein unlock is just a bonus, lets say when you are driving a car

I assume he's American with a mixed background.

It's been years since LG was one of the greats.

Ashwin Anand get the V50 but if your only choice is between those two, definitely the LG G8.

@@quchi7232 Thank you so much man for your suggestion ,✌ Since V50 is not available in India so I will go with G8

How is ur experience I have the speaker is bad i heard from some reviews

How much is it worth? I am getting G8 for $300 Android 9 U+ version battery is good according to seller

Fake AT&T 5G. It's just faster 4G with a new marketing name '5G Evolution' to trick customers, I guess?

A lighter skin and monster battery life would make this a winner.

@CHANNEL BLACK I've tried it and it seemed not too bad, but I'm still on the fence about it. Reminds of how I felt about HTC sense UI.

Samsung displays are class leading but there's nothing wrong with its display at all, it's great. Most tech reviews will downplay.

Sorry to hear that i brought mines on day 1 still perfect as new no trouble at all