LG G4

[faniebraai]

I got my phone from vodacom and i have zero Vodacom bloat. Am I missing something?

What SIM do you have in it?

Vodacom installs the bloat on entry of their SIM

 

[ngwe23]

Ooh that makes sense. I am using a telkom mobile sim

 

[cavedog]

So I thought that the LG G4 will support Telkom Mobile LTE but sadly people it does not.

SA get's their own model number H815P which only supports LTE bands 4,7 and 17 and NOT band 40 which is Telkom Mobible.

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g4-6901.php

Cellc supplies the H815P not sure about MTN and Vodacom but I'm sure it would be the same model since both MTN and Vodacom use LTE band 4

 

[airborne]

I thought all LTE radios on modern high end smartphones would support the full spectrum, is Telkoms spectrum a bit unusual?

 

[Connor13]

My experience so far has been nothing but awesome. Lollipop is lollipop. Samsung really dit fark it up.

Build quality is cool. The leather back feels a little plasticy, but its still very good.

What pains me a little is the bloat. People complain about Samsung/Vodacom bloat but they honestly have no idea what they are talking about. At least with the Samsung I could uninstall 70% and disable the rest. With this, their is no uninstalling, just disabling (those useless Vodacom apps). But I guess same difference.

Animations is nice and smooth and phone is quite snappy enough to not wait to do anything.

All and all, you can paint me impressed.

Thanks, after a couple of days of having the device any regrets or gripes? A worthy replacement over the S6 edge? I know it's early days but how have you found the battery life in the LG g4 thus far? I'm going tomorrow to upgrade my second line and I'm going to be either going for the S6 or the LG G4 basically.

 

[faniebraai]

Thanks, after a couple of days of having the device any regrets or gripes? A worthy replacement over the S6 edge? I know it's early days but how have you found the battery life in the LG g4 thus far? I'm going tomorrow to upgrade my second line and I'm going to be either going for the S6 or the LG G4 basically.

What are you coming from? And what do you use your phone for?

 

[Connor13]

What are you coming from? And what do you use your phone for?

Hi there , iv had the S5 , Note 3 , LG G3 and Nexus 6 over the past 2 years as my personal phones .
As for use , I spend a lot of time on the browser , some messaging , a lot of e mails , not much gaming , oh and I use the camera a fair bit with having young children .

 

[genetic]

A worthy replacement over the S6 edge?

A competitor to the S6/Edge? yes, a replacement??? Uhmmm No. The S6 is an many ways ahead of the G4. In some other aspects the G4 beats the S6.

Much of a muchness.

 

[Foxhound5366]

A competitor to the S6/Edge? yes, a replacement??? Uhmmm No. The S6 is an many ways ahead of the G4. In some other aspects the G4 beats the S6.

Much of a muchness.

The only real benefit that the G4 has over the S6 based on what I've read is that its camera can save photos in RAW mode, which will be useless to 99% of cellphone photographers (RAW-mode requires post-processing in a professional editing suite). This technically gives you more flexibility in editing photos, but so far I've had zero complaints with the S6 quality.

Based on some reports I've seen there are definitely cases where the G4 white-balancing is off, so it opts for warmer colours; while the S6 colours are more punchy.

The leather back is a nice touch on the G4 I'll admit, but overall the phone feels a lot less substantial and solid than the S6 (especially the cool metal buttons on the side of the S6) ...

Where the G4 definitely wins over the S6 is its removable battery and memory expansion, but that sort of depends on you - are you going to carry a spare battery, or want to copy across a whole treasure-trove of media to watch on your phone? Personally I don't, so for me these S6 limitations don't matter (the S6 also comes with free cloud storage for photos).

I think the only other metric where the G4 wins is it has an 8MP front-facing selfie camera, if that's your thing. In many other areas the S6 is superior (processor, graphics, storage speed - even to its use of Gorilla Glass 4 over the G4's use of Gorilla Glass 3).

Would I buy the G4? Hell yes, it's a great phone. Would I swop out my S6 for one? Um, I just don't think there's enough of a case for it.

 

[Thor]

The only real benefit that the G4 has over the S6 based on what I've read is that its camera can save photos in RAW mode, which will be useless to 99% of cellphone photographers (RAW-mode requires post-processing in a professional editing suite). This technically gives you more flexibility in editing photos, but so far I've had zero complaints with the S6 quality.

Based on some reports I've seen there are definitely cases where the G4 white-balancing is off, so it opts for warmer colours; while the S6 colours are more punchy.

The leather back is a nice touch on the G4 I'll admit, but overall the phone feels a lot less substantial and solid than the S6 (especially the cool metal buttons on the side of the S6) ...

Where the G4 definitely wins over the S6 is its removable battery and memory expansion, but that sort of depends on you - are you going to carry a spare battery, or want to copy across a whole treasure-trove of media to watch on your phone? Personally I don't, so for me these S6 limitations don't matter (the S6 also comes with free cloud storage for photos).

I think the only other metric where the G4 wins is it has an 8MP front-facing selfie camera, if that's your thing. In many other areas the S6 is superior (processor, graphics, storage speed - even to its use of Gorilla Glass 4 over the G4's use of Gorilla Glass 3).

Would I buy the G4? Hell yes, it's a great phone. Would I swop out my S6 for one? Um, I just don't think there's enough of a case for it.

I'm sorry did you say the G4 is better? F the the G4 my Samsung has Raw support, through Camera-FV5

 

[Foxhound5366]

I'm sorry did you say the G4 is better? F the the G4 my Samsung has Raw support, through Camera-FV5

Lol, if you took that away from my post, I suggest you read more slowly

Oh wait, to be fair to the G4, I remember now that its lens is also supposedly faster, with an f/1.8 aperture vs the S6's f/2.0.

In practice, I doubt that makes much difference. The S6 works real magic with night photos ... better than many full-fledged cameras I've used.

 

[Thor]

Lol, if you took that away from my post, I suggest you read more slowly

Oh wait, to be fair to the G4, I remember now that its lens is also supposedly faster, with an f/1.8 aperture vs the S6's f/2.0.

In practice, I doubt that makes much difference. The S6 works real magic with night photos ... better than many full-fledged cameras I've used.

Hahaha I just read that first part and then I was like No! G4 shall not win this round.

I still think the G3 was the winner 2014, but 2015 went to Samsung they just really one upped themselves the LG g4 I don't know nothing much over the g3

But the s6 is light-years ahead of my s5

 

[airborne]

I'm sorry did you say the G4 is better? F the the G4 my Samsung has Raw support, through Camera-FV5

Does the S6 support RAW, I heard they had not implemented the RAW support yet?

If you know how to edit RAW it is quite a significant advantage. Can't wait to get a RAW capable phone, hoping the Note 3 gets it with lollipop at some stage.

 

[Piesang]

You should try out a G4 and use the manual camera settings. I played around with the settings while on a outing with my wife and son.

I want to see a S6 do the same.

 

[Foxhound5366]

You should try out a G4 and use the manual camera settings. I played around with the settings while on a outing with my wife and son.

I want to see a S6 do the same.

Um, on an S6 you can set exposure compensation, ISO (as if you'd want to on a phone) and your focus point. It just gets everything else perfect, every single time. I want to see a G4 do the same.

 

[Piesang]

Um, on an S6 you can set exposure compensation, ISO (as if you'd want to on a phone) and your focus point. It just gets everything else perfect, every single time. I want to see a G4 do the same.

If you know how to use all these settings manually, you will never use auto again.

 

[Foxhound5366]

If you know how to use all these settings manually, you will never use auto again.
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Piesang, I use my cellphone for quick snap photos that I want taken as close to perfect in about three seconds from taking the phone out of my pocket.

If I want to spend time messing with manual settings, I'd use my DSLR for that.

All I'm saying here is that anybody who chooses the G4 purely for its more complicated camera settings had better know how to use them (and most people won't), and also know how the G4's full-auto photos compare to the S6's (imo S6 is better but I'm happy to be biased).

 

[Piesang]

Piesang, I use my cellphone for quick snap photos that I want taken as close to perfect in about three seconds from taking the phone out of my pocket.

If I want to spend time messing with manual settings, I'd use my DSLR for that.

All I'm saying here is that anybody who chooses the G4 purely for its more complicated camera settings had better know how to use them (and most people won't), and also know how the G4's full-auto photos compare to the S6's (imo S6 is better but I'm happy to be biased).

Why wait 3 seconds?

Quick Shot Camera*– Double tap the volume down button when the phone is off (even locked) to launch the camera fast, so you can take a photo. It will instantly snap a photo within 0.7 seconds.

 

[Foxhound5366]

Why wait 3 seconds?

Quick Shot Camera*– Double tap the volume down button when the phone is off (even locked) to launch the camera fast, so you can take a photo. It will instantly snap a photo within 0.7 seconds.

Rofl. Dude, if you wanna tackle the S6 ensure you know what you're talking about.

You can double-tap the S6's main menu button on the front (which is more convenient than the G4's rear button), and the cam app opens in 0.7 seconds as well.

Here's a page dedicated to just that: http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-camera-speed-animations

With my three seconds, I was allowing a little time to intelligently frame the photo and wait for the best shot to present itself, not just firing away blindly in burst mode (though if I wanted to do that, the S6's burst is faster than the G4's due to its faster memory and processor).

We can continue this if you want, but I suggest you hold an S6 first and then tell me the G4 is better.

 

[Piesang]

Rofl. Dude, if you wanna tackle the S6 ensure you know what you're talking about.

You can double-tap the S6's main menu button on the front (which is more convenient than the G4's rear button), and the cam app opens in 0.7 seconds as well.

Here's a page dedicated to just that: http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-camera-speed-animations

With my three seconds, I was allowing a little time to intelligently frame the photo and wait for the best shot to present itself, not just firing away blindly in burst mode (though if I wanted to do that, the S6's burst is faster than the G4's due to its faster memory and processor).

We can continue this if you want, but I suggest you hold an S6 first and then tell me the G4 is better.

If you Google reviews you will see that 90% of them says the G4 camera is better.

These two phones are both excellent devices and all reviewers say they are on par.

But for the price of the S6 I would've thought that it should've been a clear winner. Why pay R14k for a phone when you can get something similar for R9k?

To get back to the camera. The only thing the S6 do better is HDR. You can find that in some reviews. If you know how to use Google.