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[G3 General] ipmanwck:
I hav an LG Pad and it has been getting updates. Probably like 3 since purchase which have addressed some lag in some apps. Pretty confident LG is improving.

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I ordered the international 3gb ram from amazon.de. I am happy with the 801 processor unless they change some other specs there is really no point in waiting as it maybe for a different phone like the GPro 3 maybe ?

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My order still stands from amazon.de. They probably had a pre order limit
[G3 General] Super Chimp:
If you keep waiting for the next super phone I'll be drawing my pension.

My order from Amazon.de still appears to be existing.
[G3 General] gavinfabl:
I'm not buying the 16gb. I will try and buy 32gb. Btw will if bought via Germany will it have any compatibility issues in the UK.
[G3 General] surfer1000:
Where did that come from?....still says 17 days to go on my pre order
[G3 General] daleski75:
States it when you look at the LG G3 on their main page where the tariffs all are.
[G3 General] surfer1000:
Oh, so it does, 9 days to go......

Anyway just cancelled mine with them jumping to that Carphone Warehouse deal!
[G3 General] dljitx:
I have my LG G3 already, the Korean Version F400K with 32GM & 3GB. I have had it just over a week now and I ordered it from EBay. All I can say is it's an amazing phone, I had the G2 prior to this and sold it the other day, I compared the 2 phones and the G3 is by far the better phone, nicer UI, smoother, quicker, Camera is by far the best I have seen on Any Android Device. I love it, I have no issues with the phone being Korean as it was all set to english for me prior to dispatch, so everything is all in English. I cannot recommend this phone enough to anyone, Yes, its a bit bigger than the G2, but still smaller than the Sony Z2 & HTC One M8 but with Bigger screen 5.5", it's a WOW phone and simply the best phone out there, this will be the phone for all manufacturers to drool over and wish they made it. I say bye Bye samsung & Hello LG.
[G3 General] p70shooter:
Jealous :) What's the battery life like?

Sent from my lg g3 almost :)
[G3 General] dljitx:
I find the battery life excellent on the phone, no issues, easily full days use on it, unless you are playing a lot of high quility res games which can drain the battery rapidly, but thats the same on any android phones. I would 100% recommend getting the phone, its worth every penny I paid for it (£571.00 for 32GB 3GB Ram). You won't be disappointed :)
[G3 General] ASD007:
Is the screen noticably dim, low contrast or not bright enough outdoors?
[G3 General] Bilhouse:
Any news of the Amazon.de delivery date. Is it still around July 1st?
[G3 General] Canard caché:
mediamarkt de: 03/07... so impossible for amazon.de to be late...
[G3 General] asialove2013:
LG G3 User Manual in English available for download

Hey, The LG G3 (LS990) user manual in Engish is available for download!

Just google "LG G3 LS990 User Manual"
[G3 General] sloseph:
My cashback has just landed :) no word on whether or not I get the free case yet though, might pop in store and speak to someone about it
[G3 General] :
when did you order as my cashback hasnt arrived but i did get text about free case already ....................ordered mine on the 12th! got 2 on pre order one from CPW and other from MPD

you get post on sunday?
[G3 General] Super Chimp:
I did & it appeared to be for the Sprint version?
[G3 General] asialove2013:
yes

The D855 verison is also available for download, But it is for Czech Republic users.
[G3 General] sloseph:
i ordered mine on Friday but i went in store to do it so the cashback was done as a card payment instead of them sending me a cheque

i don't know if i'll get a text, i might have fallen between the cracks as the deal seemed to change just after i ordered mine

has anyone get any recommendation for a wireless charger? is there much of a difference between the office LG one and some 3rd party chargers?
[G3 General] surfer1000:
As far as I know any "qi" based charger will do!
[G3 General] shingers5:
thanks for the reply...............should have gone shop lol! mine should be along soon i guess. hearing its gonna be early like the 24th for delivery
[G3 General] wyase9:
Quick question guys......the large apps, massive games, and European maps, etc, etc..................do most move across to SD card without any problems, or is it 50/50 ?

I am still worried about the shortage of phone space on the 16gb model (Whatsapp data and camera pics and vids will eat a lot of the spare 11gb space on that model).
[G3 General] ziggazee:
Has anyone ordered the black 32gb version from amazon.de? The price went down to 549 on Friday just for one day. Apparently if the orders don't get cancelled you guys will be charged the lowest pre order price. All other colours remained 599 :(
[G3 General] turt:
Yes I have, that's a good news then :)
[G3 General] ziggazee:
Amazon.de have said they will not open deliveries to the UK again and that it was a mistake initially when they were taking orders. They are not sure if orders already placed will be cancelled but phones are due to be delivered on the 28th anyhow.
[G3 General] jbak98:
I have a Black one ordered how did you find that out Ziggazee? Really hope they don't cancel, especially with another 50 euro off!
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Hi All, joining the club! just pre ordered white one from carphone warehouse EE 37.99 100 pounds cashback!
[G3 General] Bilhouse:
I have a black 32GB ordered from there too. How did you get this info mate?
[G3 General] orbital247:
Hi all,

Also getting in on the act, thanks to the post earlier in the thread about CPW. I'm due an upgrade on Vodafone and got £39 4G 5Gb plan + £100 cashback and free case.

Been a mobile phone geek all my life and really looking forward to this one purely on design.
[G3 General] Super Chimp:
Same here & I haven't heard anything about them cancelling the orders so far so I'd like to here the source of this too.
[G3 General] goofylad:
i aint had my cash back yet either! i ordered on the 12th had the confirmation emails on the 12th but nowhere to check the status of my order or for an estimated release date!
[G3 General] shingers5:
yea they dont offer status updates or order tracking mate. your best bet is to ring them to check. cashback from online or phone like i did takes at least 7 days or more. ordered mine online then finalised over phone. got verbal confirmation and text about free case
[G3 General] goofylad:
yeah am still really happy with the deal ect... but thats possibly something they could offer in the future!

might give them a call
[G3 General] Super Chimp:
Judging by the supplied information of it being an error I wouldn't be surprised if the existing pre-orders aren't cancelled. Then we can all wonder again why LG will not supply the 32GB model to the UK.
[G3 General] jbak98:
Ziggazee which forum did you find that on.

Thanks
[G3 General] ziggazee:
Guys talking about it on the comment section here..

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-...wireless-charger-approx-497-amazon-de-1921411

Also read a tread on one+one forum but can't find that link for it anymore.
[G3 General] asialove2013:
LG G3 D855 user manual [UK Version] available for download

United kindom, Czech Republic G3 D855

http://www.mylgphones.com/lg-g3-d855-user-manual-available-for-download.html​

U.S. Sprint G3 LS990

http://www.mylgphones.com/sprint-lg-g3-ls990-user-manual-guide.html​
[G3 General] gsw5700:
Just emailed lg.com/uk saying how great it is that they have a phone with 3gb ram whilst all the other suckers only offer 2gb. Excited that I'll finally have a phone that's future proof. Then asked when it will be available for ordering. Watch this space
[G3 General] gavinfabl:
Hopefully you will get this reply

Hi, Gavin

Thank you for your query regarding the LG G3.

As far as I am aware the 32gb /3gb model will not be hitting the shelves in the UK. Like you I am disappointed in this fact. However the 16gb version of the LG G3 will sport a Micro SD card slot that can support up to 128gb cards so storage should be no issue.

I apologise i haven't been able to be of more help but hope the information i have provided has been of assistance.

Kind regards

Paul

LG Electronics UK Help desk

I have replied back again but no email has been received since.
[G3 General] gsw5700:
Damn! Even LG UK are shamed
[G3 General] misiokicio:
What a joke eh? We all know we can use an sd card to expand the storage but the only way to enjoy using the micro sd card is to root the phone! Correct me if I am wrong... but no app can write to sd card in 4.4.2
[G3 General] surfer1000:
Well your wrong, the app as long as it's written correctly can write to sd, it's just that current versions of apps carnt, the apps need updating!
[G3 General] turt:
Amazon.de no longer offers a free wireless charger for G3 orders. It was supposed to end on June 26 so I guess they got massive pre-orders on the G3 ! Explains why they limited to Germany only after a few days...
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Thanks for the info, few subtitles apps I am using are unable to write zip files to sd card... hope they'll sort it out... but defo I am going to root it lol
[G3 General] surfer1000:
I'd contact the app developers and ask them about future updates for kitkat :fingers-crossed:
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Well, jusy downloaded another app subloader... and is still pretty useless. .. they way the workaround works is to choose a custom folder on the device to download the files... so I dont think they can actually override this new kitkat policy... seems like the root is only the solution
[G3 General] Protagoras:
My pre-order for a black 32GB G3 still stands with Amazon.de, I got no news about it from them.

I hope they won't cancel it, and frankly I doubt they will. If there's a mistake, it's on their side, and they have to honour the pre-order we made. It will make a lot of unhappy customers if Amazon says something like "Sorry we messed up and allowed you to make an order you shouldn't have, now suck it up".

EDIT: I sent an email to the customer service of Amazon.de, asking them for confirmation or more details about the message on the G3 page that now states that it is not delivered to the UK... My pre-order still stands, so I'm curious. Will let you guys know when (if) I get an answer from them.
[G3 General] ASD007:
Another positive review:

http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g3-review-394364/
[G3 General] maschenazi:
Just upgraded to the LG G3 16Gb on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk. It is on tmob-uk with 500 minutes, unlimited texts and data, 24 months contract and the phone is free. All this for £32.99 per month. I thought is a good deal. They say I should get the phone delivered in 8 days :good:
[G3 General] misiokicio:
not a bad deal but i think EE is better with 37.99 a month for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 4GB data, free genuine circle case and 100 pounds automatic cashback and free phone!
[G3 General] ShiroEd:
Vodafone have an even better deal with Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Texts, 9GB data, free circle case and £100 cashback for £40. That's an extra 5GB of data for £2 a month more!
[G3 General] misiokicio:
I was looking at this before deciding,,, I would have take it if vodafone had better reception around where i stay... Scotland is pretty bad for the reception on all networks...
[G3 General] orbital247:
On mobilephonesdirect it says the phone will be delivered in 8 days, that's Thu 26th June.

"Order now for delivery in 8 days"

Can't wait .....
[G3 General] ShiroEd:
That delivery date is interesting. As of 20 minutes ago Carphonewarehouse didn't have anything other than they should be getting stock allocated from the 1st of July and then they'll start distributing the stock accordingly.

I'll be keeping my eyes peeled! Thanks for the update.
[G3 General] surfer1000:
Yeah great deal, but were do you draw the line, I'm moving from 1gb to 4 initially it was 2, I'm more than happy with 4 for £38 a month.

Anyway I personally swore never to go back to Vodafone again, after they lied to me about what I would get with my last contract I had with them, and in all honesty their network reception isn't all that to right home about!

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I've seen a youtube vid of the official European final boxed product, so the phone is there out in the wild, can't be much longer now :laugh:
[G3 General] MrPhilo:
Going back to Android, thinking of picking a LG G3

At the moment Amazon is cheapest listing £479.99 for 16GB

eBay for 32GB at 32GB + 3GB RAM for £405.00, I asked the seller (feedback 20k+ 99.7%) if he could claim the item cheaper at $200, so custom will be cheaper, so total price will be around £450 (inc custom and handling fee). Pretty good, I plan to order this later. Just wondering what do you guys think?

Also does anyone know if I'll be able to use customs ROM for the 16gb+2gb ver?
[G3 General] daleski75:
Just got an email from mobilephonesdirect about the current status of my order which has not changed since it was ordered nearly a month ago, for a moment there I thought oh my god has it shipped only to be met by disappointment lol
[G3 General] jaythenut:
That's probably the Korean version i would wait for international if you want to flash roms

I've been waiting for the phone to be released not to long 2 more weeks
[G3 General] Bilhouse:
I thought you were going to get the 32GB model from Amazon.de?
[G3 General] daleski75:
I considered it but decided to get one on contract instead.
[G3 General] sloseph:
i spoke to a carphone warehouse earlier today and they seemed pretty positive that our orders will be ready on the 1st of July, no earlier
[G3 General] MrPhilo:
It is the Korean version, but I dont think UK are getting the 3gb+32gb anytime soon
[G3 General] ninjakettle:
www.notebooksbilliger.de (£497)

Been looking at this :

http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/lg+...0/eqsqid/5f884c95-a722-4823-9914-0b57fb22a374

Similar offer to the Amazon.de with free wireless charger, and it's the 32GB model.

However, they don't ship private sales to UK, but will do business. Now i have a ltd company i can buy this through and i think i only have to supply VAT number. Info here : http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/infocenter/section/foreign

Total with shipping, amounts to about £497

Haven't pulled the trigger yet, but thought it might be useful info for anyone thinking of buying through Ltd Company too.
[G3 General] jaythenut:
You can get European one what is 32gb
[G3 General] MrPhilo:
Yeah only in Germany as of now, but they aren't shipping it to the UK anymore, soo anywhere else I can get it from?
[G3 General] jaythenut:
There's a guy selling on eBay selling them for 550 preorder
[G3 General] wakibaci:
Pre orders are up at Three

Unlimited mins ,data and texts =£38.00

2/16

No upfront cost.

24 month contract

Delivered 23 june.
[G3 General] ninjakettle:
For anyone interested in this route - I registered for a business account and pre-ordered. I exchanged two emails with them - all very professional and easy actually. A little Google Translate (chrome plugin) help was all that was needed when ordering.
[G3 General] MrPhilo:
He says its the International version but it's probably a korea version
[G3 General] jaythenut:
It's not i asked him it's German
[G3 General] Protagoras:
New details (kind of) for the ones in the UK (or elsewhere) who pre-ordered at Amazon Germany: I just received an answer from the customer service, that doesn't say much, but at least doesn't rule it out completely... Here is it:
[G3 General] jhericurls:
Really? I ordered yesterday and I haven't had any replies.
[G3 General] ninjakettle:
I created my business account here.

Be sure to select the second button (Geschäftskunde)

You will see you have to put in your VAT number and i found it needed to be prefixed with "GB"

I only knew about GB prefix because you can validate your own VAT number here at VIES website

Once that was done, i got an email to confirm account creation. Then I simply preordered the phone and charger last night about 8pm and got an email confirming order and under my account on the website it showed the order was subject to VAT check. I then got another email this morning to confirm order had been processed and was given bank account details to process CHAPS payment.

Because i have emailed them separately at service@notebooksbilliger.de i knew that you can either pay in advance via CHAPS or pay cash on delivery (UPS). Because my business bank charges a whopping £25 for international CHAPS transfer, i may go with Cash on Delivery, so i've just mailed them again to ask if that is paid in Cash to UPS on delivery and if it's in EURO.

If i were you i'd mail service@notebooksbilliger.de, they're prompt at responding.
[G3 General] jhericurls:
Thanks, extremely helpful post! :good: :good:
[G3 General] bluebobx:
You might want to take a look at Clove - they're £20 more expensive than Amazon but are bundling in the WCD-100 charger "for free", so if you were going to get the wireless charger anyway then they're £40 cheaper than Amazon. Of course, there's also the Amazon price guarantee, but I can't see that knocking off that kind of money.

Erm, can't see why not - gotta say that if a custom ROM needed more than 8GB storage and 1GB RAM then I'd be kinda worried. Look at it this way - the stock HTC M8 Mini (or "One Mini 2" if you prefer) can run a 4.4.2 stock with Sense6 and all the various bits of HTC add-on in less than 16/1, so why the heck can't a 3rd party-themed base rom fit into less than that?!

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but I've been reading a lot of (mainly US based) comments along the lines of "OMG, I absolutely positively need the 32/3 model, anything else won't work". These folks seemingly forgetting that the GS5 "only" has 2GB RAM and that has to run TouchWiz as well. And as for the "need 32GB", well even Tesco's/Asda/etc are selling uSD cards these days, so other than KitKat's "no SD write for 3rd party apps" (thanks Google!) you're surely good to go. Heck, you can even get a 128GB uSDXC card from various folks for about £80 these days - so that's 16GB (ish) for apps and 128GB for movies, music and photo storage - enough for anyone surely.

I'm moving the 64GB card from my S3 and then I'll be able to smack down iPhoners ... kneel before my 80GB awesomeness lesser mortals!

(that last bit was joking of course)

What I absolutely, positively want though is a decent rooting method. Hopefully LG haven't done anything dumb to stop me "owning"

my

phone - I need root for Titanium.
[G3 General] surfer1000:
CPW are now charging £40 for the handset now, on the EE 4gb deal......cheeky buggers!

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When CPW advertise "delivery 1st July" is that to them or us?
[G3 General] sloseph:
i might be wrong but i think he was going along the lines of will the 2 different models have 2 separate builds, for example the US variant of the S3 wasn't compatible with the European variant so in a developer is working on a ROM for the american version it won't be any use to people in Europe

for the record i would have thought the ROMS will work for both as they have the same components the 32gb model just has more of them
[G3 General] bluebobx:
That's pretty much my understanding too - the S3 existed in (at least?) three distinct versions, international, Korean and US. On the other hand, so far there seems to be Korean and International versions of the G3, with the only major differences being the TV aerial etc on the Korean one. Samsung's umpteen different SKU's seemed like generating hassle for the sake of it to me. Hopefully, the one that goes on sale in the US will be the "international" G3, in which case we'll have EU and US ROM developers to choose from. :)

Then again, this'll be my first LG phone (being on Sony and Samsung before), so it's kinda new territory for me. Biggest plus for me of the G3 is that it's lacking Samsung's bloat - not only TouchWiz, but also all those "value add's" that Sammy love to put in. On the LG UK site there's

Never mind the QHD screen (although the S3's is poor in sunlight), that feature alone make the G3 worth it for me. :D
[G3 General] wyase9:
I am not too bothered about the ram, but I am concerned about the 16gb storage... High res video recorded, pics taken, WhatsApp pics and vids, and a host of large apps that can't be stored on the Sd card........ The 11gb of spare space on the 16gb model will mean things will be really tight... I don't want to pay hundreds for a phone limiting me in such a way. I also don't what to order from abroad (warranty, etc) .... Is anyone else out there concerned about such an issue? Am really annoyed LG is not releasing the 32gb model here.
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
This morning I placed my pre-order with Three and will be getting the phone on the 26th.
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
I have been using a 16gb Nexus 4, 5 and 7 for quite some time and have loads of games and apps installed, memory has never been an issue.

And that had no SD slot for videos and pictures to be saved else where!

Plus with root you can do a mod to switch the internal and external memories around making a large sd card the "internal" memory.
[G3 General] ninjakettle:
It's a non issue for most, though i have a 16gb OneX myself that i've filled and need to keep apps moving to SD. It's a tad annoying.

It's a simple fact that given the choice, we'd all take the 32GB/3GB RAM for the same money - but the UK is being shortchanged and i'm delighted to see people voting with their feet and buying in Germany etc.

STG is very strong against EURO at the moment and with the free charger being offered in places it makes for a really good deal. I really hope Amazon come through with their current orders and perhaps even open up delivery to uk again.
[G3 General] sloseph:
my s3 only has 16gb of storage and i've got loads of big apps and games installed on it and i've still got about 1.5 gig free

i don't use my phone as a camera apart from the occasional snap so i can't comment on that side but if your just doing apps and game you shouldn't need 32gb, sure it would be nice to have but it's not essential especially with an sd card
[G3 General] surfer1000:
That's great if you want Black :p
[G3 General] Lennyuk:
I know the person who decides what phones Three sell, he informed me that Black was the best colour so I trust his judgement.
[G3 General] wyase9:
Thanks LennyUK, I was hoping I would get comments telling me I am right/wrong to worry about 16gb being too little.

Still is concerning for me a little, even after reading your comments. If I were on holiday and I needed to record some 4K UHD video, my guess is I would fill up approx 7gb after 20 odd minutes (very roughly 350mb per minute)...I would not want to record for a few minutes, run out of space, then save the file, then move it to SD card, then start recording again .....and then do stuff like that through the 2 years of owning the phone...

..........does anyone think that I am wrong, or it should not be such a big consideration ? Would appreciate any comments.
[G3 General] surfer1000:
Official release date for UK now 28th June http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/556306/20140619/lg-g3-uk-samsung-galaxy-s5-release.htm
[G3 General] wase4711:
"official" meaning that LG OFFICIALLY announced it, or some BLOG just posted what some "tipster" said???
[G3 General] surfer1000:
I think "tipster" was pertaining to the USA date, not UK, besides three network are getting it out by 26th if you read previous posts.
[G3 General] wase4711:
I must have missed that..

I just think its amusing that so many people take as "gospel" when these bloggers post "information" leaked from a "reliable" source...

Until the carrier or LG announces it themselves, its nothing more than SWAG..
[G3 General] wakibaci:
On the email from upgrade verification

Delivery date: 23 Jun 2014.

Got Mondays date for my order this morning.