[LG V10 General] toastido:
JUMP!ed to this phone, now JUMP!ing away.

Figured I'd throw my thoughts into this thread. This is based on the T-Mobile V10 (LG-H901)

I picked up an LG V10 yesterday on release, and COMPLETELY STOCK UNCONFIGURED it's a GREAT phone! It's snappy, beautiful, and all the features worked

initially

.

Here's my take on it... starting with

the good:

The second screen is not just a gimmick. It's NICE. I really like being able to see the notifications, control my music, handle phone calls, and have quick access to apps out-of-the-way of what I'm doing. The only con here is that notifications are entirely too fast, and they're abrupt. I found that I still had to pull-down to see them after noticing something flashing by.

The camera... it's just AMAZING. I can't even describe how nice and how fine the quality is. Best camera I've seen on an android phone yet. It's also VERY FAST, and you can even configure a double-press of the vol-down key to launch camera and snapshot immediately so there's no time wasted.

The main screen is a BEAUTIFUL IPS 2k display. Coming from a SuperAMOLED, you almost can't tell it's an LCD...except for the backlight bleed on dark screens.

The speed of this beast is amazing as well. It just doesn't know slow.

SDCard Slot and Removable battery is a definite plus. Fast charging didn't seem that fast, though.

Now for the bad:

The speaker is horrendous. It sounds like someone took a headphone driver out, and over-modulated everything going into it, then crammed it into the phone. Unacceptable.

The microphone while on speakerphone is inconsistent and "muffled" according to the other party while on an HD VOICE call. With or without a case on. This is completely unacceptable.

The fingerprint reader... don't even think of using it if you have any case on the phone whatsoever. If you don't lay your fingers FLAT against the back of the phone onto the sensor it doesn't pick it up. I had a simple Incipio case on it and it wouldn't work with the case on. I could live with this, but....

Knock-On. This worked for a little while, then just stopped working... no rhyme or reason. Not even a factory reset brought it back. No clue what happened, but in my use case it is imperative that I have some way to turn on the display when it's in a windshield mount (that covers the back of the phone).

Battery Life... for a 3000mAh battery, I'd expect at least 4h SoT. Got maybe 2. Also the fuel gauge is misleading (perhaps on purpose). It said i was at 100% for about 30 minutes worth of SoT then rapidly descended through the 90s, then the 80s...etc. It eventually leveled off and I was losing about 20%/hr with light use.

LTE Reception was much worse than my Note 3.... by at least 3dB. That's a lot. WiFi was pretty on-par with it, though I expected better.

Bluetooth disconnects but won't auto-reconnect. 'nuff said. Factory reset didn't help here either. Maybe a setting I missed, but it was worth noting.

I went to take the phone back today, but unfortunately, I'm gonna have to sit on it for another 14 days to avoid a $50 restocking fee. I was SOOO looking forward to this beast being everything and more, but unfortunately the cons outweigh the pros.