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[LG V20 Real Life Review] Byte_76:
I previously had an LG G4 for about a year before switching to a Huawei Mate 8 for about 3 months until I received my V20 H990DS this Friday, 18 November. So far I'm really happy. The phone has excellent build quality for a phone that has a removable battery. It's thin and light albeit slightly tall.

I love the QHD screen, it may not be AMOLED but it is an excellent LCD panel with vibrant colors and it really looks great. I do have slight light bleed from the second screen but it doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I'll accept that to have the extra screen and I really hope LG keeps this feature in future versions of the V series. Though I do agree that LG should move to AMOLED for the next version in the V series lineup.

I've enabled the app drawer and have found the LG skin to be a pleasant experience with its customization options and themes. Certainly a step up from the G4. The phone is really fast and the audio is absolutely amazing.

I love having true dual sim with a memory card slot. Signal quality on wifi and LTE is excellent.

As for the camera's, I haven't spent much time testing them out yet but so far the image quality looks great and the wide angle lens is awesome despite the lower resolution.

So, I'm still experiencing the phone and testing out the various features but overall I really think LG did a great job with the V20 and I'm very happy with it so far.

What else would I have liked? Wireless charging, AMOLED displays, higher resolution wide angle rear camera and front facing camera. Unlocked bootloader.

Thanks LG. Happy customer here! (so far)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jthomas1987:
Had the phone now for about 2 weeks. Coming from a Samsung ATIV SE Windows phone with Win10 Mobile.

So far I like the build quality of the phone. Feels solid, glad it is not super thin like some of the new phones. Hate that, do designers think people are a bunch of wimps that can't hold anything over a 5mm thick?

The screen is good. I am not one that really cares what type of screen I have, whether its OLED or LCD. As long as I can read it, I am good with it.

Guess my biggest disappointment is with the OS. I have been away from Android on a phone, though I have three Android tablets, plus an Ipad for work and a 8" Windows tablet for tinkering.

I am NOT IMPRESSED with Android 7.0. The camera app on the V20 is good, but the processing software makes for some rather crummy pictures, either in auto or manual mode. Too much noise if you barely zoom in. Not real impressed right now after spending a couple days trying to get good with the camera.

As far as Android in general, there is too much fragmentation, almost too many apps trying to do the same function, while all of them doing it rather poorly. I don't need 5 different file managers, I just need one that does what I want it to do. Same with web browsers. How many do you really need?

Guess I am just used to using my phone as a phone first, work tool second. I don't have all the gee whiz apps like Instagram, Snapchat, and all that garbage. I use my phone for specific functions and I want apps that do it right the first time.

Hopefully by the time my contract is up on this phone, Verizon will be off CDMA and fully switched to their version of GSM. Then maybe some phone makers will start making Windows phones for their network again. Going to be a long 2 years for me. May just sell this V20, and go back to my ATIV SE for the duration. Not impressed with Android right now.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] galr:
I think you got some bloat from your carrier, not LG.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jthomas1987:
Actually I have disabled everything from VZW except their Messaging app.

Guess you didn't follow what I was saying. Too much fragmentation in Android, period. Minimal quality controls. Instead of one or two really good apps to do a specific function, you have 15 or 20 that are at best mediocre apps.

I blame the majority of that on having Java as the main app language for Android. Any 12 year old can write code for Java, doesn't mean it is clean, concise, efficient code. Same with apps. Just because it was easily written, doesn't mean it is a good app.

Are there bad examples of other type of code? Of course, but Java seems to be the most prevalent from what I have seen.

Also the few apps that I have on Android now that I had on my Windows phone, mainly the Office and MS related ones, are not that great actually. I don't expect MS to make them as good for Android, but even then, at least make them useable.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] galr:
Let's agree to disagree on that. I've used Windows phone, had iPhone before and now Android. Android is by FAR the best os. Yes, it's not perfect but it's much better than anything else out there. Regarding app.. I honestly don't understand you.. just get the good ones. Nobody promised that ALL apps on the store are good. Do 1 minute research before downloading.

Really, you comment sounds a bit ridiculous. No offense.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] t1n0m3n:
I really like this phone. The only thing I don't like is the headphone/quad dac/thing. I get volume issues (I.E. The max volume changes from day to day like the quad dac is not always activated.) Sound cuts out randomly at a rate of about 20 times an hour. If I clear cache (both from recovery and from settings > storage) the issue goes away for a while. I talked to Verizon, and they said that they were aware of the issue and are waiting on a software fix.... So once that is fixed, I think this phone is damn near perfect for my use. Second screen *does* light bleed in darkness, but that doesn't bother me.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JarkMackson:
This phone is junk, CONSTANT lag, terrible memory management.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] inversvs:
I'm having the same issue with the DAC. Hopefully when LG patches the security flaws it addresses that as well.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] hkklife:
I came from a V10 (and before that a Note 4).

I think the V20 is a huge improvement over the V10 in day to day performance. SD808 to SD820 is no comparison. V20 is a solid improvement in battery life, especially in standby. It still guzzles juice like none other when taking pictures especially recording video, however. The V10 was lacking in all-day usability. The V20 is up there with how my Note 4 used to be under KitKat before Samsung ruined its battery life with a series of increasingly buggy software updates.

I like the larger font and extra brightness of the 2nd screen and at least on my units, the V20's Second Screen has less light bleed than my V10's. I preferred the physical design and textured back of the V10. The V20 is way too slick without a case. Ideally, I'd have rear volume buttons and where the battery release button is on the V20 would be a dedicated camera shutter button or some kind of assignable multi function button. Wide angle camera isn't the best quality but has been surprisingly useful on the V20 and is quickly becoming a essential feature.

V20 charges with inconsistent speeds but overall much faster than the V10, even on an old non-QC 1A charger I have in my office.

Call quality and reception on the V20 is better than the V10.

I wish the V20's screen was a little brighter at maximum brightness and a little dimmer at lowest setting. I REALLY miss not having at least the option for wireless charging on the V20. I have Qi pads all over the house from my Samsung days that are now useless.

The camera on the V20 is a little better than the V10's for stills and a lot better in video but results in Auto mode still leave much to be desired. The camera can be incredibly slow to launch and take pictures, especially on multiple shot to shot sequences. Not being able to mute the camera shutter noise is SO annoying! Samsung has had it since the GS5 I believe. I love being able to adjust the screen density in Nougat. Finally I can shrink down the onscreen nav buttons at least somewhat!

Overall I am happier with the V20 than I was with the V10 but there's still plenty of room for improvement by LG.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
Considering this phone. Concerned about signal. I've had a note 4 before. Would you say this has better signal and call quality than the note 4??
[LG V20 Real Life Review] EmptySD:
Coming form G5 im not that much happy.

Loudspeaker is terrible. Sound is very quiet and sound quality is terrible.

Using screen will leave many marks comparing to G5 that will not show any fingerprint. So when you scroll down, you will always see things over your screen.

Taking phone after my old one, with grey background you can see screen blinking (refresh rate seams very low)

Phone speed for some reason looks lower then G5 but that always can be because of newer software and it could be fixed in new updates.

Overall, i like new screen but i would never buy this phone, just waited for G6.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] axaman943:
guys i'm using this phone for about 5 days now, i have to say battery life is a big concern to me; if i streram music listening to it with a BT headset, battery consumtpion rate is about 25% every hour, i't huge! however i just made an Antutu Benchmark yesterday and obtained a HUGE Score of 142566! got to figure out this battery thing cause the v20 is a nice performer and camera features are pretty sweet.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] spiderx_mm:
get the battery kit. that'd help you a lot. (or get a powerbank that is capable of FastCharge function).

And ... Geez, man!!!! why're u using BT headset??? I mean, I'm not blaming you for battery drain, but ... this phone has Quad DAC!!! pls use a cable headset and get use those DAC modules. You'll see a huge difference. They're truly unique to this phone.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] crazyut:
I love it over my Samsung Galaxy Note Edge for the following reasons:

The LG V20 charges faster (using the same charger for each phone)

The LG V20 does not seem to lag therefore appearing much faster whereas the Touchwiz noticeably lags

The LG V20 battery life (especially for an extreme user such as myself) is amazeballs!

The LG V20 is a beautiful, lightweight, thin device.

The LG V20 appears more customizable (not taking root into account) with LG's home screen.

The LG V20 does not contain very much bloatware (at least the T-mobile version does not) compared to the other phone.

Did I mention how beautiful it is and how fast it is??
[LG V20 Real Life Review] sinclac:
I would have to disagree.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Ali Mirza:
This applies to Samsung only

All LG flagships are known to have very good memory management. the LG UX UI offers almost near stock experience, always a smooth snappy experience, if you are comlpaining about lag and memory management that means you must be using a Samsung Galaxy. My dad's S7 Edge with powerful Exynos processor lags while scrolling and on using Google Maps navigation and the S7 Edge Exynos benchmark has top ranking points (How can Exynos processor lag it's pathetic) TouchWiz to blame! I've seen many people shifting from Samsung to LG due to snappy experience and 100% of the LG G5 states that G5 is a blazing fast phone with Snapdragon 820! Can't wait for LG G6 next month :highfive: I've zero interest in the upcoming Galaxy S8
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JarkMackson:
Thanks for the insight but I know what phone I'm using. I did a third and fourth complete reset of the phone and things are actually working a lot better so I'm not sure what the issue was. I've installed all the same apps too so I can't even pinpoint it down to that. I've had the Note 2-7 and an s7 edge and I know the TouchWiz lag that you're talking about but it was nothing compared to what I was experiencing with the v20. Its still not as fast as the pixel xl (the camera speed is not even close to the pixel) but I do like the wide angle option.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] inversvs:
The V20 is a tad slower than the G5 (it's pushing a bigger display). Other than that it's been snappy. It is definitely faster than the Exynos S7
[LG V20 Real Life Review] stemplar007:
I used it for a year before it was the V10. I thought there's nothing more beautiful-sounding phone. (Headphones or AUX) But there is. The v20 almost sounds like a serious DAP, Astell&Kern :) . It works like a V10 you HighGain the trick. (That is so not worth the viper4android inserted into quite a powerap alpha703. (Extender / impedance adapter, headphones HighGain in less than 50 ohms incredible dynamics play music and beautiful voice!

I'm not interested in speed tests, just laugh at them, to see which applications in which the number of seconds the phone will start first century. Such sound quality of any phone manufacturer has been able to bring together. This can be very frustrating for the big names.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JLFitzpatrick:
Received a Titan V20 today through Swappa (late November build date, Mint condition) to replace my Note 4. Have only spent a few hours with it but initially I'm very impressed. Put off the decision to purchase to find out more about the Mate 9 which the larger screen would have been beneficial for my work but no WiFi calling was a deal killer. So I bought a Sprint V20 and confirmed this feature would function like the Sprint Note 4, unlike some unlocked versions on certain carriers.

Overall I'm pleasantly surprised at how good the display really is, and the additional customization options seem useful and are a welcome change.

Had previously bookmarked and read / watched several tips & tricks articles / videos along with posts on this forum which have all been very helpful. Look forward to exploring the options and features more in depth and using the V20 as my Daily Driver. Ringke Onyx TPU Defensive case scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] t1n0m3n:
After the Dec Security Update, I can say that the issue is NOT resolved. Quad DAC still goes in and out, sometimes turning the volume up to 55 is "hurt my ears" loud, sometimes I can turn up the volume all the way to 75 with no discomfort. Sound quality is OK, and the phone is usable as an audio source... Only the marquee feature of the phone fails to work properly. I will see if I can go to the store and ask if there is an update on the Quad DAC issue. I have not had a chance to see if the audio is still cutting in and out randomly though... I will update when I know more.

Edit:

I have tried the B&O headphones that came with the phone, multiple (3) pairs of Panasonic RP-TM125's, and a set of Sennheiser HD280 pro headphones (64ohm).. All exhibit the same DAC issue.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] rowihel2012:
i had the same problem

just deleted facbook app and messenger

and phone is smooth
[LG V20 Real Life Review] DrNghia:
Build quality quite good
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I'm going to follow you as well.

Fb is always an issue.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] StarCommand:
I love the removable battery! Nothing feels better than just pulling the battery to reset. The second screen is awesome and I've never seen it on a phone before. The battery life is great and the screen is perfect size for my hands. The charging is pretty speedy also! I don't use the IR blaster at all but I think its a feature every phone should have. Also, my favorite part, which was a deal breaker for me, was the expandable storage. (Why doesn't every phone come with this????).

I'd give it an 8.5 out of 10 so far, I liked my HTC one M8 better.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
Always had a Samsung phone so was skeptical about LG but I gotta say aside from the lack of AMOLED screen (which actually hasn't bothered me as much as I thought it would), a battery that's a little on the smaller side and a camera that doesn't have the 'WOW' factor of the Samsung's (but is still a great camera) this phone has seriously impressed me.

I had the worst time picking out a new phone this generation it ended up between V20 and the S7 edge. Ended up going with the V20 mainly since the S7 is lacking in the XDA development side and removable battery.

The 2nd screen has become quite handy once I got used to it. Great for multitasking and for time keeping
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jimbosi:
SD card and swappable battery. Two must-have features.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I came from note 4 as well and signal and call quality is equal of not better.

If you have have lg tone bt head set, this phone works magic. Love it so far.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] whc.faith:
Best in overall aspects
[LG V20 Real Life Review] pre4speed:
Why I went with V20 vs the G6. I was due for a new phone (had G4, which I babyed the crap out of so I didn't get bootloop for 18 months!) same time as G6 debuted. I chose this cuz I would rather have the removable battery. Anyone who swims with a 600$+ device is an idiot.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] cwis:
This is the best phone I've owned since the Nexus 6. The 6p sucked. Too thin. The Samsung s7 Edge, total ****. I hated it. I hate touchwiz with a passion. The battery life was horrendous, even after rooting and trashing the governors, it still sucked. I hated it. Now on to this phone, it's as basic as pure vanilla Android as you can get without going to the Nexus/Pixel. I need a large phone because of my meat mitts. This phone is very comfortable.

The only gripe is the speaker volume during speaker phone calls. It's way too low for my severe hearing loss. I wear a hearing aid and have to turn the volume up further when using the speaker. If anyone has a tweak I would really appreciate it.

Overall, this phone is amazing.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
All that seems like equipment issues.

Have you called LG and see if it can be exchanged?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] enigmaco:
The shiznit

I upgraded to this phone from the nexus 6p, and I love this phone so much better. Better sound, display, and the vibrate function actually works.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] mgymnop:
This phone is just mediocre. I could have been so much more.

What I like:

Size of phone, screen, fingerprint reader, 64 GB

What I hate:

Battery life, performance, tinny loudspeaker, ugly design, use of plastic on the outside,
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jt1998:
I just got one used from swappa and set it up last night. Haven't sold my nexus 6p yet, but let me tell you, this device rocks. SOOO much better than the 6p in my opinion. WAY WAY better battery life and I've only used it for 12 hours. Much faster LTE/4g for me, everything is smooth, fast, great pics. My 6p speakers even though dual front facing, never seemed that loud so similar to the one on my V20. I seriously look forward to using this as my daily driver.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
Wow what model of the V20 did you get? I have the T-Mobile H918 and Battery life and performance have been the 2 things I've been most impressed about on this phone. The battery is slightly on the smaller side for a phone this big but the overall use drain isnt that bad. I use it pretty heavily on some days and I still get a whole day out of it. Only times I don't is when I play games or do VR with it.

Also oddly enough you are probably one of the only people I know that considers the screen being a pro since it seems most people hate the fact that it's an LCD instead of an AMOLED.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jt1998:
+1 agree completely with what you said!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] TiGer0:
Just bought this phone, only costs about half the price of S8+ in my country, so far so good.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] flyimages:
Agreed,

Being forced to return the Note 7, I opted for the newest android at that time the V20, first time trying an LG phone coming from HTC, One Plus, and Samsung phones. The longer I used the phone I hated it, no wireless charging, horrible battery life, lots of lag, the UI didn't feel fluid, touch sensitivity had a delay, the screen resolution is horrible, the phone was just too bulky. I received the galaxy s8+ today and I'm never going back to LG again, I'll take an iphone over it any day!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] mgymnop:
For me a good screen is independent of the tech. There are ****ty AMOLED displays and ****ty LCDs.

But the worst is to put a small battery in a phone and tell me I can get a spare one a la LG.

The V20 had for me a ****ty battery life. I have now the S8+ even though far from perfect it has a great screen, a good camera and good battery life.

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Totally agree. So happy with my S8+ and I am not even a Samsung fan.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Chansen1029:
Oled <3

Just bought a samsung Oled tv and it is absolutely amazing. guess im just waiting on an LG Oled phone :D
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kenrico:
Ditto, except I was on my S5 for 3 years ..shopping for 18 monthes for the 'better phone' . Close was the standard S7 ...newer but not better . Glad the supply of the Pixel ran short and they did not open up to all carriers . Had even started looking for a used Nexus 6P but without the sd card was forcing me to shop a 64GB ...and they were much more rare.

Think all Im really giving up is the wireless charging as NextRadio did work on my eBay acquired Sprint V20 . I even liked the G6 , which convinced me to buy the V20 ..last of the removable batts and maybe even last of the flat screen flagships. My 2 cents is that the V20 and the S5 were actually made to last ..and now the mfg don't do that anymore.

Playing with the DAC and really enjoying it .. like the flashlight in the 2nd screen .. so far the LG Health is alot less nag than the Sammy version .

KEnny
[LG V20 Real Life Review] cubic25:
This phone had just had a price drop here in AUS. I can get it for $460, vs $550 for the OP3T...... Or potentially wait for the OP5, but I'm expecting that to cost $700AU.

Just looking for some feedback from users.

I hear there is some lag. Do custom ROMS fix this?

I absolutely hated my LG G3 for this reason. My current phone, a Oneplus One, has zero lag and near stock Android.

Can I get near stock Android with the V20 via custom ROMs and still use the great LG features, such as the camera and DACs? When I ran CM on my G3, it destroyed the camera.

Should I jump on this at $460, or will I regret it?

EDIT: just to clarify, when comparing my OPO to my wife's 5X, my phone destroys it for speed and snappyness. It feels as snappy as my sister's OP3T, but starts to show its age when multitasking, with the 3T leaving it for dead.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] rubiicon59:
. It's a smart phone.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lip008:
LG G Flex 2! Older phone but OLED is dreamy on it.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] thehondablaze:
My LG V20

I'm keeping my V20 - I am passing on the G6 that just came out. If the LG V30 comes out as nice as the V20 and includes HI-FI Quad DAC, IR, and if it looks decent I may consider upgrading to it - oh and last but certainly not least it has to have an unlockable bootloader & be rootable.

Dirty cow didn't seem to do anything to root mine (I couldn't follow entire dirty cow instructional without getting stuck - but somehow I still got it to all work out :good:)

LG US996 (Best Yet)

Only complaints I have is the battery goes fast, xposed is not stable for Nougat yet (as of this post), and with the MicroUSB to USB type C adapter I can't get it to read my otg flash drive (dual sided USB connector/MicroUSB flash drive)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] sobriquet506:
Best phone released in years, I couldn't be happier!