[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
A few months ago, LG reiterated the "V" series is their premium series the "G" is being relegated to 2nd class.

LG G6: Who Is It For?

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LG G6 is simple because LG is committed to the V line

I don't understand that thinking, Samsung has no problems having TWO major flagships in a year, why can't LG?

The real problem with the LG G6 was the STUPID regionalized specs scheme.

Want more than 32GB internal storage? Only some of the Asian variants had that.

Want Quad DAC? Out of luck if you live in Europe or U.S.

Want Qi wireless charging? Better move to the U.S.!

WHY? I want more storage, better audio AND Qi wireless -- but there was no LG G6 with ALL the specs. The

U.S. unlocked and European unlocked did also qualify for official bootloader unlock, but those were limited to 32GB models only.

And the U.S. was the only LG G6 sold world-wide that had Qi wireless. Yes, they all have microSD card expansion -- but only the Asian models had 64GB internal memory + microSD card and then even fewer Asian models had Quad DAC. NONE of the the "better" LG G6 was on the bootloader unlock list, and NONE had "all" the specs.

LG had a winning phone on paper, but they cut that paper up and shipped it to various parts of the world. :rolleyes: You could not tape it all back together to get the FANTASTIC phone that could have competed with the Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+.

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LG has said the G series isn't made to be great. Yes, that disappoints me, but they have shown they mean it. Otherwise they wouldn't have done the stupid regionalization of specs or gone with "last year's" Snapdragon. The V series is now what they care about. I quoted two articles above, which basically say that -- but there was a quote by an LG exec I can't find now that I read when the LG G6 came out and he was very blunt.

It's just until now the V series was too big for me. But the V30 is actually SMALLER than the V20, thank goodness. The 2017 LG V30 is more the size of the 2017 LG G6, than the 2016 LG V20.

If they had even released the LG G6 Plus FIRST (the one with ALL the specs, including Qi wireless charging) even with the Snapdragon 821 it would have given the S8 a run for the money. Instead, with the LG G6 it was "oh Qi wireless here, more storage there, and you get DAC -- but not all these other countries." WHY? :rolleyes: Some countries got 32GB storage but Qi wireless charging, others got only 32GB storage, and even others got 64GB storaga and quad DAC but no Qi wireless. Made no sense whatsoever.

Then months later they released the LG G6 Plus, which made the LG G6 early adopters FEEL STUPID. Ha ha! Here's the phone you REALLY wanted. 64GB storage, quad DAC for all countries! Except they made the European model have unlocked bootloader -- but not the South Korean model, which was the only LG G6 Plus with Qi wireless charging. They still withheld ALL the specs and all the features from some of even the LG G6 Plus models. WHY? :rolleyes:

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Funny you mention the 2014 Moto Nexus 6. Except for size (too big) for me, it had the perfect design philosophy and features. THAT is basically what I want --- a near zero bezel phone with "Nexus 6" type specs but UPDATED.

1440p AMOLED,

front facing stereo speakers,

Qi wireless,

latest Snapdragon chipset,

tons of storage (at least 64GB, probably 128GB),

lots of RAM (forget 4GB, I want 6GB),

decent camera with hardware based rear OIS.

headset jack

IP 68 RATING,

unlocked bootloader

for extra points, a microSD card expansion port

No, the Nexus 6 didn't have all that (like IP68 and it wasn't zero-bezel by any means) -- but it had most of that list (or the equivalent in 2014 -- back then 3GB RAM is what 6GB would be today). And the frame was too big, which is why I never bought it and got the Quark (Moto Turbo/Moto Maxx XT1225, Droid Turbo XT1254, Moto Maxx XT1250) instead. But when you go zero-bezel, then a 5.95" display isn't so bad. It's what the LG V30 will be.

The LG V30 hits most of that list.

The only quibbles I have is no front facing stereo speakers, and I wish the battery was more like "4300" mAh rather than 3300 mAh. Optimize all you want, but give me a big battery first. THEN, optimize. ;)

Also, there were rumors the LG V30+ variant would have 6GB RAM in addition to 128GB internal storage, but turns out to not be true. Only difference in the LG V30 (64GB) and LG V30+ (128Gb) is the larger internal storage. I can live with that -- but with other OEM's going to 6GB for flagship, this is where LG could have stepped up in the specs race.