[LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion] ChazzMatt:
Two reasons: overpriced, proprietary. Much like Apple's stuff is proprietary. No reason for "lightning" connector when open standard USB-C works quite well, except Apple makes money on that hardware sale or licensing the right to manufacture that connector.

Apple is famous for wanting proprietary stuff to lock you into their eco-system, and now OnePlus is doing the same. It may function quite well, but once you buy it you are locked into using it. It runs against the whole Android ethos.

Even Motorola's "Turbo" charger is really just a Qualcomm QuickCharge charger re-branded -- me and a dev proved that, no matter what Motorola claims. :rolleyes: Motorola WANTS you to buy their branded "turbo" charger for their phones, but any Qualcomm QuickCharger works just as well, because REALLY that's what it is.

I can buy Qualcomm Quickcharge 3.0 charges for $5-$6 with free shipping on Amazon. I have them at home, at work, at my parent's house, in my car. I only need to carry my phone, not any accessories.

LG V30 battery life is phenomenal but having those chargers strategically located) gives me peace of mind.

I think you are talking about this, which was a 2016 "recommendation", not a requirement:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...mm-quick-charge-with-android-incompatibility/

Unless you have more updated information? All Android OEMs have ignored it. Even HTC -- which will be interesting now that they are being bought by Google.

https://www.htc.com/us/accessories/htc-rapid-charger-3/

I actually didn't know about this 2016 "recommendation" (because it was ignored by everyone) -- so I guess another reason I will never buy a Pixel. Google really lost their way after the 2013 LG Nexus 5. The 2014 Moto Nexus 6 would have been the "perfect" phone if it had been smaller, but they went too large for mainstream phone or should have made two phones with same specs except for size. They realized their mistake, but next year (2015) while they made two phone, they gave the smaller Nexus phone "mid tier" specs. Now they have "Pixel" which seems more an attempt to copy Apple's designs, which I don't understand. Android has 90% worldwide market share, while Apple has less than 10%.

That was the reason I bought the 2014 Moto Quark (aka Droid Turbo/Moto Turbo/Moto Maxx). It was basically the reasonable sized Moto Nexus 6. It had almost all the same specs (Snapdragon 805, 3GB RAM, 1440p AMOLED), bigger camera pixels (21MP) and even a larger battery (3900 mAh) than the Moto Nexus 6.

[Besides the 6" Moto Nexus 6 that was released, Google had a 5.2" Moto Nexus 6 prototype as late as mid-August 2014, and this Quark was obviously the repurposed prototype. With Nexus phones, the number -- when present in the title -- was never the screen size, it was the generation number. So, there was no reason for a HUGE phablet larger than a Galaxy Note in 2014, except stupidity. The HTC Nexus One didn't have a 1" screen. The LG Nexus 4 (4.65") didn't have a 4" screen. It was closer to 5". The LG Nexus 5 (4.95") technically didn't even have a 5" screen, even though several OEMs offered 5.0-5.1" displays that year. Just saying... Nexus 6 could have easily been 5.2" - 5.5" and not violated any Nexus phone naming rules.]

Then, in 2015, Google dropped Qi wireless charging from Nexus phones, when they were the ones who helped evangelize Qi wireless charging. Ironically they will probably add it back now that Apple has added it to their phones? I'm surprised OnePlus hasn't added since they also lick Apple's dirty boots.

I kept that Moto XT1225 phone for 3 years and would not get another phone that didn't have same features. The LG V30 is the first phone that satisfies that requirement. My "line in the sand" is QHD 1440p, built-in Qi wireless charging, and at least 64GB internal storage. Neither Essential nor OnePlus satisfy the first two, so they go in the trash.

Since 2014, also fingerprint sensor and IP67/IP68 ratings have become de rigueur for premium phones. I also like microSD card, even though I've had phones (Nexus phones, Moto XT1225) without them.