Don't Buy LG G2: LG Says G3 Arriving Before End of June

[JMcEntegart]

Cat's out of the bag.

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[Blazer1985]

QuadHD... 5.5"... Conveniently sold with a 780ti for playing angry birds. And for what? To brag about the fact that even Sauron can't see the pixels on screen?
Marketing bull$hit.

 

[kamhagh]

If the screen is more than 445 PPI, I'm gonna spend my whole life on trying to work on lg and get promoted until I see CEO of lg , than punch him in the face and get back here !!!

 

[11796pcs]

"If the rumors are to be believed, the hero feature of this device will be the Quad HD display with a resolution of 2360 x 1440 pixels."
What? Quad HD is 3840x2160. I think the author meant to write 2560x1440.

 

[kamhagh]

When human eye can't see , won't feel difference when PPI is more than 450 why should they do that?

 

[genrldisaray]

"If the rumors are to be believed, the hero feature of this device will be the Quad HD display with a resolution of 2360 x 1440 pixels."
What? Quad HD is 3840x2160. I think the author meant to write 2560x1440.

I'm sure she did mean 2560x1440, which is Quad HD, as "HD" is 720p. 1080p is Full HD, and 3840x2160 would be Ultra HD.

 

[icrf]

No, marketers keep flipping between definitions of "HD" which in this case is actually 720p, not 1080p, though it sounds like they're cheating the long dimension a few pixels, too.

 

[anthony8989]

QuadHD... 5.5"... Conveniently sold with a 780ti for playing angry birds. And for what? To brag about the fact that even Sauron can't see the pixels on screen?
Marketing bull$hit.

Why does everyone get so physically angry at the natural progression of displays? I don't understand it - the flag ship phone of each generation sells for roughly the same price, yet the specifications are improving. Why is that a bad thing?

 

[Blazer1985]

Because: 1- flagship phones are becoming bigger, a year ago 5.5" would have been a "phablet", today it is just an average phone. And I personally don't like that.
2- such high ppi are just marketing, you have no benefits but you surely have drawbacks, the screen will consume more battery along with the gpu that needs to handle that resolution (which is prohibitive even for desktop gpus). So while the average buyer is allowed to say "wooow" and buy that thing, we should be able to see pros and cons... Here pros are lacking.

 

[Blazer1985]

Oh, and the whole "thinner than you" marketing brag. Transforming something that should sit comfortably in your hand into an unholdable razor blade. I.e. my 925 is way less comfy than a bulkier 920 or other older phones (sadly).

 

[Guest]

"If the rumors are to be believed, the hero feature of this device will be the Quad HD display with a resolution of 2360 x 1440 pixels."
What? Quad HD is 3840x2160. I think the author meant to write 2560x1440.

1280x720 = HD
1920x1080 = full HD
2560x1440 = quad HD
3840x2160 = ultra HD

 

[Chris Droste]

LG should keep this display and market it to Oculus for the Rift internals. the 1080p 5.2" IPS display is awesome and frankly at the limit of what even my chunky hands can hold and be able to do one handed tasks comfortably. if we're going any larger they might as well throw a stylus in the package and call is a GPad 5.5

 

[bustapr]

QuadHD... 5.5"... Conveniently sold with a 780ti for playing angry birds. And for what? To brag about the fact that even Sauron can't see the pixels on screen?
Marketing bull$hit.

Why does everyone get so physically angry at the natural progression of displays? I don't understand it - the flag ship phone of each generation sells for roughly the same price, yet the specifications are improving. Why is that a bad thing?

jump in resolution like this in a phone isnt really a large improvement to specifications and user enjoyment. Id much rather LG focused on making their displays consume less power right now than more pixel bragging rights. Im pretty sure pixels wont make the screen look much better than it already does, battery life is the bane of smartphones everywhere and the display is where most of it goes.

 

[Pedasc]

LG should keep this display and market it to Oculus for the Rift internals. the 1080p 5.2" IPS display is awesome and frankly at the limit of what even my chunky hands can hold and be able to do one handed tasks comfortably. if we're going any larger they might as well throw a stylus in the package and call is a GPad 5.5

Is this screen a low-persistence screen? It is possible this would be quite good but there are other factors than just resolution that would make a good screen for the Rift. If this is not LG could probably make a good screen for it if they wanted to though.

 

[s997863]

"When human eye can't see , won't feel difference when PPI is more than 450 why should they do that?"
Probably human masses have more money to burn than brains, judging by the hype & marketing of EAX, phys-x, dx-10,dx-11, tesselation, 3d, 4k-res ... etc.

 

[mowston]

According to this site, at 4 inches the human eye can resolve 2190 ppi.

http://wolfcrow.com/blog/notes-by-dr-optoglass-the-resolution-of-the-human-eye/

 

[anthony8989]

Because: 1- flagship phones are becoming bigger, a year ago 5.5" would have been a "phablet", today it is just an average phone. And I personally don't like that.
2- such high ppi are just marketing, you have no benefits but you surely have drawbacks, the screen will consume more battery along with the gpu that needs to handle that resolution (which is prohibitive even for desktop gpus). So while the average buyer is allowed to say "wooow" and buy that thing, we should be able to see pros and cons... Here pros are lacking.

4G LTE reduces battery life drastically, should we all stop using that too?

One thing you fail to realize is that even though processors, bandwidth, screen resolutions, and all those neat things that drain batteries continue to grow - so do battery's. Take the Samsung Galaxy S series from start to finish as an example:

SGS BATTERY Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 750 h (2G) / Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)

SGS2 BATTERY Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 710 h (2G) / Up to 610 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 18 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)

SGS3 BATTERY Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)

SGS4 BATTERY Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk time (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 62 h

SGS5 BATTERY Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 390 h
Talk time Up to 21 h
Music play Up to 67 h

Seems like resolution and processor aren't effecting battery-life as much as you think it is. Not enough to warrant a stagnation in resolution and processing power anyway.