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The verge review say the battery life is better than the S6.

Lol. Who shall we believe. Will wait for ARS and Anandtech.
 
The verge review say the battery life is better than the S6.

Lol. Who shall we believe. Will wait for ARS and Anandtech.

The expertreview only did a video playback test. As for theverge who are basing it on if it lasted the day (uncontrolled usage) I just laugh.

Whilst it's partly indicative of battery life, it is also highly dependent on the cpu states which get selected for that particular task and exactly what is in the video as lcd and amoled power consumption depends on the type.

I think gsmarena battery tests are the best, they do calling, video playback and web browsing. Anandtech do an even greater mix looking at wifi and lte browsing.
 
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The expertreview only did a video playback test. As for theverge who are basing it on if it lasted the day (uncontrolled usage) I just laugh.

Whilst it's partly indicative of battery life, it is also highly dependent on the cpu states which get selected for that particular task and exactly what is in the video as lcd and amoled power consumption depends on the type.

I think gsmarena battery tests are the best, they do calling, video playback and web browsing. Anandtech do an even greater mix looking at wifi and lte browsing.
AFAIK the last time I checked GSMArena don't even normalise brightness across phones so I don't place great faith in their tests. At the end of the day I take all tests as a guide, nothing more.

https://youtu.be/_FwIc_TziV8

Good review here from pocketnow.
 
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Thinking about it, I'm more worried about the fact that the battery is replaceable rather than having great performance.

On my current G2, according to all the tests and anecdotal reviews it has amazing battery life, but mine is awful - not due to wakelocks either. If I could swap it out for a new battery I'd be over the moon, but I can't.

I firmly believe batteries degrade over time, some much more so than others. So I'm not going to get too worried about battery life only being on par or slightly worse than the S6, so long as it's removable.
 
Contracts are starting to pop up now, some price comparison sites like Uswitch have started listings. Fairly good prices too, monthly fees can be very low (with high upfront cost) unlike certain other flagships. I'm currently eyeing a £31.99/m+£49.99 contract with EE for unlimited texts, calls and 5GB of 4G data. And that's not even an upgrade. Unfortunately upgrade contracts are yet to show, but I bet I can get it a tad cheaper on upgrade. Things are looking good on the pricing front.
 
Contracts are starting to pop up now, some price comparison sites like Uswitch have started listings. Fairly good prices too, monthly fees can be very low (with high upfront cost) unlike certain other flagships. I'm currently eyeing a £31.99/m+£49.99 contract with EE for unlimited texts, calls and 5GB of 4G data. And that's not even an upgrade. Unfortunately upgrade contracts are yet to show, but I bet I can get it a tad cheaper on upgrade. Things are looking good on the pricing front.


Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I'd be quite happy with that or similar for more data. Going to wait for I/O incase anything interesting crops up there...
 
Another update, CPW now are selling pre-orders of the LG G4. They only have 'Grey' 'Brown' and 'Black.' No indication whether these are leather or metal backplate versions. I assume these are all leather versions seeing how they all cost the same and there are no SIM-free versions available from them currently.

Checking their contracts, they are trying to abuse the hype and offer the first 500 pre-orders a free bluetooth speaker (which honestly looks pretty sweet). Also included are upgrades which seem to just reduce the upfront cost by up to a measly £50 (from a quick look). Comparing prices, the exact same £31.99/m+£49.99 EE contract I saw the other day is available at CPW as an upgrade with the free speaker. Thus they are slightly beat on prices, unless one includes the value of the freebie.

Honestly, I'm very tempted to hit the pre-order button, but my upgrade date is exactly a week away. That and I don't want to be getting a new phone before in the first week of June, when I'll be moving and need to keep my old phone.
 
Im was in the same place as you Mahius. I just payed off EE to the tune of £63 to cancel 7 days before my early upgrade but the trade off with the speaker is good enough for me. I was after one anyway :)

I've ordered one on EE for £36 p/m and 36.99 up front. Also just spoke to CPW and they said its leather backed, in which case i have the grey one.

Roll on the 28th!!
 
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You're a lucky so and so kona.
Will be extremely interested to hear your thoughts on the device particularly in relation to the battery.
 
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