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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by jbay808 on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:21AM (#26695328)
Exactly this! I find it bewildering -- they're by far the best in every respect that matters to me, and yet most people I meet are surprised to hear that Sony even makes phones, even when they express interest in mine. SD card, excellent camera, waterproof, durable, excellent battery life, headphone jack, quick, mostly vanilla Android OS, and most of all, the smallest form factor that I can still find in a phone.

Their branding is terrible though. Their naming scheme is without any pattern, making it hard to tell which phones are their budget/flagship/new/old models, and so on. And they're hard to even get at all in Canada.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by NalNezumi on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:24AM (#26695900)
Like most thing Sony the Hardware is good but the Software (and its support) is very crappy though. It looks flashy on the comparison table but falls short in real usage and support, and probably why with more exposure than LG (afaik) they seem to not catch on.

I've only ever owned 2 smartphones in my life: Samsung Note2 and my current Sony Xperia XZ. Until now I've never experienced the touch screen go broke after an Software update, and that the temperature limit of the camera set so weird that 10min continuous usage leads to a warning popup (that can be removed without hardware damange, if you root the phone).

Their lack of customer support is also not doing it any favour for getting respect.

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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business by selimthegrim on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:32AM (#26699495)
What has your experience been with the Laredo service center (that I think gets broken PlayStations shipped to it too)?
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