Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by stjohnswarts on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:24PM
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You should make plans to replace it because it's quite likely updates for it will end soon. Corporations are well known to bail early when a profit center is axed. You don't want to end up hacked.
Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by CivBase on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:44AM
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How sad is this industry that it's typical that a perfectly functional, $800 device has to be replaced after just three or four years because it stops getting security updates.
Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by will_bl on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @08:53AM
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Agreed on how good the V30's design is.
Mine unfortunately got stuck in a bootloop last Thursday, so I'm going to have to go looking for new phones again - I'm considering just getting another V30, however.
It's worth noting, though, that I felt the same about my OnePlus X when it died ("no other phone will ever be good enough!") - perhaps I like the V30 mostly just because I've used it a lot.
Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by CivBase on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:36AM
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I've thought about trying LineageOS. I tried and failed to get it running on my old Galaxy S3, though. It wasn't a big deal because I long-since stopped using that phone. But I'm a bit more cautious about trying to do that with my main driver, especially since LG phones probably aren't supported as well as Samsung phones.
It has expandable storage, a headphone jack, a full screen with a very thin chin and forehead, a decent camera, loud speakers, a good fingerprint reader, FM radio, a battery that still gets me through a full day easily, and almost everything I want from a phone at what was a very competitive price.
The only thing it's really missing for me is a software update. If there was any hope for that before, there is certainly none now.
The only thing that appears to come close to being a suitable replacement is the ROG Phone 5 but it's expensive, lacks expandable storage, and I've heard bad things about ASUS's software support.
As excited as I am for the PinePhone and Linux smartphones in general, I don't see that being a viable main driver for at least three or four more years - probably longer. Maybe I can keep my V30 going until then...