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Hi all,

Seriously considering getting this phone after reading previews/hands-on reviews etc. of it, looks a really great piece of kit and it's down to this or the Samsung Galaxy S3 for me.

That all comes down to the carrier, if the LG is on o2 too (the Samsung GS3 is) then i'll be able to get it when I upgrade in July but if not I won't be able to.

So does anybody have any idea of what UK carriers the LG will be on atall?

Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Interesting.

I'll be signing upto a 24 Month contract in all likelyhood so would screen burn affect the SGS3 in this time?

Really depends. I've read some people say their over-a-year-old SGS1 still has no traces of burn in, while I have personally seen a 1 month old Galaxy Note display unit in a local store with the dock icons and clock slightly burned in.

When you go with a phone with an Amoled screen, you'll be hassled with the things you need to do to prolong the screen - like lowering brightness, using a different launcher that hides the status bar, keeping the screen timeout under a minute, and all other whatnots. You won't have to worry about those with and LCD screen.
 
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Hi all,

Seriously considering getting this phone after reading previews/hands-on reviews etc. of it, looks a really great piece of kit and it's down to this or the Samsung Galaxy S3 for me.

That all comes down to the carrier, if the LG is on o2 too (the Samsung GS3 is) then i'll be able to get it when I upgrade in July but if not I won't be able to.

So does anybody have any idea of what UK carriers the LG will be on atall?

Any help would be much appreciated.

LG have hardly released any info on it.

They have only just (a day or so ago) said we'll be one launch countries and it will be coming out in June. Don't even know what day yet.

Even if O2 won't sell it directly then would going through mobiles.co.uk or affordablemobiles on an O2 contract do you?

I was really interested interested in the phone but one thing that is slightly concerning me is the apathy coming from LG about their phone. It's technically their flagship and said not so long ago they'll be pushing mobile markets but hardly heard anything since MWC. Also not helped that they have been slow to update their old pones to ICS. So might mean a long wait for JB unless you root.

The recent press release also hinted at there being "a surprise" in store regarding the phone.
 
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LG have hardly released any info on it.

They have only just (a day or so ago) said we'll be one launch countries and it will be coming out in June. Don't even know what day yet.

Even if O2 won't sell it directly then would going through mobiles.co.uk or affordablemobiles on an O2 contract do you?

I was really interested interested in the phone but one thing that is slightly concerning me is the apathy coming from LG about their phone. It's technically their flagship and said not so long ago they'll be pushing mobile markets but hardly heard anything since MWC. Also not helped that they have been slow to update their old pones to ICS. So might mean a long wait for JB unless you root.

The recent press release also hinted at there being "a surprise" in store regarding the phone.

I've seen a few hands-on early reviews from MWC etc. on and and also some youtube clips from Eastern Europe of unboxing and reviewing the phone, but would just love to know an exact release date rather than 'June' so I know whether it's a realistic option for me or not, heard the SIM-free version is coming out on July 4th, guessing the contract version will hopefully be before then.

I could go through mobiles.co.uk etc. but then I'd have to wait until October to upgrade, my 3 month early upgrade is with o2 direct unfortunately :(
 
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