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hey how's it going Dave QD here so I want to make a video on the LG g6 and I want to do this because there are a lot of reviewers out there they're pegging the g6 as like the inferior phone to the s8 and I just want to share a slightly different opinion from them now just full disclosure both of these phones were given to me I'm just this is not a paid video or anything this is just honest opinions about these phones so the s8 it's an amazing phone hardware specs are top of the line the software isn't my favorite like I'm a stock Android type of person but the hardware is undeniably amazing the LG G 6 was launched before the s8 and there was some hype about it it was way better than the g5 better than the g4 just an all-round awesome phone but when you compared to the s8 it's pretty easy to dismiss the g6 as a weaker phone because the design is more conservative and the hardware specs are weaker it is cheaper but a lot of reviewers have kind of come to that conclusion slash question of yeah the g6 is good but is it good enough to purchase over the s8 now I'm just trying to say that if I had to spend my own money on either of these phones it would be the g6 and here's why I'm the type of user and I guess it's kind of weird because I do tech reviews but when it comes to smartphones specs don't matter that much to me if a phone has good usability and it's really good at what I use my phone for I'm really happy but if it has top-of-the-line specs and it's not very good at doing like the bread-and-butter stuff that I need my phone to do I'm not going to be happy and the g6 is better at doing what I wanted to do than the s8 is okay when I turn on the phone the facial recognition and the iris stuff works great on the s8 but I still prefer the fingerprint sensor i unlock my phone when I'm walking on the street or when I'm lying in bed or waking up and I just prefer to hold the phone instead of bringing it up to my face the g6 has a better location for the fingerprint sensor the s8 it's fine it's just not as good secondly is the camera both have amazing cameras put on the g6 I like the wide-angle thing especially with that front facing camera I used to think wide-angle stuff was kind of a gimmick but there are times I want to get a wide-angle shot and the g6 does it well it's not every photo that I want to do this with but the fact that I have the option is photos on the g6 are a bit oversaturated you can always shoot it in manual but overall really great photos now if i zoom in and really stare the pixels I would say the s8 is marginally better but for what I use my smartphone for the occasional wide-angle functionality just wins it for me in terms of battery life the g6 has a bigger battery but it's also a less efficient processor than the s8 so battery life itself a very similar between them both have enough battery for a full day of use okay the screen without a doubt the infinity screen is like the golden feature of the s8 it looks incredible in videos and it looks even better in real life it's awesome the g6 also has a tall screen it doesn't look as glamorous but it's also a looker taller screens like these are great for multitasking and having that extra screen real estate is nice but here's the thing the curved screen on the s8 is not for me I know it looks really cool but I just don't like using it they did a great job this year with the frame to make that edge way nicer to hold in the s7 edge and the palm rejection is also much improved but a curved screen is still a curved screen and media consumption on that is undeniably not awesome the distortion on the edge just looks weird the g6 gives you that big screen without the curve that's not as elegant and it doesn't look nearly as like space-age or sweet but functionally it's better the phone fits in my hands better my eyes appreciate the flat screen more and it's just straight-up practical a curved screen looks super cool but just has no purpose on a phone and this kind of ties in to my last thing the ergonomics the s8 feels nice it's a big step up from the s7 edge way nicer frame but when you hold it I feel like I have to baby it it feels delicate and even though it's comfortable to hold it doesn't feel like I have a solid grip on the phone the g6 gives the user a much better grip it's beefier it's just a more solid feel to the phone and when I take this thing in and out of my pocket 10 20 times a day I just much prefer the way that the g6 physically handles now there are some things I don't like for most Android phones the colours on the screen are a little oversaturated the g6 isn't Antep like crazy but LG doesn't have software to adjust this you can shift the color but it's always going to have that heavier side raishin secondly the headphone jack up on the top I use wireless headphones most of the time but I've always preferred audio jacks on the bottom and the DAC in here is just like your standard audio quality the g6 in career or just certain parts of Asia will have the higher quality Zack but in North America we're getting boned the third thing is the price I think it's priced a little high in terms of just raw valley when you exclude all the pre-order incentives I think the s8 has better value with the g6 there are no headphones in the box the s8 is a little bit more expensive but you're getting headphones and more storage so it's kind of weird to think that a Samsung flagship at $750 is a better deal but in comparison to this I think it has slightly better value alright just to close off here I'm not ripping on the Galaxy s8 I think it's a fantastic phone I think the hardware is phenomenal but I don't think that everyone's kind of usage case is the exact same thing I think a lot of reviewers are painting the s8 is just like the best phone it just trumps the g6 I disagree for some people myself included the g6 is going to be a better phone because because of the user experience and here's the thing we're getting set point where Android phones like the flagship Android phones are reaching like feature parity they all have the exact same kind of performance and they have just amazing cameras in these really nice builds so what separates them apart user experience and everyone's user experience is going to be slightly different everyone wants a different experience I like the g6 I think this is the phone between the two for me and it may be for you as well hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs be liked it subsidy loved it I'll see you guys next time