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This Phandroid article better explains what all the bruhaha is about: http://phandroid.com/2016/04/01/lg-g5-metal-plastic-questions/ I could see where if a shady LG salesman was on a streetcorner saying "Hey buddy, you won't see one ounce of anything but 100% pure gal-darn metal in this baby here - no other materials of any kind to be found anywhere!" where someone might be upset, but based on what I've read, the phone does have a metal unibody with other materials involved as well. The interview article with the lead designer I posted previously talked a little about the microdizing process - part of the point was to hide the antenna line. So far all that seems to be just an overblown misunderstanding to me, due to some people taking the simple phrase 'metal unibody' and interpreting it to mean the equivalent of '100% pure unadulterated adamantium - you should be able to line a jacket with these and make your own bulletproof vest!!' I don't quite understand this whole 'we want hard metal phones' fetish anyway personally, unless the point for some is they are wanting to come to a day where they can just have an impervious phone and no longer have to act like its sacrilege to not buy a case for it - because be honest, that's what almost everyone nowadays does anyway. As far as being waterproof, I don't see that as any huge deal - they never claimed it would be in the first place for one thing, and for another, while it's nice I suppose on the few phones that actually do that (Samsung mainly) in the off chance you were to mistakenly drop your phone in a toilet or the like, its not remotely a make-or-break feature. Anything can always potentially happen to anyone, but I've yet to do such a thing myself, and in the off chance if I do, hey, life happens sometimes, and I'll suck it up and deal with it.

Harrisburg's rather the opposite direction from Lancaster/Amish country from where I live - though I've seen the odd few in Walmart over on Grayson Road at times. Have yet to find a traditional Amish chick anywhere with a martini in her hand celebrating rumspringa sadly - after you helped enlighten me to that concept, I'd been hoping to spot some random comedy relief while out and about.

I picked up mine today and I love it thus far. System performance is awesome, very snappy in everything, installs are lightning quick, etc. Arysyn, as far as reviews, there were mixed reviews before launch, there are mixed reviews now. Its' not a crappy device at all, but obviously everyone has their own takes on things. I ultimately decided on giving it a try at least (always the 14 day window if I change my mind) due to the battery flexibility, given Samsung appears to have abandoned it. Loving the usb-c connector, it feels much more stable than regular micro usb's on any phone I've used in general, and even without a quickcharge plug it seems to add juice pretty quickly. It feels premium to me, just maybe to a lesser degree than the S7's of the world (and keep that in mind - not all elements, but much of the 'negative reviews' are coming in stark contrast to the S7 line as a comparative to that). Those harping on 3xCA are, again, the relative minority - most people aren't even cognizant of such a thing. For my part, I had no plans to get any of the 'module' Friends, though I may try the LG 360 cam somewhere down the line. Maybe even the roller cam depending on the cost - that kind of looked fun to play around with, particularly with the thought of tormenting the dog and cat in the house here. That being said (on the module point), regardless of what you think of what LG came up with initially, on the other hand, at least LG is actually *trying* to differentiate/innovate/try new ideas between the V10 and this, which is more than I've seen from anyone else really, so even if the end result didn't come off as truly wow-factor, I still give them credit for putting forth some thought/effort. As the saying goes, you can't make a good omelette without breaking some eggs. The only real negative I see right out of the gate with the G5 potentially (aside from being late compared to the S7 and the design change back from the rear volume control which will offput prior LG fans), for those not as ingrained in the possibilities of the Android ecosystem, is that the 3rd 'normal' home screen/launcher option supposedly in the retail release must either be for another carrier(s), or else will come in a later post-launch patch - mine only has the default non-launcher homescreen and then the 'Easy' option labeled as more for 'beginners'. Otherwise, most people I know who *are* more power users never use default launchers anyway whether Touchwiz or otherwise. It'll be Nova Launcher for me anyway. On a side note - if my store experiences this week are any indication, Sprint is definitely hopping these days....the Harrisburg mall store was fairly busy with 2 people ahead of me when I stopped by Monday to preorder at about 3:45 in the afternoon and today I got off early and was there by 2:30 on another workday, they had 3-4 reps plus the manager all helping (I lucked out and picked up the manager as I walked in) and they had 2-3 other people that showed up within 10 minutes that were waiting before I left.

Droid Life unboxing video:

Verge article with the G5 designer Lee Jung Hoon: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11329862/lg-g5-design-story-lee-jung-hoon-interview

That via online upgrade/preorder?

Edit: LG G5 will have a full fledged App Drawer option after all per the UX 5.0 video. Also details other options....I kind of like the world clock slider, that will actually come in handy with my current job as it turns out:

It was experienced in the Harrisburg area including Shentel coverage/side of the division between Hburg & Lancaster. I think it finally cleared up around 10-11am or so, I was so busy at work i couldn't tell for sure, but driving in this morning I started to wonder if my phone was starting to go bad.

Well, I finally decided to bite and preorder the G5, stopped by the store in Harrisburg Mall on the way home after work today, so hopefully it'll be ready for pickup Friday after work as well.

(Another) Last Supper

Orinoco Flow

River Song

Hopefully while they build that out, they can find Dr. Kimball too:

Roof Goat http://www.goatsontheroofofthesmokies.com/

Wil Wheaton

Heh, duh - didn't even hit me, my mind's on too many other things recently to think of that

I give - is that song lyrics, or commentary? Or both?

April 1st launch date confirmed via brief tv commercial: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/03/lg-g5-april-1st-release-date-confirmed/

Chase Headquarters

Signal Mountain

Price Eye https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sabaweb.priceeye&hl=en

To predict it a launch failure across the board due to lack of CAx3 is a bit nuts - most consumers will have no clue what carrier aggregation is or means. Those of us who do are a relatively small minority. That being said, despite the innovation attempt in design, it may well be a failure simply due to coming to the market late vs Samsung's latest alone, not to mention the potential for disenfranchised loyal customers who had bought into the back volume rocker contols from previous generation designs. I can easily envision LG ending up losing more sales than it gains regardless of carrier due to those 2 issues.