Hi! I’ve heard both good and bad from people using Lg phones. But we’ll see. Don’t think i will waist money on that. There are other things i want as well but they are so steap in price that i can not afford them. /A > On 06 May 2016, at 16:45, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > If you manage to get one then let us know how you get on. > > > I know a Mobile Engineer who works at one of our big phone company's in > Australia, he tests mobile phones and wouldn't advise anyone to buy a LG > device. > > > I've seen a couple and to me they look very flimbsy compared to what's on > offer from Samsung and Sony. > > > I do know that LG take shortcuts in the manufacturing process wherever they > can but then again there are a lot of manufacturers that probably do that. > > > And - again a personal observation and this one is general - most of the > people I've seen on lists with Android phones having problems seem to own a > LG phone. > > > LG have launched a phone in Australia which is capable of receiving DAB+ > Digital Radio broadcasts but I'm wary of this unit given its price of $425 > Asutralian dollars, just sounds far too cheap for anything too good. > > > Actually getting the phone to receive DAB+ is probably easier than it looks, > the phone already has a front end and antenna? All that needs to be don is to > modify the SDR unit to receive the appropriate frequency's, I'm assuming of > course that all phones now days use SDR units - SDR being Software Defined > Radio -. > > > The other thing which occured to me when thinking about the new LG unit was > that many - if not all - the DAB+ stations in Australia can be received over > the Internet as is and in probably better quality most likely. > > > Anyway it will be most interesting to see how LG go with this phone, about > time we had a phone that offered DAB+ radio. > > > > > On 6/05/2016 11:58 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> Hi! >> I read from a Hifi newspaper i have that the LG G5 can be equipped with >> something they call LG Hifi Plus. >> It is equipped with a very good headphone amp from what i read. >> It is able to drive planar headphones from what i understand. >> It also has a 14 bit bluetooth apx interface. >> Seems like something i would invest if i can afford it. >> /A > > -- > > ********** > Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves >