Do Not Buy a Phone From LG

[Ganoncrotch]

LipeJJ said:

Ganoncrotch said:

No.

At least not if he put off by this experience because of a refusal to repair his original phones damage, that is an area that Apple are notoriously bad for even going so far as to try to sue third parties and prevent them from offering iphone repairs. And reported earlier this year for attempting (successfully in places) to brick phones which had been repaired without Apples permission.

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/latest-apple-software-update-may-stop-repaired-phones-working-properly-36796054.html

Really? I had an issue with an iPhone 7 Plus last year (and with an Apple Watch series 2 as well). They gave me new devices without asking too much, and on both times the process took less than 2 hours (from booking to getting the new device). I don't know any friends that had issues with repairing their products at Apple Stores either, and when the product's warranty is over, they even offer you the chance to buy a new product for a much cheaper price. I honestly can't imagine a better service than that.

The only thing you have to be careful is to only take your Phone to an official Apple Store, instead of resorting to unnofficial places. But I can't see how that would be a problem since they offer many possibilities.

You and your friends who like Apple products VS Published and well documented cases of apple wanting customers to upgrade to the point of IOS not running / crippling older devices as it updates on them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/8cz96y/apple_refused_to_fix_our_imac_pro/

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/22/16807056/apple-slow-iphone-batteries

https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/13/apple-loses-lawsuit-fake-parts/

And sure after 12 months they allow you to buy a new model phone at a discount, that said you can get phones similar in spec to iPhones at a massively discounted price from the get go... they're just running Android OS

 

I will concede one thing though, if the OP's issues are actually caused by installing something from the playstore which has impacted the performance of his phone and caused him some of the issues, that is one case where IOS is actually superior, they have a closed market and do a lot more quality control on the apps available to install by their users, in a way it's both a positive and a negative, if you're a experienced user who knows to avoid mp3 downloaders and such you're golden with android, but ... there are cases where I've seen people ruin their phone by installing malware onto it which would be avoided by using an Apple phone, so there are benefits to both sides.

I Just don't want it to come off that I hate Apple and all they do, but when it comes to advice on which new phone to buy, outside of special cases I really wouldn't recommend one over the Android equivalent.