LG V20 Long Term Review || So much potential; some niggles, still unique and fun

I've used my LG V20 for over two years now, and I thought I'd share my thoughts about my specimen, and opinions on LG's approach.

[**GSMARENA SPEC SHEET**](https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v20-8238.php)

This is a rather unique phone, the last flagship phone with:

1. An **IR Blaster**

2. **Removable battery**


Among the first to have:-

1. A **wide angle camera**

2. Android **Nougat**

Other unique features:

1. **A Quad DAC**

2. **A Second Screen**

3. Good **manual controls** on photo/vide...

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Screen Saver: Underutilized feature?

I remember when the Nexus 4 first came out and they showed off [screensavers on the wireless charger](https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/11/3977042/nexus-4-wireless-charging-orb-available). It looked cool, but ever since that moment, I've hardly seen the screen saver feature used in Android.

I feel like this is a potential that has not been used. Maybe people just don't care? Always on Display and showing the time and notification icons is nice, but why not allow my phone to show other things? For...

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Google wants to fix Android 10's terrible workflow for opening links by default in your chosen apps
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/10/google-wants-to-fix-android-10s-terrible-workflow-for-opening-links-by-default-in-your-chosen-apps/

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Fewer than 10% of Americans are buying $1,000 smartphones, report says
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/12/fewer-than-10-of-americans-are-buying-1000-smartphones-report-says/

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What should I buy Thursday (Dec 12 2019) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

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Note 2. Join our IRC, a...

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Samsung Galaxy A Official Launch video
https://youtu.be/NwFvlwe7HPo

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Tasker v5.9 exits beta with Logcat events, improved location and camera tools
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/11/tasker-v5-9-exits-beta-with-logcat-events-improved-location-and-camera-tools

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Interpreter mode brings real-time translation to your phone
https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/interpreter-mode-brings-real-time-translation-your-phone/

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WhatsApp will soon pull support for older smartphones
https://www.techradar.com/news/whatsapp-to-pull-support-for-older-smartphone-handsets

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Samsung has sold 1 million Galaxy Fold smarthphones
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/12/samsung-has-sold-1-million-galaxy-fold-smarthphones/

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Safer conversations in Messages with Verified SMS and Spam Protection
https://www.blog.google/products/messages/safer-conversations-messages-verified-sms-and-spam-protection/

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Evidence is mounting that people are fed up with the sky-high cost of smartphones, and it's sparking a massive change in the industry
https://www.businessinsider.com/smartphone-cost-expensive-1000-apple-samsung-google-5g-change-2019-12

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Windows 10 Your Phone app: Now all Android users can make calls from their PC
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-your-phone-app-now-all-android-users-can-make-calls-from-their-pc/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

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The Firefox Preview 3.0 update is gradually getting rolled out in Google Play now
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/whats-new-firefox-preview-30

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RCS adoption seems great! (Pixel 2 XL)

The road to RCS has been a very bumpy one, but with the recent pushes that Google has made to roll out their own flavor of RCS to users irrespective of carrier, RCS is working great for me.

Quite a few of the people I still use texting with (my parents, some school friends) use Pixels, and they have absolutely no idea what RCS is. Nevertheless, with the recent rollouts, I'm now happily using RCS with them. This represents the majority of people I text (aka not using Messenger, Telegram, or Sign...

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Unofficial LineageOS 17 brings Android 10 to the Moto G 2013 and Moto G 2014
https://www.xda-developers.com/unofficial-lineageos-17-brings-android-10-moto-g-2013-moto-g-2014/

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AMD Hypervisor,added support for running the emulator on AMD CPUs on Windows: With CPU acceleration Without requiring Hyper-V With speed on par with HAXM Without requiring Windows 10!!!
https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/12/emulator-29211-and-amd-hypervisor-12-to.html

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Microsoft's SMS Organizer for message is what inbox was to email.

I have been using SMS Organizer for a week and I love this app. It Organise the message to tabs and give a clean view.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.android.smsorganizer

PS. It doesn't have RCS but non of my friends have RCS so I don't use it....

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Nexus 6P vs Pixel 4 Photo Quality - Legacy Testing
https://youtu.be/o8nvLtErQDw

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Samsung is rolling out Android 10 with One UI 2.0 to the Galaxy Note 10
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-rolling-out-android-10-one-ui-2-0-galaxy-note-10/

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Missing screenshot feature from google assistant

I heavily used the screenshot feature through google assistant because it allowed me to take a screenshot and send the image right away without needing to save the image on my phone.

Unless I'm missing a way to get the "Share Screenshot" button back to the google assistant drawer that pops up when you activate the assistant, all google has done is remove a really efficient service and force you to go through multiple steps to take a screenshot and send it to someone. I guess I shouldn't be sur...

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