LG V30 H932 Dual Camera 4G LTE 64GB Silver (T-Mobile)

First, lesson learned. The LG V30 is deemed "water resistant for up to 30 min" in a certain shallow depth of water. I tentatively tried taking a couple of short underwater vids in my swimming pool when I first got this phone in January 2018. I bought an unlocked version for the then-discounted price of $750. I thought I'd try the water resistance test while my phone was still under LG's extended 2-year warranty. Worked fine. No issues. Tried it again this past weekend and my screen went black. Then, the phone died and would not reboot at all. Crap. I found this replacement on Amazon, ordered it Saturday and it arrived Sunday afternoon. I'm already with T-Mobile, so I don't mind that it's a T-Mobile phone. One big difference between this one and my water damaged unlocked V30 is that I was never able to update to 9.0 Pie. I was stuck with 8.0 Oreo. Not that it was bad, but I stopped getting security updates after March 2018 as well, which was frustrating.The main point I'm trying to make is that for the $229 or whatever it was that I paid, this LG V30 is still an outstanding phone. I just couldn't bring myself to spend a grand on a new Samsung, even though I gave myself the perfect excuse to by ruining my original V30, but the fact is, I love this phone so much I couldn't resist the chance to buy another brand new one at such a bargain basement price. I'm thrilled.My original water damaged V30 is being repaired locally for a total of $90 and I'll be happy to have it back as a spare. I couldn't really detect any bloatware on this phone, either, other than the T-Mobile splash screen which I don't care for. Other than that, no complaints whatsoever.. It shipped with 7.0 for the OS but I had no problem upgrading to Pie 9.0 and got all the security updates. I purchased an Urban Armor Gear cover and a Supershieldz glass screen protector to take good care of this purchase. I never found a screen protector I liked until now, so my first V30 got a couple of minor scratches on the screen that never really bothered me, but I learned the hard way that as tough as Gorilla Glass 5 is, it is still susceptible to scratches of you put your phone in your pocket with a set of keys or whatever. Anyway, excellent experience with this purchase. Very, very happy.

This phone still looks and performs great in spite of being a little long in the tooth. I wanted a nice phone with a good camera, sound quality, and great performance, all with decent battery life. And I didn't want to pay $500+ to get it. I've enjoyed LG phones since the G3 many years ago, so I decided to pick up this V30 to see if it could meet my needs. Glad I did! It may not be a screaming fast S10, but this phone is by no means a slouch. Camera is awesome, and battery life is respectable so far, as it gets me through the day with medium usage and leaves me with enough juice for bedtime reading.Just be prepared, as T-Mobile has pushed a LOT of updates for this phone since it was released. It took me several hours of updates to finally get it to Android 9 via OTA updating.This phone is incredible, even in 2020. Just be aware it's likely not going to be getting Android 10 in the future, considering its release date was so long ago.Also be aware it no longer qualifies for the LG Second Year promise as of April 2019. Lame.

I am a fan of the V-series LG phones. I had a LG V10 phone for several years which I very much enjoyed. I wanted to upgrade but not break the bank, so I opted for the LG V 30.Pros of this phone:- Great OLED display. Not as good as Samsung but better than the displays on the V10 and V20.- Very good battery life. I can make it a whole day on a charge with moderate use. Has quick charge.- Amazing rear facing camera, including an optical wide angle lens and great software.- Hardware that still feels fresh and is capable of multitasking, playing games and running any app.- Clean, sleek design. Very light weight for a phone this size. Wrapped in Gorilla glass 5.- Quad DAC for the best plugged in headphone sound on the market. Nothing comes close to how good this quad DAC sounds.- USB C!- Expandable memory.- Android Pie is now available for the T-Mobile version!- No concerns about the bootloop issue that affected the V10s, V20s and the LG G4s.Cons of this phone:- Front facing camera is just OK. If you take lots of selfies, you may be disappointed but it is serviceable.- Android purists may not like the LG overlay.- Single, bottom firing, speaker. It sounds good but not great.- 3.5mm headphone jack is in the top of the phone. I prefer it to be on the bottom. Just my preference.For 250 dollars, this is an amazing flagship phone. It updated to Android Oreo, so I'm good with it for now. Pie is supposed to becoming soon for T Mobile V30s.Shipped new in a sealed box. It came with a SIM card, quick charger, USB C cable, instructions, and cheap LG headphones.Again, for the price point, you really can't go wrong with this phone. I highly recommend this for budget minded shoppers who want high end performance at a reasonable price.

I received my LG V30 Sept 8th 2019. It arrived new as what showed in the description. The phone arrived quickly and was well packaged. Initially I thought the battery life was terrible, but after use it seemed to improve and it really does last all day plus some when it is on battery saver mode, in that mode I can still make calls, text, play games, listen to music, and watch movies. It simply removes the "always on" display of the date, time, and battery life, so I can deal with that. I also couldn't use Map My Run until I took it off of Battery Saver Mode. It is currently running Andriod 9 and I have the T-Mobile version of the phone. It works good on the Tmobile network. The only problem I have on this phone which probably is a Tmobile app issue is having my Visual Voicemails automatically updated. Besides that I am very happy with this phone.