LG hints its G5 will have a removable battery while poking fun at Samsung

29 January, 2016
Many users were upset when Samsung decided to discontinue a removable battery design and we hope LG does not go the same direction as Samsung as LG is one of the few phone makers that still design its smartphones with hot-swappable battery.

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  • Anonymous
  • 0Tw
  • 30 Jan 2016

AnonD-5666, 30 Jan 2016Right. Let's make phones with 1000mAh battery, they will be... more1000mah is too small of a capacity. You'd need more than one spare to carry so in total again you carry more, it's impractical. what I meant is a capacity around 2500 mah instead of sth ridiculous like 5000mah which is twice as big and not practical for charging/carrying a spare...

For example my alpha has 1860 mah. On low intensity days I don't even need to swap. In high intensity days I need to swap once around 6PM and then there is still some left by the end of the day. My Redmi Note (a phablet) has 3000 mah, etc ... I wouldn't want/need bigger batteries they just add bulk.

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    • AnonD-5666
    • utb
    • 30 Jan 2016

    Right. Let's make phones with 1000mAh battery, they will be small and easy to carry on your pocket. You can easily carry 2/3 with you. Then change it mutiple times in the day. Sounds fun..

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      • Trooper
      • mXt
      • 30 Jan 2016

      Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016"Go from card to cardless payment with Galaxy S6 edge's Sam... moreLoses phone, or phone is stolen, but still has LG Pay card.

      Take that Samsung.

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        • No Fan Boy...!
        • 7tx
        • 30 Jan 2016

        And what's when we forgot to charge the spare battery...?
        Your phone needs to be charged for 2 & half hours because LG don't provide fast charger in the box...& spare battery also needs to be charged for more than 2 & half hrs...!

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          • AnonD-488240
          • 0J9
          • 30 Jan 2016

          Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016Going around with a power bank is silly I agree. But have y... moreI actually want both a bigger and user-removable battery. When i travel, the gps function drains my battery very quickly so i have a spare one... I am a huge user of google maps.

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            • AnonD-488240
            • 0J9
            • 30 Jan 2016

            .... Or LG is saying that only its crazy high priced v10 line will have the user-removable battery feature. I may make my purchase decision at mwc as i want to buy within weeks, i hope LG will be ready by then.

            Will gsmarena review the MWC afterwards and pick its best smartphone announcement ?

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              • Anonymous
              • 0Tw
              • 30 Jan 2016

              AnonD-42959, 30 Jan 2016Actually having a bigger capacity battery that can last lon... moreGoing around with a power bank is silly I agree. But have you ever seen how absolutely small spare batteries are? I always carry one in my wallet and it never shows. It's silly NOT to carry a spare given how small they are, you are never afraid to get out of juice.

              I disagree about big batteries, they make the phone heavier, take an age to get recharged and can't carry them as spares because of how absolutely big/heavy they are. Give me a small removable battery (that can fit everywhere) any day. Keeps the phone fit, easy to carry , easy to charge, cheap to replace (even genuine ones are cheap when they are of low capacity).

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                • Anonymous
                • Rx9
                • 30 Jan 2016

                "Go from card to cardless payment with Galaxy S6 edge's Samsung Pay".

                Take that LG! (Intended for LG Pay)

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                  • Anonymous
                  • sEy
                  • 30 Jan 2016

                  AnonD-77465, 30 Jan 2016Well said LG, even though "instantly" is an exaggeration, b... moreLOL wall-hugger
                  http://cdn.gsmarena.com/pics/14/07/wall-hugger/gsmarena_001.jpg
                  you made my day

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                    • AnonD-77465
                    • TgY
                    • 30 Jan 2016

                    Well said LG, even though "instantly" is an exaggeration, but well said
                    Now it's time for Samsung to watch it's previous ads mocking on other companies and learn from it's own lessons:
                    http://blog.gsmarena.com/use-iphone-samsung-thinks-youre-wall-hugger/

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                      • Patricio
                      • 8AD
                      • 30 Jan 2016

                      Hope not only to keep the removable battery but also to improve the battery endurance. At least 80h.

                        Yes, poke fun at somebody who defined about removable battery and has had 90+% phones with removable battery, sheer class, as ever, LG.

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                          • AnonD-493662
                          • 61x
                          • 30 Jan 2016

                          AnonD-42959, 30 Jan 2016Actually having a bigger capacity battery that can last lon... moreHaving a phone with removable battery give us more choice
                          you don't have to carry extra battery or that big power bank if you dont want to.
                          but you have more option if you want to.
                          For me extra battery is important (i dont like powerbank and i dont use my phone while charging it with power bank).
                          if you are an active user, gamer, or if you travel around the world, where you have to turn on GPS, google maps, taking photo and videos all the time while traveling, no mater how big battery capacity you have it will not enough,
                          the removable battery will come as life safer for that time.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • KiU
                            • 30 Jan 2016

                            go LG go!!!
                            give sammy the jab, right-left combination would be good.
                            hit him hard.
                            that the price for f**king company apple wannabe
                            who taking away my removable battery.

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                              • AnonD-282142
                              • Ibx
                              • 30 Jan 2016

                              AnonD-480266, 30 Jan 2016Inspite of LG selling less phones than Samsung and making l... moreI have the G3 and while it was great to have a flagship again (came from the GS2) my experience with this phone quickly started to deteriorate. Now it Crashes everyday and over heats like a Mother. Horrible.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PT}
                                • 30 Jan 2016

                                Nice one LG. Owned!

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                                  • AnonD-458996
                                  • QwI
                                  • 30 Jan 2016

                                  Lg plz stop it...and actually try to make a good phone with a good UI

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                                    • AnonD-42959
                                    • Nh8
                                    • 30 Jan 2016

                                    Actually having a bigger capacity battery that can last longer is more important than making it removable for me

                                    i'll never be walking around with an extra battery or a power bank as i saw freaks do these days

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pqp
                                      • 30 Jan 2016

                                      One of the biggest advantages of the removable battery is that you can replace the battery to a 2x or 3x higher capacity battery. (For example ZeroLemon is going to release a 9000mAh battery for LG V10. They also made 3x bigger batteries for older Samsung devices that had removable battery.)

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                                        • AnonD-480266
                                        • Hkt
                                        • 30 Jan 2016

                                        Inspite of LG selling less phones than Samsung and making less profit than Samsung, LG still likes poking fun at Samsung.

                                        I will never buy a LG Phone. Never..