[danjayh]

Interesting phone, horrible article. Typical of the modern Engadget, the article is light on facts and heavy on superlatives. For instance, I had to head over to some random Android website (androidHeadlines) to find out that yes, it does have Micro SD card support, and that it has 32GB of built-in storage (pathetic, Engadget). I do really like the idea of extensive expandability, but I wish it could be standardized somehow (admittedly difficult in a mobile form factor). I think this would encourage the creation of interesting devices by interesting startups, which is something that would probably get everybody here excited.

If you want a decent article by a respectable pub, check out the Ars version (linked below). It has all of the technical info that Engadget missed, minus the comments on how 'fantastic' the device feels.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/lg-g5-hands-on-lg-may...

[devindotcom]

The specs can be found anywhere and will be the same everywhere - or alternatively they might not be set in stone for every region or SKUs for different carriers not commented on. What someone on the ground in Barcelona offers readers isn't a spec list (though the specs would have been covered in the liveblog) but hands-on commentary - superlatives and cautions both. Calling the article "horrible" and "pathetic" and Engadget not "respectable" seems kind of blustery!

[givinguflac]

Couldn't agree more about the standard. The iPhone accessories market has been huge for many years now, solely because of standardized connections. I think what LG is doing is exciting, but I fear that if its not standardized it will be yet another Android phone with a cool feature that doesn't gain wide adoption.

[digi_owl]

More likely than not, Ars is likely to piss all over the device because it uses that "fragmented" Android. This even though they hired an Android guy to write about the topic some years back. He seemed to have fallen in with the party line quite quickly.

[dang]

We can change the URL to that one if people agree that it's better.

[klausa]

God forbid a tech site writes about anything else than phones, tablet and laptops.

The horror!

[danjayh]

I realized the irony of complaining about Engadget going inappropriately off-topic and then doing so myself, and edited that out. Trying my best to stay on the rails :). I do stand by my opinion that even their tech-focused articles are horrible these days, including this one. To anybody reading this now -- klausa is not just writing crazy replies, I did previously have a blurb about a graphically explicit non-tech Engadget article in the parent comment.

[digi_owl]

On that note, the last time i read Engadget actively was back when they edited hockey masks on all faces on Friday 13th.

Sadly all the big sites head this way. Likely because their owners are breathing down the editors necks to be more "hip and social conscious".