I got this phone a few days ago and I am going to send it back and stick with my current phone. For what it's worth here are my reasons for those in my position. I got the phone for $360. Phone is fully up to date, which took a few hours. I currently have an LG G3. These are the points that killed it for me.
Pros (in favor of the PH-1)
+ Screen is really nice, colorful, aspect ratio, sharp, white balance, etc.
+ Speakers
+ Battery life seems decent
+ Bluetooth syncs really fast
+ Charges very fast
+ Build quality
+ Android 8.1 coming down the pipe
Cons
- Camera, before the updates it is embarrassingly awful. After the updates it's still not nearly as good as the G3. Noise reduction, over sharpening. Details are nowhere near as good. In low-light all these problems are amplified. Even with HDR enabled in daylight, contrasts are off, details are lost in darker areas. Honestly, barely compare to the LG G3.
- No OIS on camera
- In all my Chrome browser tests, the PH-1 and G3 loaded pages in identical speed, in some case the G3 was faster in others the PH-1, but so close neither wins.
- Finger print reader, I set it up a few times, only seems to work sporadically, just vibrates and doesn't read it.
- No headphone jack, though it nicely comes with the USB-C to 1/8" needed, which I liked
- Battery is beyond non-replaceable. Looked at the ifixit teardown after having already bought it - 1/10, yesh.
- It's very heavy. Some may like this, but compared to the G3 it's a bloody tank. All that added weight in your pocket would just be a nuisance.
- Splitting hairs here, but it's a damn finger print magnet
- No microsd (of course it's 128GB)
This is my opinion, so just throwing it out there. But, really other than the beautiful LCD - for me - there are far more negatives than positives. Even with all other negatives resolved, I just cannot get by the camera being so noticeably worse than my two year old G3.
Pros (in favor of the PH-1)
+ Screen is really nice, colorful, aspect ratio, sharp, white balance, etc.
+ Speakers
+ Battery life seems decent
+ Bluetooth syncs really fast
+ Charges very fast
+ Build quality
+ Android 8.1 coming down the pipe
Cons
- Camera, before the updates it is embarrassingly awful. After the updates it's still not nearly as good as the G3. Noise reduction, over sharpening. Details are nowhere near as good. In low-light all these problems are amplified. Even with HDR enabled in daylight, contrasts are off, details are lost in darker areas. Honestly, barely compare to the LG G3.
- No OIS on camera
- In all my Chrome browser tests, the PH-1 and G3 loaded pages in identical speed, in some case the G3 was faster in others the PH-1, but so close neither wins.
- Finger print reader, I set it up a few times, only seems to work sporadically, just vibrates and doesn't read it.
- No headphone jack, though it nicely comes with the USB-C to 1/8" needed, which I liked
- Battery is beyond non-replaceable. Looked at the ifixit teardown after having already bought it - 1/10, yesh.
- It's very heavy. Some may like this, but compared to the G3 it's a bloody tank. All that added weight in your pocket would just be a nuisance.
- Splitting hairs here, but it's a damn finger print magnet
- No microsd (of course it's 128GB)
This is my opinion, so just throwing it out there. But, really other than the beautiful LCD - for me - there are far more negatives than positives. Even with all other negatives resolved, I just cannot get by the camera being so noticeably worse than my two year old G3.