Oh, and I forgot to mention:

On Friday night (the second night I'd owned it) I charged it to 100% and then unplugged it.  Did not touch the phone again.  In the morning the battery was down to 82%.  The only app I have added to this phone is Facebook and I had not checked FB during the night.  The freakin' battery is dissolving itself - 18% down by doing NOTHING.

I've had LG phones in the past (olden times) and they were great.  This one is not great.  It's barely functional until the battery issue is resolved.