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LG Announces V30 Smartphone With 'FullVision' OLED Display, Dual Cameras (phonedog.com)
At a press conference in Berlin, LG announced their newest flagship smartphone, the LG V30. The V30 doesn't feature a removable battery or a secondary display like its predecessor, but it does feature faster performance and a significantly redesigned build construction that puts in more in line with Samsung and Apple's offerings. PhoneDog reports: A bigger device with beefier specs, the LG's V series took more design cues from the G series this year more than ever. As expected, LG got rid of the secondary display in favor of a single 6-inch LG P-OLED display (not Super AMOLED, although practically the same with rich black and vibrant colors). The V30 switches out its secondary display for slimmer bezels, which may prove to be a smart move considering how popular the concept is this year. Specs look pretty solid, although there were reports that the device would feature 6GB of RAM rather than 4GB. The bread and butter of the V30 are its sophisticated audio and its dual rear camera set-up. Speaking of the back of the device, another small advantage that LG may have over the competition is the center placement of its rear fingerprint sensor, which has been a bit of a pain point for Samsung this year with the S8 and the Note 8. The LG V30 is set to release on September 21 in South Korea, with releases in North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe following shortly after. LG also has yet to announce a price for the V30, although rumors peg it to be around 800,000 KRW in South Korea (which equates to about $699 in the U.S.). For those interested, GSMArena has a full spec sheet available for the LG V30. Some of the noteworthy specs include a 6-inch LG P-OLED display with an 18:9 aspect ratio and QHD (1440 x 2880) resolution, Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB RAM, dual 16-megapixel/13-megapixel rear-facing camera sensors, headphone jack, 32-bit/192kHz audio, wireless charging and Android 7.1.2 Nougat.
The removable battery, SD card, and 2nd display is why I bought the V20 over the Galaxy and iPhone. If I wanted one of those I would have bought them, and come next upgrade I'll just buy Galaxy if there's nothing unique setting it apart that's not trivial.
At the present time at least, anything more than about 20 bits is lost in the noise so what's all this 32 bits of analog resolution of audio stuff? Just big numbers for advertising if you ask me.
I wonder how some can consider it a feature to have a touch-display that reaches from edge-to-edge, with no more non-touch-sensitive space to handle the device without causing unintentional clicks/action.
Another V20 user here who specifically chose the phone so I could get through a long day without a charger using good old fashioned "battery swap".
Batteries in heavily-used phones wear out in less than 12 months.
Being able to buy a new one and swap it in without damaging the phone for $20 is a major selling point.
Its getting harder and harder to find a good phone with a removable battery as the years go on.
I really didn't expect Samsung to ditch it so comprehensively after their "wall huggers" advertising campaign.
That was gold.
On a side note: if the V30 uses nearly as much power as the V20 (and I expect it would), 3,330mAH is a _horribly_ small non-removable battery. You'll be looking for a charger before 3pm when the phone's still new.
Dear LG,
18:9 is also known as 2:1.
Signed,
your 2nd grade teacher.