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LG's Upcoming 'G7 ThinQ' Smartphone To Feature Almost-Bezel-Less Display With Notch, Launch On May 2nd (9to5google.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the drum-roll-please dept.

Earlier this morning, LG announced in a blog post that it will be hosting an event on May 2nd in New York City, where it would unveil its upcoming "LG G7 ThinQ" Android smartphone, with a public event in Korea on May 3rd. While LG has yet to confirm any other details of the phone in this post, we do have a pretty good idea as to what this flagship smartphone will feature thanks to some recently-leaked renders courtesy of Android Headlines. 9to5Google reports: This latest shot of the phone gives us a clear look at the design on the front and back. Up front, there's the same notched display we saw at MWC with questionably thick bezels on the bottom and top. With those bezels and the notch, users are undoubtedly going to be questioning LG's design choices this time around. There's also a glass back that comes in several colors with a fingerprint sensor and vertically oriented camera in tow. According to the report, LG will be launching the phone in Aurora Black, Platinum Grey, Moroccan Blue, Moroccan Blue (Matte), and Raspberry Rose, but it's unclear which markets those colors will be available in.

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  1. new questions by supernova87a · · Score: 2

    I wonder, have we reached the point in cell phone evolution where in your next phone, you ask not "what's the next marginally cool feature", but instead, "to what extent does this equipment and OS protect my info and perform they way I think it should"?

    To me, it seems like the industry, and more importantly, we as consumers (well, the ones who have owned a few smartphones by now), are reaching this point of maturity.

    1. Re: new questions by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2

      Last time I looked at WalMart there were hardly any headphones at all on display that were not 'wireless.' I was in the mood to spend some money on a good pair of wired headphones. I know WalMart wasn't the place to start, but I for some reason had the idea they might have at least one or two choices of higher-quality brand-name headsets with a cable.

  2. Re:Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It is possible, just maybe, that LG copied Apple. Even though Apple copied Essential. I feel a bit like we're running designs through a Xerox multiple times and the quality is lost a little each time.

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  3. LG is not courageous by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ThinQ is supposed to be 7.3mm thick - as thin as the iPhone 8. But they didn't show the courage of Apple and they kept the headphone jack. I guess their engineers are just not courageous enough to make internal parts bigger so you have to axe the jack...

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  4. Apparently by GrahamJ · · Score: 2

    no one told them it’s bezels OR a notch, not both.

  5. Re:Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies by Silicon-Surfer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It’s really not possible that Apple coppied Essential. There were leaked images of the iPhone X notch well before the Essential phone was enveiled. The Essential only went on sale 1 month before the iPhone X. How long do you think it takes to develop and put a product like the iPhone X into production?

  6. Top Notch is top notch by stooo · · Score: 2

    That is probably what is meant with a "top notch" smartphone

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  7. Re:Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Informative

    You do realise that Apple was the 3rd to market with a notch right, the other two being Android phones?