The first few months of 2019 have been filled with exciting new phone launches. LG took part in this with the LG V50 ThinQ and LG G8 ThinQ back at MWC. Our friends at Pocketnow recently published their video review of the latter. The moral of the story may sound familiar to LG fans: a solid phone with some unnecessary "features." Jaime argues that gimmicks like Air Gestures are cool in theory, but after a while, you basically forget about them. And the LG G8 is just fine without all the extra fluff, even if there's not much to differentiate it from the competition. Check out the full video review below.
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Specs |
LG G8 |
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Display |
6.1-inch QHD+ (3120×1440) OLED, 564ppi, HDR10, Gorilla Glass 5 on the front, Gorilla Glass 6 on back |
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SoC |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
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Dimensions & weight |
151.9 x 71.8 x 8.4 mm, 167g |
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Front Cameras (Z Camera) |
8MP f/1.7, 1.22μm, 80° field-of-view, autofocusIR Sensor (receiver)IR VCSEL (transmitter) |
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Rear Cameras |
Standard: 12MP f/1.5, 1.4μm, 79° field-of-view, dual PDAF, OISWide: 16MP f/1.9, 1.0μm, 107° field-of-view, FF, 4K video recording at 60FPS |
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Memory |
6GB LPDDR4 RAM |
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Storage |
128GB storage, expandable with up to 2TB microSD |
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Battery |
3,500mAh |
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Charging |
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Fast Wireless Charging |
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Audio |
Hi-Fi Quad DAC, DTS:X 3D Boombox + Crystal Sound OLED Stereo, MQA |
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Ports and Buttons |
USB Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack, Google Assistant button |
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Biometrics |
Hand ID, 3D Face Unlock, Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner |
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Software |
Android Pie-based LG UX |