LG just announced the V20, a successor to last year’s V10 smartphone. The V20 looks quite a bit like the G5, but it isn’t a carbon copy. The phone is just 7.6mm thick, which makes it even thinner than the Galaxy Note7. LG’s new phone is the first to launch with Android 7.0 Nougat, even beating out Google’s Pixel phones in this regard. The popular Second Screen feature that was first introduced on the V10 is of course there and now it has improved visibility. With double the brightness and 50 percent larger font size compared to the V10, the smaller display located above the main display allows users to easily view notifications and alerts in outdoor situations at a glance. The LG V20 comes with the mobile user interface LG UX 5.0+ to make it easier to use the multimedia functions tailored to customer needs.
The LG V20 will go on sale in South Korea next month in Titan (gray), Silver, and Pink colors. Prices have not been announced, and neither has availability for other parts of the world. But for the U.S the Pink variant will not be available, but a pair of B&O headphones will be included with pre-orders.
LG V20 specifications
- Dimensions: 159.7 x 78.1 x 7.6mm; Weight: 173g
- 5.7-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD IPS Quantum display at 513 ppi
- 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) IPS Quantum Display at 513ppi
- Quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 64GB (UFS 2.0) internal memory, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
- Android 7.0 (Nougat)
- 16MP rear camera with OIS 2.0, F1.8 aperture, dual-tone LED Flash, Laser AF, PDAF, CAF, 75-degree lens and 4K video recording
- 8MP secondary rear camera with f/2.4 aperture (135-degree lens)
- 5MP front camera with f/1.9 aperture (120-degree wide-angle lens)
- ESS SABRE ES9218 Quad DAC, B&O audio, High AOP Mic
- Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3200mAh removable battery with Quick Charge 3.0
