“Wow” is a word that kept going through my head as I watched the two minute video below. I’ll let you enjoy it before going on to the specs.
https://youtu.be/ELD_6aeHGKQ
Like an ad out of a fashion collection, the V10 looks to be incredibly stylish, incredibly versatile, and incredibly powerful. First let’s get some specs out of the way: it’s powered by a Snapdragon 808, has a 5.7″ QHD IPS display (513 ppi) as well as a 2.1″ IPS display (will get to that in a bit); it runs on 4GB of RAM, comes in 64GB storage with expandable supporting to 1TB (!); the camera is 16MP with f/1.8, and a dual-lens 5MP front camera. It has a removable 3’000mAh battery and runs Android 5.1.1.
That’s a mouthful.
First let’s check out that second screen. It sits above the main screen and is always on and doesn’t impact battery life (supposedly). It displays weather, time, date and battery. When the main screen is on, the second screen acts as a launcher to your favourite apps. When you’re watching a movie or playing games, the second screen acts as your notification centre so it doesn’t disrupt your view.
I dunno why no one thought of that before.
As for the camera, LG ditched the wide-angle lens and eliminates the barrel distortion by incorporating two lenses with the standard portrait, activating one or both lenses depending on whether you want to take a selfie or a wider shot without barrel. The V10 will then use an algorithm to combine images from the two separate lenses. For video, it gives you manual mode to adjust options such as fps, ISO, white balance, and focus, and comes in HD, FHD and UHD recording in two aspect ratios (16:9 and 21:9). The camera has image stabilisation to neutralise shake. As if that’s not enough, it has three microphones with wind noise filter.
The LG V10 will be available in Korea starting this month, followed by the US, China, Latin America, the Middle East after that.
