LG has officially introduced the G8 ThinQ and G8S ThinQ, its newest flagship smartphones at the MWC in Barcelona.
The new flagship touts to bear touch-less controls through Air Motion, which is something one can use when their fingers are dirty or can’t reach the screen enough. There’s also a new security feature called hand ID where the phone reads your palm structure and unlocks the phone. The said feature is made possible by the company’s Z-camera at the front, which is a modified TOF sensor that can catch infrared rays. It’s meant to be more secure than a fingerprint sensor, but we’d have to test that out.
Moreover, the G8 ThinQ series boasts of excellent multimedia with an array of features. It’s the first G-series phone to sport an OLED display, Crystal sound made possible by producing sounds off the display, and Hi-Fi Quad DAC.
The G8S, on the other hand, trades off the QHD display at the G8 with more rear cameras akin to its V series of phones. The G8 ThinQ, on the other hand, can be marketed in different markets as a dual rear camera or triple rear camera device.
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LG G8 ThinQ specs:
- 6.1-inch 19.5:9 QHD+ OLED FullVision HDR10 display @ 3120 x 1440, 564ppi
- 2.85GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
- Adreno 640 GPU
- 6GB RAM
- 128GB internal storage
- expandable via microSD up to 2TB
- Triple rear cameras with dual tone LED Flash:
16MP Super Wide (F1.9 / 1.0?m / 107?)
12MP Standard (F1.5 / 1.4?m / 78?)
12MP Telephoto (F2.4 / 1.0?m / 45?) - 8MP F1.7 / 1.22?m / 80? with AF + Z Camera (ToF Technology) dual front cameras
- 4G LTE-A
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth 5.0
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC
- Fingerprint scanner
- Hand ID, Face Unlock
- IP68 dust and water resistance
- USB 3.1 Type-C
- Boombox Speaker + Crystal Sound OLED Stereo Speaker
- 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC
- DTS:X 3D Surround Sound
- Super Far Field Voice Recognition
- MIL-STD 810G Compliance
- FM Radio
- LGUX (Android 9 Pie)
- 3500mAh battery
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 - 151.9 x 71.8 x 8.4mm
- 167g
- Colors: Carmine Red, New Aurora Black, New Moroccan Blue
LG G8s ThinQ specs:
- 6.2-inch 18.7:9 FHD+ OLED FullVision HDR10 display @2248 x 1080 px
- 2.85GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
- Adreno 640 GPU
- 6GB RAM
- 128GB internal storage
- expandable via microSD up to 2TB
- Triple rear cameras with dual tone LED Flash:
13MP Wide
12MP Standard
12MP Telephoto - 8MP AF + Z Camera (ToF Technology) dual front cameras
- 4G LTE-A
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth 5.0
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC
- Fingerprint scanner
- Hand ID, Face Unlock
- IP68 dust and water resistance
- USB 3.1 Type-C
- Boombox Speaker + Crystal Sound OLED Stereo Speaker
- 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC
- DTS:X 3D Surround Sound
- FM Radio
- LGUX (Android 9 Pie)
- 3550mAh battery
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
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The LG G8 ThinQ and G8S ThinQ will be available in key markets in the coming months. No pricing was specified at the time of writing.