LG's Upcoming 'G7 ThinQ' Smartphone To Feature Almost-Bezel-Less Display With Notch, Launch On May 2nd (9to5google.com) 51
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.
Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies (Score:2)
Apple has been trying to sue Samsung for "slavishly cop[ing] a combination of several elements of the Apple Product Configuration Trade Dress". It's still tied up in courts and apparently LG feels they can sell a lot of phones before this is resolved
And I think "slavish" is fair when you copy the worst features of a device.
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The product itself, the so-called smartphone, is a finished product. There is nothing left to innovate, instead it is now in the phase of incremental improvements and arbitrary design differences. Handset makers have saddled themselves with a marketing apparatus which relies on hyping innovations and are therefore forced to try selling these kinds of changes as "revolutionary innovations".
The whole idea that you could build a business plan around "innovation" is absurd and goes along way to illustrate wha
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Except they're copying the Essential PH1, not any Apple product.
Re:Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies (Score:4, 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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How long do you think it takes to develop and put a product like the iPhone X into production?
logistically 10 months minimum. but typically 16-20months if it's more than just a simple follow on project.
The Essential only went on sale 1 month before the iPhone X
Perhaps. But I've known about things going on in my industry many months before it was announced. I guess it depends on how well Essential kept a lid on things. I don't think you can argue that Apple wouldn't care about Essential because even they don't there is still a big rumor mill in the industry. Even really obscure inconsequential start-ups get discussed in the lunch room and at the bars around
Top Notch is top notch (Score:3)
That is probably what is meant with a "top notch" smartphone
Re:Samsung paved the way for slavish Korean copies (Score:4, Informative)
You do realise that Apple was the 3rd to market with a notch right, the other two being Android phones?
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I like a thin phone to an extent.
It makes it easier to use one handed (though I'd actually prefer a 4.75 or so inch phone that was slightly thicker, it's just that nobody seems to want to make cheap phone's under 5.2 inches).
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4.75" screen (or thereabouts)
Micro SD Card slot
Removable battery (looks like they're gone for good though)
Nobody seems to want to make me one, however.
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I can't manage to keep my phones long enough for the removable battery to matter.
I'd love a 4.75 inch, 720P screen, practically 0 bezel top, left, right, finger print bottom (slot speaker and camera on the top, no notch).
Basically, I want an older iPhone that runs android and costs under $250.00.
I don't care about SD slot (if the phone is 64 gig), headphone jack, or removable battery.
Sony makes some nice small phones, but they're all quite expensive.
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That's what I have currently.
Prolonged use hurts my hand from reaching to the top left.
A menu button at the bottom of the screen could fix my issue with it.
I miss the menu and search buttons of the olden days.
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I just want a phone that will impress my peer group. Even if that is wafer thin phone with three notches around the screen, and no plugs not even for a charging port.
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This guy Geek Culture(tm)'s
new questions (Score:3)
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.
Re: new questions (Score:2)
The better question that should be asked:
What new phone doesn't reduce my hardware features and battery life?
I already gave up physical qwerty phones. I'll be damned if I lose my headphone jack!
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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.
No thanks (Score:2)
I don't need a thinner phone. And the last thing I want is a phone that I can't hold in my hand without accidentally touching the screen on the edges.
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Thanks, Apple (Score:2)
Now we ALL get to enjoy a jagged viewport in landscape orientation.
At least it's not as horrifying as the time Apple's use of glossy displays on their laptops convinced display manufacturers that ALL displays should have a glossy finish. (Hope you like glare.)
LG is not courageous (Score:4, Funny)
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You're Thinking About The Notch Wrong.
It took COURAGE to not create the notch, but rather to create two small display ears! One on each side of the front camera. It's not a notch into the screen, Apple was courageous and GAVE YOU TWO additional screens!
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They're GIVING IT AWAY starting at just just $999
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Apparently (Score:3)
no one told them it’s bezels OR a notch, not both.
Next year there won't be notches (Score:2)
They will have holes instead
Samsung already has a patent for screen holes for cameras, sensors, buttons, etc.
Yeah No (Score:1)
Not really buying another LG phone with the craptastic aftermarket support they give. The Android version you see at launch is quite possible in most cases to be the only one it gets officially
Why?! (Score:2)
FFS! and "because apple did it" isn't a valid response.
Try listening to your customers...
Like, LG brought out a watch that has a fully circular display -- no flat tyre. And then they do this...
To smartphone manufacturers (Score:2)
Yawn... (Score:2)