LG
unveiled its new flagship V20 smartphone in New York on Tuesday evening, just 24 hours ahead of Apple's
iPhone 7 event in San Francisco.
A successor to last year's LG V10, the new 5.7-inch
Phone is pitched as a "multimedia heavyweight" and boasts a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage, a 2560x1440 QHD IPS LCD display, and a fingerprint sensor home button.
The front of the handset boasts an always-on screen "ticker" strip along the top that can display mini apps and **tifications, such as music controls and calendar events.
The V20 sacrifices a unibody aluminum design in favor of a miroSD slot (up to 2TB) and a removable 3200mAh battery via a metal backplate, while the top and bottom parts of the
Phone are made from silicon polycarbonate, earning the V20 a MIL-STD 810G drop and shock resistance rating. The device packs a USB-C port, water resistance is **n-existent though.
While Apple is expected to drop the headphone jack
With the iPhone 7 ******, LG is very much relying on the analog port to appeal to audiophiles: the V20 boasts a 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC (digital-to-analog converter) and a 72-stage volume control fine-tuned by Bang & Olufsen,
With support for most lossless music formats including FLAC and Apple Lossless. It also includes a HD audio recorder able to capture "studio quality audio" from three ultra-sensitive built-in microphones.
The rear of the
Phone houses a 16-megapixel camera
With a 75-degree field of view backed by optical image stabilization and laser, phase, and contrast autofocusing,
With a second wide-angle 8-megapixel sensor boasting a larger 135-degree field of view. The front-facing 5-megapixel camera also packs a wide angle mode.
Software-wise, the V20 is the first
Phone to come pre-installed
With Android 7.0 **ugat, which features vertical split screen view, picture in picture, VR mode, file-based encryption, and more.
With Samsung's Galaxy **te 7 suffering from a
disastrous global recall due to reports of exploding batteries, LG's feature-packed V20 phablet finds itself first in line to go up against the iPhone 7 Plus, at least for **w. While LG is yet to an**unce pricing and availability, consumers can expect the V20 to hover around the same $800 price point as the iPhone 7 Plus and **te 7.
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