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LG Dual Screen case technology used on the V50 ThinQ revealed

LG phones may not be as popular as they used to be a few years back but their smartphones still boast excellent overall performance. LG released its first dual-screen smartphone in the LG G9 ThinQ. They followed up with the V50 ThinQ and V60 ThinQ, both of which featured a dual-screen design.

The technology that made this dual-screen case possible has now been revealed. You may not be surprised to find out that LG didn’t directly build the case to fit the dual-screen. Instead, LG brought in a firm to develop some kind of “wireless connector”. This wireless connector is what enabled the smaller screen to connect to and work in-sync with the main screen. This technology is known as “Kiss Connectivity” and the firm brought in to manufacture it is, Keyssa.

Keyssa Marketing VP, Steve Venuti talked about the technology in smartphones and other devices like the LG V50 ThinQ in a recent interview with DisplayDaily. In the interview, he discussed the wireless connector technology by the company and how it can be used to make two screens “connect” without any wires at all.

“Keyssa designs, markets, and sells what we call a wireless connector. Wireless, in that it uses RF to transmit and receive data between two devices. But, a connector in that it is designed for near-field, device-to-device applications where a mechanical connector may not be the most effective method for connecting two devices.”

What this means is that the technology works in just the way a wire does but is more likely in cases where a wire can’t be used. Other products from the company work pretty much the same way as they try to copy the functions of a wire, but without any physical connection. Even more, the technology does not require any firmware updates even though it is wireless. In short, it does work as a wire.

The system employs a technology known as mmWave to link the second screen to the rest of the phone. mmWave, just like mmWave 5G, has a line of sight limitation. This, however, poses no trouble for the company as it is just what they need- a near-field, device-to-device connection.

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