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LG V50 ThinQ 5G Review – Flagship Phone From LG With 5G

The LG V50 ThinQ is a premium looking smartphone that features an elegant body with an impressive camera as well. The phone is rubbing shoulders with the LG G8 and the G8S ThinQ and they both have similar features. It has a Snapdragon 855 SoC with an ample RAM and a generous inbuilt memory.

LG V50 ThinQ Key Features And Specs

  • Display- 6.4-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1440 x 3120 pixels
  • Operating System- Android 9.0 Pie, 6GB Of RAM
  • Processor- Octa-core 2.84GHz, Snapdragon 855
  • Memory- 128GB built-in storage
  • Camera- 12MP + 12MP + 16MP rear camera and 8MP + 5MP selfie camera
  • Battery- 4,000mAh non-removable battery

Design And Display

The LG V50 ThinQ 5G is a pretty looking smartphone. The phone parades a premium body that is built and designed with a corning gorilla glass both on the back and front. The panel has an Aluminum frame on the mix. The back house a triple rear camera with an LED flash and a fingerprint sensor. It measures 8.3mm in thickness and weighs 183 gram.

The phone has IP68 certified making both dust and water resistant. It’s shipped in Astro Black color. Turning to the front, you will be greeted with a large bezel-less screen display size. It offers a 6.4-inch 1440p+ AMOLED display with 537 PPI density. The LG V50 ThinQ has the trending 19:9 aspect ratio with display protection as well.

Camera

The LG V50 ThinQ features five cameras set-up. On the back, you will get a triple cameras set-up that consists 12 MP + 12 MP + 16 MP shooter. The first camera features an f/1.5 aperture, 3-axis OIS and a dual pixel PDAF, while the second telephoto lens has an f/2.4 aperture, 2x optical zoom, OIS and PDAF. The ultrawide camera which is the last has an f/1.9 aperture. Joining these cameras together will give you an LED flash, HDR and Panorama. It’s also capable of shooting 4k videos at 30/60fps and 1080p videos at 30/60/240fps. For selfies, you will get a dual front-facing camera of 8MP + 5MP. Both cameras are paired with a brighter aperture and they will take beautiful selfies and videos as well.

Hardware And Software

Under the hood is a Snapdragon 855 SoC with an octa-core processor that clocked at a speed of 2.84GHz and Adreno 640 GPU. It has a huge RAM of 6GB with a generous internal memory of 128GB which is expandable via micro SD card. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G runs on Android 9.0 Pie operating system with a nonremovable battery capacity of 4000 mAh. The battery has both fast and wireless charging technology. The connectivity options on the phone include 5G, 4G, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, WiFi hotspot, WiFi direct, FM radio, a 3.5mm jack, NFC and a USB Type-C port.

LG V50 ThinQ 5G General Specifications

BODY

Dimensions 145 x 70.4 x 8.6 mm (5.71 x 2.77 x 0.34 in)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Color Shades Astro Black

CAMERA

Back Camera (Main) 12 MP, 27mm (standard), f/1.5, 1/2.6″, 1.4µm, 3-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
12 MP, 52mm (telephoto), f/2.4, 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, PDAF
16 MP, 16mm (ultrawide), f/1.9, 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, no AF
Selfie Camera (Front) 8 MP, 26mm (standard), f/1.9, 1.4µm
Camera Features LED flash, HDR, panorama

PLATFORM

OS Android 9.0 (Pie)
CPU Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
Chipset Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
GPU Adreno 640

DISPLAY

Technology P-OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~83.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~537 ppi density)

MEMORY

Internal 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Card slot microSD Card, (Yes)

BATTERY

Capacity Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery

FREQUENCY

2G Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Band HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Band LTE

CONNECTIVITY

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Radio Yes
GPS Yes + A-GPS support, & GLONASS
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
NFC Yes

FEATURES

Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Browser HTML5
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Games Built-in + Downloadable
Torch Yes
MISC Active Noise Cancellation With Dedicated Mic, Photo/video Editor, Document Viewer

 

LG V50 ThinQ 5G Price And Availability

The official price of the LG V50 ThinQ 5G is not yet available. The phone is expected to sell above $1000 depending on your region.

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