So right now foldable smartphones is the hot topic a bunch of companies have released their
concepts.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Motorola razr and these devices are really cool!
Essentially what you're getting is a phone that opens up into a bigger phone and that's
something a lot of people want in their pockets, the problem though is that these phones are
very expensive for the Motorola Razor you're looking at $1500 US for the Galaxy Fold, you're
looking at close to $2,000.
The other issue is durability these products are just not durable they have these squishy
plastic screens and gaps, that allow a lot of dust to get inside.
What I have here is something that's been done before but kind of a stop gap approach
by LG.
They decided to go with a dual screen setup this is not as elegant or sexy as the Galaxy
Fold but it's a lot more practical.
The way it works is you have a regular smartphone, which is the LG G8X and what you do is you
take it and place it inside of a case.
This case is paired with a second screen beside it, once you place the phone inside the second
screen automatically lights up when you activate it.
This essentially gives you two screens to work with.
Now the big issue with dual screen smartphones is that it's very thick it's not something
that feels comfortable in your pocket like if you have to carry this thing every single
day, you're gonna find it quite cumbersome, but you do have the extra advantage of using
that second screen for productivity tasks, so what I found myself doing is using one
screen to let's say browse the internet and the other screen to watch a video.
Now, obviously this is not as comfortable as using a laptop but it's much better than
using a one display smartphone.
Now probably the coolest feature about this setup is using the dual screens for gaming.
Like you place a control pad on the bottom and then on the top you have the game itself,
this is really cool because smartphones have really small displays and when you game you
want a bigger display because it makes the experience so much better.
So if I can free up the entire screen for the game itself and then use the bottom as
it controller it’s just gonna make playing games so much better.
Now this pad doesn't work with every game, some games support the LG Pad but the ones
that don't will require you to customize the controllers soThat they work with the game.
The best thing about this device is the price tag for $699 US, you're essentially getting
a phone with good specs plus a second display and I think that's a deal that a lot of people
will be attracted to.
This phone has a Snapdragon 855, it has six gigabytes of RAM, it has a headphone jack
which is something you're not seeing on a lot of other smartphones.
A 32-bit DAC, which is something audiophiles want.
dual speakers, OLED display even though it's only 1080p but 1080p with a second display
to go with it.
It basically offers the majority of stuff that most flagship offers with the price tag
that's in a good area.
Now, the way I've been using it is I would just use the phone as a phone 90% of the time
and then I would have the other case in my bag, so if I ever wanted to game or do something
more productive.
I could take it out and place it on.
Now the camera's on the back are pretty good they're not top three but they're good enough
like you have your wide and ultra wide lens which will give you some pretty good photography,
it supports night mode, like it should for a flagship device and the front facing camera
is 32 megapixels.
Now if you want to see the quality of the front facing camera I did a selfie test with
some of the best flagships on the Market.
I'll place a link to that in the description down below.
Now the only few things I don't like about it is the case itself Like I just think this
design is really ugly.
There's a lot of wasted space here, like why did they make this indent so big just to get
the logo to show?
I think that's kind of petty and I think they could have done more with the front display
like it's great that there's a place for your notifications, but I just feel like this was
wasted space.
And the last thing is not every single app works in dual screen mode.
A lot of them do which is great, but it makes me think that will all these other apps ever
get the support from developers to work with dual screens?
So I doubt it, Like I just can't see that happening with an LG device not that they're
bad smartphones, It's just LG smartphones are no longer some of the more popular smartphones
that are currently out on the market.
Like right now this is still running Android 9.0 and the reason being is because there's
probably a lot of customizations going on for this device to work with a second display.
Will this get Android 10 and if it does when will that be?
Will that be a year from now?
Two years from now?
And will we see Android 11?
So, I think if you're looking for a foldable device, but don't want to take the risk because
they’re expensive and not that durable, this is a good compromise.
It's practical, it's durable, it's still functions as a smartphone and it has the ability to
have a second display.
And the best part about it, it only costs 699 dollars.
Now here in Canada, this is a little bit different story.
This is like 1150 off contract which is absolutely ridiculous so I don't recommend it over a
regular smartphone, but if you can pick it up from a carrier for like zero dollars on
contract, it might be worth it to you.
It just really depends how badly you want that second display.
Anyways, that wraps this up if you have any questions about this smartphone let me know
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