Hello and welcome to the show!
My name is Alex and this is TechFlow!
This is my, well, first hands on look at the LG G6.
Thank you to EE for sending me out to Barcelona to MWC.
So, I was actually there, sat there, at the LG G6 launch event with all of the other people
around me and it was such a surreal experience.
It was incredible.
I vlogged it, if you didn't see that.
Now, LG have always been a phone company that have really intrigued me because our editor
at TechFlow is currently sat behind me editing a video right now - he uses an LG G4 himself
and I'm sure that he's going to be upgrading to the G6 because they've come out with some
amazing features.
So, as the Keynote kicked off, they took to the stage and the first thing that they talked
about was the screen on this thing.
Now, LG were adamant, and really pushed this down people's throats, that this is the biggest
phone screen on a phone this size.
It's actually a really small phone because they've gone to lengths to minimise the bezels.
If you look at this phone next to an iPhone, it really shows here.
It's quite, quite shocking actually.
Well done, LG!
LG are really trying to set trends here - we've got a 5.7 inch IPS panel with a res. of 2880 x 1440.
Now, for the keen eyes of you that are paying attention, you'll know that that isn't a normal,
a normal resolution.
This actually makes this an 18 x 9 aspect ratio on this phone.
Really odd - but it's, it's really worth it.
LG are calling this the "univision display."
And they're marketing this as "the big screen that actually fits in your hand."
The display supports Dolby vision and HDR 10 which is something that a lot of other
YouTube reviews haven't told you guys.
And the whole UI has changed on the phone - user interface has changed on the phone
- because of this display.
Now, you can actually run two apps and have a brilliant view of each app with this aspect ratio.
Now, watching videos on this resolution is going to be a little bit strange to start
with but it will be something that's easy to get used to.
But they made a big deal about how they'd changed the whole of the UI and harmonised
it with this brand new 18 x 9 aspect ratio.
And when they were showing the demonstrations on stage, it really did look pleasing to the eye..
Now, other than its new, ground-breaking screen, and it's really small bezels, what else can
we find around the phone?
So, other than the G5, let's scrap all of the moduluar stuff.
We don't have a removeable battery which is a little bit of a shame.
Inside of this thing, we've got a 3300 mAh battery which is, apparently, they said: Better
than the competition.
A very fake statement.
But, in my eyes, that's still not great.
What we do have though, is in the SIM card slot underneath, we've actually got a, err,
SD card slot, micro SD card slot, so you can actually chuck in a 128 GB card or 256 GB
card in here, in this phone and just expand your storage as much as you want - watch as
much 18 x 9 content as you want.
On the bottom of the phone, we've actually got a USB C port - I'm really happy about
this because now all devices are moving towards USB C and, obviously, USB C supports super
fast charging which is brilliant.
My pixel and GoPro 5 have got USB C. Brilliant just having to travel with one cable - I do hope all devices -
yes Apple - come with USB C in the future.
And on the rear of the phone, we've got two cameras, both at 13 megapixels and, underneath
that, the fingerprint reader.
And I really do like the back mounted fingerprint reader.
I've got one on my Pixel and I find it really intuitive to use.
More on these cameras, though.
So, they're a little bit odd.
So, Apple were actually the first phone, I think, correct if I'm wrong, but I think they
were the first phone to introduce the dual camera system.
Now, what they've got is actually a zoomed in lens and a standard lens.
What LG have done is that they've got a standard lens and a wide angle lens so you can take
some proper wide angle photos which is great for vlogging and doing YouTube videos too,
if you want to get everybody in the shot or get a lot of things in the shot.
And then if you want to go back to the normal looking lens, you've got the option for that too.
And it's really seamless, like on the iPhone, to switch between the two lenses.
Now, LG have actually partnered up with a few gaming companies.
So, let's just take Temple Run, for example - if you download Temple Run on this phone
which is one of the games that they actually talked about on stage, you're actually going
to get, right, listen for this, you're actually going to get $200 for in-game purchases which,
apparently, is enough to unlock all of the characters in Temple Run if any of you are
interested in that, which is something that they just talked about on stage and I jotted
it down.
Wanted to tell you guys.
I also really like the look and feel of the device with all the all-glass look.
It looks really, really sharp but, obviously, is prone to fingerprints which is slightly
annoying but I'm really digging this new look and I think it's safe to say that LG, with
the G6, they're back up there with the smartphone game.
Aside from that guys, thanks for watching my first look at the LG G6 from MWC.
I only got to spend a little bit of time with the phone at the booth but they put me in
a little private bit and I had a handset to be able to get some B-roll of it for you guys
so, hopefully, you enjoyed this video.
I've got one more phone coming from MWC which I want to show you which is the new Sony phone
that's been announced so expect that video very soon and I want to say a massive thank
you to EE for sending me out.
They haven't sponsored anything - all they've done is taken me out, taken me out to MWC
to have a look at these phones and bring you guys the awesome, awesome news.
But let me tell you something as well: I think it's only fair to let you know that if you
buy LG G6 in the UK and get it on EE, you'll get WiFi calling and you'll get, err, 4G calling
too on the UK's biggest and fastest network.
I'm on EE doing a speed test on 4G live for you guys and you can go ahead and take a look
at the results there.
I'm not even going to look at it because I just know that it's going to be good...
What is it?
Pulling a good 45 MEG in, in my office.
With that being said guys, my name's been Alex, this has been TechFlow and we'll catch
you in the next one.