so here's one that kind of flew under
the radar at least for me for us here at
the studio it's the V 50 think you from
LG call me crazy I think this is the
first 5g device we've had on the show is
that correct we'll yeah I think it is
will flagship level type of specs it's
got the 855 Snapdragon in it over here
this makes it quite a bit different the
dual screen accessory it's almost like
two phones in a sandwich anyway let's
look at the phone first the cleaning
cloth a little microfiber pen - camera
so three on the back two on the front
dual screen support that's what I'm
excited to check out and of course
Google assistant built into a dedicated
button we have a fast charge power brick
we have a type C to type a cable as well
as a C to a adapter included in a box
and they've also included a headset
braided cable in there and
interchangeable ear tips mini jack so it
still keeps a headphone jack no camera
hump I mean what's this worth to you I'm
not really sure I guess it depends on
the individual but what I like about it
obviously you can place it flat on the
table there's absolutely no bump to it
this little connector at the bottom that
maybe comes into play for the dual
screen setup maybe some other
accessories
it's a nano SIM and a micro SD so
expandable storage people gonna like
that you have that dedicated assistant
switch below the two volume buttons USB
type-c fast charge capable obviously and
the dedicated headphone jack that I
mentioned earlier on the front you have
the dual setup this a kind of a rarity
now of course the pixel the previous
pixel device did this the new one
probably won't will boot it up and we'll
check those out oh that 5g logo just lit
up
ooh if you're not into the notch
lifestyle the look of having the notch
at the top so they give you the option
out of the gate so black out that
section of screen to make it look like a
more traditional bezel now what happens
when you do that is the phone can look a
bit antiquated but I like the fact that
they give you the option right out
the gate I'm not a huge notch fan myself
of course we have options available to
us now that don't have any notch
associated if you're gonna have a notch
the ability to turn it off is nice
especially when the brand gives you the
option during the setup it also gives
you an option immediately for your
button layout so you can go with a home
touch button style or a button
combination the mapping on the bottom
changes if I switch between them you can
move the back button around the home
button around you can go with the more
typical Android layout which is how I'm
gonna keep it for now
all right so it's booted up now it's a
first glimpse at the display this is six
point four inches 3120 by 1440 it's P
OLED it's LG's P OLED the main camera in
the back is 16 megapixels it has six
gigs of RAM I told you how Snapdragon a
55 with the 5g radio built in it has a
four thousand milliamp hour battery I
mean it's pretty much flagship
specifications 128 gigs of storage on
this model in front of me but it's got a
price tag to match it's very expensive
so start it out around eleven hundred
and fifty bucks you could probably find
it for less now I would assume it's just
tough it's about twice the price of some
competitors that put a spec list very
similar in place I don't know maybe it's
got your feature set on it but it's just
tough to justify at that price point
that is IP 68 so it's gonna be pretty
durable also it's got really glass v on
the front and actually Gorilla Glass 6
on the back so I was a bit concerned
with the flush mounted cameras on the
back side but the really glass six is
pretty good stuff so it's probably gonna
protect the glass that's over top of
those lenses speaking of those lenses
why don't we just jump right into those
this is your focal range on the main
camera once again 16 megapixels capable
as well of shooting 4k video take that
photo alright now we can get the zoom on
ooh that's a pretty nice look at zoom
actually I like the way the focus takes
place too it grabs it nice and quick and
it's like a vibration on the phone when
you have grabbed focus to let you know
that you should snap and here's the
wide-angle now important to remember LG
was one of the first to give us a
wide-angle lens on the back of a
smartphone so they kind of pioneered in
that space and now
the brands have it so I'll snap this
photo that's the wide one so if we do a
quick comparison here there's your wide
now it looks like maybe some HDR effects
are taking place slightly that's a very
bright green happening there
here's your zoom inversion and you know
what they've kind of kept the quality
I've been noticing a quality difference
on multi camera setups when you go to
like the ultra wide it can get soft in
the focus Department this one is not
soft and then of course the best-looking
one is the main camera there's a lot of
other modes available there's a studio
mode here which is gonna do some fancy
lighting effects there's of course also
portrait mode I've rarely been a fan of
these modes this one allows you to
control the amount of blur that you're
getting so you can kind of tune it
yourself there's also an AI cam mode
that aims to figure out what it is
you're shooting and there's a full-out
manual mode for the pros out there if we
flip the camera around the two lens
setup what a lot of other manufacturers
have started doing with the single lens
setup just having it crop in a little
bit but really you're just cropping into
the same sensor this one on the other
hand has two front-facing cameras but
the issue I have here is it's not a huge
difference when I click between the two
and I mean yeah that's wider but it's
not massively wider maybe when I'm in
landscape it'll be more pronounced but
he's still in the frame they're in this
white over here at a full reach I could
get a group of people I could get three
four people and I'll take a wide one as
well I'm quite happy with that that is
the standard lens before you click the
wide see how you still see the
complexion here you see the pores and
whatnot if I switch over to the wider
one oh it's more the same maybe even
nicer in fact quite a bit wider and if I
go in just to give you a little more
detail it's all there so the standard
camera is 8 megapixels and the other one
is 5 minutes
far as a 5 megapixel selfies concerned
that's pretty good it goes to show you
me it's not all about the megapixel
count as other factors involved and you
know what's interesting to me here is
how close they are the color temperature
like if there was no major color shift
it's not obvious that it's
on a completely different camera that
can happen on a lot of devices so
actually just in this environment I'm
pretty happy with the camera performance
here is promising let's see how it works
for dialogue we're gonna bring up the
loo later show here that gives you an
idea of your screen real estate is
available to you with your notch when
you're zoomed into a YouTube video and
now I'm going to go ahead and also boost
up the volume so you can get a sense for
that very muffled lacking detail lacking
clarity LG let's go crazy with the
configuration on your audio there's an
equaliser in their vocal booster I got
the DTS on they do have the hi-fi quad
DAC built-in but of course that's
enabled for external audio it's really
lacking in the detail in the crispness
granted if you go ahead and plug some
headphones and I'm sure it's gonna sound
great ooh I kind of like how it changes
the volume slider into these tiny little
increments so you can get the exact
volume you want like it's out of a
hundred man it sounds nice you see this
stuff at the bottom gets unlocked as
soon as you plug headphones and it's not
just these headphones that are included
in a box and allow you to turn on the
hi-fi quad DAC it's like a whole level
of sound presets base that's available
to you but ya be sound great but of
course this this is the main attractions
which have all been waiting for
what kind of mad scientist's in the
laboratory came up with this stuff over
here it's cool it's a gadget that's what
I'm in it for look at that I mean you
see the Korean writing and you know it's
for real look at this thing you want to
watch a video and be chatting and be
working I'm into this Wow look at that
that's the whole screen right there does
oh and that's easy turn on dual screen
look that's kind of fun we got a while
from Jack on that
stay there have any vows to give look at
this okay we're doing some cool right
now boom that doesn't look too crazy
it's not too fat or heavy let's say
you're just working like this
dual-screen
then you got to put it in your pocket
you have the option at this point
of closing it in the typical clamshell
fashion like this or you're gonna fold
this around back like that why would you
ever bother with that well you could be
like this oh my god swap screaming it's
so smooth and seamless this is how I
would do it you have like this Jack
you're watching a video you're watching
a video you're just reading some stuff
you're just doing some research as you
would guy like you for gaming this is
way more comfortable you could map you
have your controls down here put the
game up there come on Jack that's cool
know that cool I can swap screens show
main on dual screen show dual on main
put main to sleep or turn off dual
screen so if you show me non dual you
open this back up to go get your apps
and on go back to like the home page on
this the swap it literally swaps I don't
think you live your whole life with your
phone inside of here I can give you a
pocket I could give you a party
I mean that's not it's not crazy okay it
actually comes out really easily but
it's a very light phone so the accessory
doesn't make it crazy heavy collectively
here here and you just kind of do this
pull it out it's easier than a lot of
cases that's useful at the headphone
jack multimedia thing will how much is
this extra display um I guess the extra
display is 199 119 is been in this been
doing this the phone is really expensive
to begin with which is kind of the
problem the phone is already 1100 and
then 199 so whole thing if you don't
spend a lot of time on a laptop or a
tablet for $1.99 you really change the
way you could interact with your phone
with this accessory right here you
really change what a phone represents
potentially from a gaming perspective
from a multimedia perspective it becomes
like a little mini laptop it's so cool
crazy it's fun I kind of like it