Back to the drawing board
LG has been showing off its new G6 smartphone and it has scrapped a lot of the things that made the G5 as popular as the Boston strangler.
There is a rather nice compact aluminium unibody design and a large 5.7-inch QHD+ display with a 2880x1440 resolution.
The display is the G6's main focal point and it has a rather strange 18:9 screen ratio. LG claims that it allows that smartphone to better fit in your hand. This particular aspect ratio is being adopted as a universal format from the likes of film studios and content providers like Netflix.
It also has a thin bezel so it has an 80 percent screen-to-body ratio. The handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor along with 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage and a microSD slot, which can accommodate up to an additional 2TB of storage.
LG also outfitted the G6 with dual 13-megapixel rear cameras: a wide angle (F2.4 / 125 degree) shooter and a standard camera (F1.8 / 71 degree) with optical image stabilization. The LG G6 launches next month and will be available in Ice Platinum, Mystic White, Astro Black color options.
Some other specs include a non-removable 3,300 mAh battery, USB-C connectivity, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, fingerprint sensor and an IP68 water and dust resistance rating. It's also the first non-Google smartphone to come pre-loaded with the Google Assistant.
No word on price yet.
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