LG surprises with its new dual-screen 5G smartphone with a very interesting concept
Folding screens, or a dual-screen, are apparently the only products in a greedy market that still generate any kind of attention. LG has achieved this with its new Wing 5G smartphone.
Korean tech giant LG on Monday unveiled a smartphone with a screen which rotates to reveal a second smaller screen beneath it. The second screen of the LG Wing can function either completely independent of the main screen or accompany it by serving as a gaming controller and media contents of the first screen.
LG Wing 5G Specs
| LG Wing 5G | |
|---|---|
| Display | Main: 6.8-inch OLED 2,460 x 1,080 resolution 20.5:9 screen ratio 60Hz refresh rate Secondary: 3.9-inch OLED 1,240 x 1,080 resolution 1.15:1 screen ratio 60Hz refresh rate |
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 620 |
| RAM | 8GB |
| Storage | 128/256GB Expandable with microSD card (up to 2TB) |
| Battery | 4,000mAh battery Quick Charge 4+ Wireless charging |
| Cameras | Primary: 64MP sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 0.8μm pixels Secondary: 13MP ultra-wide sensor, f/1.9 aperture, 1.0 micron pixels, 117 degree FoV Tertiary: 12MP ultra-wide sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 1.4 micron pixels, 120 degree FoV, Gimbal Motion Camera Front: 32MP sensor, f/1.9 aperture, 0.8 micron pixels |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 5 Bluetooth 5.1 NFC |
| OS | Android 10 |
| Audio | LG 3D Sound Engine No 3.5mm port |
| Colors | Aurora Gray, Illusion Sky |
Under the hood, it packs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G 5G SoC with an X52 5G modem, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage which can be expended up to 2TB through the micro SD card slot available.
The company said it has taken steps to protect the phone from accidental damage due to the hardware it has. The internal accelerometer detects if the smartphone is falling by closing the pop-up camera if it is open. The axis of the rotating screen is equipped with hydraulic shock absorbers that absorb shocks. While the back of the main screen has a material which prevents scratching of the secondary screen. LG claims that the shaft resists 200 thousand rotations.
LG WING 5G Prices and Availability
The LG WING 5G is one of the most radical designs we have seen in recent years. The phone goes on sale next month in South Korea. But it will soon be sold in Europe and the US as well, while its price remains unknown. It will be available in two colors including Aurora Gray and Illusion Sky.
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