LG's newest G7 'ThinQ' smartphone looks great, but it has a short list of features that makes it stand out by Antonio Villas-Boas on May 2, 2018, 5:05 PM Advertisement
 LG announced the G7 "ThinQ" smartphone on Wednesday, and it looks to be a solid, well-rounded, high-end device based on the brief amount of hands-on time I got to spend with it ahead of its unveiling. Will it make you rush out to upgrade from last year's smartphones, or even two-year-old smartphones? Probably not, but that's ok. Pretty much every recent smartphone release, including Apple's iPhones and Samsung's Galaxy S9, haven't really offered major reasons to upgrade every one or two years. It's way too early to make a final conclusion on the LG G7, as I have yet to fully test its performance, camera, and feature set (a full review will be coming soon). But for now, check out the LG G7's design, what it offers, and what features it has that you don't get on other smartphones: SEE ALSO: Everything we know about the OnePlus 6, one of the most anticipated smartphones of 2018 Here it is, folks: The LG G7.  In many respects, the LG G7 isn't that much different than most other high-end Android devices of late. You get: - A 6.1-inch quad-HD display. - A nice design with slim bezels. - A fingerprint sensor. - Water resistance. - The latest Snapdragon 845 processor from mobile chip maker Qualcomm. - 4GB of RAM. - 64GB of storage. - A 16-megapixel dual-lens rear camera. - An 8-megapixel selfie camera. - An incredibly loud speaker, but it's not in stereo. - A 3,000mAh battery. - Wireless charging and fast charging. - Android 8.0 - A headphone jack (some Android phones have it, like the Galaxy S9. Others, like the Google Pixel 2, don't).
What the LG G7 offers that you won't find on most high-end Android devices.  If you choose the LG G7, you'll get these specific features that you won't usually find on other high-end Android smartphones: - An audio DAC for higher quality music through headphones than most other smartphones. - A camera that uses LG's "ThinQ" AI, which recognizes objects you want to shoot and automatically adjusts the camera settings for the best photo. - A rear camera lens that acts as an ultra-wide lens that spans 170-degrees. The regular wide lens spans 71-degrees, which is in-line with most other smartphone cameras. Most other smartphones with dual-lens cameras also use their second lens for different features, like enhanced zooming.
LG's "ThinQ" AI camera worked pretty well, and I'm excited to test it further. LG's "ThinQ" AI will adjust the camera settings depending on what object or setting you're shooting, and it seemed to work pretty well during the demo event I attended. I got reassuring words that floated on the screen telling me how the phone was correctly interpreting the object I was shooting. For the plant I was aiming at with the camera, the LG G7's "ThinQ" was telling me "leaf," "green," and "close-up," which is all pretty accurate. I can't show you the photo it took, but it looks pretty good from my short test. I'll be testing the ThinQ AI more with different scenarios when I get my hands on a review unit.
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