Pre-order the LG G7 ThinQ and take home a 43” LG UHD TV

With the LG G7 ThinQ set to launch on June 1^st, the Korean company is drumming up hype for its latest flagship smartphone with this enticing promo. If you pre-order the phone from participating operators or retailers starting May 18 until May 31, you’ll get to take home a 43-inch LG 4K UHD Smart TV. After pre-ordering the phone, you just need to visit this link and complete the online claim form and submit a copy of proof of purchase. You can submit your claim no later than 23:59 EST p.m. on July 31.

LG launches G7 ThinQ

LG is trying its hand once again to stir up some excitement for its mobile division with the launch of the G7 ThinQ. The phone has the makings of what’s expected from a 2018 smartphone. It sports a 6.1-inch QHD LCD display (with a notch), which the company boasts has 1000 nits brightness, and its speakers can supposedly pump out over 100 decibels of sound. The headphone jack stays and now supports DTS-X virtual surround sound. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage with microSD expansion, and a 3,000mAh battery with wireless charging support. And it also has IP68 water resistance.

It feels very much like a “me too” device. For a company like LG, who has on multiple occasions gone ahead and made some unusual yet somewhat forward-thinking ideas, seems uninspired. LG is trying its hand at AI, which you can see in the ThinQ branding of the G7, and bringing it to its own camera Similar to what the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and P20 Pro have done, the AI camera can identify different scenes and objects. Its dual 16-megapixel rear cameras that comes with a pixel binning feature, which is similar to HTC’s UltraPixel tech. It combines nearby photo pixels into one big pixel to improve light-sensitivity and get brighter, less grainy photos. The resolution gets cut down to 4-megapixel instead of 16-megapixel.

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LG teases ‘Boombox’ speaker on the G7 ThinQ

LG is set to unveil the G7 ThinQ on May 2 but the company isn’t trying to keep it under wraps as they show off one of the key features of the new phone. The Korean company is teasing the new “Boombox” speaker coming with the phone. It’ll supposedly have “ten times the loudness” of its competitors thanks to the speaker increasing the “base sound level by more than 6dB.” Aside from that, it would supposedly produce twice the amount of bass as the typical smartphone speaker, which will be amplified if the phone is placed on a solid surface. According to LG, they were able to achieve this with a special “resonance chamber design.” We’re not sure how LG got this to work but from the image above, it looks like LG is using the entire body of the phone to help boost the sound.

It also seems the Hi-Fi Quad DAC seen in the likes of the V30 is making a comeback, which is great news for those who love high-end audio and those who want to know if the headphone jack is still going to be around. The G7 ThinQ will also reportedly get DTS-X support, which will bring 3D surround sound effects to a smartphone for the first time.

Source: 9to5Google