Introducing LG V20: The Torch Bearer Of LG’s Next Generation
A slew of features, but can it live up to the hype?
“Try, try until you succeed”.
This sure seems to be LG’s motto of late, as the company has decided to chance their arm yet again at making a successful modular phone.
Whether they are actually learning lessons or going into overkill after the debacle that was LG G5, isn’t clear at this time. While there are certain features on the LG V20, to be excited about, yet there is still a certain retentivity from their previous outings — both success and failures.
For starters. it would be a massive mistake to compare the LG V20 with the amorphous blob that was the LG G5! The angular metal body of the V20 is a leaps-and-bounds improvement from the previous rendition, in that respect.
The newest flagship smartphone is set to be launched on September 6 alongside what the company is prodding as ‘never-seen-before’ features. However, rumours indicate that LG hasn’t really learnt the lesson on battery life failure that plagued the LG V10, since they have apparently not upgraded the battery on the forthcoming V20.
On the ‘up’ side of things, the Korean electronics giant announced that the LG V20 will feature a 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC (digital to analog converter).
A DAC reprocesses audio content while converting it from it’s digital form (as it is stored or streamed by the parent device) into the analog beats played by the speaker/earphones.
LG said their DAC produces a crisp and clear sound reproduction that reduces ambient noise by up to 50%! The DAC being introduced by LG on a smartphone is also being claimed to be an industry debut.
“As smartphones mature, we’re seeing more and more customers looking beyond just fast processors and big displays in their devices” said Juno Cho, president of LG Electronics and Mobile Communications Company. “Higher quality audio is simply the natural evolution of the smartphone, as the industry moves toward a more holistic multimedia consumption experience. We’re pleased to continue this long-term partnership with ESS and bring best in class audio to LG V20 users”.
This ground-breaking multimedia feature was brought to life through the partnership of LG and ESS technology.
“We are extremely excited that our Quad DAC technology will be featured in the V20, LG’s latest flagship smartphone for consumers who demand the best media experience,” said Robert Blair, President and Chief Executive Officer of ESS Technology. “As a technology more typically available in high-end audio equipment, Quad DAC on the V20 will make users feel as if they are carrying around a professional home-audio system on their smartphone”.
In addition to its DAC, the LG V20 is also being touted to be the first smartphone to sport the new Android 7.0 operating system, known as Nougat. Typically, Google ensures that it’s Nexus line of devices lead the race on launching every new Android version, but this time, LG V20 seems to be getting to the launch podium first.
It is also being presumed that the LG V20 will be the second smartphone to adopt USB Type-C unlike the LG V10’s micro USB standard. Additionally, LG V20’s processor is expected to be a Snapdragon 820 or 821 with 4 GB of RAM.
So, the LG V20 has a lot going for it, but we’ll all have to wait and see what actually rolls out of the Stocking come launch date. Fingers crossed, LG would have hit a home run this time. God knows, they need one!
Originally published at Chip-Monks.
