LG G7 ThinQ Review: AI is just part of the story | Pocketnow
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- The smartphone world is kind of tough for companies like LG. Two years ago the company was one of the pioneers of the concept of dual cameras, which most phones have today. Last year the company pretty much brought us the first 18 x 9 aspect ratio, which most phones have today.. So being such a pioneer, why is it that LG doesn't have the popularity that it deserves? Maybe it’s the fact that all this innovation needed some of the iteration and refinement that we finally get to see today.. I'm Jaime Rivera with Pocketnow, and this is our review of the LG G7 ThinQ.
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LG G7 + Dual speakers + bigger battery + OLED display = LG V40?
Hao Pham and I'm sold 😂... Though they really need a larger camera sensor on their main they are falling behind in low light fast
I thinq it will be the V35
+no notch +6gigs of RAM
I'm pretty sure that is nearly exactly what the next V series phone will be. There used to be a bigger difference between the G and V phones, but the G7 has closed the gap quite a bit.
Hao Pham I know for a fact it's oled and no notch that's it tho
I rock LG Phones since 2013 and never regret it. Great Phones.
Marco same as every brand they are not all great my friend , some models are MEH , i have the G5 which in some areas is actually very good , in some others it sucks .
Same here, started with G2 in 2012 ( still have it ), than G Flex 2 red - beautiful phone but it bootloped :( , than V10 - the most manly phone but still elegant - lost it in a taxi :( , and now i have G6 which i like that it doesn't have the girlish / iphonish design like everybody these days copy...
I also have the G5 (2 Years now), and its really good. Still does everything really fast and is realiable.
I started with the G2 too, but it was released in 2013 not 2012. Served me good 2 1/2 years before I got the G5.
Yeah me too, started with g6, then v20, now I have v30. I picked up the s9 for about a week, glad I returned it and kept my v30. I don't want to have the same phone as everyone else.
I got the lg g7 a couple of weeks ago. Couldn’t be happier with it. Coming from original iPhone X and Samsung phones.
Wide Angle Cam, Quality DAC, Headphone Jack, Great Speaker, SD Card, FM Radio, Waterproofing, Fingerprint Scanner, Wireless Charging... ticks so many boxes, great job LG.
I'm going to plumb for a G7, in the UK its £270 ($360) cheaper than the S9. Makes it a steal in my book!
I never expected this kind of design with like lg brand
Ankit Godhekya I'm also, it's sad..
LIT GOD LG is not like vivo or oppo LG is competing with apple or Samsung. why lg don't make there own design just like g6?
LIT GOD Maybe it looks good, but G7 looks like every one on a market right now, copying Apple or Samsung. LG is too good and big to be like that.
Don't undersell the Quad DAC. It might take high impedance headphones to truly appreciate but it powered even my crappy backup headphones better than any phone I've ever used (and this is coming after using the HTC 10 - I use an LG V30: Same DAC). Also I can't go back to bluetooth in the car, the difference is noticeable and really good.
I am personally rocking the Sony MDR-7506 headphones with the G7, and sweet baby jebus, the sound is epic! No other phone can compare! The Quad-Dac is one of the reasons I bought the G7
@@IckleMikeykins have you used the quad dac with tidal hi-fi?
@@qllh Cant say that I have, but I've checked it out just now, might be giving that a go for sure.
@@IckleMikeykins i've been reading about it, and if you get the g7+tidal hi-fi and hear a song in master quality you'll have a blast of quality!!
@@qllh Hot damn, I may give it a try, thanks for the heads up mate
I'm using it since three days, and for me is just perfect. The quad dac delivers really gread sound on the headphones. Best choice for people who listen lot of music!
Lg phones are great. Still rocking a v20. But they should be innovative like they were with v20.
Underrated phone of 2018 😍
The only reason why i got this phone was the free 4K TV 😂😂 , I mean i have a G6 and It's a nice phone, but not the best phone out there for sure. This does seem like a really nice upgrade from the G6 so far. Wouldn't mind a bigger battery though.
I had the G6 and one thing I could never stand was the UI. I'm sorry it just straight up sucks. I like this phone but if I can get more RAM and almost stock Android from OnePlus for a cheaper price I'll go that route. LG needs a wow factor to stand out from other companies
lamar frazier uhmm. LG has better Cameras, speakers, a DAC, IP rating. Choosing OP6 just for "more RAM" is not a good decision (Seeing how you'll never use the 8GB of memory to its full capacity). I'd say wait for HTC U12+ or the Pixel 3 (for that sweet stock android.)
There is a 6gb ram version of the G7. "but, OnePlus has 8gb version"... Those extra 2gb will literally make fck all difference. The difference between 4gb and 6gb is already pretty negligible. I can't same I'm a huge fan of the default theme, but can't you just change that? O_o
Piglet Squid changing the theme will not give change its OS. Stock android is better because it provides bare minimum which you can tweak to your preference without sacrificing its smooth User experience. But I do agree with you, making a decision over "MoawRe" RAM is ridiculously hilarious.
lamar frazier 6GB RAM is standard. 8 GB RAM is obviously overkill. LG's software is biggest let down. Why you should buy an LG phone? 2 reasons, that 32 bit Quad DAC & that Wide angle lens.
Without wide angle lens, there is not much to say about LG's camera. It's good but not great like iPhone X, Pixel 2 or S9+. But it's obviously far better than OP6 camera.
lamar frazier agreed the UI alone is what's holding me back from this phone, plus not having 6 gb of RAM on US version is stupid
I dont know why LG has lessen the FOV of the wide angled camera. 🙄
if it is about distortion then you can use the main camera.
or atleast include super wide angle option on the wide angle camera, like the front camera on the v20 which crops the wide angle to make it more natural FOV.
They dumb
JC Ko because the new camera is clearer on the wide angle view.
Because it looks like fish eye if it's too much
but i like the fish eye effect on the wide angle camera. if you dont want distortion then you can use the main camera.
or atleast include super wide angle option on the wide angle camera, like the front camera on the v20 which crops the wide angle to make it more natural FOV. 😂
Bumping up the megapixels = lowering the wide angle.
Time to change the name of this channel to “Jaime Rivera’s Tech Variant” - you are the only one making videos and keeping this channel alive.
Own the lg V30 and I hope LG won't disappear from the smartphone market. I got so used to the quad Dac I can't listen to my music on other smartphones. Never had any crashes. Still runs very smooth without any problems. I hope there will be still new LG smartphones with the Quad Dac, when my current V30 breaks.
Pictures came out amazing!
@ the moment I own a contract with the LG G5 (I had a two year deal with it) well I like the LG look and like the way it is to be used, I will be getting the LG G7 ThinQ, everything that peoples are saying that the LG G7 is bad about, and isn't the best at, are just nit pickers,
To me it is like turning down food when you are hungry,
The LG G7 seems a brilliant phone to own
I like your reviews a lot, because, they are always crisp and precise... Frank and honest... Your clean and clear voice adds the real flavor to the video... Thank you and good luck...
6:01 whoa who's that beauty
I JUST got a V20 Friday. And man I love this phone. And get this. I got supposedly a refurbished one, but it looked brand new to me. But here's the thing. I got it for 162.00 from Amazon.. what a steal! I was able to shoot my daughter's graduation that night. It turned out great. I need o than you guys. You had some of the best coverage on the phone out. I knew exactly what to expect from the camera well before I even had it. There's plenty on Amazon for 200 and quite a few unlocked for less even. I saw one today for 158.00 that's got to be the best deal on a phone out right now. Thanks for the great vids about this phone. You guy's ROCK!
This phone is great and as usual with LG phones its going to be underrated.
i might get it if its the G8 ThickQ.
need more battery. simple as that
Lee Price if you don't mind me asking, how is your v20 over time? in terms of battery and general usability that is
My G3's (3-4 months old) has horrible battery. I have to keep it at 15 brightness just for the battery to be stable.
No actually, it had better battery life. I used/use em' both.
Hmm.. If you like R35's, I'll tell you something. Came to my cousins house in Belmont and saw a R35 with a 2jz swap. About 5 minutes after a G-wagon.
Dano Akmal sold my v20 after the batteries deteriorated after 1.5 years. Even having a spare batt made it worse, switch them over all the time.
Good Review, Thanks.
Thanks!
Great review. Lg is always to bring things first and make road for others to make money. Probly falling short on making money of their innovations. There is very famous proverb in India for this " The things are not sold well where they are grown". I am waiting for it arrive here in India. I am eager to see it early.
The notch is not an issue for me but i think it would be better if they use the v10/v20 style and use amoled for the second screen.
JC Ko not everyone likes amoled. LCD is the best for accurate srgb color gamut. Natural pics, not over saturated like amoled.
i know but atleast if they use second screen. not the main screen.
if they use amoled screen on the second screen then it will not use too much battery. i use lg v20 with second screen and they're both ips panel. when i leave the second screen on while the main screen is off, there is a backlight bleeding since ips uses backlight unlike amoled.
I agree. Even if they still had an LCD display, LG could have cut a small notch in the corner for the camera like the v20 and made it one screen instead of 2.
that would be super cool
Great video. Nice music and effects! Thx:)
Thanks!
Can I just say that once this phone gets discounted (while like most LG products will be very soon) and if you can use a more stock-like launcher like Nova, then I really don't know why you would buy a OnePlus 6. Assuming you can tolerate the notch, this phone works on all 4 carriers and does most other things as well or better.
Lg makes some good washing machines.
Glen O'Donnell and some amazing TVs and refrigerators..
Ayyo Gubbe Baddetadde oggu..
This dude has an iconic voice. I don't listen to pocket now unless Jaime Rivera is doing his thing. 😎
The one and only Jaime rivera!!! I love your reviews!
The phone looks great!
This will be my next phone. For people complaining about the screen, +mLCD is brighter, can read the screen through sunlight and every pixel gets a white light. Also no worries about ghosting or burn-ins. The screen is better than the one on the OP6 but of course, everyone will still pass on the g7 because "muh OLED". This phone satisfies what I need from a daily driver.
i m using g6 n its an awesm experience..sir looking forward to this g7
Great review. Can you guys do camera comparison against other phones.
The beginning looks like my ikea gaming desk video! That’s cool 😁😁
Coming from the G6 I wasn't expecting myself to like this phone as much as I do, not because the G6 is bad but I thought it would be a pretty iterative upgrade. This might even be my next phone 👀
@jaime, are you the only presenter remaining at pocketnow ?
What happened to the others ?
M L Juan always had his own channel
Cost cutting I guess or pocketnow forgot others because they don't mention their names 1000x each video...LOL..
Honestly I think it doesn't matter. Jaime is for sure one of the best tech CZcamsrs worldwide, the daily and the reviews are just awesome
i have been watching this channel for the past 6 years, and i have noticed it hasnt grown as much as other tech channels
better change this channel's name to "Jaime 'the Pocketnow' Rivera"
I would absolutely get this phone. The Notch really bothers me, but I do appreciate and would definitely use the option to hide the notch as notches on phones are completely idiotic. My biggest problem however, is the price is just far to steep for what it's providing. $750 dollars provides you with a multitude of much more impressive smart devices. I'm going to see how the price on this fluctuates in the future then maybe consider jumping on it.
I have a natural affinity for lg products. This phone could woo me. But I wish they would adopt oled. That and sluggish updates will probably drive me into the arms of a pixel XL next time out.
I love LG smartphone 😘
Your English is excellent, although I recognized the accent. My father immigrated as a child, learned English early, and had no detectable accent. His mother never lost her accent. When my dad visited Germany later in life, he quickly became fluent again in German. The locals in his home area said he had good German without accent!
Lg g9 brings magnetic atrachments, no notch and a bottom sticker tape OLED screens.
The attachments include: extended battery with wireless charging, 360 camera, a one inch sensor point and shoot camera, and a micro 4\3rd mount for interchangeable lenses, XLR deck, shotgun mic, bose speakers, VR ar engine.
HTC U12+ > LG G7. Can't wait to get it for my channel
ironshark123 will be uploading OP6 videos now
Why do they compromise the camera modules on each android device i see? Why not do something like what Sony do? An equal megapixel and apperture for the front and rear? Why?.......
Jaime: would you rather DD this or the OP6?
Brandon Miniman gentleman.. where are you?😂
I was a kid when you were with pocketnow 😅
Haha what a tough question. This wide-angle Camera is so useful, and I find battery performance to be better. I’d go OP6, though. It has better video, it’s less aggressive at closing apps, and OnePlus treats it as its only product, so they care more about how it ages.
I'd take Oxygen OS over LG's fancypants OS, plus it has a better camera, Dash charging, faster android updates. I care less of wireless charging and water proofing.
Amox one plus 6 camera isn't as good as LG g7
SUPER USER
: Only when you love oversaturated colors. And all of the filthy comparison videos on youtube are in daylight, no low light comparison, no video stability comparison, no selfie comparison, no portrait mode comparison. OP6 even beats IPhone X in low light conditions and is marginally comes close to S9. Since I haven't seen G7 doing all this against other flagships. I'm gonna say OP6 is the winner here.
"Hello im Himelich riviera and this is pucket noe"
I'm just happy they stop using last years chips set. Like in the past. I think they did this to stream line everything. To set up the V40. I think they go all out with it.
6:27 What do you mean?? That footage is smooth asf!
Watch my comparison with he S9. It’s miles different
Pocketnow good point lmao. I have the S9+. I see now lmao
Has to be 1 of the BEST REVIEWS you've ever done.
Thanks!
Thanks for the eye candy Jaime 6:08
Just wonder that boom box thingy, does it still work properly with a case on, especially some thicker ones?
Know what I am glad to have experienced technology progress from phones like the 3310 through to today, at least we saw new and interesting features like colour screens, the N95 managing to run Quake 2 and other stuff unlike current times where the phone has some notch in it or its missing an audio jack, or they put a 3rd camera in, they all look the same to me and a loader can make an android phone look the same as any other.
Jaime, would you recommend this over the Huawei P20 Pro?
I wish lg would bring back the curved screen from the g4
How does it compare to V30? I'm most interested in the audio.
"i am actually finding google lens very useful" *searches for a pineapple *🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think LG lost it's way and is confused about offerings. Also suffering from chinese competition, but mostly confused about what it should offer.
I remember the G line being a reasonably good phone for a fair price not that long ago.
G4 was one of it's biggest successes if I'm not mistaken, had a fairly good price and specs for the time, and all that. Huge success in emerging markets at least, if I'm getting the model right - not sure.
For some reason, LG started ramping up the price in more recent generations, and chinese manufacturers started encroaching and getting ground.
For at least the past couple of generations LG G series sounds like an upper middleground no one is asking for. It's priced at a premium, it doesn't have much to offer over the competition, and still has lower specs than the inevitable V series. The G6 at least had a weird tall screen that was the most memorable thing about it... this one seems to have nothing to differentiate itself.
I like the idea of having a regular plus wide angle scheme for camera, but that doesn't count when stabilization and video is inferior.
I commend LG for investing more in stuff like pro features for photo and video, plus audio which is something most other companies overlook, but it's always offerings with caveats. Like, you have all these extra manual controls on the V20 camera, but it seems auto mode is inferior to almost any other smartphone in the category.
It has top of the line DACs for headphones, but the speakers are nothing to write home about. Almost all features feel that way... one step forwards, two backwards. Screen is gorgeous but it isn't OLED. There's some meek trend following that at most attends the basics. RAM is ok but other brands offer more. Android version is recent, but not the latest. They did something with AI, but not much. They did away with their second screen to follow the notch trend, so there's nothing special about it. The UI is fine for people who like it or are used to it, but for the most part it looks dated and offering nothing new.
Last few enticing things about LG phones I remember all went away too. It was one of the last brands to offer a top of the line phone with removable battery. It was one of the few that used materials like leather and texturized backs. It was one of the last competitions to Samsung's Note line offering a stylus in one of it's phones. Now it's mostly meekly following trends, but not quite getting there. It's kinda sad.
The death blow comes with the price. It wouldn't be a problem to offer a featureset like that with a modest price... 400 bucks, 500 bucks. But at close to 750, it makes zero sense. That's a price point that the market is expecting everything to be on par with the best, plus some very enticing extra feature. And LG is not only not offering any enticing extra feature, most of the features it's offering that follows the trend all have some problems attached to it.
www.slashgear.com/t-mobile-lg-g7-thinq-price-is-unbelievable-21531385/
I hope the brand manages to reverse this and go over this slump. But honestly, I don't think they are gonna sell any better than the previous couple of generations. And I'm not sure if V40 will have enough to fare better than V30 too... few rumours and speculation so far, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Is the camera stabilization better on manual mode vs regular mode? The V20 and V30 have great cameras until I start walking. Stabilization is not good on both phones on either setting.
LG hardware is excellent. LG need to work on the software or just put pure Android.
4:50 The face you be making when you know you about to get some puhhh!!!!
They need a u/i just like when the s8 was release sammy brought new icons etc.
hi thanks for the video its nice phone and people will buy it if the price is 500 dollar 700 dollar is too much for lg phones at this time . thanks
Hey I want to ask a question but it might be a stupid question coz I'm not an audio guy. I always hear '32 bit quad dac' but since we have 32 bit processor and 64 bit processor, does it also apply to audio? Do we have 64 bit quad dac?
hey Jaime do you need an extra reviewer/ presenter cause I'm seeing ur the only one left and I'm pretty interested in working with u
Why is it soo difficult for LG to make their UI beautiful and appealing. Even the stock android looks way better than LG's UI. This is something LG should consider for their next phone.
You don't need good headphones for the audio features. I'm using 10$ earbuds
Is it a better choice than a v30?
I really miss the IR blaster from the newest flagships, it can be so useful. :( Slowly I need to find the replacement for the G5, but maybe that's not my next phone, no innovation.
Does G7 have an option to lower screen resolution like Samsung?
I feel like One Plus 6 got announced after this but still took the internet by storm because of MARKETING and price point. LG always drops the price on their phones after a month of no sales. If OP6 was selling in carrier stores, it would seriously be over for LG.
Can you recommend a good headphones to utilize the DAC feature in lg G7?
They even technically had the first notched phones in the LG V10 and LG V20 technically speaking, before Essential and Apple.
They even had the first all touch phone the prada before the iPhone, and curved oled before samsung on a smartphone, and with their google phones, we got face id, great camera tech, not to mention wide angle and quaddac pro amp.
But the big two just copy and rifine them and get all of the credit.
Waiting for the LG G7 real Camera review!
Great video Jaime!
Thanks!
Had G2, G5 and now G7.
I had the lg g2 for my first smartphone
lg has all the tools, they just need to appeal to consumers and find something to differentiate themselves again. the wide camera, manual camera and hi quality audio jack are good, but there lack of a second screen in the v series really pushed people away. Maybe they can beat everyone with superb battery life, a number of programmable buttons or a screen that beats samsung. They are so close yet so far.
Does the display have image retention like all of the phone's predecessors did?
I'll wait for the HTC U12+ review to make my decision between it, this or to wait for the Pixel 3.
Will the g7 eventually get digits embedded within the system?
Good phone in India we are getting 6gb ram and 128gb internal memory with wireless charging ..price is ₹40k . Good deal
I read rumors of the LG V35 ThinQ not having a notch.
You don’t need good enough headphones to *drive* the headphone jack, you need a powerful enough headphone jack to drive good headphones. Any headphones will sound just fine. (Except ones with particularly high resistance)
Geeze those hands 🤤. Hands meet hand cream. Hand cream meet these hands.
How many gb is usable in the internal storage ?
I dont see why more people dont talk about the dac in this phone?
Does it have an app drawer?
One thing about flagship...It is almost all the same. Just put a bigger battery in it for sake. If the other phones can put a 4000 mA battery, so can you. I am a little confused. Here he is saying battery is good but the other reviewers said it isn't that good. Which is it?
What type of headphone do you recommend since it doesn't come with them?? That the only flaw !!😭
If it had a more 'stock android' UI, I think it would've sell better, even an option for me.
LG G phone, always the most underrated phone of the year! Still loving my G2 (despite cracked screen) and G5. I guess I can still wait for G8 or G9 😂😂
notch... I believed was inspired by the V10’s 2nd diaplay
Where's the LG V30 after the buzz?
I would love to see android to be able to answer phone calls and stream music on hearing aids like the iPhone without an extra device then I would switch. What do you think?
When will Google launch it's pixel
Think this will be a nice replacement for my aging G5. I don't need perfection.
google lens in default camera app? u missed it
is Juan Bagnell still with pocketnow?
Real dac test of g7 like v30,v20 and g6?
Finding it really useful...... because who would have recognised that alien fruit as a Pineapple 🍍
MaTe S still wondering how that detector works ? I have been using it ever since I got this phone! And I'm wondering what's next ?
Design look better than Other Flagship today