LG has recently applied for a design patent in its home market which is South Korea for a smartphone design. And although the patent is innocuously named as a “mobile” phone, we were not born yesterday. This new design patent might just point the way to the future design language for LG phones, more probably, the upcoming LG V30 phablet.
Very noticeable in this new design patent is the large screen area, and no doubt this was taken from the current LG G6 design. But there’s the presence of a “second screen” up top, flanking a large front-facing camera to resemble the LG V20. See the image below.
The result is a remarkable device that should have an even higher screen-to-body ratio than the LG G6. Couple this with the recent rumors that LG will be making the transition to AMOLED screens, and you have quite a formidable-looking device, if this is going to be the LG V30.
Of course, LG has the freedom NOT to use this patent at all, so this could be nothing, really. It’s a patent application, and companies have applied for patents before that they didn’t use. We’ll just file this under “interesting things about LG” and move forward.
VIA: GSMInfo
I believe the upcoming LG V30 to be more exciting than even the Note 8. I don’t want to rush this summer to its conclusion (as I did last year anticipating the Note7 and LG’s V20) because even as I’m excited I am also feeling a bit disenchanted with ‘Tech’ at the moment. I use an LG V20 and Samsung’s great S8 Plus on a daily basis and there is a practical balance there between those two devices. I guess what I really need is One Phone to Rule Them All; something with a great camera, long battery life and having up to 500 gigs of combined storage capacity. All of this in one phone to carry on my hip in a holster or in my pocket.
You had me untill you said One Plus to rule them all. Then I realized your not to be taken seriously…
Only as it applies to me; I’d like to return to the days of carrying One Phone, etc.
And we’re supposed to take you seriously? He said, “One Phone”. Not “One Plus.”
I also use an S8 and V20, if the V30 has the IR Blaster and continues with a QDac then I am sold! The ONLY reason I still use The Samsung devices is because of the SPen and Samsung Pay. But since I was unfortunately forced to trade from the AWESOME Note7 to the S7E then the S8, I just want the Note8! But the LG V series is to LG what the Note series is to Sammy. How do we choose from these 2 awesome devices?
Yes. How can we choose? I (we) may wind-up still carrying two great phones. A couple of things are for certain; there’ll be great cameras and lots of storage.
I am hoping that the second screen is optional use, similar to where they offer a second screen option in the camera app when you can view the pics you take as you take them. I hope they do this so you can take advantage of the entire screen real estate and not have that noticeable partition on the v20.
I’d like that also. I am hoping for a minimum 6.3″ screen, expandable memory, 128 gigs of built-in storage and an evolutionary upgrade to the fine, fine cameras on-board the V20. Nearly eight months in my V20 still impresses me and has performed flawlessly.