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what's up guys Chris Carlin from Android Authority here to talk about my five favorite features about the LGV 20 just announced and soon to hit shelves if you're thinking about picking one of these bad boys up then stick with me and I will take you through what I think are the very best features to be found on LG's new b20 now anyone who ever saw the LG v10 last year would be familiar with this secondary screen up top of the main screen it can display lockscreen notifications you can have shortcuts to your recent apps or favorites and your music playback controls or even a signature while I was already impressive in the v10 things have only been improved in the V 20 this year text n notifications on the V 20 second screen are now larger and have higher contrast than the v10 the brightness is also been bumped up almost doubled from 35 minutes on the v10 to 68 nets on the V 20 you'll also have support from much longer character signature now 24 digits up from 14 on the v10 and the addition of a marquee effect for longer signatures secondary screen is a little bit weird at first but once you get used to it it is indispensable and you'll wonder why no one else ever fought to use that dead space at the top of the screen yes a button is actually my second favorite feature on the LGB 20 but not with the familiar LG power button on the back actually this one down here now if you saw the renders we leaked a while back you would be forgiven for thinking as we did at the time that it was a modular button like we saw on the g5 fortunately that has not happened with V 20 it is a phone all by itself with no removable parts inside that button on the slide simply releases the catch mechanism for the removable battery cover revealing a replaceable battery that apparently last 20% longer than the v10 and access to the micro SD card slot both of these features are great enough in their own right but the palpable relief I felt when I first press that button and didn't run into a module is probably one of my favorite things about the LG v 20 now LG has a pretty decent reputation for not having exactly the best interface of all the Android bunch but just as Samsung has really stepped up their game with the Galaxy Note 7 interface so too has LG with the v20 not only is it the first smartphone out of the box to be running Android 7.0 nuga but LG's implementation of nuga is really really good the quick settings and the settings menu generally are crisp and clean notifications are straight from stock Android and of course there's quick app switching split screen mode and everything generally just feels really right I mean the icons still suck but hey you can't win them all in number four we have the quad DAC naturally enough the v20 is the smart phone for audiophiles the v10 last year held that honor as well but the V 20 has stepped things up quite considerably even against the impressive camera enhancements like focus peaking stabilized video and tracking focus the audio side of the V 20 still manages to be the centerpiece the V 20 supports lossless audio when recording in video as well as HD audio when recording sound alone but the quad DAC is the real showstopper here reducing harmonic distortion by more than half and almost doubling the dynamic range of competitors phones unfortunately for some the Bang & Olufsen audio tuning is only headed to Asia with other regions getting audio tuned by LG which also means you won't be getting the vno earbuds in the box flood screen smartphones are a slippery Bunch and metal smartphones are the slipperiest of them all so anything a manufacturer can do to help with the occasional bump and scrape is going to be appreciated the V 20 like its predecessor boasts military standard 810g impact resistance based around an advanced silicon polycarbonate and aircraft grade aluminum while our V 20 drop tests did eventually manage to crack the glass it took a pretty unlikely height of over 7 feet flat onto its face on a hard surface to take the display out while there may not be much that LG can do about the strength of the gorilla glass display the phone underneath it all was still working perfectly fine even after the display was cracked and right up to the point that the display did finally crack on the V 20 we were really impressed with how little damage it actually sustained on the out slide even in a metal case smartphone LG has done a great job protecting the insides of the v20 and it should be able to withstand any bumps and scratches you can put it through in normal daily usage so there you have it guys that is my five favorite features of the LG v 20 if you think I've missed something or you disagree please hit the comments and let me know what you think are the best features of the b20 and whether you think you'll be picking up one later in the year as always hit that subscribe button if you haven't already like this video if you've enjoyed it and be sure to check out our sister sites tab 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