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hey everybody Jim us over here with Android Authority and today we're at MWC 2019 taking a look at the brand new LG V 50 thank you this is LG's very first 5g phone and it doesn't want to be outdone by Samsung with the new Galaxy S 10 5g so it decided to launch its own 5g phone now on the surface you probably won't notice many differences between the LG v 50 thank you and the v40 from last year it looks very much the same it has the same triple rear camera setup on the back basically the same design although there's no camera hump on the back we also had the same six point four inch plastic OLED display we saw in last year's model again it's not quite Samsung level OLED but they are pretty decent perhaps the biggest change on the hardware front is the fact that the V 50 is running on Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset we actually just reviewed the Xiaomi me9 which also has the Snapdragon 855 chipset so if performance on the V 50 is anything like the me 9 we're really looking forward to using this everyday performance definitely shouldn't be an issue here just a quick note that our MWC coverage this year is brought to you by digit daily your daily dose of text straight to your inbox check out the description below to learn more so aside from being able to utilize Sprint's 2.5 gigahertz spectrum support for 5g on the v50 thinkyou enables the phone to utilize LG's new dual screen accessory basically this is a 6.2 inch OLED display baked into a sturdy folio case and it just connects to the V 50 with pogo pins once you place the V 50 into the folio case attachment it basically enables you to use the second screen for pretty much anything you can run side by side apps you can send content to one screen or the other or even use the second screen as a virtual Bluetooth gaming controller so with 5g support and the fact that it might be powering a dual display unit while gaming there's the potential for the phone to get pretty hot but LG says it equipped the phone with a new vapor chamber heat dissipation system that should be more effective at keeping internal temperatures low so performance shouldn't really suffer from this now the problem is the LGV 40 received pretty lukewarm reviews across the board and the V 50 is essentially the same with 5g support and a new processor I'm not sure if the dual display accessory is enough to move units but we'll have to see once we get one in for our full review for more MWC 2019 coverage be sure to go to android authority comm and check the link in the description below for even more LG coverage as well LG also announced the LG g 8 thin q which is actually a pretty cool looking phone so go check that out as well and again be sure to stay tuned to android authority this week for even more Mobile World Congress 2019 coverage