Gadgetory

LG has just shown off all of its new gadgets including the long-awaited g5 smartphone but will it be enough to put the company on top we spoke to see net editors who've seen and played with the new tech to get their first impressions so with the g5 LG's gone with this weird customizable almost modular approach with the design do you see that taking off it's a really clever approach what LG is trying to do right now is bring back something excitement you had customizing your phone apps doing with hardware these these modular plugins right right now they've just got to one a high audio system in another camera grip so it's really gonna depend a lot on third-party manufacturers and whether or not they'll actually supported with other modules and you know given that it's not apple or Samsung it's unclear whether or not these manufacturers are gonna support this phone I like the change to aluminum body and I do like the fact that they listen to their fans in the sense that a lot of people like that removable battery and the SD card and they made it so that it still semi unibody and pretty looking but maintains those features that users liked so I think the show we're gonna see a lot of companies pushing VR is that something that LG is doing as well and how successful do you think it's it's been so far if it is LG has actually been pretty quiet in the proto rally front until now they've put up this new headset and I like all the other ones it doesn't require you to plug in a phone but the advantage there is it's much much lighter so it's it's easier when you're actually using it I just plug into your phone via a USBC cable you know the experience is pretty much on par with some of the other expansions like the gear VR but you know virtual reality hasn't really taken off for consumers so this is really just LG putting its stake in the ground is there any other stuff from LG this particularly caught your eye anything apart from the smartphone that you think is a really good idea glad you asked I'm not sure if it's a good idea it's just caught my eye the ball and they corrected me many times because I was used everybody was using the term ball it's not a ball it's a rolling bot it's a ball it's got different features it's supposed to be able to you can monitor your house with it it's got a built in camera that you can access through your phone you can use it as a remote control as well and so you can move it around of your house has an infrared sensor and remote so you can turn on your TV when you're not home not sure why you'd want to do that but you can make me feel pet maybe for your pet it does have a pet mode which was kinda random the way this is being advertised because it was advertised as one of the key features and it starts freaking out pointing lasers and it's supposed to entertain your pet I'm thinking it'll really traumatize your pet I'd still love to try it out on my puppy so LG's a huge name in technology but unlike Samsung or Apple it's never really had its time in the Sun with smartphones has never been on top of the pile if you like have you seen anything from its new range of products that makes you think that's going to change LG's biggest weakness is this marketing presence it does it can't spend as much as Samsung on marketing it doesn't have the cash shared Apple and so have to try a little bit harder