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hey what is up guys i'm kim Bhd here and this is the newest flagship smartphone from LG now technically this did come out in October and I wish I could have done this video a little earlier but better late than never right so this is five facts about the LG v10 so number one is this is Loki one of the most underrated smartphones of this year 2015 I don't know what it is about a lot of the randoms I'm seeing of like the best smartphones of the year will inevitably have a whole lot of Samsung pull out of Apple and deservingly so and then watch a Motorola thrown in there of course Huawei gets in there with the Nexus 6p but for whatever reason LG gets left off the list a lot even though their two best phones ever have come out this year the LG g4 and then this what I think is a slightly improved version of the g4 in his v10 so it's an all-around high-end flagship of course but with a few key improvements beyond just the specs over that g4 so this is one made it worth another release and it was kind of weird to see an improved version of what was already LG's best phone go under the radar but it has hopefully this video can change that number two is one of the most unique features of this phone even though it might not immediately be noticeable when you're looking at it is up front up here on the top it's the second display it's up at the top right corner up in the bezel it's a little easier to see on the white version since it's hidden up there in the bezel but it's a 160 by 10 40 second screen on top of the primary quad HD display and it has its own function first of all it's always on even when the main display is off it's showing your date time and battery and while it's off you can swipe over to get some quick shortcuts which are handy and then the main display one that's on you can show a bunch of stuff on the secondary you get notifications when you get new ones you also have apps shortcuts of your choice you can have your five most recent apps you can get media controls and even a custom signature message some of this stuff is gimmicky and some of it is actually kind of useful I think it's most useful when showing new notifications since it's actually saving real space on the main display but it can kind of be a bit of a struggle on such a big phone to reach up at the top with one hand to say tap an app shortcut I think most people would just multitask the normal way but it is interesting ever tha less and implemented pretty well all right number is that this phone is a rare breed a flagship Android smartphone with a removable back a replaceable battery and expandable storage I say it's a rare breed because if you look through the smartphones released in the last year or two removable backs have become less and less common in the name of build quality most smartphone bodies have sealed end backs but some still toss in a microSD card slot for expandable storage LG v10 does that card slot and a fully removable 3000 milliamp hour battery that is technically the fastest charging you can have available in a smartphone now this phone actually does have quick charging built in and it also has a pretty good battery life already averaging me just shy of like 4 hours of screen on time but if I ever get low all I have to do is have another battery in my back pocket switch it out 0% to 100% in 15 seconds not a lot of phones can do that anymore right so number 4 this is the world's first smartphone camera with manual mode in video and that's part of an overall larger focus on the camera it's one of the biggest improvements from the g4 pretty much everything about this cameras really good it's an improved 16 megapixel shooter with optical image stabilization so pretty much no cons on paper and the ridiculously awesome camera app so you can see it uses the second screen to hold the toggles between the different modes that's useful so simple mode is the easiest it's literally just point and shoot tap anywhere on the viewfinder to take a picture that's it right then auto mode is what you're sort of used to in a smartphone you tap to focus and expose and you have your normal shutter button flash and settings etc all that stuff is there then manual mode is a sort of a pro mode that we're seeing a bunch of smartphones now and this manual mode is awesome you get precise white balance control a manual focus distance slider ISO even a shutter speed slider so you can set your starter speed anywhere from 30 seconds all the way up to one six thousandth of a second so this is ideal for action shots and fast moving objects and guaranteeing that nothing will be blurry so the camera has no problem cranking up the ISO so manual mode is great and then there is manual video mode which is dope again white balance control manual focus ISO shutter speed and then there's even a fine-tuned audio control so you can choose whether to favor the front-facing or back facing microphone and it just might gain and everything like that this is like a full-fledged pro video camera in a smartphone's body and both the photos and videos that come from the smartphone are some of the sharpest most detailed best-looking images I've seen come out of a smartphone this year which is awesome oh and as a bonus this thing also has two front facing five megapixel cameras one for normal portraits and another right next to it for a wide-angle for those super important group selfies bottom line if you're looking for a quality camera in a smartphone you need to be looking at this v10 okay so number five is despite all that praise this phone is not perfect now I mentioned at the beginning of the video like this is one of the better phones of the year and it definitely is underrated but it's not for everyone right so first of all it's a really big phone as most 5.7 inch phones are you know big metal rails on the side pretty thick and then the hard to reach second screen it's not really a one-handed phone for most people and in my personal opinion it's not the prettiest either it does have a new fingerprint reader on the back power button which is new from the g4 but it struggles with accuracy sometimes and it is definitely a step below the likes of the Nexus 6p and 5x and iPhone 6s in terms of speed and convenience that way and the speaker is another weakness it's just that tiny grille at the bottom super easy to block accidentally and it does distort at high volume and some may or may not like this LG skin on top of Android which is still 5.1 by the way still looking for that marshmallow update so there's a lot going on with this phone you can't overlook that it's a great overall device you know multitasker a smooth performer etc but it's also one of the most unique phones out there so hopefully this video helps you get a good idea of that anyway that's been it hope you enjoyed this quick look I decided to do this review a little bit differently than most but hopefully it's in time for the holiday season for you to get an idea because this phone is definitely worth a look anyway thanks for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next one peace you