Gadgetory

hey everybody one Carlos wagon out here for pocket now and mwc is right around the corner we'll be getting the full scoop on a number of major smartphone announcements but we wanted to take a couple minutes here to focus on a brand it's been struggling a little bit with its own brand identity of late and that's LG rounding up what we know what we don't know what we hope for and what we're a little nervous about for the LG G 6 immediately one of the biggest talking points LG is showcasing is the bigger screen in the smaller body we're pretty confident about these numbers a 5.7 inch display with a resolution of 28 80 x 1440 if you're one of those tech publications that's still calling that an 18 x 9 screen maybe try reducing those fractions that's like pre-algebra stuff the screen will be twice as tall as it is why that's a two by one aspect ratio this will still be an LCD but LG is rumored to have been working on improvements to light transmission and contrast alongside this taller and skinnier display we should also see the requisite shaping of bezel keeping that smaller hand feel is going to be important for the model of LG which typically is not phablet territory now we're all hoping for a little of that magic the g2 brought to the table and delivering a larger screen size and an impressively small form factor and of course putting big specs and shrinking down that overall form factor LG has been very vocal about the reliability of the phone and the battery performance of the device the company's still trying to work off that negative vibe from the boot looping issues at the g4 and the v10 suffered and of course we all have battery issues on the mind following the note 7 moving over to performance we probably will see a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 one so the disappointment of LG fans out there it's a minor spec bump over the Qualcomm a 20 and we probably won't see the Qualcomm 835 the next generation chipset in the g6 one of those timing issues is welcome sorts out fabrication issues with the smaller chipset knowing that Samsung is going to eat up a huge chunk of that initial batch and it's potentially also a cost savings measure we don't fully know yet the extent of all of the improvements at the a35 going to bring to the table and the a21 has proven to be a pretty reliable chipset for the pixel and the one plus 3t we also shouldn't underestimate what hells he's been able to do in the past with the less powerful chipset eking out tremendous performance in the v10 in the g4 using the welcome 808 instead of be more powerful but hotter and more inconsistent running a 10 getting back to the g6 we're also expecting to see a killer headphone amp and DAC combination in this phone for audio fans in North America the g5 was a supreme disappointment as the built-in headphone jack was kind of mediocre and we never got proper support for the add-on friend DAC for this phone the v 20 was a revelation for fans of higher quality audio and folks using nicer headphones getting that Hardware built in natively on a g-series phone will be an excellent talking point for what differentiates an LG phone from the rest of the market we're absolutely expecting the g6 to inherit the dual camera shooters from the b20 so the disappointment of some of the folks who follow our videos that means moving from a native aspect ratio of 16 by 9 on the g five to four by three on the g6 what remains to be seen is whether or not the g series phones will inherit some of those more advanced photo and video features found on the v series phones with a more powerful tips that there's absolutely no reason why the g6 couldn't inherit manual video controls and expanding on some of those microphone and audio controls that we love on the b20 less artificial more intelligent and that means we're probably going to be seeing google assistant show up on the g6 in fact LG is billing it as the first non pixel phone to have it built into the operating system we really would have expected more devices by now would include assistant but if any manufacturer has the relationship with Google to really push that AI envelope it probably would be LG especially after their recent run with Android wear one thing we're not entirely clear on the back casing design we've seen several weeks photos pointing to a brushed metal exterior rear and a really high quality leaked photo pointing to a glossy back for the g6 and both phones might be real we also have some other rumors pointing to a premium option for the g6 and maybe that's where the glossy back comes into play that certain markets might be picking up the g6 with LG pay which is very similar to Samsung pay and having different coils on the back of the phone and other markets might be picking up a g6 with wireless charging built in both of those technologies a little more difficult to implement on a metal back phone regardless which type of back the phone head were pretty confident that this phone is going to swap a user removable battery for enhanced water resistance will have to say good bye to that fan favorite feature but the trade-off is a pretty solid one knowing that your phone will better survive spills or being completely submerged underwater what we don't yet know is if the g6 will include the enhanced drop resistance found on the b20 if this is going to be something of a sister phone to the v34 which is found only in Japan that mil-spec 810g drop in shock resistance would be a pretty excellent feature to include alongside the enhanced water resistant and of course the most important details to wrap up will be pricing and availability right now rumors are pointing to a March 9th launch in South Korea with the American market following almost a month later on april seven this would still put LG ahead of the proposed timetable for samsung's next generation galaxies but it's close enough that there's a danger of people playing wait and see before putting their money down on a phone like the g6 so long as consumers know exactly what these products are going to cost and when they will be able to get their hands on them that'll be a step in the right direction for this company the smartphone industry is still feeling that gap left by the note 7 and LG has a timing window here to win over some hearts in mind for consumers competition is key so let's hope LG is able to take advantage of those opportunities and of course we want to hear from you what rumors do you think are most plausible about the LG G six so far what do you hope to see inside LG's next-generation g-series phone and what would convince you to switch teams if you're currently using a different manufacturers products drop us a comment down below this video I'm really curious what you all have to say about the LG G 6 and whether or not this will be a make-or-break phone for LG as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for more commentary videos like these and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos bag now so I'm gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video why I've been bothering we do all this working out and stuff apparently if you just have the norovirus for a couple days you'll lose a ton more weight