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it's Chris what's with the verbs we're checking out LG's new V 30 premium flagship phone Allah takes is one look to know this is the nicest Android phone that LG's ever made it's also one of the most powerful but it loses one big thing that power users might really care about but let's start with the design the V 30 is covered in glass on both sides and it's got a shiny metal frame in between it's also got a big tall 6 inch quad HD OLED screen that curves at the sides but it's not as corrupt as the Galaxy S II they still look a lot alike though now the d30 s bezels are very minimal it's got an 82% screen the body ratio and it's also got every important spec checked off Snapdragon 835 4 gigs of ram wireless charging water resistance and a headphone jack with a quad DAC that audio files were loved LG has also gotten rid of that awkward and gimmicky second screen that was on the b20 and I say good riddance to that but right away fans of the b20 will notice something different about the back there's no removable battery this one is a sealed in 3300 milliamp hour battery and that's got me a bit concerns since the via 30 is such a big screen Samsung used to the same size battery for its new Galaxy Note 8 but Samsung's last note burst into flames sometimes so that's a bit more understandable thankfully the V 30 still has the dual camera setup that LG is known for the main 16 megapixel camera has an aperture of f/16 so it's going to pull in more light than just about any other smartphone for those nighttime shots the super wide angle 13 megapixel camera has less distortion than ever and I really like the unique perspective that it gives you to me this seems like a better use for a second camera than just a portrait lens which is what Apple and Samsung are using penalty's putting a big focus on the beat 30s 4k video recording features you can apply professional color coding to your foot it's right on the phone itself and if you do prefer to edit on your computer the p30 can record videos in lock format to retain the most dynamic range and detail the microphones inside you can record audio and lossless quality and they won't distort so if you had a kind of person who records every moment of a concert here's your new phone the worst thing about the v30 in my early experience continues to be LG's software which hasn't changed much over the last few years and remains an eyesore the phone is running Android seven nougat and this time LG has added face unlock and voice unlock so you can say okay google or come up with your own phrase to unlock your phone face unlock is pretty quick but don't count on it to be quite as secure as Samsung's iris scanning so here's the upshot if you love using their phone to record and create content which is what LG's V series is all about and this might be the phone for you we'll just have to see how long that battery lasts when it ships later on this year as for price it's going to be pretty expensive this is a flagship phone and to step above the g6 but if nothing else that screens got me excited for the pixel to excel which is rumored to be manufactured by none other than LG