LG teases upcoming phone with slide-out display

15 September 2020
Part of the new Explorer Project.

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  • Anonymous
  • Aq6
  • 19 Nov 2020

Okay, im listening. Make it powerful. Pack it with everything you've got lg. I was a fan back in the day and i hope we are not going to see a second htc fiasco happen.

    Bleh, 16 Sep 2020It's funny how all these phone companies are taking ol... moreThat approach has worked great for Apple, so no wonder Android manufacturers are finally trying it!

      You realize no device 10 years ago had 2 touch screen displays.. if your going to call this lack of innovation then the entire industry has been dying since the first iPhone was released considered even phone to follow it has been a rectangle slab.

      Right I also forgot every other phone on the market has a literal Gimbal built into the camera , oh yeah they don't and almost everytime I watch a video or do a conference call on my phone I get notifications that interfere with the video or conference and the wing solves those issues with the smaller display while giving you a more comfortable grip than holding it horizontally.. I see people using selfie sticks to just hold their phone regulary

        LG (the mediocre champ)might as well cease smartphone production, along with Huawei(the spyware king).

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          • Bleh
          • q$K
          • 16 Sep 2020

          It's funny how all these phone companies are taking old tech and features that existed a decade or more ago, making minor alterations, putting a spit polish on it, and then saying, "look at how cool and innovative we are!" This is just an updated version of those old phones that slid open and closed. [The old ones were in The Matrix, if I remember correctly.] I've seen this technique with a few different companies now in regards to "innovation." Anything to try and justify charging people $1500 for a phone, eh? lol

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            • Anonymous
            • vry
            • 16 Sep 2020

            Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020How about they tease with ir blaster, removable battery and... moreThey'd lose out on companies pushing out a new model every other week. Removable battery fans like us do not bring them money since we will just buy once every 5 years.

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              • Anonymous
              • sfR
              • 15 Sep 2020

              I like that they're thinking out of the box, but it feels like they'd rather spend money on novelty to try to capture sales rather than investing in something much harder: refining their software & features, and supporting it well. For this reason I think LG mobile's death spiral will continue.

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                • Aquila
                • 0Ud
                • 15 Sep 2020

                Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020How about they tease with ir blaster, removable battery and... moreSo true, i just broke an LG V40 display, now i'm looking for a new V40 one and no stock in Europe as it's an 2018 flagship. Have to buy 2018 flagship because it has phenomenal audio with headphone jack, MQA native and DoP, everything else is 2 years behind on LG V40... I can't understand why they remove really usefull features, not mantain course with historical proven good ones... I would pay 1300 euro for a Huawei P40 Pro with good ESS DAC/ Headphone jack/MQA for Tidal and DoP for SACD RIPs, or 1300 euro for an LG V40 with Huawei P40 features...

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 7Bq
                  • 15 Sep 2020

                  How about they tease with ir blaster, removable battery and the other features it abandoned... That would get my attention. As it is shopping for 5 year old devices because those are the ones that have the features I want.

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                    • Jojo
                    • jMy
                    • 15 Sep 2020

                    It is fine I guess. The front screen is a lot thinner than I thought so it is no that much fatter than a regular phone plus you get 150% the screen size. Still this is going to have a very short production run as slideout and rollable phones take over the expandable phone market. It better be competitively priced if they want to sell any.

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                      • GVera
                      • 8x6
                      • 15 Sep 2020

                      I agree with you, but unforunately, Sony's late choice of 21/9 display ratios is the worst for me. I never use the phone for vídeos, but I do lots of web browsing.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • rU3
                        • 15 Sep 2020

                        I mean it looks and it looks like it can be a note killer buy lets be honest how actually practical is this thing?

                          What's a slide out screen? Like the stretchable tcl screen prototypes?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 8mp
                            • 15 Sep 2020

                            Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020To be different and possibly attract an audience with this ... moreBut you can't see 50% of the vertical display.
                            It's just gimmicky if you ask me.

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                              • pZQ
                              • 15 Sep 2020

                              YUKI93, 15 Sep 2020I wonder what LG has in mind with the slide-out display. Is... moreI am pretty sure it is similar to this :
                              https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_patents_slider_phone_with_extendable_display-news-44968.php

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                                • AnonD-909757
                                • pZQ
                                • 15 Sep 2020

                                Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020What's the point of this?What the point of a phone anyway ?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vry
                                  • 15 Sep 2020

                                  Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020What's the point of this?To be different and possibly attract an audience with this form as opposed to being just another rectangle like every other phone out there crammed with randomly slapped on hardware stuff.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Lj$
                                    • 15 Sep 2020

                                    Little problem for LG.

                                    They spend tons of R&D on these, then they barely sell.
                                    Chinese brands will copy, spend zero R&D and sell much more.

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                                      • Rippy
                                      • T6E
                                      • 15 Sep 2020

                                      L.O.R.D, 15 Sep 2020Sony's the only one to still not adopt punch hole, dot... moreTrue. Timeless. Missing there compacts of recent times

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                                        • Batman
                                        • Kx5
                                        • 15 Sep 2020

                                        Slide out phone with 2 screens. 2nd screen can be used as a keyboard. Do it!!!