LG G8 ThinQ review

09 April 2019
Even though the name states otherwise, the G8 ThinQ is actually a minor hardware refresh of last year’s LG G7 ThinQ. Sure, it has the brand new Snapdragon 855 behind the wheel and a couple of neat (kind of) software and hardware features. But are they enough to battle the newly released Galaxy S10 trio or even the Huawei P30-series? After all, both Huawei and Samsung went along with not one but a couple of cutting-edge awe-inspiring features.

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  • 10 Apr 2019

LG G8 camera is better than mi9? Then iphone XR is better than G8?
but the dxomark of mi9 is higher than XR. hmm .. which is trust?

    [deleted post]https://youtu.be/HW5nhPRzx2g

    Watch that video. How come its the same endurance as S10??

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      • 8cx
      • 10 Apr 2019

      That battery life is sketchy. Pretty sure a day 1 patch will come to fix that but then again, it IS a 2K display...guess SnapDragon 855 isn't as efficient as we all had hoped. If HTC/Essential were to come back, they better go 5,000 mAH+ batteries. Huawei so far is the king of efficiency this year.

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        • YUI
        • 10 Apr 2019

        Incredibles movie phone.
        Red clothes, black eye.

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          • Anonymous
          • LQu
          • 10 Apr 2019

          JohnW1981, 09 Apr 2019My Xperia Z4 tablet had the same, if not slightly better ba... moreI so envy you.
          Z4T wasnt sold here.
          Could not find even on enay to buy.
          Better than iPad.

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            • Anonymous
            • LQu
            • 10 Apr 2019

            Nick.B, 09 Apr 2019why usa did not get the rear 3-cam setup? that's some big m... moreBecause G8s is not worldwide model.

              WTF is This to be counted as Cons : Charging speed is not competitive compared to most brands.
              even supporting QC4.0 still no comparable to most brands for this site , and S10 even still supporting only QC2.0 and no mention to this on Cons review

              Really those US reviewers are harshes again on LG phones

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                • Anonymous
                • nDx
                • 10 Apr 2019

                So, horizontal arrangement of cameras on the back, fingerprint on the back, of course, notch, what can I say, great work, LG! /sarcasm
                ...from a once big fan...

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                  • Jv4
                  • 10 Apr 2019

                  Melissakis, 09 Apr 2019I've been eagerly waiting for GSM arena's review to decide ... moreSerch for other reviews on youtube about the audio, all of them say is stellar.

                    Look at that colour absolutely stunning...

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                      • 0cu
                      • 10 Apr 2019

                      Whackcar, 09 Apr 2019LG is making decent phones, but they can't seem to perfect ... moreI know right! The if v30 is beautiful in almost every way, but not perfect. I dont see any better from them recently. I do hope they go back to a similar design and add new upgrades. Perfect size and amazing battery life. Audio is great but cameras could be better.

                        Anonymous, 09 Apr 2019It is a proof that oled saves less power compared to LCD th... moreMy Xperia Z4 tablet had the same, if not slightly better battery life than my Galaxy Tab S3

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                          • 09 Apr 2019

                          Lg keeps on screwing up. They make good phones for the price but not best phone. For $610 on tmobile, u cant beat this phone for the price.

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                            • 09 Apr 2019

                            Now please LG make it without PWM and I'll buy it

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 09 Apr 2019

                              LG and there stupid mistake some variant comes with 6 gig of ram and some variant comes with 4 gig of ram and some with dual camera others with triple camera including no update shame in you LG even Sony Xperia XZ premium got Pie update and March security patch LG and still stuck with android 8.0 on G7.

                                LG is making decent phones, but they can't seem to perfect their phones still. There's always something not quite good enough about their phones as of late.

                                They should try less gimmicks and add more useful features. Also, price their phones reasonably, as per their current brand value.

                                  where is android 9 for my USA lg g7? only south korea g7 got android 9. you serious lg ?
                                  how do you plan to move your g7 users to g8 ? more than 12 months ago released, no android 9 yet. there are phones september 2018 with android 9 for god sake

                                    why usa did not get the rear 3-cam setup? that's some big mistake.

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                                      • 09 Apr 2019

                                      [deleted post]It is a proof that oled saves less power compared to LCD than people think.

                                      When image is majority black the LCD uses more power than oled, because for oled in the black areas pixels are OFF. While on LCD whole pixels are ON.

                                      When image is majority white, oled uses 2x the power of LCD. While LCD uses same amount no matter colour displayed.

                                      For other colours, both are equal.

                                      Since the most used apps are the browsers and it is pretty rare to see a website that offers option to go black, oled loses advantages.

                                      A9 2018 : 100.2 cm2 oled, 14nm cpu, 3800 mAh = 88h
                                      XA2 Ultra : 99.2 cm2 LCD, 14nm cpu, 3580mAh = 100h

                                      Difference of screen size is small. Almost 250mAh for A9 and still 12h behind with oled.


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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 09 Apr 2019

                                        Gsmarena should have reviewed the triple camera version!

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