The LG V50 Dual Display is cool, but is that enough? [VIDEO]

The LG V50 ThinQ was announced all the way back in February, but it only recently launched in the U.S. Unfortunately, the U.S. model doesn’t have one of the phones most unique features, the Dual Screen attachment, due to lack of POGO pins. XDA TV‘s Max Weinbach got his hands on the Korean model and the Dual Screen.

Max talks a lot about how the LG V50’s Dual Screen is cool, but that’s about it. He doesn’t find it particularly practical or even that useful. The big black bar separating the two displays is a big bummer. What the Dual Screen does more than anything is make the idea of a truly foldable phone, such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, more exciting.

There are a few other issues with the Dual Screen. LG talked a lot about how it can make gaming better by putting a full controller on the second display. However, Max didn’t find it to be that great. There is a plastic film over the display that causes drag when moving your finger. He doesn’t know if it’s removable or not. Check out the video below to see the LG V50 with Dual Screen in action.

Category	Specification
Display	6.4-inch, 19.5:9, QHD+ OLED
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 with Snapdragon X50 modem
Dimensions and weight	159.1 x 76.1 x 8.3 mm, 187g
Front Cameras	8MP f/1.9 aperture, 1.12μm pixels, 80° field-of-view5MP f/2.2 aperture, 1.0μm pixels, 90° field-of-view
Rear Cameras	Standard: 12MP f/1.5 aperture, 1.4μm pixels, 78.7° field-of-viewWide: 16MP f/1.9 aperture, 1.0μm pixels, 107.8° field-of-view Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4 aperture, 1.0μm pixels, 47.2° field-of-view
Memory	6GB LPDDR4 RAM
Storage	128GB storage, expandable with up to 2TB microSD
Battery	4000mAh
Software	Android 9 Pie with LG UX
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac / Bluetooth 5 / NFC / USB Type-C (USB 3.1 Compatible)
Colors	Astro Black
Other	Full-range Stereo Speakers / Boombox Speaker / AI CAM / Google Lens / Google Assistant / Super Far Field Voice Recognition / 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC / DTS:X 3D Surround Sound / IP68 Water and Dust Resistance / HDR10 / Face Recognition / Fingerprint Sensor / Qualcomm® Quick Charge 3.0 Technology / MIL-STD 810G Compliance / FM Radio

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