Hello Guys! In the first half of the year, LG released the Velvet and a new Form factor smartphone which the screen can be rotated In the second half So today, I want to review the LG WING after a week of use. I haven't rent LG electronics since V50 I was so attracted by the WING official advertisement, so I quickly request for a rent I was a little disappointed with the Velvet when I saw it in real But this guy has a way better usability than I expected Moreover to that, the one that I rented is a sample phon.
so it might have a bit of difference from the official version LG WING is a new Form factor so it seems a normal smartphone but when I swivel it It is very distinctive and gives large screen view The back design is more classy and prettier than I thought The smartphone with popped out camera design these days are becoming very similar When I looked at this guy, I felt that the design had a bit of a mixture of iPhone and Galaxy I mean, emphasizing the camera lens reminded me of Galaxy, and carving glass design reminded me of iPhone I'm not criticizing. This is actually a compliment WING has two colors; Blue and Black.
Especially when outside The color, as you see, changes its color in different light reflection and I think it is really pretty Moreover to that, the back design is very similar to Note20 so when I took it outside I had quite many people asking whether this is S20 or Note20 And the front receive speaker is almost invisible which I really liked When I look closely, the speaker has a hole at the edge When I swivel and turn over, there is a hole at the back of the speaker.
The previous phones had some issues with brightness or color uniformity But WING had quite good quality in display The thickness, I felt, was thinner than I expected. Especially when I swivel the screen I thought "Uh? It is rather thin for two screens attached" Because the upper part of the display didn't contain a punch hole or notch so it looked very simple and chic However, I wish the second display didn't contain bezel It stands out, especially when the screen gets brighter.
But when I grab it with my hand It hides most of the part, so it didn't really bother me much The intensity of illumination and the approximate sensor is loaded one in the main display and one in opened posture. A total two are loaded Normally these kinds of electronics have doubts with durability, but LG mentioned The WING passed 200K times swivel test and as I said before, LG makes quite high-quality hardware nowadays So I didn't really... doubt its durability But LG said it passed military specification but this criterion is when it is in a closed position With durability, the main display has a bit of a gap with the second display I can feel a bit of a gap in left and right.
But if it doesn't have the least gap and tightly attached It has more chance to break. When I use it horizontal, I don't feel the gap unless I hold it like this. This doesn't seem big dear for me But then, when I type something in a closed position, I could quite feel the gap The WING is loaded with dual spring and hydraulic damper When I test it, it feels quite nice. I mean.. it reminds me of the old feature phone? LG had a rotating phone like this. Wow~ I knew they like rotating since this phone I'm quite concerned about the weight.
It weighs 260g which is lighter than the Galaxy fold But very close to it which means it is a lot heavier than normal smartphones But when I carried it, I thought "It doesn't really feel heavy to carry around" It was like when I lift the Fold in a closed position, it felt a bit heavy But when I opened and used as a tablet, the weight felt relatively lighter But the one drawback is when I type something, my hand has to Go down from the main to the second one and the center of gravity is tilted to the upper part I didn't like the feeling of dropping it which the center of gravity not stable while I type something And they removed an earphone socket While I used it.
I found out the button is very hard to press It is good that the volume button is classified but it is just too thin and small Particularly, when I swivel, the button is located behind the screen So general mature man would have difficulty pressing it LG was aware of it so they added a function in the second screen When you slightly swap down, you will see the volume and brightness adjustment If they didn't add this, I would say "What the.
Who designed this button?" It is applied with 3M coating for waterproof and protection from dust so it got IP54 class In the past, I dismantled the Fold and Z flip. Do you remember the rainbow color coating on the mainboard? I think the coating for the WING used a similar method But you know? This position is quite nice. In general, we carry the phone like this while watching something and it feels like it's gonna fall off But with the WING, you just need to hold the bottom screen which feels much safe to hold 2.
Special features Personally, what surprised me was that, as LG mentioned during the presentation, They actually prepared a lot and released with software support For example, the front camera is hidden inside And it hides in and out whenever the camera opens And the indication illuminates Do you know what is really cool? If, somehow, I drop the phone, right away The camera automatically goes in and you can bring it back out.
I think this detail is really cool Honestly, the coolest thing was that it is possible multitasking with the second screen while while I was playing a video on the main screen I can definitely say the WING is way batter for consuming contents than V50 with dual screen And you can display two apps simultaneously on the main screen As I show you the detail, if I play a video on the main and the other on the second At this point, if I want to type a message Like this, a small keypad pops out.
If I don't do multitasking, The full-size keypad pops out which is very convenient But this issue is something that LG has to cooperate with Google to resolve But then when I play Youtube, there is a simple control window pops out Except this, I can't really control any other functions If I want to apply these functions, I need to open the Whale browser With Whale browser, I can play a video and open the comments or other things The option for high-definition is up to 720P but when I checked it officially supports FHD Youtube is not officially supporting the WING so LG cooperated with the Whale So to use these functions, you need to open with the Whale browser Which is a bit inconvenient.
Another interesting thing is when I close the main screen in halfway The touch is not working to prevent the malfunction This is something that LG could miss, but they caught with the small details To play the typing game like Among Us, it is really useful But to play with the joystick on the main screen and go down to the keyboard isn't very handy. When I actually play a game with the WING I didn't really swivel the screen and play And the main screen is quite far to use with only one hand So LG loaded interesting function for this When I swap down, there is a function called LG touchpad.
I can bring mouse point like this I can control the main screen with the point but TBH, rather than adjusting with this, It's much better to just touch it once because it takes quite some time to adjust with detail And I need to use two fingers to scroll Thus, I rather just touch once to get over with That's why I wonder this function is really necessary? They could rather load something like joystick functions at the bottom screen
The other thing I want to mention is that the WING is mainly using the screen horizontally but there are so many apps which don't support this For example, IG is fixed with vertical, so even though I swivel the screen, it stays vertical Even for those like Green Car, Socar, Express bus, T-money don't support the swivel screen So even if I open the apps, I still have to look at it vertical Furthermore, with these apps, I can't even open the keyboard on the second screen With the presentation, the WING can be rotated to the side or main screen to the bottom But because the main screen is thin and has a bit of a gap Holding it like this seemed very unstable.
And in this way, the second becomes the main You can still use it in that way, but I didn't really prefer this way 3. Camera The camera improved a lot. Firstly, the wide-angle lens which was removed from the Velvet Was loaded on this with OIS. As we anticipated, instead of a telephoto lens They used the method of cropping with 64M pixels.
The quality of the main camera was quite good when I tested There is a big difference between containing OIS or not The interesting thing is that when I swivel, the camera mode automatically turns on Image stabilization works in EIS mode, not OIS "Uh? Isn't this super wide-angle lens? Why does it look like a wide-angle lens?" This is because the phone crops the image to stay in stabilization This gimbal mode is actually greater than I expected.
personally like Pan follow mode to Follow mode When I use this mode, the camera films the video like it is installed with a gimbal And has almost no hand-wringing with really good quality Furthermore, I can control the movement of the camera lens with a joystick If I reach the end, it displays like that.
I can also move to the right, up, and down I can utilize the super wide-angle camera like this The reason is because of two of each compass and gyro acceleration sensor are Loaded compare to existing smartphones and you can think of this as Galaxy super steady but as I actually tested, there was some difference in utilizing Hence, this guy is not just preventing the hand-wringing It actually applies various mode like gimbal Especially with Pan follow mode, doesn't this movement very smooth just like using a gimbal? When I also rotate the phone itself, it maximizes the focus of the location This function is way better than I thought.
However, the drawback is this mode is only used with super wide-angle and pan follow mode Which means it has trouble catching the close object clearly This is the limitation of a super wide-angle sensor which isn't very welcoming. As you see here, when I touch FHD, it changes to HD and FHD again. Most of the smartphone These days, in which take photos by 4K a lot, and FHD resolution quality itself isn't very good neither I thought "Do I really have to give up the resolution to use this mode?" And with swivel mode, dual recording, gimbal mode, Time-lapse, slow motion, except those, the basic functions are not applicable What I mean is that you must close the screen to use the basic functions like Photo, video, portrait.
So at first, it took my attention And the swivel contains stability and good function But because of the high-definition, people who like to take professional videos might Just pursue the smartphone with high-definition and good quality gimbal The overall functions are really well-made 4. Disappointment & Future improvement With the release of a new Form factor, LG prepared a lot which they usually didn't do before But as I testes, I found some disappointments and improvements for the future The biggest and the very first one would be the processor Secondly, a mono speaker.
I thought swiveling the main screen and play a video Would be really cool but as soon as I play a video, it turned me off It was because of a mono speaker. The quality of the speaker is also too generous? I think they had no other choice but to remove a speaker because to reduce the thickness of the WING But the WING is mainly focused to consume contents but with a mono speaker? I'm not sure 5. Specification The processor is a diffusion version which is loaded with Qualcomm SnapDragon 765G That is why this guy is really really slow I'm looking at the screen right now If I rotate the phone Do you see it? The display rotates now.
I rotate again See? It got a little faster but wow... this reaction velocity is... Just too slow. When I also bring the keyboard out while I use both screens It literally takes ages to bring it out I think the biggest problem of the WING is that as if I'm carrying two phones when I'm actually carrying one phone In conclusion, I can't really transfer apps between two screens It is like attaching two phones and carry them For example, I'm holding it with one hand and I want to open the Google play On the main screen, not the second one but then, I can't really transfer from one to another There isn't even a button to transfer. So if I want to open the Google play I have to open the app separately.
Basically, if I'm watching Youtube and want to transfer the SMS to the main to check But there isn't any way I can. I have to turn it off here And open on the main, so specially when I swivel the screen, I mainly use the bottom screen as the main control Perhaps, transferring or display the app to the main should be more freely applied For instance, the cover display on the Fold would be easily transferred Or open two apps simultaneously And change the display location of the app with a touch These functions are what the WING is needed.
Thus, for the WING's success, it has to be a lot more convenient And the inconvenience of fingerprint recognition. It is fine using in a closed position But once I swivel with my right hand and as I'm holding It is too far to reach for recognition. So in my case, I registered left fingerprint I wish the fingerprint recognition function should be loaded in both the main and the second The rest specifications are 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and 400 mAh battery The battery is the wire for 25W and wireless for 12W As I actually used the WING, it is a very well-made smartphone than I thought However, the WING had very specific targeting It is more tailored to people who enjoy the content such as Youtube and baseball match than a typical bar-type smartphones.
So the WING is more useful to use in horizontal But if it is used more in vertical? Then it is gonna be Just a big heavy inconvenient phone. LG has released a phone that is quite well-made for new Form factors and software support But there are many steps that LG has to overcome particularly with software LG themselves indeed prepared a lot But it is a teamwork. In the Google android, LG has to work more with third-party And internal functions that can be more easily approached.
The biggest disappointment with hardware is the processor And mono speaker but think of them as the biggest drawback I think the WING is a pretty good quality phone In another way, they could have more and better specifications When they released a new Form factor. I can understand some parts with the camera But the stuttering and reaction velocity is a bit disappointed.
Anyways, this is it for today I was quite surprised by the new smartphone from LG But then I can't stop concerning about the software support And how would LG overcome and resolve? The WING has the possibility of being a temporary phone like G5 or not Let's see what would happen with it. So Thank you for Reading Guys.
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