‘LG’s next flagship will come with display innovation’

LG G7 is likely to offer improvements over the G6, but which chipset it will use remains to be seen.

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It’s almost certain that the G7 will be getting a plastic OLED FullVision panel, just like the V30 and V30+. (Representational image of LG G Flex 2)

The next flagship from LG, expected to be the G7, will have some sort of “display innovation”, Advait Vaidya, Business Head – Mobile Communication for LG India, told indianexpress.com on the sidelines of the launch of the V30+. Declining to disclose details, he said the company will continue to focus on the OLED FullVision display technology as a key driver of product innovation.

The South Korean major has been a pioneer in the OLED display technology, along with its arch rival Samsung Electronics. The two companies have perfected the display technology and together dominate the OLED display market globally. LG this year launched the V30 (including the V30+) with a plastic OLED display. This marked the company’s first phone since 2015 to feature an OLED display. It previously used the OLED display technology on a phone when it released the G Flex 2, though it had a curved design.

Whether or not, the G7 will be different from the G6 is still not clear. But it’s almost certain that the G7 will be getting a plastic OLED FullVision panel, just like the V30 and V30+. For the past few weeks, the internet is abuzz with rumours of LG launching the G7 flagship smartphone as early as January next year, possibly at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. LG traditionally announces its first flagship smartphone of the year a day before Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, which kicks off in February. And this year, too, LG revealed the G6 during the MWC 2017.

LG G7 is likely to offer improvements over the G6, but which chipset it will use remains to be seen. Vaidya has refused to comment on whether the LG G7 will be powered by a Snapdragon 845 mobile processor, which recently has been made official at Qualcomm’s annual tech summit in Hawaii. It’s been repeatedly claimed that Samsung has first dibs on the Snapdragon 845, though this hasn’t been confirmed yet. LG has been careful in slipping out details about the G7. After all, it will be the company’s first flagship smartphone for the next year.

Anuj Bhatia

Anuj Bhatia is a personal technology writer at indianexpress.com who has been covering smartphones, personal computers, gaming, apps, and lifestyle tech actively since 2011. He specialises in writing longer-form feature articles and explainers on trending tech topics. His unique interests encompass delving into vintage tech, retro gaming and composing in-depth narratives on the intersection of history, technology, and popular culture. He covers major international tech conferences and product launches from the world's biggest and most valuable tech brands including Apple, Google and others. At the same time, he also extensively covers indie, home-grown tech startups. Prior to joining The Indian Express in late 2016, he served as a senior tech writer at My Mobile magazine and previously held roles as a reviewer and tech writer at Gizbot. Anuj holds a postgraduate degree from Banaras Hindu University. You can find Anuj on Linkedin. Email: anuj.bhatia@indianexpress.com ... Read More

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