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LG’s new foldable dual-screen phone hands on: practical, sleek, sturdy – the future for folds?
- The G8X ThinQ Dual Screen comes with a detachable second screen attachment that brings functionality not available elsewhere on the market
- As well as being able to run two apps side by side, some apps open over both screens, while the second screen can also be used for a keyboard or game pad
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Back in February, LG unveiled a 5G phone with a second screen attachment named the V50 Dual Screen. It proved to be a surprise hit, selling 500,000 units in its native South Korea despite 5G connectivity still being in its infancy.
At this week’s IFA in Berlin, LG is back with an improved version of the dual-screen device: a more mainstream release named the G8X ThinQ Dual Screen.
As the name suggests, the G8X is an iterative update to LG’s earlier flagship, the G8. While the guts of the phones are virtually exactly the same – Snapdragon 855 processor, the same main camera hardware – the G8X updates the design with a smaller notch, a much improved 32-megapixel selfie camera, and an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Overall the G8X is sleeker and looks more in line with 2019 flagships than the G8, which had a somewhat dated 2018-ish design.
But it is the second screen attachment that makes the G8X worth considering, to be honest. It brings functionality to the device that nothing else on the market offers right now – unless you look back to 2016’s ZTE Axon M, but that phone would be severely underpowered today.
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