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Review | LG Velvet review: sexy, futuristic and stylish, and a match for the iPhone, apart from lower photo quality
- LG Velvet has a new aesthetic and plenty of slick features, and feels like a premium phone despite its US$599 price tag
- The only letdown, when compared to an iPhone, is the quality of the photos it takes
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LG’s newest smartphone, the mid-range LG Velvet, comes loaded with stylish hardware and sleek fingerprint-reading technology, and comes as the Korean tech giant adopts a new design language and device naming scheme.
Could the new flagship phone convert an Apple addict?
I’ve been #TeamiPhone for 10 years, trapped in the iOS ecosystem and pretty satisfied with every other smartphone release, including the latest iPhone 11 Pro Max. Still, I spent a week testing out the LG Velvet, and it had me captivated almost as soon as I unboxed it.
LG says the phone is meant to “usher in an era of elegance”. Here are some of my main takeaways.
Design and hardware
The LG Velvet represents a departure from the company’s old G-series names like LG G8, and it also takes on a new exterior aesthetic. Earlier this year, LG teased with futuristic renderings of the phone online, showcasing a polished, reinvented device with a new camera layout.
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