LG's 5G phone is coming next month with Snapdragon 855, unique vapor chamber
The LG V40 ThinQ
Proving to be nothing less than a flagship device, the offering will arrive powered by the recently-announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. This chip brings performance boosts of up to 45% over last year’s Snapdragon 845 and is also much more efficient thanks to its improved manufacturing process.
The final feature LG revealed about its upcoming device was related to its temperature. More specifically, the smartphone will feature a dedicated vapor chamber that is 2.7x larger than the heat pipe found inside the LG V40 ThinQ. Thus, overheating shouldn’t be a problem – current-gen 5G tech generates much higher temperatures.
Unfortunately, details about the smartphone’s design are yet to be shared. However, the company’s multiple comparisons to the LG V40 ThinQ suggest that perhaps the new device is a modified version of the latter. In any case, the implementation of a larger battery and new heat chamber indicate LG has fully dealt with the primary concerns associated with 5G smartphones.
The South Korean giant also revealed that it has surveyed over 1,000 customers based in South Korea and the US in order to fully cater to their necessities. And from the look of things, the primary focus will be the smartphone’s “multimedia utility.”
LG’s first 5G smartphone is expected to be a Sprint exclusive upon launch later this year in the US. Throughout Europe, though, the company is collaborating with a variety of operators in order to ensure availability.
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