LG G7 One hands-on preview: LG's first Android One phone is fast and looks good

So here's the quick specs breakdown: you have last year's Snapdragon 835 on board with 4 gigs of RAM, which sounds a lot like an upper mid-range phone these days. The bigger compromise is that the G7 One only comes with 32 gigs of on-board storage, a number that will likely start bothering you after a couple of months when you fill up the phone with music, photos and videos. Thankfully, there is a microSD card support, so we recommend that you get one for this phone.

But here is what is great about the G7 One: its software. We have pure Android 8.1 Oreo on board and only the apps that you need are pre-loaded, so you don't have to deal with bloatware. And without a heavy skin, the Android experience here is smooth and speedy. On the left side of the phone is an extra physical button that you tap to quickly open Google Assistant and we're thankful LG does not force an inferior voice assistant of its own on us.

One thing missing on the G7 One, however, is the dual camera from the flagship G7. You only have a single rear camera on this phone, so no super wide-angle shots are possible. The camera is a 16-megapixel one and the app comes with built-in Google Lens support, the service that allows you to point the camera at an object and you get useful information about this object. Google Lens still doesn't quite feel like a useful feature in our experience, as even with the provided demos by LG, it often took a couple of attempts to recognize some of the world's most iconic buildings.

What this G7 One shares with the original G7 is the audio experience. The large, all-screen sound chamber on the G7 is here on the G7 One as well, so you get a very powerful sound IF you place the phone on a flat surface that can vibrate and resonate with the sound waves. And yes, you still have a headphone jack and a 32-bit HiFi DAC for audio enthusiasts.

Overall, the LG G7 One, despite cutting some corners, is a device that we enjoyed using. It's speedy, it has a stylish design, it's well built and the interface is clean of bloatware. LG does not give any price or availability details just yet, but those will be coming soon.