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Shiny is hip! LG G6 rumored to sport a glass back, borderless edge-to-edge display, and other goodies

posted by Paul K.

Dec 29, 2016, 4:25 AM

Shiny is hip! LG G6 rumored to sport a glass back, borderless edge-to-edge display, and other goodies

So, for the past couple of days, we've been seeing various leaks and renders of the upcoming LG G6. The rumors suggest that LG has given up on the modular concept, which was introduced with the G5 and widely ignored by the general public, and is moving to a more conventional take, evolving the G5's shapes.

Now, another leak sheds some more light on what LG may have in store for us. According to the anonymous report, the G6 will sport a glass panel on its back, and what some call a “2.5D display” on the front. Don't worry, 2.5D isn't something mind-bogglingly techy — it's just a way to describe a glass panel, which goes almost fully end to end, leaving almost no side bezels, and is arched in a way that makes it transition seamlessly into the phone's body. That very arch is why the term 2.5D was coined. Not entirely accurate, but hey — neither is “4D cinema”.

Back to the G6 rumors, the leakster says that we will be seeing wireless charging and water-resistance added to LG's flagship — long overdue features, especially considering that the manufacturer has Samsung's Galaxy phones to compete with. Display size is said to remain the same as the one on the G5 – 5.3 inches. Maybe the G6 will be slightly more compact, then?

Thanks for the tip!

source: TheAndroidSoul

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19 Comments

20. Jackdaw

Posts: 66; Member since: Mar 10, 2016

I want LG 4 shape, 5.5 screen but less bezels! That would be perfect. Why go for smaller screen when you can just make a more compact phone by chopping off the top and the bottom off a bit.

posted on Dec 30, 2016, 4:16 AM 0

18. PHYCLOPSH

Posts: 657; Member since: Jun 28, 2014

Sounding great in the looks department. Whatever you do though, don't buy an AT&T model. They will always be about 6 months behind with their software updates because they don't give a damn about their customers and would rather you buy a new phone to get the latest version of Android.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 6:38 PM 0

17. ezfidel

Posts: 63; Member since: Dec 25, 2012

How about AMOLED screen display? If I wanted a old IPS screen I'll use a iPhone.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 5:35 PM 1

19. Romantico3pe

Posts: 180; Member since: Sep 14, 2015

No thanks, If i wanted crappy prone to burn in screen ill buy samsung

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 8:24 PM 0

16. monoke

Posts: 1215; Member since: Mar 14, 2015

So glass looks to be design choice of all major oems except htc... Interesting.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 1:08 PM 0

14. BoiledCabbage

Posts: 8; Member since: Dec 29, 2016

LG Work on Battery and UI dammit

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 10:03 AM 2

13. Moose

Posts: 418; Member since: Jan 05, 2015

I agree about battery life. I don't care for LG's gimmicky approach since the LG G3, which I loved at first until I got fed up with its feeble battery life. I only buy phones now that have 2-day battery life, like the Lenovo Zuk series, the Meizu Pro 5, Xiaomi Mi 5 and the Xiaomi Redmi 3S. Why pay more for barely one day of battery life??!!

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 9:41 AM 0

12. NJSteve

Posts: 42; Member since: Aug 25, 2015

Droid Turbo has 3900 MA battery

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 8:19 AM 0

10. John-Knotts

Posts: 380; Member since: Feb 28, 2015

Yes. Please glass back! Wireless charging please!

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 7:07 AM 0

8. lallolu

Posts: 734; Member since: Sep 18, 2012

Please, no glass back!

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 5:30 AM 2

5. donrox

Posts: 204; Member since: Jul 18, 2014

"2.5D isn't something mind-bogglingly techy — it's just a way to describe a display panel, which goes almost fully end to end, leaving almost no side bezels" ???

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 5:09 AM 0

7. ibend

Posts: 6747; Member since: Sep 30, 2014

"leaving almost no side bezels"" iPhone also use 2.5D screen and still have lot's of side bezels

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 5:24 AM 3

4. shield

Posts: 908; Member since: Sep 12, 2015

LG G6 is good, but battery must be 3500mAh to compete with Samsung.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 4:38 AM 4

6. Settings

Posts: 2943; Member since: Jul 02, 2014

Battery capacity is half of the equation. A 2800mAh can compete with a 3500mAh in terms of battery duration.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 5:13 AM 0

9. shaineql

Posts: 522; Member since: Apr 28, 2014

Nope, not versus Samsung , especially not S8 with new exynos and 10nm ram (exclusive to S8 at the moment ).

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 6:06 AM 3

1. ThE_fLaSh

Posts: 26; Member since: Dec 10, 2016

Looking forward !!

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 4:28 AM 1

3. shaineql

Last year was about design , but this year it's about whole package, being monster. LG already missed the train, and look at Samsung , S8 is shaping to be a beast.

posted on Dec 29, 2016, 4:35 AM 2

11. trojan_horse

Posts: 5868; Member since: May 06, 2016

And the design of the phone in the thumbnail photo of this article is roughly the back of the Galaxy S7, with an (unusual) LG logo at the back... It's clearly fake, bruh.