Another week, another dual-screen phone, this time a T-shaped LG thingamy
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/09/15/lg_wing/
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We’ve already had the [1]Galaxy Z Fold2 from Samsung, which suggests Psion-style micro-clamshell operations and the [2]horribly-hard-to-repair Surface Duo from Microsoft, which suggests using it like a book.
LG’s idea is for one screen to twist to form a “T” shape, as depicted below.
The LG Wing.
The screen that forms the cross-bar of the T in the image above rotates into place from a position in which it completely covers the screen that forms the stem.
The twisting screen is the main monitor and is a 6.8-inch affair at 2,460 x 1,080. The smaller screen is a 3.9-incher at 1,240 x 1,080.
Out the back you’ll find three cameras at 64MP, 13MP and 12MP. The selfie-shooter is a 32MP unit. LG’s made it possible to use forward-and-rear-facing cameras simultaneously. LG says the phone also behaves as a Gimbal, the device that lets cameras pan, tilt and roll smoothly.
A Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G is under the hood along with 8GB of RAM and either 12GB or 256GB of storage, plus a micro-SD card slot for storage expansion.
LG suggests the device’s two screens either show different aspects of one app, or display two apps. In the latter mode the company thinks kids might texting while they watch movies on tellie by letting them text on the small screen while watching on the large one. In the former mode it wants developers to learn how to stretch their apps and has info on how to do so [3]here .
LG did not disclose the device’s price or when it will go on sale but has done deals with carriers to bring it to market. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/01/samsung_reveals_new_folding_stuff/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/14/surface_duo_ifixit_teardown/
[3] http://mobile.developer.lge.com/develop/lgwing/
[4] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: I actually like this idea
Me too, but I have a horrible image of a small piece of grit getting between the two screens and leaving a circular scrape mark. Maybe there's something to prevent that, time will tell.
Yeah nah
See above.
Two screens?
One screen is bad enough!
The Robin Reliant of mobes!
I wonder how long before the smaller screen starts to resemble the roof of the average Robin Reliant?!? I'm sure that the smaller screen will not end up with a bunch of curved scratches on ... no ... no way will that happen.
For those in non-Brexitting countries a Robin Reliant was a plastic shelled three wheeled conveyance that had a habit of rolling onto its roof then gently spinning. This left it with circular scratches that were the mark of many more than a few years old.
Re: The Robin Reliant of mobes!
Pedant alert;
It is a Reliant Robin not a Robin Reliant ( [1]Reliant being the manufacturer and Robin being the model).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Motors
Re: The Robin Reliant of mobes!
As a kid who spent time being driven around in a Scimitar (probably listening to Dire Straits), I agree.
Re: The Robin Reliant of mobes!
I had a right thing for them as a kid
Fantastic! Finally, someone has solved the problem of ...
Erm ....
I like this - much more useful than innovations from other manufacturers such as removing the headphone jack, removing SD-card slots, removing IR blasters or removing FM radios.
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Save money on the new LG dual screen rotata phone by joining your old phone to your new phone with an elastic band.
I actually like this idea
Well, sort of. Aside from the mechanical fragility of the moving parts. I guess we won't know how tough it is until a toddler gets their hands on it.
It's finally paying attention to what people actually do - people like to watch X while chatting to friends on whatsfaceinstatoktwit.