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Is the Headphone Jack Back?

Kellen May 30, 2019

It took "courage" from Apple to start us down the headphone jack-less path in 2016. Motorola wasn't far behind them. Google followed their leads in 2017's Pixel 2 by suggesting USB-C and digital audio were better audio. OnePlus joined the party in 2018 after...

LG G8 ThinQ Review: Gimmicks Don’t Help Dated Software, Hardware

Tim April 9, 2019

LG announced the G8 ThinQ in late February. It's April now, and in this industry, with companies like Samsung announcing phones and then immediately making them available for order, holding off on launching your product can hurt you big time. Is the G8 ThinQ...

LG G8 ThinQ Pre-Orders a Go Through Select Retailers, Deals Aplenty to be Had

Tim March 29, 2019

Pre-orders for the G8 ThinQ from LG have begun at select carriers and retailers. LG announced this week that the phone would retail for $820, but in what can only be seen as an act of desperation to move units quickly, there shouldn't be any need to pay that...

LG G8 ThinQ Launch Details Announced, Pre-Orders Begin March 29 for $619+

Tim March 28, 2019

After being announced in February, and with it now almost being April, we finally have availability and pricing details for the G8 ThinQ from LG. The big news is that pre-orders for the device begin tomorrow, March 29. The second piece of big news is that the...

There Might be 100 Million Phones Launched With Google Assistant Buttons This Year

Kellen February 24, 2019

A lot of smartphone news dropped today (that we're working to bring you), including multiple stories from us on LG G8 ThinQ. You should read up on that, but Google wants you to know about it because it's another phone from LG with a Google Assistant button....

LG Announces G8 ThinQ and V50 ThinQ at MWC (Updated: Carriers)

Tim February 24, 2019

At MWC this weekend, LG made the G8 ThinQ and V50 ThinQ official for the US. For the G8 ThinQ, LG is implementing a Crystal Sound OLED panel, which turns the display into a speaker diaphragm, eliminating the need for a front-facing speaker. You'll notice in...

LG G8 ThinQ, V50 ThinQ Specs (Official)

Tim February 24, 2019

To go along with the official announcement of the G8 ThinQ and V50 ThinQ from LG at MWC, we've got all of the specs you need to know about! For the G8 ThinQ, highlights include its 6.1" QHD+ Crystal Sound OLED display, Snapdragon 855 processor, 6GB RAM, 128GB...

VIDEO: LG G8 ThinQ First Look!

Tim February 24, 2019

Crystal Sound OLED. Time of Flight camera. And of course, Quad DAC. If you couldn't already guess, I'm referring to the G8 ThinQ from LG, which was made official this weekend at MWC in Barcelona. Ahead of its unveiling, LG invited us to go hands-on with the...