LG Wing launching Sept. 14 to steal Galaxy Z Fold 2’s thunder

LG Fly launching Sept. 14 to steal Galaxy Z Fold two's thunder

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LG'southward strange Wing rotating dual-screen smartphone is tipped for a September 14 reveal, promising to bring a mid-range telephone to the marketplace with a pattern that makes the Microsoft Surface Duo await tiresome.

An official video from LG teases the new telephone by using a fancy return and confirms that it will be revealed on September 14. The video didn't really reveal the phone's aesthetic in total, but it tracks with the rotating screen design we've seen in previous leaks.

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Substantially, the LG Wing volition exist similar having ii smartphones on top of each other with 1 rotated xc degrees to provide a strange T-shaped dual-screen system. The main brandish measures in at 6.eight inches and the secondary display idea to exist around 4 inches.

While foldable phones with a large internal display or dual-screen devices that fold like a paperback volume seem practical, the LG Wing is a seriously left-field have on dual-screen devices.

Simply from other videos of the LG Fly, we see how its rotating displays can be used to create a form of sabbatum-nav and music command arrangement that yous tin mountain to a higher place your car's dashboard. The primary vertical screen provides the navigation data, while the horizontal secondary screen - or 'wing' if y'all desire - provides a suite of controls for music playback.

Given a lot of modern cars accept navigation systems and comprehensive music controls built into their infotainment organisation and dashboard, this setup might seem a little redundant and fiddly. But it at least gives u.s. an thought of what the LG Fly could be used for.

Also with the telephone rotated in a cross-similar orientation, the horizontal display could be used to view videos, while the secondary vertical screen is used to send messages and carry out other smartphone tasks. We're getting the impression that the LG Wing will very much be a phone that nosotros'd demand to try out to come across what we could do with its unusual accept on dual-screen phones.

Things are a little more pedestrian when it comes to specs, every bit the LG Fly is expected to come up with a mid-range Snapdragon 765G, which should requite information technology acceptable every-day performance and 5G connectivity. And it's expected to have a 64MP chief camera.

If the LG Wing is also released on September xiv it would arrive before the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, a revised accept on the Galaxy Fold that looks to accept fixed that foldable phone'south flaws and really congenital upon the dual-screen foldable telephone concept. While the LG Fly is interesting, its design doesn't look every bit practical as that of the Galaxy Z Fold 2, which will go on sale September eighteen, though pre-orders are live right now. But the LG Wing could steal some of the attending abroad from Samsung'southward flagship foldable phone.

Android Central reported that the LG Wing is expected to cost $1,000 in the U.Due south., which is a lot for a phone with a mid-range spec; the OnePlus 8 Pro comes in at $899 and has a serious flagship specification. In some ways, this could mean the LG Fly is dead-on-arrival, but we've not got long to await to meet how LG will position this odd dual-screen phone.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.1000. Editor at Tom'due south Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's also got an involvement in cars. When not at his desk Roland tin can be establish wandering around London, often with a wait of curiosity on his face.