The LG V35 ThinQ was just unveiled without much
fanfare. It switches to the latest Snapdragon 845 chipset, but other than that
it is largely identical to the LG V30S ThinQ, which itself was mostly identical
to the original LG V30 save for the upgrade to 6 GB of RAM.
The V35 keeps the 6” FullVision OLED display with
HDR10 support. The camera department saw some improvements, mostly by borrowing
the dual 16 MP camera from the LG G7 ThinQ (the V30 had a 16 MP + 13 MP setup).
Same for the selfie camera, which moves up from 5 MP to 8 MP. The main camera
also borrows the Super Bright Camera mode (pixel binning) from the G7.
The phone features LG’s signature Quad DAC and
various sound enhancements, including DTS:X (with 3D virtualization up to 7.1 audio).
It will be bundled with a pair of Bang & Olufsen headphones. Also, the LG
V35 is MIL-STD 810G compliant and has IP68 water resistance, similar to the
company’s other flagships. The 3,300 mAh battery is 10% larger than G7’s
battery and there’s wireless charging and Quick Charge 3.0.
Again, the chipset is Snapdragon 845 (the V30 had
S835) and there’s 6 GB of RAM. The storage choices are 64 GB and 128 GB, plus
however much you put in the microSD slot. The phone will run Android 8.0 Oreo
out of the box plus the ThinQ smarts.
All in all, this is an LG G7 with a notch-free OLED
display. The price sits at a rather steep US$ 900, making this one of the most
expensive options in the US market currently. AT&T will start taking
pre-orders on June 1, units will be available on June 8.
