LG announced the G8 ThinQ and G8s ThinQ at its MWC
event this February, and now it's almost ready to get round to actually
launching the latter. The Korean company will hold a launch event for the G8s
ThinQ in Taiwan on June 28. Hopefully the handset will quickly spread to more
markets after that.
The G8s ThinQ has a 6.2-inch 1080x2248 OLED
touchscreen, the Snapdragon 855 chipset at the helm, 6GB of RAM, 64 or 128GB of
expandable storage, a triple rear camera setup (12 MP f/1.5 standard, 12 MP
f/2.4 tele with 2x zoom, 13 MP ultra-wide), an 8 MP selfie shooter and an
additional ToF camera up front to enable hand gestures, and a 3,550 mAh
battery. It runs Android 9 Pie.
It will be offered in Carmine Red, New Aurora Black,
and New Moroccan Blue. It is IP68 water and dust resistant and MIL-STD 810G
certified for its ruggedness. It has a 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC, Crystal Sound
OLED technology, and support for both Face ID that's more secure than your run
of the mill Android implementation, as well as Hand ID (both made possible by
pairing the RGB selfie cam with the ToF sensor).
