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It does most things reasonably well without really excelling or failing dramatically in any area. It produces colors that are attractive, if not always accurate, and its stills AF system is fast and effective. It also usually handles exposures well, underexposing only occasionally and even taking backlight situations in its stride unless the zoom is in use. Its video output is similarly pleasing in many situations, but the best results require a static shooting position and constant subject distance.
The inconsistent bokeh performance is a little disappointing and not up to the standard of the current leader in this area the Huawei P30 Pro. Read more about our Comment Policy. Camera Audio. Key camera specifications: Triple-camera setup Primary: 12Mp sensor with 1. Test summary. Bokeh mode results can be slightly inconsistent, with more artifacts than the best in class.
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Deal: Pick up the LG G8 for $399.99 ($100 off)
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We've got a standard-sized notch here, and respectably thin bezels, and a fingerprint sensor around the back not in the screen, an approach many a handset is going with. That camera doesn't have a protruding bump either, something of a rarity at the top-end of the market these days.
They might not all make it to your local store. Be warned that the glossy finish is a bit of a fingerprint and dirt magnet too.
It's sturdy too, with IP68 dust and water protection that means it can last for 30 minutes at a depth of 1. The LG G8 ThinQ certainly feels solid in the hand, and has that extra bit of premium class that you would expect from a flagship — the ever-so-slightly rounded edges and corners help here, as well as the thin bezels we've already talked about. At the bottom of the phone you've got a USB-C port, a single microphone grille, and a 3. The 6. With a pixels-per-inch resolution and a Thanks to those thin bezels, you can just about get around the interface with one hand, provided you've got relatively large hands though using two hands to get around is obviously easier.
LG has stuck with an old-school notch here, not a new-school hole punch cut out, but we don't really mind that — it's largely down to personal preference whether you'll find it annoying or not. The best displays make using your phone a pleasure, whether you're queueing up podcasts or doing some mobile banking, and the display on the LG G8 ThinQ delivers. It's perhaps not quite as stunning as the best screens put out by Samsung, but it comes very close, and we loved it. HDR10 and Dolby Vision support is included as well, for the apps that can work with the latest standards.
That Snapdragon and 6GB of RAM combination is just about the best you're going to get from an Android phone this year — other handsets might throw in some more RAM, but it's arguable whether it actually makes much of a difference. With the caveat that newly unboxed phones always feel snappier than they do two or three years down the line, we found the LG G8 ThinQ slick and responsive, buzzing between apps and menus with no lag whatsoever.
On a couple of more demanding racing and shooting games the LG G8 ThinQ didn't break sweat either: loading times were good, the action was smooth and stutter-free, and you're unlikely to come across a task that the phone struggles with. From the camera app to the web browser with multiple tabs open , and on to third-party tools like Google Maps and Spotify, the LG G8 ThinQ responded with performance that's as good as we've seen from any phone this year.
We now seem to be at the stage where smartphone specs are comfortably outpacing what we're actually doing with our devices. With specs like these under the hood you can rely on the LG G8 ThinQ to keep powering through day-to-day tasks for years to come — that longevity is one of the reasons to go for a top-end flagship rather than saving money on a more mid-range model. In benchmarking scores, the LG G8 ThinQ reached a commendable result in the multi-core tests and less well in other areas, though when you're actually using the phone we don't think you're going to notice any sort of sluggishness or slowing down.
We all want a smartphone with a good camera attached, and the LG G8 ThinQ doesn't disappoint — though it doesn't trouble the best smartphone cameras in the business either. The camera app is fast and fluid and comes with some useful options, but it can't match the likes of the Google Pixel 3 phones or the Huawei P30 Pro. The AI Cam mode that LG has offered before proves to be actually useful as well, rather than an unnecessary add-on — it can pick out the best settings for a shot when the lighting isn't ideal.
We love the wide-angle lens option the LG G8 ThinQ offers — though of course the same feature is available in just about every flagship now. It lets you fit much more inside the frame, and the camera app seemed to cope well in minimising the amount of distortion present at the sides of the picture. The LG G8 ThinQ handled close-ups and landscapes equally well in our testing, and the portrait mode with added background blur was more straightforward to use and more effective than on some other phones we've used in recent months.
There is a Night View mode here, which can pick out a bit more light in dark shots — it's not quite on Google Pixel levels but it helps, as long as you're keeping the camera very still. Expect good but not great results if you're trying to snap something in the dark. The 8MP selfie camera is perfectly adequate, as you might expect: it did a good job of capturing our selfies and group shots quickly and with decent clarity.
Of course you're not going to get shots of the same quality as the rear camera, but it does the job. It's a shame LG didn't put a dual-lens camera on the front of the phone as well, as wide angles can really help for group shots, but it has put a sensor that it calls a Z Camera: it's a time of flight TOF sensor you can find on several high-end phones now, which uses infrared light to better sense depth.
That means better portrait shots when you're using the selfie camera, but it also enables the hands-free gesture support that the LG G8 ThinQ offers — more on this below. The concept is the same—move your face in a circular motion to register it and simply look at your phone to unlock it—and in my testing it worked well. Not only did it fail to recognize my hand more than half the time, but I struggled to find a legitimate case scenario in which it would be useful.
Even if it worked, raising your palm to your phone while holding it with the other hand is cumbersome at best. Presumably LG is thinking of those times when your G8 is lying flat on a table.
Hand ID lets you unlock your phone by holding your palm in front of the time-of-flight camera. In theory, anyway. Instead of taps and swipes, you hold your hand about a six inches from the front camera until your hand is recognized. Then you can wave to do things like play music and answer calls, and twist to raise and lower the volume. It's something people are going to want to try out and it might even convince a few people to buy one. However, it doesn't nothing to make the G8 better.
It's still easier to press the buttons. There's nothing wrong with the G8's camera, there's just not much new about it either.
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Like the G7, the G8 has a dual camera, and the specs are very similar:. As such, the two phones take very similar pics. In an age of triple and quadruple cameras, the G8's array feels a little pedestrian. Its ultra-wide lens is no longer a novelty, and what was once a leading camera app is more or less run-of-the-mill now. The G8 left captured better color and detail than the G7 center in this Lego figure, but again, the Google Pixel 3 right is a clearly winner.
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The G8's camera offers a few improvements. However, the Pixel 3 right took the low-light crown, with better brightening and detail than either phone.