LG G-series of smartphones

2019: Time-of-Flight technology in LG G8 selfie camera

On February 7, 2019 it became known that LG Electronics company together with Infineon Technologies AG provided Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology which will be estimated by fans of a selfie worldwide.

The touch chip of REAL3TM of Infineon company will become the main component of the front camera of the LG G8 ThinQ phone. It is joint development and result of experience of two companies: Infineon and pmdtechnologies — in the field of algorithms of processing of three-dimensional clouds of points (sets of the measuring points in space received using 3D - scanning). This sensor will provide higher level of opportunities of the front camera of the smartphone.

While other 3D - technologies use difficult algorithms for calculation of distance from an object to a camera lens, the chip of the sensor of the image of ToF provides more precise measurements, taking the infrared light reflected from an object. Thus, the ToF technology works quicker and more effectively, using surrounding light. It reduces load of the processor and, therefore, energy consumption.

Thanks to the high speed of a response the ToF technology is widely used in different methods of biometric authentication, such as face recognition. Moreover, as the ToF technology sees objects in 3D and its effect does not decrease because of light from external sources, the speed of recognition is provided as indoors, and on the street. It is ideal for work with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

We showed the service exceeding expectations and requests of smartphone manufacturers, modules of cameras and related. We expect that within five years in the majority of smartphones will appear 3D - cameras and Infineon company will make in it the significant contribution. Andreas Urschitz, head of department of Power Management & Multimarket of Infineon company

Considering the aspiration of LG company to provide this value for the mobile consumers, our leader was from the very beginning developed using ToF technology to provide to users the safe system of verification without decline in quality of operation of the camera. LG G8 ThinQ with ToF technology will become the optimal choice for users who need the premium class smartphone with excellent opportunities of the camera. Chang Ma, the senior vice president and the head of division of Product Strategy in LG Mobile Communications company

2018

LG G7 Fit

On November 13, 2018 the company LG Electronics reported that smartphone LG G7 Fit will be available for sale in a number of the countries Europe, Latin America Asia, Africa and Near East.

According to the company, LG G7 Fit is created for the users interested available bonus cameras, the display and audio at more attractive price. The smartphone looks elegantly, thanks to design of the body. LG G7 Fit is reliably protected from dust and moisture according to IP68 standard.

The smartphone works on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, is equipped with 4 GB operational and up to 64 GB of an internal memory that provides the high performance of the device for games, watching video or listening of music. LG G7 Fit is equipped with QHD+ FullVision the display (3120 x 1440 pixels) with the diagonal of 6.1-dyum and an aspect ratio 19.5:9. The bright display provides 1000 nit brightness that the display image was browsed under direct sunlight.

The intelligent camera offers eight modes of shooting optimized by means of artificial intelligence at choice. Besides, it is possible to apply manually additional effects when further processing the image.

LG G7 Fit is equipped with the 32-bit digital-to-analog converter Hi-Fi Quad от LG providing sounding when using with high-quality earphones. Thanking the boombox to the loudspeaker, the smartphone reproduces powerful basses, and using DTS technology: The X 3D Surround Sound provides virtual volume 3D - a sound, to 7.1-channel.

Main technical characteristics of LG G7 Fit:

• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
• Display: 6.1" QHD+ 19.5:9 FullVision (3120 x 1440)
• Memory: 4 Of GB of RAM / 32 GB / MicroSD (to 2tb)
• Camera:
  • the Main: 16MP standard (F2.2/76 °)
  • Frontal: 8MP wide angle (F1.9/80 °)

• Battery: 3000 mAh
• Operating system: Android 8.1 Oreo
• Sizes: 153.2 x 71.9 x 7.9 mm
• Weight: 158 g
• Network: LTE/3G/2G
• Connection:Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, Bluetooth NFC USB ac/4.2 BLE//Type-C 2.0 (compatibility with 3.1)
• Color schemes: Coal-black
• Other: New Second Screen/Intelligent camera / Boombox Loudspeaker / Google Lens/QLens/32-bit DAC / DTS: The X 3D / Protection against water also raise dust IP68/HDR10 / Recognition the person / Sensor fingerprint / Technology of fast charging the Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 / Military the standard of reliability of MIL-STD 810G/FM radio

LG G7 ThinQ

On May 14, 2018 the company LG Electronics (LG) provided smartphone LG G7 ThinQ which reproduces high-quality sounding, both in earphones, and without them. The Boombox loudspeaker provided in the LG G7 ThinQ smartphone increases the power of basses more than by 6 dB (twice), reported in the company.

The LG G7 ThinQ smartphone uses own resonant camera as the low-frequency loudspeaker for more powerful reproduction of basses

Considering that many users prefer to connect to the smartphone external Bluetooth dynamics to improve quality and to increase sounding volume, developers of audio equipment LG found a method to implement the resonator of bigger volume in LG G7 ThinQ to provide antenna gain. Thanks to Boombox, LG G7 ThinQ can reproduce a powerful sound without connection of external loudspeakers. For this purpose it is necessary to put LG G7 ThinQ on a plain surface or a support, in such provision the smartphone uses own resonant camera as the low-frequency loudspeaker for more powerful reproduction of basses, noted in LG Electronics.

According to representatives of LG Electronics company, the smartphone will please the users preferring to listen to music in earphones, the offering effect of a surround sound of DTS: The X 3D Surround Sound providing 7.1 channel reproduction without use of expensive earphones. DTS: X are supported by any content, creating feeling of depth of space and effect of immersion when listening.

LG G7 ThinQ smartphone. Photo: engadget.com

Also LG G7 ThinQ represents a 4-channel Hi-Fi DAC which gets for four digital-to-analog converters on one sound chip, reducing total harmonic distortion (THD) to 0.0002% and thus providing a high-precision sound playback. LG G7 ThinQ also supports a format of audio Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) guaranteeing high quality of sounding at small file size, emphasized in LG Electronics.