LG needs to stay away from the iPhone X look
LG decided to skip one of the industry’s biggest trade shows because all eyes would be on Samsung at MWC 2018. Its rival brought the Galaxy S9 to the trade show in Barcelona, causing everyone else to sit on the sidelines and watch. The V30S was announced, but that’s nothing more than a V30 with some artificial intelligence after a software update.
While there wasn’t a press conference for the public to see, the company actually did reveal a bunch of new stuff privately.
First, we thought YTNews discovered the canceled G7 or a prototype of something in the pipeline. Then we received confirmation from Evan Blass, the mobile industry insider at VentureBeat. LG actually brought its 2018 flagship to Barcelona but opted to hold off on making an announcement. Wandering eyes can’t help themselves, though, and the publication’s reporter recorded a brief video of the phone.
Normally it’d be exciting to see a flagship leak, but apparently, LG’s design team got the wrong inspiration this year.
Before getting into the design, let’s go over the specs. Both the leak and several sources confirming its authenticity have laid out high-end components. LG is expected to ship its next flagship with a 6-inch (3120×1440) display, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845, and a dual-camera setup on the back. Those three things are standard within the industry, so good on LG for sticking with the competition.
The phone should also have unique capabilities, and one of them appears to be a boombox-like audio experience leveraging a flat, hard surface to create additional sound.
It goes downhill from there, unfortunately. LG didn’t wisely use the extra time developing it asked for. The company will be announcing an iPhone X lookalike as if we haven’t seen enough of them already.
Edge-to-edge displays are welcome for all to implement. Notches, however, should be avoided unless you can create one similar to what’s on the Essential Phone. Apple may not have been the absolute first to use a notch, but it’s definitely the most recognizable. The iPhone X is the most popular mobile device in the world today. Why copy it? You’re asking for shame and embarrassment.
LG is seriously rolling the dice with this decision. Knockoffs and copycats aren’t new, but we haven’t seen well-known brands blatantly hop aboard that train. Like ASUS has done with the ZenFone 5, LG believes lifting from a competitor is the path to victory. Folks, it is not.
Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/03/02/lg-iphone-x-design-bad-idea/