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LG's V10 dual-stacked screen smartphone is coming to Singapore after all!

By Liu Hongzuo - on 23 Dec 2015, 5:49pm

More on the Second Screen, dual cameras, pricing and availability

Second Screen?

The Second Screen is really an 2.1-inch IPS display strip at the top of the phone that's made for notifications.

The first of its key features is the Second Screen mentioned earlier and as shown in the above image. It’s a 2.1-inch IPS Quantum Display (160 x 1,040 pixels resolution at 513ppi) strip of screen stacked above the main display, next to the dual front cameras sitting on the left. By now, the Second Screen term should sound very familiar to you (here’s another hint - it’s also on a few smartphones with a certain edge from another Korean giant, though it's implemented differently). The Second Screen allows you to feed notifications to yourself, displaying a bunch of handy details like date, time, weather, remaining battery charge, and the ability to notify you when a call or text comes in, as well as the option customize it with shortcuts to your key apps. You can set the Second Screen to "always on", so you could have important information at a glance without the need to drain precious battery juice by firing up your main display. This draws reference to their refrigerator's door-in-door concept that we've seen in LG's home appliances range. While it’s not an entirely new concept, it is certainly a new feature for LG smartphones. 

Dual front cameras for wide angle selfies

Another highlight is the two 5-megapixel front facing cameras arranged horizontally, next to the Second Screen. The dual lens configuration allows the V10 to shoot 80-degree selfie shots, or 120-degree wide angle selfies. The V10 comes with an in-built algorithm that uses the two perspectives to reproduce the final image, very much like how our brain interprets inputs from the eyes. Dual front cameras are new to LG, but it’s been done before – like the Lenovo Vibe S1. If you’re more of a rear camera user, the V10 comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera with an aperture of f/1.8 and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) 2.0.
 

Better video recording 

The LG V10 also provides users with Manual Video Mode – you can adjust shutter speed, frame rate, ISO, white balance and focus while recording. Starting up Steady Record will activate electronic image stabilization for neutralizing handshake, and the V10 also comes with a built-in Video Editor.  

LG V10 comes in either Ocean Blue or Modern Beige (pictured).

Everything else

Finally, LG adds a fingerprint sensor on the Home button, which works as additional security, on top of the proprietary LG Knock Code. According to LG, the fingerprint sensor works with Android Pay (which is only available in the U.S. for now).

The LG V10 will be available on 16 January 2016, starting at S$1,088, from M1, StarHub, Singtel and other authorized LG Mobile retailers. For those who can't wait for it, Lazada Singapore has the export set in stock from S$867.

Meanwhile, if you want more close-ups of the phone in all its glory, check out our hands-on article direct from Korea.

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