14 DAY TRIAL // LG is expected to announce the successor to last year’s V20 sometime this year, but not much information about the upcoming smartphone is known. Recently, reputable leakster Evan Blass shared images of “old-ish mockups of Project Joan, a.k.a. the LG V30.”
The leakster has mentioned that it’s “not clear if the project is still headed in this direction,” meaning that this might not be the final design of the unannounced smartphone. That being said, the images reveal a new design for LG’s V series, one that features a slide-out secondary display.
The secondary display is one of the trademarks of LG V’s series of smartphones, but the new design makes the second screen slide out, just like the keyboard on BlackBerry’s Priv. The primary screen will surely be larger than the secondary one, with the latter providing more space to display various content.
LG V30 is said to arrive this September
Moreover, LG could provide a keyboard option on the secondary screen when messaging apps are active, so that the primary screen’s functionality would be maximized. In addition, the secondary screen won’t completely hide behind the front panel; a section of it will be visible at the bottom and will show information like the current date, hour and temperature, together with recently received notifications.
The design isn’t completely new to LG smartphones, as the company’s LG Chocolate from years ago featured a slide-out keyboard too.
The images also show a different design for the rear camera, compared to the vertical dual-lens setup found on last year’s V20. The camera setup has a square form with a number of sensors and presumably two lenses.
Rumors say that LG intends to announce the new V30 in September and that the phone could feature an OLED display, but it remains to be seen if this will remain the final design of LG’s upcoming premium smartphone. The V30 is expected to run the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 platform and feature at least 4GB of RAM, if not 6GB.
