LG G7 ThinQ
ThinQ about this.
While LG may have left behind any notion of being a game-changing phone maker in recent years, the company has become quite reliable at producing exceptional all-rounder handsets. With the new G7 ThinQ, LG has delivered a phone with sophisticated AI smarts, a fantastic dual lens camera, a stylish design, a super bright QHD+ 18.9:5 notched display, terrific audio performance and top-end specs.
LG wants its awkwardly-branded ‘ThinQ AI’ functionality to be the big drawcard here, but having spent some time with the phone, it’s perhaps better suited to music lovers. Thanks to its built-in hi-fi quad DAC and DTS:X 3D Surround functionality (both of which require headphones to be plugged into its 3.5mm socket), the G7 ThinQ delivers an unrivalled audio experience in the smartphone arena. Switching on the quad DAC instantly makes audio richer and deeper, providing additional bass in the process, while the latter DTS feature also impresses by offering virtual 3D surround sound regardless of the headphones you’re wearing. It also packs an especially built-in loud speaker.
In terms of performance, the ThinQ did a good job of keeping up with the Galaxy S9 in graphical benchmarks; however, its Geekbench 4 single- and multi-core test scores (2,393/7,766) fell quite short of Samsung’s S9 flagship (3,656/8,842). Battery life was also underwhelming, offering around 6.5 hours of heavy usage — an hour or two less than most others.