LG V20 Review: A Powerful Camera and Video Capabilities Make it a Contender in the Market

One of the major highlights of the LG V20 is its camera, specifically the video recording side. The phone's dual front camera setup from last year's model is not present here, instead, it features a single 5-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/11. Although this may seem underwhelming at first glance, the wide-angle camera still offers 120 degrees of coverage.

On the other hand, the rear camera boasts a dual-camera setup, comprising of a 16-megapixel and an 8-megapixel combination. The wide-angle capture provides a fisheye-like effect, which was also seen in last year's model. However, LG has improved its stability with its new Steady Record 2.0 system, leveraging both electronic image stabilization and digital image stabilization to produce more stabilized footage.

The LG V20 also offers true manual control while recording video, making it a great option for those who want more creative freedom when capturing their videos. Although this feature is not new, it's still a standout among many of its competitors.

On the software side, the LG V20 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, which may seem impressive given that Nexus devices have already received the latest and greatest version of the platform. Nevertheless, LG's customized experience brings some unique features to the table, including side-by-side multitasking.

The phone's display is a 5.7-inch Quad HD IPS LCD screen with Gorilla Glass 4 protection, which is similar to last year's model. The Always-On Display has also been improved, with increased visibility from 35 minutes to 68 minutes, and the option for longer signatures.

Under the hood, the LG V20 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip paired with 4GB of RAM, providing smooth performance. However, benchmark scores suggest that it may not be the most powerful device on the market. The phone comes with 64GB of storage, which can be expanded via microSD card slots.

The battery life has also seen an improvement, with a 3200mAh power cell, which should provide better endurance compared to last year's model. However, there is still no support for wireless charging. A fingerprint sensor is present in the back, similar to the one in last year's G5.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso yeah the LG g5 was an interesting experiment for LG the innovation that came out of it was this idea of having a modular phone something that offered expanded functionality beyond what we're used to getting in smart phones but when Lenovo introduced its modular implementation LG's approach appeared Elementary by comparison still you could say it was an inviting new change with every 20 you'll be surprised by what changes it bares especially when the be 10 was regarded as one of the most underrated smartphones released last year an a 35 you know that the b20 needs to be even more successful four things really stand out the most the v20 the first relates to the new design it looks nothing like the V 20 which might be a good or bad thing depending on how you think of it gone is the ruggedized design with the be tender skin body and that stainless steel frame instead it's been replaced by the same metal construction we saw already with the g5 yes it's far more premium looking now but it means that the V Series no longer has the same identity despite the change the beech one is still offers a level of drop protection with its military grade standard even with the new metal construction at all to some it might feel more fragile than the v10 but doesn't seem to compromise its dirtiness at the same time they've trimmed down its overall size as well what's most interesting though is that it doesn't have the same modular approach you think it would with the button on the bottom right corner of the phone but it just allows the backplate to come off to provide us access to the battery secondly there's a big emphasis on its audio recording capabilities now the rumors turned out to be true with this one seeing that the LGB 20 features for Dax we're told that it reduces white noise by up to 50% you also have support for lossless music formats it has a 75 stage fine volume and you also get left and right balance control they've also increased clarity into the 132 decibel range up from the beat ends maximum level of 120 decibels add to that the new 24-bit rate and no compression you know that'd be 20 messing around when it comes to this kind of stuff the third major standout of the phone is its camera the video recording side to be exact before we get into that it should be noted that the dual front camera setup from lasher's model is not here anymore instead it's just a single 5 megapixel camera with an aperture of f11 now we're not too bummed out by this just because it's still a wide-angle camera that offers 120 degrees of coverage the dual camera implementation is instead reserved to the rear camera making it just like the LG g5 almost it breaks down to a 16 megapixel and 8 megapixel combination with the same wide-angle capture we've seen already give it almost that fisheye look however LG improved its stability thanks to its new steady record 2.0 system it leverages two things the gyro based electronic image stabilization and the image stream analysis based digital image stabilization so it ultimately makes footage more stabilized than before beyond that the LGB 20 acts much like its predecessor it's going to be great for shooting video since it's still one of the few to offer true manual control while recording video still we wish that some other modes and features besides stabilization were brought along for the ride there would have been four stand outs but this last one is somewhat overshadowed the LGB 20 has been teased in being the world's first phone to launch with Android 7.0 nougat that's all fine and dandy if it weren't for the fact that many of the Nexus brand devices have already received the latest and greatest version of the platform so yeah that's the little bit of the V 20 Thunder it's a little bit funny just because nougat brings to the table some features that we've been seeing already with LG's customized experiences take side-by-side multitasking for example it's now baked into the platform which means that more apps will be supported by it overall LG's take on nougat here with the b20 doesn't look visually dramatic as previous iterations for the most part it follows the recipe of maintaining a cleaner more straightforward approach everything else about the phone is pretty much expected it features a 5.7 inch quad HD IPS LCD display with Gorilla Glass 4 like the v10 and just like it we get the same always on second screen it functions in the same capacity as before but LG has improved it by increasing visibility from 35 minutes to 68 minutes you also have higher contrast and you have the option for a longer signature it's also no shock to know that it's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip coupled with 4 gigabytes ram it smooth and buttery with its performance from what we can see so far but based on the benchmark scores of all the other phones using the same chipset you know it's no slab here with the beach running either there are 64 gigabytes of storage which is the only option from the looks of it but there's expansion piates micro SD card slot the battery gets bumped up to a 3200 milliamp power cell which we hope will seriously improve its battery life the b10 was notorious for its atrocious battery life so open there's a significant improvement here and while it supports quick charge 3.0 there are still no baked in wireless charging support that again we're dealing with the metal phone here and finally the fingerprint sensor in the back is similar to the one in the g5 so there's nothing dramatically new about it LG is reluctant to mention the b20 s price right now leaving that for the carriers in the US - announced separately so more than likely be priced similarly to the note 7 so that's some reference to what we can expect now timing seems to be on LG side with the introduction of the V 20 seeing that it's being announced a little ahead of Apple's new iPhones and as well as hopefully capitalizing on the bow surrounding the galaxy note 7 at the moment full isn't here yet and as we know there will be plenty more phones coming onto the scene it's offering from LG favors a more practical convention and comparison to the g5 so if it's able to excel in the areas it alleges to be superior over the competition it'll surely be a phone to contend with so that's our quick hands-on look you can kind of tell they're kind of targeting audio files and people who are big into recording video so hopefully it really excels in those two areas so if you guys want to learn more about the LG b 20 you can check out our website and droid authority com this is John B signing offso yeah the LG g5 was an interesting experiment for LG the innovation that came out of it was this idea of having a modular phone something that offered expanded functionality beyond what we're used to getting in smart phones but when Lenovo introduced its modular implementation LG's approach appeared Elementary by comparison still you could say it was an inviting new change with every 20 you'll be surprised by what changes it bares especially when the be 10 was regarded as one of the most underrated smartphones released last year an a 35 you know that the b20 needs to be even more successful four things really stand out the most the v20 the first relates to the new design it looks nothing like the V 20 which might be a good or bad thing depending on how you think of it gone is the ruggedized design with the be tender skin body and that stainless steel frame instead it's been replaced by the same metal construction we saw already with the g5 yes it's far more premium looking now but it means that the V Series no longer has the same identity despite the change the beech one is still offers a level of drop protection with its military grade standard even with the new metal construction at all to some it might feel more fragile than the v10 but doesn't seem to compromise its dirtiness at the same time they've trimmed down its overall size as well what's most interesting though is that it doesn't have the same modular approach you think it would with the button on the bottom right corner of the phone but it just allows the backplate to come off to provide us access to the battery secondly there's a big emphasis on its audio recording capabilities now the rumors turned out to be true with this one seeing that the LGB 20 features for Dax we're told that it reduces white noise by up to 50% you also have support for lossless music formats it has a 75 stage fine volume and you also get left and right balance control they've also increased clarity into the 132 decibel range up from the beat ends maximum level of 120 decibels add to that the new 24-bit rate and no compression you know that'd be 20 messing around when it comes to this kind of stuff the third major standout of the phone is its camera the video recording side to be exact before we get into that it should be noted that the dual front camera setup from lasher's model is not here anymore instead it's just a single 5 megapixel camera with an aperture of f11 now we're not too bummed out by this just because it's still a wide-angle camera that offers 120 degrees of coverage the dual camera implementation is instead reserved to the rear camera making it just like the LG g5 almost it breaks down to a 16 megapixel and 8 megapixel combination with the same wide-angle capture we've seen already give it almost that fisheye look however LG improved its stability thanks to its new steady record 2.0 system it leverages two things the gyro based electronic image stabilization and the image stream analysis based digital image stabilization so it ultimately makes footage more stabilized than before beyond that the LGB 20 acts much like its predecessor it's going to be great for shooting video since it's still one of the few to offer true manual control while recording video still we wish that some other modes and features besides stabilization were brought along for the ride there would have been four stand outs but this last one is somewhat overshadowed the LGB 20 has been teased in being the world's first phone to launch with Android 7.0 nougat that's all fine and dandy if it weren't for the fact that many of the Nexus brand devices have already received the latest and greatest version of the platform so yeah that's the little bit of the V 20 Thunder it's a little bit funny just because nougat brings to the table some features that we've been seeing already with LG's customized experiences take side-by-side multitasking for example it's now baked into the platform which means that more apps will be supported by it overall LG's take on nougat here with the b20 doesn't look visually dramatic as previous iterations for the most part it follows the recipe of maintaining a cleaner more straightforward approach everything else about the phone is pretty much expected it features a 5.7 inch quad HD IPS LCD display with Gorilla Glass 4 like the v10 and just like it we get the same always on second screen it functions in the same capacity as before but LG has improved it by increasing visibility from 35 minutes to 68 minutes you also have higher contrast and you have the option for a longer signature it's also no shock to know that it's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip coupled with 4 gigabytes ram it smooth and buttery with its performance from what we can see so far but based on the benchmark scores of all the other phones using the same chipset you know it's no slab here with the beach running either there are 64 gigabytes of storage which is the only option from the looks of it but there's expansion piates micro SD card slot the battery gets bumped up to a 3200 milliamp power cell which we hope will seriously improve its battery life the b10 was notorious for its atrocious battery life so open there's a significant improvement here and while it supports quick charge 3.0 there are still no baked in wireless charging support that again we're dealing with the metal phone here and finally the fingerprint sensor in the back is similar to the one in the g5 so there's nothing dramatically new about it LG is reluctant to mention the b20 s price right now leaving that for the carriers in the US - announced separately so more than likely be priced similarly to the note 7 so that's some reference to what we can expect now timing seems to be on LG side with the introduction of the V 20 seeing that it's being announced a little ahead of Apple's new iPhones and as well as hopefully capitalizing on the bow surrounding the galaxy note 7 at the moment full isn't here yet and as we know there will be plenty more phones coming onto the scene it's offering from LG favors a more practical convention and comparison to the g5 so if it's able to excel in the areas it alleges to be superior over the competition it'll surely be a phone to contend with so that's our quick hands-on look you can kind of tell they're kind of targeting audio files and people who are big into recording video so hopefully it really excels in those two areas so if you guys want to learn more about the LG b 20 you can check out our website and droid authority com this is John B signing off\n"