The X500's biggest gimmick is this add-on case which transforms it into a dual screen phone. It does make this whole thing chunkier, but considering that people put cases on their phones anyway, the extra heft isn't too bad given the extra functionality.

As far as the second screen goes, it's basically a carbon copy of the V60's main display with the same color brightness and even has a notch. Though, this one does not have a camera in it. What's really important here is how Android takes advantage of the extra display.

I love how simple multitasking is on this V60. All you have to do is launch apps on the respective screens you want and you're practically good to go. Watch a YouTube video while playing Genin, browse Twitter while watching Netflix, or type A up Google Docs while doing research on Chrome - LG makes it easy. Multitasking lets you run any apps you want in tandem, and you can even save app pairings as presets on your home screen for easy access.

Then, for those times when you want to use the phone in single-screen mode, flip the auxiliary screen back, and it automatically shuts off to prevent accidental inputs and to save battery. Speaking of which, the dual-screen case does not have its own battery and actually draws power from the phone itself. I think this is an okay trade-off to keep the size down, and it doesn't drain the battery as much as I thought.

The V60's 5,000 Mah hour battery lasts through a whole workday and part of the evening while running apps in tandem on both displays. Now, don't get me wrong; the battery life is not amazing, but I think it's livable, and can certainly go farther with a bit of optimization.

However, all of this being said, I do have some big gripes with this case. For one, I don't like the way it looks, especially considering how nice the V60 looks stock. Cases will always dull the look of a phone, but this one in particular gets smudgy easily, especially on the cover portion. In fairness, it's nice that they give you a small screen for the time and some notification icons.

But this whole thing does not need to be glass again; this is dumb design, considering this entire case retailed for $100 back in the day, in fact, I paid 80 bucks for this in 2023, new in box, still feel like it was kind of a rip. Also, while somewhat unavoidable, another pain point that I had is that the secondary display is exposed to the elements when the hinge is fully open for full-screen use.

If you already have anxiety about cracking glass on your phone, imagine having a usable screen on both sides - not good. Additionally, I don't love the charging solution on this case; with the USBC port plugging into the phone inside the case, there's not a lot of room for pass-through power from the outside.

The solution that LG figured out was a low-profile file magnetic Pogo connector. Now, to its credit, it's pretty nice and convenient in the same way that old-school MagSafe was on MacBooks, but I don't like that it's proprietary. The case includes an adapter in the box that plugs into USBC on one end, but if you lose that tiny little guy, it'll cost $25 to replace.

If not for that, you'll be taking the V60 in and out of the case every single time you need to charge, which can imagine would be pretty annoying. For me personally, given the trade-offs, I rarely keep the case on anyway; the V60 just feels better in its purest form, simple design, but enthusiast-focused and relatively up-to-date on its software.

It's hard to ask for anything more except maybe LG to come back and give us a sequel - only one can dream. That's it; that's all I've got. Let me know what you guys think of the V60 in the comments below, and otherwise, thanks for watching this episode on Dany Channel, and also thanks to Soundcore for sponsoring today's video.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday we're looking at another smartphone with two screens and this one only cost $250 so let's Jump Right In This phone is called the V60 just like the wing we took a look at a few weeks ago this dual screen Contraption also comes from LG as a sort of last Harrah before the company shut down its mobile phone business in 2021 so that's a bit of the context but what is this all about well the V60 certainly looks unique but the phone isn't actually dual screen by default rather this is an official add-on case which works natively with the V60 popping the phone out reveals that it's all done via USBC but I'll get to the juicy details on that a little later on in the video because Beyond this insanely cool case the V60 itself holds more quirks to sink our teeth into first I want to talk about the basics starting with the design something that surprised me when I first held this phone after a few years is how well the aesthetic holds up even today the V60 looks particularly slick in this navy blue colorway just oozes premiumness especially with the gold rails it also feels good in the hands as well there's some heft to it but I really like the chamfered edges on the rails which helped to add some grip for this design as a whole I wouldn't expect anything less from LG's top-of-the-line Flagship for the time but especially if you're spending around $180 to $220 just on the phone alone it certainly doesn't feel like you cheaped out speaking of flagships unlike that LG Wing that I mentioned earlier the V60 is way more competent a SmartPhone by 2023 standards when it comes to Performance powered by a Snapdragon 865g this chip was Flagship spec for 2019 and still packs a solid punch in current day of course with this being an older phone you should curb your expectations appropriately but when we're talking about performance roughly equivalent to something like the newer tensor G2 on the pixel 7 suddenly this 3-year-old LG V60 doesn't look too shabby and on top of that it just got updated to Android 13 earlier this year so it's relative ly up to date on the software side though just keep in mind that technically it's the final year of committed software updates from LG and that you'll be on your own if you're planning on using the V60 long term however the real reason why any Enthusiast would look at the V60 today is because it truly embodied the idea of a no compromises Flagship oh look it's me I'm in the phone hi hi a where phone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung would consciously simplify and take away features from their high-end devices the gimmick with LG's V series phones was that they did the exact opposite which is to say keeping features in or adding ones that genuinely felt useful one of those that stood out to me a lot is the headphone jack sure these days Bluetooth headphones are pretty common but it's someone that still enjoys a nice pair of wired headphones every now and then the V60 scratches that itch with flying colors not only does it do the job but LG also fit this phone with a high quality deck trying out the V60 with my tried andrue cost Porter Pros or even my Sony CD 900 STS the sound quality I was getting was impressive especially while playing highres audio fil files on Apple music and depending on what headphones you're using messing around with the digital filters and presets built in can add a tasteful dab dab of color and excitement to the sound oh my God now I don't want to oversell the Dack I still think you can get better sound and more power for high impedance headphones when using an external USB one but again we got to appreciate the effort that l put in here speaking of excellent audio I'd like to take a moment to talk about the sponsor of today's video soundcore by anchor and the motion X500 their brand new compact High Fidelity speaker the X500 might look relatively small but you'll be impressed with how well it fills your room with sound with two full range drivers on the front and an upward firing one on top offering 40 watts of output total The Sound Stage is not only incredibly wide but the X500 also gets very loud as well with no Distortion at higher volumes the secret sauce for this impressive performance is soundcore spatial audio algorithm that works to make you feel a level of immersion that puts you right in the middle of your music combined with this speaker's ability to take in ldac audio over Bluetooth means you can play High Fidelity music with more clarity and detail well also having the freedom to move it around wherever the party goes the X500 is rated for 12 hours of playtime on its built in battery has ipx7 water resistance making it perfect for poolside hangouts or the beach and there is a ton of customization available on the app as well including equalizer presets to complement the music you love oh and there's also RGB up top that you can customize to your heart's content if you're interested in checking out the X500 for your yourself check out the link in the description and huge thanks to soundcore for sponsoring this video the v60's biggest gimmick by far is this add-on case which transforms it into a dual screen phone it does make this whole thing chunkier but considering that people put cases on their phones anyway the extra heft isn't too bad given the extra functionality as far as the second screen goes it's basically a carbon copy of the V 60s main display with the same color brightness and even has a notch though this one does not have a camera in it though of course what's really important here is how Android takes advantage of the extra display I love how simple multitasking is on this V60 all you have to do is launch apps on the respective screens you want and you're practically good to go watch a YouTube video while playing genin browse Twitter while watching Netflix or type A up Google Docs while doing research on Chrome LG more or less lets you run any apps you want in Tandem and you can even save app pairings as presets on your home screen for easy access then for those times when you want to use the phone in single screen mode flip the auxiliary screen back and it automatically shuts off to prevent accidental inputs and to save battery speaking of which the dual screen case does not have its own battery and actually draws power from the phone itself I think this is an okay tradeoff in order to keep the size down and it doesn't drain the battery as much as I thought it would the v60's 5,000 Mah hour battery lasts through a whole workday and part of the evening while running apps in tandem on both displays now don't get me wrong the battery life is not amazing but I think it's livable and can certainly go farther with a bit of optimization however all of this being said I do have some big gripes with this case for one I don't like the way it looks especially considering how nice the V60 looks stock cases will always dull the look of a phone but this one in particular gets all kinds of smudgy especially on the cover portion In fairness it's nice that they give you a small screen for the time and some notification icons but this whole thing does not need to be glass again this thing gets super fingerprint but it's also another thing that can break which Frankly Speaking is dumb design considering this entire case retailed for $100 back in the day in fact I paid 80 bucks for this in 2023 new in box still feel like it was kind of a rip also while somewhat unavoidable another pain point that I had is that the secondary display is exposed to the elements when the hinge is fully open for full screen use if you already have anxiety about cracking glass on your phone imagine having a usable screen on both sides not good additionally I don't love the charging Solution on this case with the USBC Port plugging into the phone inside the case there's not a lot of room for pass through power from the outside so the solution that LG figured out was a low Prof file magnetic Pogo connector now to its credit it's pretty nice and convenient in the same way that old school mag safe was on MacBooks but I don't like that it's proprietary of course the case includes an adapter in the box that plugs into USBC on one end but if you lose that tiny little guy it'll cost $25 to replace and if not for that you'll be taking the V60 in and out of the case every sing single time you need to charge as you can imagine would be pretty annoying though for me personally given the trade-offs I rarely keep the case on anyway the V60 just feels better in its purest form simple design but Enthusiast focused and relatively upto-date on its software it's hard to ask for anything more except for maybe LG to come back and give us a sequel only one can dream that's it it's it's just a dream I don't think they're coming back fingers crossed though fingers crossed but let me know what you guys think of the V60 in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this episode on Dany Channel and also the sound core for sponsoring today's videotoday we're looking at another smartphone with two screens and this one only cost $250 so let's Jump Right In This phone is called the V60 just like the wing we took a look at a few weeks ago this dual screen Contraption also comes from LG as a sort of last Harrah before the company shut down its mobile phone business in 2021 so that's a bit of the context but what is this all about well the V60 certainly looks unique but the phone isn't actually dual screen by default rather this is an official add-on case which works natively with the V60 popping the phone out reveals that it's all done via USBC but I'll get to the juicy details on that a little later on in the video because Beyond this insanely cool case the V60 itself holds more quirks to sink our teeth into first I want to talk about the basics starting with the design something that surprised me when I first held this phone after a few years is how well the aesthetic holds up even today the V60 looks particularly slick in this navy blue colorway just oozes premiumness especially with the gold rails it also feels good in the hands as well there's some heft to it but I really like the chamfered edges on the rails which helped to add some grip for this design as a whole I wouldn't expect anything less from LG's top-of-the-line Flagship for the time but especially if you're spending around $180 to $220 just on the phone alone it certainly doesn't feel like you cheaped out speaking of flagships unlike that LG Wing that I mentioned earlier the V60 is way more competent a SmartPhone by 2023 standards when it comes to Performance powered by a Snapdragon 865g this chip was Flagship spec for 2019 and still packs a solid punch in current day of course with this being an older phone you should curb your expectations appropriately but when we're talking about performance roughly equivalent to something like the newer tensor G2 on the pixel 7 suddenly this 3-year-old LG V60 doesn't look too shabby and on top of that it just got updated to Android 13 earlier this year so it's relative ly up to date on the software side though just keep in mind that technically it's the final year of committed software updates from LG and that you'll be on your own if you're planning on using the V60 long term however the real reason why any Enthusiast would look at the V60 today is because it truly embodied the idea of a no compromises Flagship oh look it's me I'm in the phone hi hi a where phone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung would consciously simplify and take away features from their high-end devices the gimmick with LG's V series phones was that they did the exact opposite which is to say keeping features in or adding ones that genuinely felt useful one of those that stood out to me a lot is the headphone jack sure these days Bluetooth headphones are pretty common but it's someone that still enjoys a nice pair of wired headphones every now and then the V60 scratches that itch with flying colors not only does it do the job but LG also fit this phone with a high quality deck trying out the V60 with my tried andrue cost Porter Pros or even my Sony CD 900 STS the sound quality I was getting was impressive especially while playing highres audio fil files on Apple music and depending on what headphones you're using messing around with the digital filters and presets built in can add a tasteful dab dab of color and excitement to the sound oh my God now I don't want to oversell the Dack I still think you can get better sound and more power for high impedance headphones when using an external USB one but again we got to appreciate the effort that l put in here speaking of excellent audio I'd like to take a moment to talk about the sponsor of today's video soundcore by anchor and the motion X500 their brand new compact High Fidelity speaker the X500 might look relatively small but you'll be impressed with how well it fills your room with sound with two full range drivers on the front and an upward firing one on top offering 40 watts of output total The Sound Stage is not only incredibly wide but the X500 also gets very loud as well with no Distortion at higher volumes the secret sauce for this impressive performance is soundcore spatial audio algorithm that works to make you feel a level of immersion that puts you right in the middle of your music combined with this speaker's ability to take in ldac audio over Bluetooth means you can play High Fidelity music with more clarity and detail well also having the freedom to move it around wherever the party goes the X500 is rated for 12 hours of playtime on its built in battery has ipx7 water resistance making it perfect for poolside hangouts or the beach and there is a ton of customization available on the app as well including equalizer presets to complement the music you love oh and there's also RGB up top that you can customize to your heart's content if you're interested in checking out the X500 for your yourself check out the link in the description and huge thanks to soundcore for sponsoring this video the v60's biggest gimmick by far is this add-on case which transforms it into a dual screen phone it does make this whole thing chunkier but considering that people put cases on their phones anyway the extra heft isn't too bad given the extra functionality as far as the second screen goes it's basically a carbon copy of the V 60s main display with the same color brightness and even has a notch though this one does not have a camera in it though of course what's really important here is how Android takes advantage of the extra display I love how simple multitasking is on this V60 all you have to do is launch apps on the respective screens you want and you're practically good to go watch a YouTube video while playing genin browse Twitter while watching Netflix or type A up Google Docs while doing research on Chrome LG more or less lets you run any apps you want in Tandem and you can even save app pairings as presets on your home screen for easy access then for those times when you want to use the phone in single screen mode flip the auxiliary screen back and it automatically shuts off to prevent accidental inputs and to save battery speaking of which the dual screen case does not have its own battery and actually draws power from the phone itself I think this is an okay tradeoff in order to keep the size down and it doesn't drain the battery as much as I thought it would the v60's 5,000 Mah hour battery lasts through a whole workday and part of the evening while running apps in tandem on both displays now don't get me wrong the battery life is not amazing but I think it's livable and can certainly go farther with a bit of optimization however all of this being said I do have some big gripes with this case for one I don't like the way it looks especially considering how nice the V60 looks stock cases will always dull the look of a phone but this one in particular gets all kinds of smudgy especially on the cover portion In fairness it's nice that they give you a small screen for the time and some notification icons but this whole thing does not need to be glass again this thing gets super fingerprint but it's also another thing that can break which Frankly Speaking is dumb design considering this entire case retailed for $100 back in the day in fact I paid 80 bucks for this in 2023 new in box still feel like it was kind of a rip also while somewhat unavoidable another pain point that I had is that the secondary display is exposed to the elements when the hinge is fully open for full screen use if you already have anxiety about cracking glass on your phone imagine having a usable screen on both sides not good additionally I don't love the charging Solution on this case with the USBC Port plugging into the phone inside the case there's not a lot of room for pass through power from the outside so the solution that LG figured out was a low Prof file magnetic Pogo connector now to its credit it's pretty nice and convenient in the same way that old school mag safe was on MacBooks but I don't like that it's proprietary of course the case includes an adapter in the box that plugs into USBC on one end but if you lose that tiny little guy it'll cost $25 to replace and if not for that you'll be taking the V60 in and out of the case every sing single time you need to charge as you can imagine would be pretty annoying though for me personally given the trade-offs I rarely keep the case on anyway the V60 just feels better in its purest form simple design but Enthusiast focused and relatively upto-date on its software it's hard to ask for anything more except for maybe LG to come back and give us a sequel only one can dream that's it it's it's just a dream I don't think they're coming back fingers crossed though fingers crossed but let me know what you guys think of the V60 in the comments below and otherwise thanks for watching this episode on Dany Channel and also the sound core for sponsoring today's video